Lok Sabha Question No. 3694 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-12
Subject: Total Area Coverage Under Kharif Crops
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Chavan Ravindra Vasantrao, Shri Sudheer Gupta, Shri Manish Jaiswal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3694

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## TOTAL AREA COVERAGE UNDER KHARIF CROPS

3694. SHRI CHAVAN RAVINDRA VASANTRAO: SHRI MANISH JAISWAL: SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has released progress of total area coverage under kharif crops recently and if so, the details thereof, crop-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  the  year-on-year  percentage increase/decrease in the total area sown under the kharif crop and percentage gain/loss in crop production, crops-wise;
- (c) whether it is true that in some parts of the country farmers have to suffer crop loss due to 40 per cent deficit rainfall;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps/measures taken/being taken by the Government to support the farmers of these affected regions and mitigate their potential crop losses; and
- (e) the  details of other  measures taken/being taken by the Government to increase the production of Kharif crop in the country?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a)  & (b): The sowing operations for Kharif 2025-26 are still underway, and the first advance estimates for all major Kharif crops in the 2025-26 agricultural year (July-June) have not yet been released. The details of year-on-year percentage increase/decrease in the total area sown under kharif crops and percentage gain/loss in crop production, crop-wise; for the last three years is provided in the Annexure.

(c)  & (d): The Government takes several steps/measures to support farmers of the  region  affected  by  deficit/excess  rainfall  and  mitigate  their  potential  crop  losses which include:

The  Government  is  implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY) which was launched in 2016 in order to provide a simple and affordable crop insurance product  to  ensure  comprehensive  risk  cover  for  crops  to  farmers  against  all  nonpreventable natural risks from pre-sowing to post-harvest and to provide adequate claim amount. The scheme is demand driven and available for all farmers.

Further,  the  primary  responsibility  for  disaster  management  rests  with  the  State Governments. The State Governments provide financial relief to the affected people in the  wake  of notified  disasters,  including  drought,  from  the  State  Disaster  Response Fund (SDRF), already placed at their disposal. However, in the event of disaster of a severe nature, additional financial assistance is extended from the National Disaster Response  Fund  (NDRF),  as  per  the  laid  down  procedure,  which  includes  an assessment based on the visit of an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT). The financial assistance  provided  under  SDRF  and  NDRF  is  by  way  of  relief  and  not  for compensation.

No memorandum has been submitted by any State Government seeking financial assistance from NDRF for drought during the current year, so far.

(e): The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) is implementing National Food Security and Nutrition Mission (NFSNM) in all the 28 States and 2 Union Territories  (UTs)  viz.  Jammu  &  Kashmir  and  Ladakh  with  the  objective  to  increase foodgrain  production  through  area  expansion  and  productivity  enhancement.  Under NFSNM, the incentives are provided to the farmers, through the States/UTs, on crop production  and  protection  technologies,  cropping  system  based  demonstrations, production  &  distribution of  certified  seeds  of  newly  released  varieties/hybrids, integrated  nutrient  and  pest  management  techniques,  capacity  building  of  farmers through trainings during cropping season etc.

## ANNEXURE Annexure referred in reply to Part (a) and (b) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3694

## due for reply on 12.08.2025

## Year-On Year Percentage Increase/Decrease in Total Area of Major Agricultural Crops in Kharif Season

Source : DA&FW

| Crop      | Area (Lakh Hectares)   | Area (Lakh Hectares)   | Area (Lakh Hectares)   | Area (Lakh Hectares)   | Area Year on Year %age Change   | Area Year on Year %age Change   | Area Year on Year %age Change   |
|-----------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Crop      | 2021-22                | 2022-23                | 2023-24                | 2024-25                | 2022-23                         | 2023-24                         | 2024-25                         |
| Rice      | 410.38                 | 404.03                 | 407.34                 | 434.13                 | -1.55                           | 0.82                            | 6.58                            |
| Maize     | 77.85                  | 80.53                  | 83.29                  | 84.30                  | 3.44                            | 3.43                            | 1.21                            |
| Tur       | 49.00                  | 40.68                  | 41.31                  | 43.28                  | -16.98                          | 1.55                            | 4.77                            |
| Urad      | 36.25                  | 30.98                  | 26.81                  | 21.01                  | -14.54                          | -13.46                          | -21.63                          |
| Moong     | 38.43                  | 34.86                  | 31.74                  | 33.91                  | -9.29                           | -8.95                           | 6.84                            |
| Groundnut | 49.13                  | 42.63                  | 40.44                  | 49.95                  | -13.23                          | -5.14                           | 23.52                           |
| Soybean   | 121.47                 | 130.84                 | 132.55                 | 129.57                 | 7.71                            | 1.31                            | -2.25                           |
| Sugarcane | 51.75                  | 58.85                  | 57.40                  | 53.58                  | 13.72                           | -2.46                           | -6.66                           |
| Cotton    | 123.72                 | 129.27                 | 126.88                 | 112.30                 | 4.49                            | -1.85                           | -11.49                          |

Note: Data for the year 2024-25 is of 3ʳᵈ Advance Estimates

Year-On Year Percentage Increase/Decrease in Total Production of Major Agricultural Crops in Kharif Season

Source : DA&FW

| Crop      | Production (Lakh Tonnes)   | Production (Lakh Tonnes)   | Production (Lakh Tonnes)   | Production (Lakh Tonnes)   | Production Year on Year %age Change   | Production Year on Year %age Change   | Production Year on Year %age Change   |
|-----------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|           | 2021-22                    | 2022-23                    | 2023-24                    | 2024-25                    | 2022-23                               | 2023-24                               | 2024-25                               |
| Rice      | 1110.01                    | 1105.12                    | 1132.59                    | 1218.54                    | -0.44                                 | 2.49                                  | 7.59                                  |
| Maize     | 226.81                     | 236.74                     | 222.45                     | 248.43                     | 4.38                                  | -6.04                                 | 11.68                                 |
| Tur       | 42.20                      | 33.12                      | 34.17                      | 35.61                      | -21.52                                | 3.17                                  | 4.21                                  |
| Urad      | 18.65                      | 17.68                      | 16.04                      | 13.02                      | -5.20                                 | -9.28                                 | -18.83                                |
| Moong     | 14.80                      | 17.18                      | 11.54                      | 17.47                      | 16.08                                 | -32.83                                | 51.39                                 |
| Groundnut | 84.34                      | 85.62                      | 86.60                      | 103.68                     | 1.52                                  | 1.14                                  | 19.72                                 |
| Soybean   | 129.87                     | 149.85                     | 130.62                     | 151.80                     | 15.38                                 | -12.83                                | 16.21                                 |
| Sugarcane | 4394.25                    | 4905.33                    | 4531.58                    | 4501.16                    | 11.63                                 | -7.62                                 | -0.67                                 |
| Cotton    | 311.18                     | 336.60                     | 325.22                     | 306.92                     | 8.17                                  | -3.38                                 | -5.63                                 |

Note: 1) Data for the year 2024-25 is of 3ʳᵈ Advance Estimates 2) Cotton Production in Bales, 1Bale=170 Kg

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