Lok Sabha Question No. 1263 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-09
Subject: Production of Food Grains and Pulses
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1263

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 9 TH  FEBRUARY, 2021

## PRODUCTION OF FOOD GRAINS AND PULSES

1263.  SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  production  of  food  grains  and  pulses  per  acre  in  the  country especially in backward and rural areas as on date, State-wise;
- (b) whether the production level meets international levels;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the  steps  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  to  increase  the  production  as  per international level?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): The  details  of  production  per  hectare  (productivity)of  food  grains  and  pulsesis maintained State-wisewhich is given at Annexure.

(b): As per Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the productivity level of pulses and cereals in the world is 992.3 Kgs. per hectare and 4113.1 Kgs. per hectare respectively. Whereas, as per 4 th Advance Estimates of 2019-20, in India it is 817 Kgs. per hectare of pulses  and  2756  Kgs.  per  hectare  of  cereals.  However,  over  the  years  there  has  been increase in the productivity of pulses and cereals in the country due to various steps taken by the Government.

(c): In most of the pulse crops we are very close to world's yield level. However, in some crop we are behind the world level (lentil, pea dry and total pulses) due to the fact that in India the pulses are mostly grown as rainfed/dry land crops on low fertile and marginal land with  low  input  supply.    Again  these  are  grown  under  climatic  vagaries  while  in  other countries  pulses  grown  at  very  large  scale  in  fertile  land  and  with  favourable  growing environment.

High yielding varieties of pulses and cereals are fertilizer responsive, but the farmers in  many  areas  are  using  less  fertilizer  per  unit  cropped  area  than  their  counterparts  in South and South-East Asian Countries. There is wide disparity in fertilizer use within the country  also.  In  countries  with  high  productivity,  crops  are  largely  grown  in  high  input management  conditions  of  long  growing  period  without  any  stress  of  moisture  and temperature. It is often found that rainfed crop suffered due to soil moisture stress at critical crop  growth  stage  including  drought,  low  diseases/pests  tolerance,  inadequate  plant population and low nutrient status of soils, which are responsible for low productivity.

(d):  The  Research  and  Development  (R&D)  facilities  of  India  in  food  grains  and pulses are at par with International level, the Government has provided adequate financial, logistic  and  technical  support to  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)  for strategically  developing  improved  varieties/technologies  to  augment  production  in  the country.

To increase production, acreage of agricultural crops in the country, and encourage farmers,  Government  of  India  is  implementing  through  State  Governments,  several Schemes/Programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY),  Bringing  Green  Revolution  to  Eastern  India  (BGREI),  National Mission  for  Sustainable  Agriculture  (NMSA),  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchai  Yojana,  Soil Health  Card,  Scheme for formation  of  10,000  Farmers  Producers  Organisations  (FPOs), better insurance coverage to crops for risk mitigation through Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana  (PMFBY)  and  e-NAM  initiative  to  provide  farmers  an  electronic  transparent  and competitive  online  trading  platform.  Further,  the  latest  major  intervention  includes  the launch of Kisan rail and the 'Atma Nirbhar Bharat -Agriculture' which includes comprehensive market reforms and creation of 'Agricultural Infrastructure Fund (AIF)' worth Rs. 1 lakh crores.

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1263 due for reply on 09.02.2021

## Productivity* data of Pulses and Foodgrains

(Kg./Hectare)

| State            | Pulses   | Cereals   | Foodgrains (Cereal+Pulses)   |
|------------------|----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| (1)              | (2)      | (3)       | (4)                          |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 938      | 3967      | 3038                         |
| Assam            | 753      | 2246      | 2151                         |
| Bihar            | 830      | 2407      | 2286                         |
| Chhattisgarh     | 317      | 1742      | 1515                         |
| Gujarat          | 1204     | 2441      | 2148                         |
| Haryana          | 924      | 3936      | 3891                         |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1920     | 2052      | 2047                         |
| Jharkhand        | 1034     | 2257      | 1891                         |
| Karnataka        | 684      | 2293      | 1618                         |
| Kerala           | 966      | 3206      | 3180                         |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 803      | 2808      | 2182                         |
| Maharashtra      | 918      | 1384      | 1208                         |
| Odisha           | 572      | 2050      | 1821                         |
| Punjab           | 966      | 4543      | 4519                         |
| Rajasthan        | 709      | 1973      | 1466                         |
| Tamilnadu        | 635      | 3664      | 2988                         |
| Telengana        | 1067     | 3912      | 3447                         |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 1033     | 3053      | 2809                         |
| Uttarakhand      | 939      | 2459      | 2346                         |
| West Bengal      | 930      | 2988      | 2835                         |
| Others           | 1048     | 2177      | 2110                         |
| All-India        | 817      | 2756      | 2325                         |

*as per 4th advance Estimates 2019-20

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