Lok Sabha Question No. 1564 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Study for Farmers’ Income
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1564

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  JULY, 2022

## STUDY FOR FARMERS' INCOME

1564. SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government  is conducting annual study to calculate income and expenditure of farmers across the country;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof for the last five years, State/UT-wise;
- (c)  if not, the measures taken / proposed to be taken to conduct scientific study to ascertain whether the income of farmers is doubling or not?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री

## (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (c): National  Statistical  Office  (NSO)  conducts  Situation  Assessment  Survey (SAS) of Agricultural Households in the rural areas of the country to estimate income and expenditure of farmers across the country. NSO conducted 77 th  round of survey on 'Land and Livestock Holdings of Households and Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households' during the period 1 st  January 2019 to 31 st  December 2019 with reference to the agricultural year July 2018- June 2019.  Similar survey was conducted by NSO during NSS 70th round (January 2013- December 2013) with reference to the agricultural year July 2012- June 2013. As per the latest available result of the SAS 77 th  round, the State-wise / UT-wise details of average income per agricultural household is at Annexure-I.

Government had also constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee in April, 2016 to examine issues relating to 'Doubling of Farmers Income (DFI)' and recommend strategies to  achieve  the  same.    The  Committee  submitted  its  final  report  to  the  Government  in September, 2018 containing the strategy for doubling of farmers' income through various policies, reforms & programmes. Government has adopted several developmental programmes, schemes, reforms and policies for achieving higher incomes for the farmers. There have been several reforms to tap the potential for income enhancement which have been able to augment income of farmers directly or indirectly. These include:

- (i) Formation and promotion of 10,000 FPOs along with necessary financial support under Atma Nirbhar Package (Agriculture),
- (ii) Special  attention  for  creation  of  infrastructure  through  Agri  Infrastructure  Fund (AIF) with a size of Rs. 100,000 crore,
- (iii) Supplementary income transfers under PM-KISAN,
- (iv) Crop insurance under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna  (PMFBY),
- (iv) Better access to irrigation under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY),
- (vi) Increase in Minimum Support Price (MSPs) for all Kharif & Rabi crops ensuring a minimum of 50 percent of profit margin on the cost of production,
- (vii) New procurement policy under PM-AASHA in addition to FCI operations,
- (viii) Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) offering production loan to even dairy & fishery farmers besides agricultural crops,
- (ix) National  Mission  for  Sustainable  Agriculture  (NMSA),  which  aims  to  evolve  and implement strategies to make Indian agriculture more resilient to the changing climate.
- (x) Focus on application of digital technology at all stages of agricultural value chain.
- (xi) Adoption of drone technologies in agriculture which has a potential to revolutionize the Indian agriculture.
- (xii) Benefits accruing under Bee-Keeping, Rashtriya Gokul Mission, Blue Revolution, Interest Subvention Scheme, agro-forestry, restructured bamboo mission, implementation of new generation watershed guidelines, etc.

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 1564 due for answer on 26/7/2022

The details of State-wise / UT-wise Average monthly income per agricultural household during the agricultural year July 2018 June 2019

| State/ Group of UTs   | Average monthly income per agricultural household (₹)   |
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh        | 10,480                                                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh     | 19,225                                                  |
| Assam                 | 10,675                                                  |
| Bihar                 | 7,542                                                   |
| Chhattisgarh          | 9,677                                                   |
| Gujarat               | 12,631                                                  |
| Haryana               | 22,841                                                  |
| Himachal Pradesh      | 12,153                                                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir       | 18,918                                                  |
| Jharkhand             | 4,895                                                   |
| Karnataka             | 13,441                                                  |
| Kerala                | 17,915                                                  |
| Madhya Pradesh        | 8,339                                                   |
| Maharashtra           | 11,492                                                  |
| Manipur               | 11,227                                                  |
| Meghalaya             | 29,348                                                  |
| Mizoram               | 17,964                                                  |
| Nagaland              | 9,877                                                   |
| Odisha                | 5,112                                                   |
| Punjab                | 26,701                                                  |
| Rajasthan             | 12,520                                                  |
| Sikkim                | 12,447                                                  |
| Tamil Nadu            | 11,924                                                  |
| Telangana             | 9,403                                                   |
| Tripura               | 9,918                                                   |
| Uttarakhand           | 13,552                                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh         | 8,061                                                   |
| West Bengal           | 6,762                                                   |
| Group of N E States   | 16,863                                                  |
| Group of UTs          | 18,511                                                  |
| All India             | 10,218                                                  |

Note: Considering  paid out expenses

Based on the common households of visit-1 and vist-2

Source: NSS Report No. 587: Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households and Land and Livestock Holding of Households in Rural India, 2019

Income includes income from wages, income from leasing out of land, net receipt from crop production, net receipt from farming of animals and net receipt from non-farm business

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