Lok Sabha Question No. 728 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Survey regarding Farmer Families
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati, Ranjeeta Koli, Malook Nagar, Manoj Rajoria

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 728

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 th  FEBRUARY, 2023

## SURVEY REGARDING FARMER FAMILIES

728. SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI:

SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  survey  to  find  out  the  number  of farmer   families in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise;
- (b) whether the Government has laid down any criteria for declaring a person as a farmer and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  reduce  the  cost  of  agriculture during the last five years and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the aforementioned steps have resulted in reduction in agricultural costs and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (d) National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) conducted a 'Land and Livestock Holdings of Households and Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households' during NSS 77 th  round (during the period 1 st  January 2019 to 31 st  December 2019) in the rural areas of the country for  agricultural year July 2018 - June 2019. From this survey, the information on estimates of agricultural households during agricultural year July 2018June 2019 is given at Annexure.

Government  of  India  facilitates  State  Governments  to  reduce  agricultural  cost through many Centrally Sponsored and Central Sector Schemes like Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP), National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility,  Pradhan  Mantri Krishi  Sinchayee Yojana(PMKSY),  Per Drop More Crop (PMKSY-PDMC),  Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMSP), etc.

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) to (b) of Lok  Sabha Unstarred Q.No.728 due for 07.02.2023

## Estimated number of agricultural households for different States/Group of UTs/ Group of North-Eastern States during July 2018 - June2019

| State               |   Number of agricultural households ('00) |
|---------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh      |                                     31587 |
| Arunachal Pradesh   |                                      1524 |
| Assam               |                                     30999 |
| Bihar               |                                     70123 |
| Chhattisgarh        |                                     29851 |
| Gujarat             |                                     40369 |
| Haryana             |                                     19062 |
| Himachal Pradesh    |                                     10280 |
| Jammu & Kashmir     |                                     12557 |
| Jharkhand           |                                     28080 |
| Karnataka           |                                     42501 |
| Kerala              |                                     14667 |
| Madhya Pradesh      |                                     72738 |
| Maharashtra         |                                     72941 |
| Manipur             |                                      2412 |
| Meghalaya           |                                      3647 |
| Mizoram             |                                       764 |
| Nagaland            |                                      1918 |
| Odisha              |                                     48153 |
| Punjab              |                                     14671 |
| Rajasthan           |                                     70378 |
| Sikkim              |                                       652 |
| Tamil Nadu          |                                     25825 |
| Telangana           |                                     26557 |
| Tripura             |                                      2893 |
| Uttarakhand         |                                      9844 |
| Uttar Pradesh       |                                    177583 |
| West Bengal         |                                     66890 |
| Group of N E States |                                     13810 |
| Group of UTs        |                                       897 |
| all India           |                                    930935 |

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