Lok Sabha Question No. 105 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-02
Subject: Cultivation of Sugarcane
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Ravindra Kushawaha, Ravi Kishan Shukla

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.105

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  FEBRUARY, 2021

## CULTIVATION OF SUGARCANE

105.   SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA: SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the sowing area for sugarcane is decreasing in some States of the country;
- (b) if so, the State/UT-wise details of the sowing area available during the last three years and the current year, year-wise;
- (c) the State/UT-wise and year-wise details of sugarcane produce during this period;
- (d) whether any effective measures have been taken/ proposed to be taken to increase the sowing area of sugarcane and its production; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (c): The  sowing  area  of  Sugarcane  keeps  fluctuating  over  the  years,  it  depends  on farmers' preference, shift of area to other competing crops, agro- climatic conditions, inter-crop relative profitability, irrigation facilities, resources available and timely payment of cane dues to farmers by the sugar mills.

During  the  last  3  years  and  current  year  i.e.  2017-18  to  2020-21  the  sown  area  under sugarcane shows a fluctuating trend at national level and in most of the states except Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Tamilnadu and Uttar Pradesh.

State/UT-wise  details  of  area  sown  and  production  of  sugarcane  crop  during  last  three years and current year i.e. from 2017-18 to 2020-21 is given at Annexure .

(d)  to  (e):      To  enhance  area,  production  and  productivity  of  sugarcane  in  the  country,  the Government has been implementing Sugarcane Development Programme under National Food Security Mission - Commercial Crops (NFSM-CC) in 13 major sugarcane growing states of the country viz. Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,  Odisha,  Punjab,  Telangana,  Tamil  Nadu,  Uttarakhand  and  Uttar  Pradesh  from 2014-15. Under this  scheme  thrust has been given  on  transfer of  technology  through frontline demonstrations and training in order to extend benefits to the farmers.

The states can also support Sugarcane Development Programme under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) with the approval of State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLCC).

Besides,  the  Central  Government  also  fixes  Fair  and  Remunerative  Price  (FRP)  of sugarcane, well in  advance  of  sowing  season,  to  induce  farmers  to  sow  sugarcane.  FRP  is  a minimum  benchmark  price  below  which  sugar  mills  cannot  purchase  cane  from  the  cane growers.

