Lok Sabha Question No. 1338 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Rajeev Rai

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1338 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH  JULY, 2024

## IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE

## 1338.  SHRI RAJEEV RAI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  major  steps  towards  mitigation  of adverse  impact  of  global  warming  and  climate  change  with  respect  to  farmers  of northern plains in the country especially in the State of Uttar Pradesh during the last five years; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f"k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k jkT; ea=h (SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY)

(a)&(b): Yes, the Government through National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) and ICAR flagship network project National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) has undertaken mitigation steps for adverse impact of global warming and climate change in the country including northern plains and in the State of Uttar Pradesh (UP).

Government  is  implementing  National  Mission  for  Sustainable  Agriculture (NMSA)  in  the  country  since  2010.  The  Mission  aims  to  evolve  and  implement strategies to make Indian agriculture more resilient to the changing climate. There are three major components of NMSA i.e. Rainfed Area Development (RAD); On Farm Water Management (OFWM); and Soil Health Management (SHM). Subsequently, new programmes such as Soil Health Card (SHC), Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY),  Per  Drop  More  Crop,  National  Bamboo  Mission  (NBM)  etc.  were  also

included.  These  schemes  support  climate  resilient  agriculture  among  farmers including the state of UP.

Government has also introduced flagship  yield  based  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY)  along  with  Restructured  Weather  Based  Crop  Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) from Kharif 2016  to  protect  the  farmers  from  climate  hazards including the farmers of UP.

ICAR  has  developed  climate  resilient  crop  varieties  for  improving  the  food production. Since 2014, a total of 2177 climate resilient varieties have been developed and released, which includes 445 climate resilient varieties that are tolerant to drought, flood, heat, cold and salinity. Among these, varieties tolerant to drought are 249, for flood  72,  salinity  62,  heat  stress  45  and  cold  tolerant  are  17  suitable  for  diverse ecologies including northern plains of the country.

In Uttar Pradesh, one village cluster from 17 districts viz., Baghpat, Bahraich, Banda,  Basti,  Chitrakoot,  Gonda,  Gorakhpur,  Hamirpur,  Jalaun,  Jhansi,  Kanpur (Dehat), Kaushambi, Kushi Nagar, Maharajganj, Pratapgarh, Sant Ravidas Nagar and Sonbhadra were selected for climate resilient Agriculture technology adoption through NICRA since 2011.

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