Lok Sabha Question No. 334 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Vulnerable districts under NICRA
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Gaurav Gogoi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 334

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## VULNERABLE DISTRICTS UNDER NICRA

## 334. SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f"k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of most vulnerable districts/regions identified under National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA); and
- (b) the crop varieties and management practices identified and developed for adaptation and mitigation of climate resilient agriculture?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f"k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=h (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) A total of 310 districts of the country have been identified as the most  vulnerable (109 districts as 'Very High' and 201 districts as 'Highly' vulnerable category) under NICRA  and details are presented in Annexure I.
- (b) Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed climate resilient crop varieties  for  improving  the  food  production.  Since  2014,  a  total  of  1971  climate  resilient varieties  have  been  developed  and  released,  which  include  429  abiotic  stress  tolerant varieties and 1542 biotic stress tolerant.

Major adaptation practices include renovation of community tanks/ponds for augmentation of village level water resources and its management; improving water-use efficiency; laser land levelling;  soil  test-based  integrated  nutrient  management;  community  paddy  nursery; contingency crop plans; sustainable intensification in rice fallows and zero-till sowing; and small  farm  mechanization  through  Custom  Hiring  Centers.  Likewise,  the  major  mitigation practices  identified  are  direct  seeded  rice; in-situ crop  residue  management;  agroforestry interventions; and integrated farming systems for climate resilient Agriculture.

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## ANNEXURE- I [Part (a) of Lok Sabha USQ No. 334 dated 5 TH  DECEMEBER, 2023]

## List of State-wise vulnerable districts with 'Very high' and 'High' category

| S. No.   | State             | Very High vulnerable districts   | Very High vulnerable districts                                                                        | Highly vulnerable districts   | Highly vulnerable districts                                                                                                             |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State             | No.                              | Name                                                                                                  | No.                           | Name                                                                                                                                    |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 1                                | Anantapur                                                                                             | 3                             | Srikakulam, East Godavari, Kurnool                                                                                                      |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                                | Upper Siang                                                                                           | 6                             | Lower Subansiri, Tawang, West Siang, East Siang, Lohit, Dibang valley                                                                   |
| 3        | Assam             | 2                                | Nalbari, Darrang                                                                                      | 5                             | Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Barpeta, Morigaon, Dhemaji                                                                                           |
| 4        | Bihar             | 10                               | Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Supaul, Kishanganj, Katihar Saharsa, Darbhanga, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura, Nalanda | 13                            | Champaran(West), East Champaran, Purnea, Madhepura, Gopalganj, Siwan, Samastipur, Begusarai, Khagaria, Bhagalpur, Patna, Bhojpur, Buxar |
| 5        | Chhattis- garh    | -                                | -                                                                                                     | 6                             | Jashpur, Raigadh, Korba, Durg, Mahasamund, Kanker                                                                                       |
| 6        | Gujarat           | 2                                | Panchmahal, Dahod                                                                                     | 6                             | Banaskantha, Patan, Anand, Kheda, Narmada, Dang                                                                                         |
| 7        | Haryana           | 3                                | Fatehabad, Bhiwani, Mahendragarh                                                                      | 8                             | Kaithal, Jind, Sirsa, Hissar, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Rewari, Gurgaon                                                                          |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  | 2                                | Chamba, Mandi                                                                                         | 6                             | Kangra, Kullu, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, Shimla, Kinnaur                                                                                      |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 3                                | Leh(Ladakh), Poonch, Kathua                                                                           | 7                             | Baramulla, Budgam, Anantnag, Kargil, Doda, Udhampur, Rajouri                                                                            |
| 10       | Jharkhand         | -                                | -                                                                                                     | 6                             | Garhwa, Godda, Sahibganj, Pakur, Gumla, West Singbhum                                                                                   |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 3                                | Gadag, Haveri, Chitradurga                                                                            | 12                            | Bagalkot, Gulbarga, Bidar, Koppal, Dharwad, Bellary, Tumkur, Kolar, Bangalore (Rural), Hassan, Mysore, Chamarajanagar                   |
| 12       | Kerala            | 8                                | Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Ernakulam, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Thiruvanathapuram       | 5                             | Kannur ,Wayanad, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur                                                                                         |

