Lok Sabha Question No. 454 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-30
Subject: Welfare Schemes for Crop Damage
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 454

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 30 TH  NOVEMBER, 2021

## WELFARE SCHEMES FOR CROP DAMAGE

†454. SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI):

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  farmers  suffer  losses  before  and  after harvest of crops due to various reasons including natural calamities;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years, State-wise;
- (c) the details of welfare schemes to deal with the same; and
- (d) the  total  number  of  affected  farmers  benefitted  from  these  welfare  schemes, State/district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d):      The State Government is primarily responsible for providing necessary relief measures in the wake of natural calamities. For undertaking relief measures, funds are available  with  the  State  Government  in  the  form  of  State  Disaster  Response  Fund (SDRF).  Additional  financial  assistance,  over  and  above  SDRF,  is  considered  from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for natural calamities of severe nature and is approved  on  the  basis  of  Memorandum  received  from  the  State  Government,  in accordance with established procedures.

The  Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is concerned with providing relief under NDRF to farmers who have lost their crops due to drought, hailstorm, pest attack and cold wave/frost. The State Governments are responsible for disbursement of to the affected farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer. An amount of Rs.11224.86 Crore has been approved from NDRF during 2018-19 to 2020-21 to the States affected funds by the above said calamities (Annexure).

Further,  the  Government  of  India  has  evolved  several  schemes/programmes  to address  the  need  for  drought  mitigation  and  other  requirements  of  the  farmers  under Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY),  besides  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana (PMFBY).

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ANNEXURE

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.454 due for answer on 30.11.2021

State-wise details of National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) assistance from 2018-19 to 2020-21 (drought, hailstorm, pest attack and cold wave/frost)

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.          | Name of State    | Calamity                | Central assistance approved by GOI (under N.D.R.F)   |
|------------------|------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| During - 2018-19 | During - 2018-19 | During - 2018-19        | During - 2018-19                                     |
| 1.               | Andhra Pradesh   | Drought (K)             | 900.40                                               |
| 2.               | Karnataka        | Drought (K) Drought (R) | 949.49 1040.87                                       |
| 3.               | Maharashtra      | Drought (K)             | 4714.28                                              |
| 4.               | Rajasthan        | Drought (K)             | 1206.62                                              |
| 5.               | Gujarat          | Drought (K)             | 127.60                                               |
| 6.               | Jharkhand        | Drought (K)             | 272.42                                               |
| Total            | Total            |                         | 9211.68                                              |

| During - 2019-20   | During - 2019-20   | During - 2019-20         |   During - 2019-20 |
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|--------------------|
| 1.                 | Manipur            | Drought (K)              |              34.81 |
| 2.                 | Rajasthan          | Drought (K)              |             230.77 |
| 3.                 | Rajasthan          | Pest (Locust) attack (R) |              68.65 |
| 4.                 | Uttar Pradesh      | Hailstorm (R)            |             285.08 |
| Total              | Total              |                          |             619.31 |

| During - 2020-21   | During - 2020-21   | During - 2020-21          |   During - 2020-21 |
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|
| 1.                 | Madhya Pradesh     | Pest Attack (Kharif 2020) |            1280.18 |
| 2.                 | Rajasthan          | Drought (K)               |             113.69 |
| Total              | Total              |                           |            1393.87 |

R: Rabi   K: Kharif