Lok Sabha Question No. 1590 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Damage to Agricultural Land by Flood
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Nusrat Jahan Ruhi, Thomas Chazhikadan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1590

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## Damage to Agricultural Land by Flood

1590.   SHRIMATI NUSRAT JAHAN RUHI: SHRI THOMAS CHAZHIKADAN:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that the country suffers from huge crop loss due to flood every year;
- (b) the details of the extent of agricultural land damaged by floods in the last five years, State/UT-wise and year-wise; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  estimated  damage  to  agricultural  output  as  a  result  of  flooding during the said period, State/UT-wise and year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (c):        As  per  the  information  provided  by  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  (MHA), State/UT-wise  and  year-wise  details  of  crop  area  affected  due  to  hydro-meteorological calamities/hazards  during  2017-18  to    2021-22  (as  on  25.11.2021),  as  reported  by  the State  Governments,  are  given  at  Annexure.  The  estimation  in  regard  to  damage  to agricultural output etc. is done by the concerned State Governments.

Annexure referred in reply to parts (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1590 due for answer on 07.12.2021

| S.   | State             | Cropped area damaged (in lakh ha.)   | Cropped area damaged (in lakh ha.)   | Cropped area damaged (in lakh ha.)   | Cropped area damaged (in lakh ha.)   | Cropped area damaged (in lakh ha.)     |
|------|-------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| No.  |                   | 2017-18                              | 2018-19                              | 2019-20                              | 2020-21                              | 2021-22 (provisional as on 25.11.2021) |
| 1.   | Andhra Pradesh    | 0.45                                 | 1.67                                 | -                                    | 6.81                                 | 1.51                                   |
| 2.   | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.41                                 | 0.007                                | -                                    | 0.28                                 | 0.02                                   |
| 3.   | Assam             | 2.80                                 | 0.31                                 | 2                                    | 2.67                                 | 0.67                                   |
| 4.   | Bihar             | 8.10                                 | -                                    | 2.61                                 | 7.41                                 | 5.80                                   |
| 5.   | Chhattisgarh      | -                                    | -                                    | 0.018                                | -                                    | -                                      |
| 6.   | Goa               | -                                    | -                                    | -                                    | -                                    | 0.001                                  |
| 7.   | Gujarat           | 6.45                                 | -                                    | -                                    | -                                    | 1.49                                   |
| 8.   | Haryana           | -                                    | -                                    | -                                    | -                                    | -                                      |
| 9.   | Himachal Pradesh  | 0.80                                 | 0.45                                 | -                                    | 0.24                                 | 0.07                                   |
| 10.  | Jharkhand         | -                                    | -                                    | -                                    | -                                    | -                                      |
| 11.  | Karnataka         | -                                    | 3.63                                 | 9.35                                 | 14.32                                | 13.98                                  |
| 12.  | Kerala            | 0.078                                | 1                                    | 0.36                                 | -                                    | 0.85                                   |
| 13.  | Madhya Pradesh    | -                                    | -                                    | 60.47                                | 6.68                                 | 1.06                                   |
| 14.  | Maharashtra       | -                                    | -                                    | 4.17                                 | 11.28                                | 4.55                                   |
| 15.  | Manipur           | 0.89                                 | 0.06                                 | -                                    | -                                    | -                                      |
| 16.  | Meghalaya         | -                                    | 0.02                                 | -                                    | -                                    | -                                      |
| 17.  | Mizoram           | 0.11                                 | -                                    | -                                    | -                                    | -                                      |
| 18.  | Nagaland          | 0.05                                 | 0.05                                 | -                                    | -                                    | 0.17                                   |
| 19.  | Odisha            | 0.42                                 | 3.9                                  | 1.49                                 | 1.8                                  | 1.82                                   |
| 20.  | Punjab            | -                                    | 0.52                                 | 1.51                                 | 1.23                                 | 0.04                                   |
| 21.  | Rajasthan         | 7.34                                 | -                                    | 23.92                                | -                                    | 6.79                                   |
| 22.  | Sikkim            | 0.02                                 | -                                    | -                                    | 0.02                                 | 0.02                                   |
| 23.  | Tamil Nadu        | 0.05                                 | 1.22                                 | -                                    | 4.63                                 | 0.51                                   |
| 24.  | Telangana         | -                                    | -                                    | -                                    | 2.39                                 | -                                      |
| 25.  | Tripura           | -                                    | 0.32                                 | 0.014                                | -                                    | -                                      |
| 26.  | Uttar Pradesh     | 3.81                                 | 2.9                                  | 8.13                                 | 1.08                                 | 3.61                                   |
| 27.  | Uttarakhand       | -                                    | 0.55                                 | 0.003                                | -                                    | 0.54                                   |
| 28.  | West Bengal       | 6.74                                 | 0.49                                 | 0.08                                 | 5.71                                 | 6.90                                   |
| 29.  | Daman & Diu (UT)  | -                                    | -                                    | -                                    | -                                    | 0.0005                                 |
| 30.  | Lakshadweep (UT)  | 0.002                                | -                                    | -                                    | -                                    | 0.06                                   |

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