Lok Sabha Question No. 1245 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Landless Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Harish Chandra Meena

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1245

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 30 TH  JULY, 2024

## LANDLESS FARMERS

1245.  SHRI HARISH CHANDRA MEENA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष और ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of landless farmers in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the number of landless farmers receiving pension under PM Shram Yogi Maan-dhan Yojana, State-wise; and
- (c) the number of landless farmers receiving benefits under PM Kisan scheme, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी

(SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

- (a): No  specific  census/  survey  of  landless  farmers  has  been  conducted  and  as  such  the exact number of landless farmers in the country is not available. However, State-wise number of wholly leased-in operational holdings/landless farmers in the country as per Agriculture Census, 2015-16, is given in the Annexure .
- (b): The Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM) pension scheme in 2019. It provides monthly pension of Rs. 3000/- after attaining the age of 60 years. The workers in the age group of 18-40 years whose monthly income is Rs.15000/- or less and  who  are  not  a  member  of  EPFO/ESIC/NPS  (Government  funded)  can  join  the  PM-SYM Scheme. The number of landless farmers receiving pension under the scheme is not available, as the scheme was launched in 2019 and the first pay-out will start in 2039.
- (c):      Does  not  arise,  as  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Samman  Nidhi  (PM-KISAN)  is  a  Central Sector Scheme applicable to landholding farmers only.

## Annexure

| Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1245 due for answer on 30/07/2024   | Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1245 due for answer on 30/07/2024   | Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1245 due for answer on 30/07/2024   |
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| S. No.                                                                                                         | States/ UTs                                                                                                    | No. of Wholly Leased-in Holdings (in absolute number)                                                          |
| 1                                                                                                              | A&N Islands                                                                                                    | 12                                                                                                             |
| 2                                                                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                 | 30,445                                                                                                         |
| 3                                                                                                              | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                                              | Assam                                                                                                          | 3,012                                                                                                          |
| 5                                                                                                              | Bihar                                                                                                          | 4,090                                                                                                          |
| 6                                                                                                              | Chandigarh                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                              |
| 7                                                                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                   | 377                                                                                                            |
| 8                                                                                                              | D&N Haveli                                                                                                     | 2                                                                                                              |
| 9                                                                                                              | Daman & Diu                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                              |
| 10                                                                                                             | Delhi                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                                             | Goa                                                                                                            | 4,121                                                                                                          |
| 12                                                                                                             | Gujarat                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                              |
| 13                                                                                                             | Haryana                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                              |
| 14                                                                                                             | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                               | 200                                                                                                            |
| 15                                                                                                             | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                | 960                                                                                                            |
| 16                                                                                                             | Jharkhand                                                                                                      | 2,392                                                                                                          |
| 17                                                                                                             | Karnataka                                                                                                      | 98                                                                                                             |
| 18                                                                                                             | Kerala                                                                                                         | 21,853                                                                                                         |
| 19                                                                                                             | Lakshadweep                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                              |
| 20                                                                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                 | 8,340                                                                                                          |
| 21                                                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                                                    | 776                                                                                                            |
| 22                                                                                                             | Manipur                                                                                                        | 6,627                                                                                                          |
| 23                                                                                                             | Meghalaya                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                              |
| 24                                                                                                             | Mizoram                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                              |
| 25                                                                                                             | Nagaland                                                                                                       | 317                                                                                                            |
| 26                                                                                                             | Odisha                                                                                                         | 2,83,071                                                                                                       |
| 27                                                                                                             | Puducherry                                                                                                     | 223                                                                                                            |
| 28                                                                                                             | Punjab                                                                                                         | 6,576                                                                                                          |
| 29                                                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                                                      | 5,486                                                                                                          |
| 30                                                                                                             | Sikkim                                                                                                         | 1,037                                                                                                          |
| 31                                                                                                             | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                     | 9,899                                                                                                          |
| 32                                                                                                             | Telangana                                                                                                      | 763                                                                                                            |
| 33                                                                                                             | Tripura                                                                                                        | 1,575                                                                                                          |
| 34                                                                                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                  | 21,220                                                                                                         |
| 35                                                                                                             | Uttarakhand                                                                                                    | 148                                                                                                            |
| 36                                                                                                             | West Bengal                                                                                                    | 1,17,665                                                                                                       |
| All India                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                | 5,31,285                                                                                                       |

Source: Agriculture Census 2015-16, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.

Note: Wholly leased-in is the land taken on lease completely from others without any permanent right of possession for the lessee.

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