Lok Sabha Question No. 2420 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-09
Subject: Loss to Paddy Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Suresh Kodikunnil

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2420

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 9 TH  MARCH, 2021

## LOSS TO PADDY FARMERS

2420.  SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the huge losses suffered by paddy farmers and the crisis  faced  by  them  due  to  damages  caused  by  the  heavy  floods  in  the  recent  monsoon season;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken/  being  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard;

(c)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  more  than  1000  hectares  paddy  farming  is damaged due to the embankment breach in the heavy flood;

- (d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken/  being  taken  by  the  Government  for strengthening bunds in Kuttanadu paddy area;
- (e) whether the Government has received any request from State Governments for financial assistance to the paddy farmers, who lost hectares of paddy crops in the recent flood; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b):  As per the information provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), State-wise details of crop area affected due to flood/landslide during 2020, as reported by the affected State  Governments,  are  given  at  Annexure.  Further,  MHA  has  informed  that  crop-wise details of damages caused due to floods are not centrally maintained.

On  receipt  of  memorandum  from  the  State  for  any  notified  natural  disaster,  an  InterMinisterial Central Team (IMCT) is constituted and deputed for an on-the-spot assessment of damage and requirement of funds for relief operations, as per the extant items and norms. The  report  of  the  IMCT  is  considered  by  the  Sub  Committee  of  National  Executive Committee  (SC-NEC).  Thereafter,  the  High  Level  Committee  (HLC)  approves  the  final quantum of financial assistance.

- (c)  &  (d):    The  State  Government  of  Kerala  has  not  submitted  any  memorandum  seeking financial assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for floods during 2020.
- (e) & (f): The  Primary responsibility for disaster  management  rests  with the State Governments.    The  State  Governments  undertake  assessment  of  damages  and  provide financial   relief   in   the   wake   of   12 notified natural disasters, from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) already placed at their disposal. Additional financial assistance is extended  from  the  National  Disaster  Response  Fund  (NDRF)  as  per  the  established procedure in case of disaster of severe nature. No specific proposal for seeking assistance for damage to paddy crops during 2020-21 has been received in MHA.

ANNEXURE

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2420 due for answer on 09.03.2021

Details of crop area damaged (33% and above) reported by the affected States due to flood/landslide during 2020

| S.No.   | States            |   Crop area damaged (in lac hectare) |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh    |                                 2.56 |
| 2.      | Arunachal Pradesh |                                 0.28 |
| 3.      | Assam             |                                 1.73 |
| 4.      | Bihar             |                                 7.41 |
| 5.      | Himachal Pradesh  |                                 0.31 |
| 6.      | Karnataka         |                                14.32 |
| 7.      | Madhya Pradesh    |                                 6.68 |
| 8.      | Maharashtra       |                                41.41 |
| 9.      | Odisha            |                                 1.79 |
| 10.     | Sikkim            |                                 0.03 |
| 11.     | Telangana         |                                 2.39 |
| 12.     | Uttar Pradesh     |                                 1.15 |
|         | Total             |                                80.06 |

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