|   13 | Madhya Pradesh   | 2   | Bhind, Jhabua                                                                                                                                              |   14 | Morena, Datia, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Panna, Rewa, Shahdol, Sidhi, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Barwani, Betul, Dindori, Mandla              |
|------|------------------|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   14 | Maharashtra      | 2   | Nanded, Beed                                                                                                                                               |   11 | Nandurbar, Akola, Washim, Wardha, Chandrapur, Hingoli, Parbhani, Jalna, Ahmednagar, Latur, Osmanabad                              |
|   15 | Manipur          | -   | -                                                                                                                                                          |    6 | Senapati, Churachandpur, Thoubal, Imphal East, Ukhrul, Chandel                                                                    |
|   16 | Meghalaya        | 6   | West Garo Hills, East Garo Hills, South Garo Hills, West Khasi Hills, East Khasi Hills, Jaintia Hills                                                      |    1 | Ri-Bhoi                                                                                                                           |
|   18 | Mizoram          | 2   | Lawngtlai, Saiha                                                                                                                                           |    5 | Kolasib, Aizawl, Champhai, Serchhip, Lunglei                                                                                      |
|   19 | Nagaland         | 1   | Tuensang                                                                                                                                                   |    5 | Mon, Mokokchung, Zunheboto, Wokha, Phek                                                                                           |
|   20 | Orissa           | 6   | Keonjhar, Balasore (Baleshwar), Kendrapara, Jagatsingpur, Jajpur, Puri                                                                                     |   13 | Baragarh, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Nayagarh, Khurda, Ganjam, Gajapati, Bolangir, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Nabarangpur |
|   21 | Punjab           | 5   | Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Moga, Faridkot, Bathinda                                                                                                             |    4 | Firozpur, Muktsar, Mansa, Sangrur                                                                                                 |
|   22 | Rajasthan        | 17  | Ganganagar, Hanuman- garh, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Alwar, Karauli, Dausa, Sikar, Nagaur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Barmer, Pali, Jalore, Bhilwara, Dungarpur, Banswara |   10 | Bikaner, Bharatpur, Dholpur, Jaipur, Sirohi, Ajmer, Tonk, Bundi, Rajsamand, Udaipur                                               |
|   23 | Sikkim           | 1   | South                                                                                                                                                      |    3 | North ,West, East                                                                                                                 |
|   24 | Tamilnadu        | -   | -                                                                                                                                                          |    5 | Dharmapuri, Villupuram, Coimbatore, Perambalur, Ramanathapuram                                                                    |

| 25   | Telangana       |   - | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   2 | Adilabad, Mahabubnagar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|------|-----------------|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh   |  22 | Bagpat, Unnao, Kannauj, Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur (Dehat), Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Banda, Chitrakut, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Allahabad, Bahraich, Shravasti, Balrampur, Gonda, Basti, Jaunpur, Sant Ravidas Nagar |  26 | Saharanpur, Rampur, Jyotiba Phulenagar, Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura, Agra, Budaun, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Sitapur, Rae- Bareily, Farrukhabad, Kanpur City, Lalitpur, Pratapgarh, Ambedkar Nagar, Siddharth Nagar, Sant Kabir Nagar, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushi Nagar, Deoria, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Sonbhadr |
| 27   | Uttarakhand     |   7 | Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Almora, Champawat                                                                                                                                      |   2 | Chamoli, Pauri Garhwal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 28   | West Bengal     |   3 | Malda, 24-Paraganas (North), 24-Paraganas (South)                                                                                                                                                                      |  11 | Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Dinajpur (Uttar), Dinajpur (Dakshin), Murshidabad, Birbhum, Nadia, Purulia, Howrah, Midnapore                                                                                                                                                                           |
|      | Total districts | 109 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 201 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |