Lok Sabha Question No. 4402 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Crop Loss to Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Gautham Sigamani Pon

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION 4402

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH  MARCH, 2023

## CROP LOSS TO FARMERS

4402.    DR. PON GAUTHAM SIGAMANI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल् याण

मंत्रालय be pleased to state: (a)    whether  it  is  a  fact  that  for  three  consecutive  crop  seasons,  there  has  been  no occasion a farmer could even recover cost accruing loss instead; (b) whether it is also true that the Rabi crop is not going to be a favourable one for the farmers as the country is experiencing unusually high temperatures and if so, the details thereof; (c)    whether  it  is  also  true  that  the  hope  of  the  Rabi  crop  harvest  reaching  even  last year's level is wanning ; and (d)  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल् याण मंत्रालय (SHRI NARENDER SINGH TOMAR) (a) to  (d)  The  cost  of  production  estimates  generated  include  all  paid-out  cost,  i.e., cost  incurred  in  cash  and  kind,  like  value  of  hired  human  labour,  hired  and  owned bullock  and  machine  labour,  value  of  seeds,  insecticides,  pesticides,  manure, fertilizer, irrigation charges, land revenue, cesses & other taxes, interest on working capital,  miscellaneous  expenses,  rent  paid  for  leased  land;  and  imputed  value  of family labour. Based on the crop-wise and state-wise cost estimates generated under the  CS  Scheme,  CACP  projects  crop-wise  all  India  weighted  average  cost  of production  for  the  ensuing  season  to  arrive  at  the  recommendations  of  Minimum Support Price (MSP) of major agriculture commodities. Government  fixes  Minimum  Support  Prices  (MSPs)  for  twenty-two  (22)  mandated crops  based  on  the  recommendations  of  the  Commission  for  Agricultural  Costs  &

Prices  (CACP)  after  considering  the  views  of  concerned  State  Governments  and Central Ministries/Departments. The 22 mandated crops include 14 Kharif crops viz. paddy,  jowar,  bajra,  maize,  ragi,  arhar,  moong,  urad,  groundnut,  soybean  (yellow), sunflower  seed,  sesamum,  nigerseed,  cotton  and  6  Rabi  crops  viz.  wheat,  barley, gram, masur (lentil),  rapeseed &  mustard,  safflower  and  two  commercial  crops  viz. jute and copra.

While recommending MSPs, CACP considers important factors like cost of production, overall demand-supply situation of various crops in domestic and global markets,  domestic  and  international  prices,  inter-crop  price  parity,  terms  of  trade between agricultural and non-agricultural sector, likely effect of price policy on rest of the economy and a minimum of 50 percent as the margin over cost of production. The estimated  all  India  weighted  average  cost  of  production  (operational  and  imputed value  of  family  labour)  and  MSP  of  mandated  crops  during  the  last  three  years  is attached in Annexure .

As per Second Advance Estimates for the Agricultural Year 2022-23, the Rabi foodgrain  production  is  estimated  at  1701.24  lakh  tonnes  as  compared  to  1602.52  lakh tonnes for 2021-22 which is higher by 98.72 lakh tonnes. Further, the Rabi production as per Second Advance Estimates for 2022-23 is higher by 176.53 lakh tonnes than the average (2017-18 to 2021-22) Rabi foodgrain production of 1524.71 lakh tonnes.

## Annexure Annexure referred in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question no. 4402 due for reply on 28/03/2023

## Rs/ Qtl.

| Projected Cost of Production(CoP) A 2 +FL & MSP   | Projected Cost of Production(CoP) A 2 +FL & MSP   | Projected Cost of Production(CoP) A 2 +FL & MSP   | Projected Cost of Production(CoP) A 2 +FL & MSP   | Projected Cost of Production(CoP) A 2 +FL & MSP   | Projected Cost of Production(CoP) A 2 +FL & MSP   | Projected Cost of Production(CoP) A 2 +FL & MSP   |
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| Crop                                              | 2020-21                                           | 2020-21                                           | 2021-22                                           | 2021-22                                           | 2022-23                                           | 2022-23                                           |
|                                                   | A 2 +FL                                           | MSP                                               | A 2 +FL                                           | MSP                                               | A 2 +FL                                           | MSP                                               |
| Paddy                                             | 1245                                              | 1868                                              | 1293                                              | 1940                                              | 1360                                              | 2040                                              |
| Jowar                                             | 1746                                              | 2620                                              | 1825                                              | 2738                                              | 1977                                              | 2970                                              |
| Bajra                                             | 1175                                              | 2150                                              | 1213                                              | 2250                                              | 1268                                              | 2350                                              |
| Maize                                             | 1213                                              | 1850                                              | 1246                                              | 1870                                              | 1308                                              | 1962                                              |
| Ragi                                              | 2194                                              | 3295                                              | 2251                                              | 3377                                              | 2385                                              | 3578                                              |
| Tur (Arhar)                                       | 3796                                              | 6000                                              | 3886                                              | 6300                                              | 4131                                              | 6600                                              |
| Moong                                             | 4797                                              | 7196                                              | 4850                                              | 7275                                              | 5167                                              | 7755                                              |
| Urad                                              | 3660                                              | 6000                                              | 3816                                              | 6300                                              | 4155                                              | 6600                                              |
| Groundnut                                         | 3515                                              | 5275                                              | 3699                                              | 5550                                              | 3873                                              | 5850                                              |
| Soybean                                           | 2587                                              | 3880                                              | 2633                                              | 3950                                              | 2805                                              | 4300                                              |
| Sunflower                                         | 3921                                              | 5885                                              | 4010                                              | 6015                                              | 4113                                              | 6400                                              |
| Sesamum                                           | 4570                                              | 6855                                              | 4871                                              | 7307                                              | 5220                                              | 7830                                              |
| Nigerseed                                         | 4462                                              | 6695                                              | 4620                                              | 6930                                              | 4858                                              | 7287                                              |
| Cotton                                            | 3676                                              | 5515                                              | 3817                                              | 5726                                              | 4053                                              | 6080                                              |
| Wheat                                             | 960                                               | 1975                                              | 1008                                              | 2015                                              | 1065                                              | 2125                                              |
| Barley                                            | 971                                               | 1600                                              | 1019                                              | 1635                                              | 1082                                              | 1735                                              |
| Gram                                              | 2866                                              | 5100                                              | 3004                                              | 5230                                              | 3206                                              | 5335                                              |
| Lentil(Masur)                                     | 2864                                              | 5100                                              | 3079                                              | 5500                                              | 3239                                              | 6000                                              |
| R&M                                               | 2415                                              | 4650                                              | 2523                                              | 5050                                              | 2670                                              | 5450                                              |
| Safflower                                         | 3551                                              | 5327                                              | 3627                                              | 5441                                              | 3765                                              | 5650                                              |
| Sugarcane                                         | 159                                               | 285                                               | 155                                               | 290                                               | 162                                               | 305                                               |
| Copra                                             | 6805                                              | 10335                                             | 6974                                              | 10590                                             | 7153                                              | 10860                                             |
| Jute                                              | 2709                                              | 4225                                              | 2832                                              | 4500                                              | 2959                                              | 4750                                              |

Source: Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) A2+FL refers to all paid out cost + Imputed Value of Family Labour MSP refers to Minimum Support Price

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