Lok Sabha Question No. 105 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-09
Subject: Crop-shifting
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Faizal P.P. Mohammed, Pinaki Misra

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 105

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  9 TH    FEBRUARY, 2021

## CROP-SHIFTING

- *105.     SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.: SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

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

(a) the  current  area  coverage  of  paddy  cultivation  and  the  quantity  of  paddy  residue that it is expected to yield, State-wise; (b) whether  the  Government  intends  to  accelerate  crop-shifting  away  from  paddy cultivation; (c) if so, the details thereof including targets for 2020, and if not, the reasons therefor; (d) whether there are currently any schemes in force to incentivise farmers to shift away from paddy cultivation; (e) if so, the details thereof including rate of uptake and if not, the reasons therefor; (f) whether there are currently any schemes in force to incentivise farmers not to burn paddy residue; and

- (g) if so, the details thereof including rate of uptake, 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 (g): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (g)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  105    DUE FOR REPLY ON 9 TH  FEBRUARY, 2021.

- (a): Indian Council of Agricultural Research -Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICARIARI)  has  estimated  production  of  paddy  residue  in  paddy  growing  states  during  2018-19. The area coverage for paddy is 44.156 million hectares and estimated paddy residue (dry biomass) generated from this area is 240.41 million tonnes in the year 2018-19. The statewise details are given as Annexure.
- (b) to  (e): The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) is already  implementing  Crop  Diversification  Programme  (CDP),  a  sub-scheme  of  Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) in the Original Green Revolution States viz; Haryana, Punjab & Western  Uttar  Pradesh  since  2013-14  for  shifting  paddy  area  to  alternative  crops  like oilseeds, pulses, coarse cereals, nutri cereals, cotton etc. Under CDP, the target of 1.32 lakh hectare area has been approved for the States of Haryana, Punjab & Western Uttar Pradesh for  demonstrations  on  alternative  crops  during  2020-21.  CDP  provides  incentives  to  the farmers  for  alternate  crops  demonstration,  farm  mechanization  and  value  addition,  site specific  activities  and  contingency  for  awareness  and  capacity  building.  DAC&FW  has allocated  an  amount  of  Rs.110.00  crore  (central  share)  for  implementation  of  CDP  in  the Original  Green Revolution  States of Haryana, Punjab & Western Uttar Pradesh during the 2020-21. In order to replace paddy with alternative crops, Government of Haryana has also launched  a  scheme  ' Mera  Pani  Meri  Virasat '  from  kharif  2020.  Under  this    scheme  cash incentives to the  farmers  @  Rs.  7000  per  acre  besides,  assistance  for insurance, procurement of alternative crop and irrigation system etc for replacing paddy is provided.

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(f) & (g): To support the efforts  of  the  Government of  Punjab,  Haryana,  Uttar  Pradesh and  NCT  of  Delhi  to  address  air  pollution  and  to  subsidize  machinery  required  for  in-situ management  of  crop  residue,  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  on  'Promotion  of  Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi' is being implemented from 2018-19. The scheme provides support  to  the  farmers  through  Cooperatives,  Farmers  Producers  Organization  (FPOs), Registered Farmers Societies and Panchayats for establishment of Custom Hiring Centres (CHC) of crop residue management machinery. Under this scheme, so far, 30961 Custom Hiring  Centres  have  been  established  and  more  than  1.5  lakh  crop  residue  management machines have been supplied. The scheme of 'Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ  Management  of  Crop  Residue'  has  been  implemented  in  the  States  of  Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi' from 2018-19 to 2020-21. During the current year, Rs  548.20  crore  has  been  released  to  these  states/agencies.  In  addition,  ICAR-IARI  has recently developed 'Pusa Decomposer' technology for in-situ paddy residue management.

Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question

## No. 105 due for reply on 09.02.2021

## State-wise Paddy Area and Residue (Dry Biomass) Estimates for 2018-19

| States            |   Paddy Area ('000 Hectares) |   Paddy Residue (dry biomass) generated ('000 Tonnes) |
|-------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                      2208    |                                              16996.3  |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                       133.2  |                                                495.36 |
| Assam             |                      2425.18 |                                              10775.4  |
| Bihar             |                      3159.72 |                                              12705    |
| Chhattisgarh      |                      3606    |                                              13471.4  |
| Goa               |                        36.38 |                                                204.01 |
| Gujarat           |                       838.95 |                                               3946.53 |
| Haryana           |                      1447    |                                               9321.2  |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                        71.81 |                                                237.15 |
| Jammu & Kashmir   |                       262.01 |                                               1271.01 |
| Jharkhand         |                      1527.1  |                                               5972.93 |
| Karnataka         |                      1139.05 |                                               7081.61 |
| Kerala            |                       198.03 |                                               1193.52 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                      2391    |                                               9277.15 |
| Maharashtra       |                      1464.94 |                                               6761.03 |
| Manipur           |                       233.5  |                                                828.94 |
| Meghalaya         |                       110.93 |                                                416.89 |
| Mizoram           |                        35.55 |                                                123.86 |
| Nagaland          |                       214.45 |                                                736.22 |
| Odisha            |                      3859.42 |                                              15962.4  |
| Punjab            |                      3103    |                                              26463.8  |
| Rajasthan         |                       197.81 |                                                935.37 |
| Sikkim            |                         9.26 |                                                 35.46 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                      1721.26 |                                              12654.2  |
| Telangana         |                      1932    |                                              13766.9  |
| Tripura           |                       269.39 |                                               1637.12 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                      5748    |                                              32085.5  |
| Uttarakhand       |                       256    |                                               1274.65 |
| West Bengal       |                      5512.57 |                                              33523.9  |
| A & N Islands     |                         5.39 |                                                 23.61 |
| Chandigarh        |                         0    |                                                  0.01 |
| D & N Haveli      |                        14.4  |                                                 62.56 |
| Delhi             |                         5.85 |                                                 34.74 |
| Daman & Diu       |                         1.43 |                                                  3.76 |
| Puducherry        |                        17.86 |                                                130.74 |
| All India         |                     44156.4  |                                             240410    |

Source: ICAR-IARI, Paddy area as per Directorate of Economics & Statistics, DAC&FW

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