Lok Sabha Question No. 5496 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Crop Yields
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Arvind Kumar Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5496

TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH  APRIL, 2022

## CROP YIELDS

## 5496.    DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA

Will the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare कृ ष एवं कसान क  याण मंी be pleased to state;

- (a) whether it is true that yield, across many crops, in East Asian countries, especially of China, is far higher than that of India despite the fact that their average land holdings are lower than that of our country; (b) the steps taken by the Government to increase the yield of crops; and (c) whether any efforts have been made in this regard and if so, the details of the outcome
- achieved during the last five years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान क  याण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a):   The yield of a crop depends on various factors such as weather extremities, rainfall, soil  type,  agro-climatic  condition,  irrigation  facilities,  types  of  crops  cultivated,  use  of fertilizers and pesticides, length of growing seasons, technology used etc. The yield level of China and some other East Asian countries in certain crop categories are higher than that  in  India,  while  in  some  other  crop  categories,  the  yield  level  of  India  is  higher  than China and some other East Asian Countries.In India multiple crops are grown byfarmers in a year.
- (b)  &  (c):    National  Food  Security  Mission  (NFSM),  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme, launched  in  2007-08,  is  being  implemented  with  the  objective  of  increasing  foodgrains production through area expansion and productivity enhancement in the identified districts of the country. Under NFSM, assistance is given through state governments to farmers for interventions like cluster demonstrations on improved package of practices, demonstrations  on  cropping  system,  distribution  of  seeds  of  High  Yielding  Varieties

(HYVs)/hybrids,  improved  farm  machineries/resource  conservation machineries/tools, efficient  water  application  tools,  plant  protection  measures,  nutrient  management/soil ameliorants, processing & post-harvest equipments, cropping system based trainings etc. The mission  also  provides  support  to  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)  & State  Agricultural  Universities  (SAUs)/KrishiVigyanKendras  (KVKs)  for  technology  back stopping  and  transfer  of  technology  to  the  farmers  under  supervision  of  subject  matter specialists/scientists.State-wise details of funds allocated, released and expenditure under NFSM during 2017-18 to  2021-22 is  given  at Annexure. Further,  ICAR  is  continuously working on development/adoption of new technologies, upgradation of existing technologies and provide quality seeds of newly developed varieties of crops to farmers. During 2017 to 2021, a total of 1521 high yielding field crop varieties/hybrids have  been released for various agro-climatic region of the country comprising of 691 of Cereals; 222 of Oilseeds; 247 of Pulses; 91 of Forage crops; 202 of Fiber crops; 52 of Sugar crops and 16 of other crops. Resultantly, the yield of foodgrains in the country has increased from 2042 kg./hectare during 2015-16 to 2394 kg./hectare in 2020-21.

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (b) & (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5496 due for reply on 05.04.2022

