Lok Sabha Question No. 1727 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: Indebtedness of Farmers
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Sukhbir Singh Badal

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Financial Services

## LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question No. 1727 Answered on

## INDEBTEDNESS OF FARMERS

## 1727 # SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH BADAL:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- a) the total and the average indebtedness of farmers in the country, State/UT-wise including Punjab;
2. b whether the Government has undertaken any to assess the indebtedness and financial distress of farmers in the last two years and if SO, the details and the outcomes thereof; and study
3. whether the Government proposes to waive- off debts of farmers of Punjab taken from Banks and money lenders and if the details thereof? SO,

## Answer

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DR. BHAGWAT KARAD)

(a) and (6): As per Report: Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households and Land and Livestock Holdings of Households in Rural India, 2019, of Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, National Statistical Office, the average amount of outstanding loan per agricultural household for different States including Punjab is given in Annexure.

(c): No sir:

Average amount (Rs:) of outstanding loan per agricultural household for   different States/Group of UTs/ Group of North-Eastern States.

| State/Group of NE States/ Group of UTs   | Average amount (Rs ) of outstanding   |
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                           | 2,45,554                              |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        | 3,581                                 |
| Assam                                    | 16,407                                |
| Bihar                                    | 23,534                                |
| Chhattisgarh                             | 21,443                                |
| Gujarat                                  | 56,568                                |
| Haryana                                  | 1,82,922                              |
| Himachal Pradesh                         | 85,825                                |
| Jammu & Kashmir                          | 30,435                                |
| Jharkhand                                | 8,415                                 |
| Karnataka                                | 1,26,240                              |
| Kerala                                   | 2,42,482                              |
| Madhya Pradesh                           | 74,420                                |
| Maharashtra                              | 82,085                                |
| Manipur                                  | 5,551                                 |
| Meghalaya                                | 2,237                                 |
| Mizoram                                  | 485 23,5                              |
| Nagaland                                 | 1,750                                 |
| Odisha                                   | 32,721                                |
| Punjab                                   | 2,03,249                              |
| Rajasthan                                | 1,13,865                              |
| Sikkim                                   | 32,185                                |
| Tamil Nadu                               | 1,06,553                              |
| Telangana                                | 1,52,113                              |
| Tripura                                  | 23,944                                |
| Uttarakhand                              | 48,338                                |
| Uttar Pradesh                            | 51,107                                |
| West Bengal                              | 26,452                                |
| Group of N E States                      | 10,034                                |
| Group of UTs                             |                                       |
| AlI India                                | 74,121                                |

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