## State/UT-wise Area and Production of Sugarcane during 2017-18 to 2020-21

| States /          | Area ('000 Hectares)   | Area ('000 Hectares)   | Area ('000 Hectares)   | Area ('000 Hectares)   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   |
|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| UT                | 2017-18                | 2018-19                | 2019-20*               | 2020-21#               | 2017-18                    | 2018-19                    | 2019-20*                   | 2020-21#                   |
| 1                 | 2                      | 3                      | 4                      | 5                      | 6                          | 7                          | 8                          | 9                          |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 99.00                  | 102.00                 | 86.00                  | 70.00                  | 7789.62                    | 8094.62                    | 6769.92                    | 5465.88                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1.79                   | 2.13                   | ##                     | ##                     | 38.38                      | 45.80                      | ##                         | ##                         |
| Assam             | 30.56                  | 31.20                  | 31.00                  | 31.00                  | 1142.97                    | 1093.93                    | 1147.06                    | 1146.91                    |
| Bihar             | 233.77                 | 225.57                 | 223.55                 | 227.63                 | 13824.63                   | 20116.29                   | 12738.27                   | 15577.40                   |
| Chhattisgarh      | 24.10                  | 32.75                  | 35.18                  | 32.25                  | 1158.49                    | 1452.14                    | 1759.00                    | 1757.95                    |
| Gujarat           | 182.00                 | 154.77                 | 150.71                 | 174.15                 | 12072.06                   | 11326.38                   | 10743.66                   | 12159.33                   |
| Goa               | 0.00                   | 0.89                   | ##                     | ##                     | 0.00                       | 35.31                      | ##                         | ##                         |
| Haryana           | 114.00                 | 108.70                 | 96.30                  | 113.30                 | 9632.89                    | 8505.01                    | 7798.18                    | 9154.98                    |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 1.87                   | 1.70                   | 1.69                   | 1.54                   | 36.73                      | 33.32                      | 33.12                      | 30.26                      |
| Jharkhand         | 8.21                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 574.84                     | 0.00                       | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
| Karnataka         | 370.30                 | 471.20                 | 400.00                 | 594.00                 | 31135.19                   | 42408.00                   | 31600.00                   | 46926.00                   |
| Kerala            | 1.05                   | 1.01                   | 0.95                   | 0.28                   | 115.11                     | 106.30                     | 122.54                     | 34.22                      |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 98.00                  | 108.00                 | 125.00                 | 112.00                 | 5430.00                    | 5281.74                    | 7433.75                    | 5532.13                    |
| Maharashtra       | 902.00                 | 1162.80                | 822.20                 | 1067.00                | 82984.00                   | 89768.16                   | 64666.03                   | 91762.00                   |
| Manipur           | 6.00                   | 5.45                   | ##                     | ##                     | 348.00                     | 315.07                     | ##                         | ##                         |
| Meghalaya         | 0.12                   | 0.13                   | ##                     | ##                     | 0.36                       | 0.37                       | ##                         | ##                         |
| Mizoram           | 1.56                   | 1.46                   | ##                     | ##                     | 44.84                      | 44.26                      | ##                         | ##                         |
| Nagaland          | 4.43                   | 4.44                   | ##                     | ##                     | 192.75                     | 193.18                     | ##                         | ##                         |
| Odisha            | 3.71                   | 6.78                   | 8.19                   | 7.04                   | 240.05                     | 417.80                     | 453.94                     | 431.06                     |
| Punjab            | 96.00                  | 95.00                  | 96.00                  | 95.10                  | 8023.68                    | 7773.66                    | 7633.44                    | 7855.07                    |
| Rajasthan         | 5.43                   | 5.37                   | 4.47                   | 4.90                   | 381.87                     | 447.95                     | 326.19                     | 285.05                     |
| Tamil Nadu        | 171.86                 | 166.41                 | 124.74                 | 96.44                  | 17153.98                   | 17140.23                   | 12661.11                   | 9644.00                    |
| Telangana         | 35.00                  | 40.00                  | 26.00                  | 30.00                  | 2604.46                    | 3183.60                    | 1951.17                    | 2304.60                    |
| Tripura           | 0.81                   | 0.66                   | ##                     | ##                     | 42.49                      | 35.91                      | ##                         | ##                         |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 2234.00                | 2224.00                | 2208.00                | 2208.00                | 177033.33                  | 179714.77                  | 178421.86                  | 179539.10                  |
| Uttarakhand       | 90.00                  | 91.00                  | 92.00                  | 93.00                  | 6271.38                    | 6329.32                    | 6937.72                    | 7653.90                    |
| West Bengal       | 19.16                  | 15.81                  | 19.18                  | 19.00                  | 1437.00                    | 1335.37                    | 1723.99                    | 1729.00                    |
| A & N Islands     | 0.11                   | 0.06                   | ##                     | ##                     | 1.54                       | 3.28                       | ##                         | ##                         |
| Chandigarh        | 0.61                   | 0.00                   | ##                     | ##                     | 0.00                       | 0.00                       | ##                         | ##                         |
| D & N Havelli     | 0.17                   | 0.37                   | ##                     | ##                     | 13.60                      | 26.70                      | ##                         | ##                         |
| Puducherry        | 1.45                   | 1.44                   | ##                     | ##                     | 180.63                     | 187.72                     | ##                         | ##                         |
| Others            | NA                     | NA                     | 15.37                  | 15.90                  | NA                         | NA                         | 778.76                     | 844.54                     |
| All India         | 4737.06                | 5061.09                | 4566.52                | 4992.52                | 379904.85                  | 405416.18                  | 355699.71                  | 399833.38                  |

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