Lok Sabha Question No. 1974 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Survey Regarding Per Capita Income of Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Deepak Baij

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1974

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 01 ST  AUGUST, 2023

## SURVEY REGARDING PER CAPITA INCOME OF FARMERS

1974. SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any survey to ascertain the per capita income of farmers engaged in agriculture;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  for  the  last  four  years  and  the  current  year  along  with  the increase/decrease of per capita income, year and State-wise;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  would  conduct fresh  survey  for  ascertaining  the  present  per capita income of farmers in the country so that agriculture may be converted into remunerative profession?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (c): National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) conducted a Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) of Agricultural Households during NSS 77 th  round (January 2019- December 2019) with reference to the agricultural year July 2018- June 2019 in the rural areas of the country. As per result of SAS NSS 77 th  round, the State-wise average monthly income per agricultural household during 2018-19 is given at Annexure.
- (d): The SAS Survey by NSSO is carried out on a periodic basis.

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q.No.1974 due for reply on 01.08.2023

Average monthly income (Rs.) per agricultural household during July 2018-June 2019

| State/ Group of NE States/Group of UTs   | Total income(Rs)   |
|------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| (1)                                      | (2)                |
| Andhra Pradesh                           | 10,480             |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        | 19,225             |
| Assam                                    | 10,675             |
| Bihar                                    | 7,542              |
| Chhattisgarh                             | 9,677              |
| Gujarat                                  | 12,631             |
| Haryana                                  | 22,841             |
| Himachal Pradesh                         | 12,153             |
| Jammu & Kashmir                          | 18,918             |
| Jharkhand                                | 4,895              |
| Karnataka                                | 13,441             |
| Kerala                                   | 17,915             |
| Madhya Pradesh                           | 8,339              |
| Maharashtra                              | 11,492             |
| Manipur                                  | 11,227             |
| Meghalaya                                | 29,348             |
| Mizoram                                  | 17,964             |
| Nagaland                                 | 9,877              |
| Odisha                                   | 5,112              |
| Punjab                                   | 26,701             |
| Rajasthan                                | 12,520             |
| Sikkim                                   | 12,447             |
| Tamil Nadu                               | 11,924             |
| Telangana                                | 9,403              |
| Tripura                                  | 9,918              |
| Uttarakhand                              | 13,552             |
| Uttar Pradesh                            | 8,061              |
| West Bengal                              | 6,762              |
| Group of NE States                       | 16,863             |
| Group of UT                              | 18,511             |
| All India                                | 10,218             |

Note: Based on the common households of visit-1 and visit-2

Source: NSSO Report (77 th  Round)

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