## State-wise funds allocated, released and expenditure under NFSM  during 2017-18 to 2021-22 (As on 28.02.2022)

(Rs. In Crore)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State    | YEAR 2017-18    | YEAR 2017-18   | YEAR 2017-18   | YEAR       | YEAR          | YEAR        | YEAR 2019-20   | YEAR 2019-20   | YEAR 2019-20   | YEAR 2020-21      | YEAR 2020-21    | YEAR 2020-21           | YEAR 2021-22   | YEAR 2021-22   | YEAR 2021-22   |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the State    | Allocation      | Released       | Expenditure    | Allocation | Released      | Expenditure | Allocation     | Released       | Expenditure    | Allocation        | Released        | Expenditure Allocation |                | Released       | Expendit ure   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 119.50 101.54   | 100.74         | 74.06          | 62.54      | 62.49         |             | 55.68          | 44.12          | 46.20          | 47.940            | 38.7500 46.43   |                        | 40.33          | 10.08          | 10.69          |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 13.12 6.56      | 6.56           |                | 9.60       | 7.20          | 0.00        | 17.35          | 5.81           | 13.01          | 8.550             | 8.5550 4.28     |                        | 6.929          | 1.73           | 4.28           |
| 3         | Assam                | 152.79 130.06   | 96.18          | 162.21         |            | 105.58        | 99.35       | 227.64         | 115.005        | 169.57         | 164.480 156.140 0 | 65.61           | 102.285                | 0              |                | 62.71          |
| 4         | Bihar                | 101.67          | 28.69 42.61    | 83.63          |            | 46.63         | 38.38       | 86.49          | 42.61          | 38.33          | 54.920 14.0600    | 30.65           | 45.38                  | 0              |                | 16.87          |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         | 93.26           | 69.86 58.26    | 111.82         | 78.58      |               | 71.19       | 131.99         | 85.32          | 64.09          | 111.830           | 53.4000 68.31   | 85.38                  | 0              |                | 15.05          |
| 6         | Goa                  | 0.58            | 0.00 0.01      | 0.13           |            | 0.00          | 0.02        | 0.13           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.130 0.0000      | 0.00            | 0.105                  |                | 0              | 0.00           |
| 7         | Gujarat              | 37.91           | 18.63          | 26.86          | 17.21      |               | 15.91       | 33.53          | 16.08          | 20.59          | 22.980 16.9600    | 17.14           | 18.99                  |                | 4.74           | 9.07           |
| 8         | Haryana              | 5.00 15.68 7.96 | 6.47           | 20.47          | 11.42      |               | 6.10        | 23.72          | 3.55           | 6.57           | 19.980 3.4000     | 5.32            | 19.08                  |                | 3.37           | 0.00           |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh     | 13.21           | 12.23 13.21    | 12.92          | 12.11      |               | 11.57       | 12.17          | 11.44          | 11.94          | 11.230 11.2000    | 11.23           | 8.14                   |                | 3.86           | 2.45           |
| 10        | UT Jammu & Kashmir   | 20.74 9.05      | 8.31           | 12.76          |            | 6.21          | 5.66        | 13.44          | 7.07           | 6.81           | 10.820 3.7800     |                 | 5.03                   | 7.61           | 1.9            | 0.00           |
| 11        | Jharkhand            | 59.64 25.71     | 21.03          | 58.70          | 44.90      | 20.10         | 63.41       |                | 22.15          | 39.48          | 34.290 12.6400    | 18.40           | 29.09                  | 3.13           |                | 5.16           |
| 12        | Karnataka            | 146.07          | 96.55 112.91   | 138.94         |            | 131.914 98.70 | 160.64      |                | 120.89         | 113.86         | 93.1200           | 124.75          | 121.74                 |                | 55.145         | 39.45          |
| 13        | Kerala               | 1.22            | 0.13           | 1.08           | 0.00       |               | 0.00        | 1.04           | 0.63           | 0.00           | 138.760 0.880     | 0.0000          |                        | 0.64           | 0              | 0.00           |
| 14        | UT of Ladakh         |                 | 0.47           |                |            |               |             |                |                | 0.390          | 0.1960            |                 | 0.57 0.00 0            |                | 0              | 0.00           |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh       | 377.28 103.80   | 105.66         | 309.03         |            | 104.40        | 166.17      | 403.49         | 187.98         | 130.21         | 309.590           | 14.1400 158.68  | 282.67                 |                | 119.313        | 67.73          |
| 16        | Maharashtra          | 161.28 152.10   | 133.77         | 155.90         | 112.56     | 101.73        |             | 142.04         | 107.94         | 120.49         | 153.363           | 128.559 0 74.92 | 139.33                 |                | 34.83          | 65.03          |
| 17        | Manipur              | 4.68            | 4.68           | 13.71          | 7.44       | 7.44          |             | 14.60          | 11.76          | 10.71          | 13.090 6.5400     | 6.54            |                        | 8.769          | 2.19           | 0.00           |
| 18        | Meghalaya            | 15.04 8.38 5.23 | 4.36           | 5.95           | 4.94       | 3.92          |             | 6.11           | 2.82           | 2.30           | 6.340             | 4.7400 3.25     | 4.715                  |                | 0.09           | 0.00           |
| 19        | Mizoram              | 2.31 2.30       | 2.37           | 3.04           | 2.28       | 2.29          | 3.19        |                | 2.39           | 2.40           | 2.890             | 1.4370 1.44     | 2.419                  |                | 0.61           | 0.00           |
| 20        | Nagaland             | 20.29           | 17.75 17.75    | 18.87          |            | 18.73 18.73   | 21.58       |                | 16.81          | 16.81          | 17.030            | 17.0000 8.52    |                        | 13.564         | 0              | 0.00           |
| 21        | Odisha               | 79.88           | 54.90 55.00    |                | 84.98      | 84.91         | 84.78       | 88.12          | 75.51          | 75.60          | 72.854 72.8390    | 72.84           | 62.15                  |                | 23.86          | 7.28           |
| 22        | Punjab               | 14.88 5.43      | 7.19           | 16.30          |            | 0.15          | 0.00        | 16.34          | 0.06           | 0.00           | 3.020 0.2800      | 0.00            |                        | 2.59           | 0              | 0.00           |
| 23        | Rajasthan            | 190.76          | 85.30 156.94   | 188.82         | 116.27     | 95.39         |             | 245.57         | 138.99         | 103.62         | 230.960           | 140.250         | 121.85                 | 199.6          | 89.49          | 85.73          |
| 24        | Sikkim               | 5.95 0.00       | 4.46           | 11.29          | 9.39       |               | 9.40        | 8.07           | 5.96           | 5.96           | 0 5.800 5.7100    | 1.50            | 4.948                  |                | 1.24           | 0.74           |
| 25        | 51.28                | 37.02           | 40.96          | 58.16          |            | 55.20 52.10   | 56.29       |                | 48.11          | 53.08          | 38.170            | 34.1030 35.71   | 38.75                  |                | 17.269         | 8.74           |
| 26        | Tamil Nadu Telangana | 51.11           | 19.34          | 21.82          | 34.27      | 9.61          | 16.78       | 32.65          | 15.05          | 10.91          | 28.040 7.1000     |                 | 9.93                   | 21.938         | 0              | 0.00           |
| 27        | Tripura              | 19.03           | 17.15 15.02    | 22.46          | 17.84      | 18.00         |             | 14.90          | 4.25           | 4.57           | 10.430 6.0160     |                 | 9.74                   | 7.19           | 1.47           | 1.47           |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh        | 173.99 83.10    | 77.83          | 192.37         | 131.24     | 101.28        | 161.07      |                | 79.46          | 93.97          | 141.400 100.128 0 |                 | 91.53                  | 119.85         | 52.728         | 40.38          |
| 29        | Uttarakhand          | 17.70 3.83      | 8.57           |                | 20.49      | 17.83         | 12.10       | 18.38          | 7.82           | 9.95           | 15.470            | 10.3550         | 13.64                  | 12.774         | 4.065          | 2.04           |
| 30        | West Bengal          | 116.43          | 107.86 97.90   |                | 109.22     | 92.51         | 94.59       | 113.22         | 89.93          | 109.54         | 70.140            | 63.8700         | 68.49                  | 64.38          | 29.98          | 13.76          |
| Total     | Total                | 2080.98         | 1193.13        | 1239.67        | 1958.03    | 1309.59       | 1214.17     | 2172.828       | 1269.49        | 1280.57        | 1745.77           | 1025.26 8       | 1076.302               | 1471.336       | 461.090        | 458.63         |

## Annexure