Lok Sabha Question No. 1903 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Assessment of Crop Loss
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Keshari Devi Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1903

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 ST     AUGUST, 2023/ SRAVANA 10, 1945 (SAKA)

ASSESSMENT OF CROP LOSS

†1903. SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether any assessment of losses caused to farmers due to floods has been made in the flood affected districts of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(c)  the  name  of  the  crops  which  have  been  identified  with  maximum damage; and

(d) whether any scheme  has  been  formulated to provide financial assistance to the farmers for the said losses and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) to (c): District-wise and crop-wise information of each State affected by  natural  disasters,  including  flood  is  not  maintained  centrally  by  this Ministry.    However,  state-wise  detail  of  the  crop  area  affected  due  to hydro-meteorological  calamities,  including  flood,  during  2023-24  (as  on 26.07.2023), as reported by the State Governments/ Union Territories, is at Annexure.

(d):  The  extant  norms  of  the  State  Disaster  Response  Fund  (SDRF)/ National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) inter-alia provide for assistance to the farmers in the form of agriculture input subsidy (where crop loss is 33% and above) for damage caused to all types of agriculture/ horticulture crop areas due to the notified natural disasters.These norms are available on Ministry of Home Affairs website https://ndmindia.mha.gov.in.

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## L.S.USQ NO. 1903 FOR 01.08.2023 ANNEXURE

## Details of Crops area affected as reported by States/ UTs due to hydro-meteorological calamities during 2023-24 (as on 26.07.2023)

## (Provisional)

| Sl. No.   | State/ UT           | 2023-24 (As on 26.07.2023) Crops area affected (in hectare)   |
|-----------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | 2                   | 3                                                             |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh      | -                                                             |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 1.54                                                          |
| 3.        | Assam               | 28386                                                         |
| 4.        | Bihar               | -                                                             |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh        | -                                                             |
| 6.        | Goa                 | -                                                             |
| 7.        | Gujarat             | 133129                                                        |
| 8.        | Haryana             | 206990                                                        |
| 9.        | Himachal Pr.        | -                                                             |
| 10.       | Jharkhand           | -                                                             |
| 11.       | Karnataka           | 10396                                                         |
| 12.       | Kerala              | -                                                             |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh      | -                                                             |
| 14.       | Maharashtra         | -                                                             |
| 15.       | Manipur             | -                                                             |
| 16.       | Meghalaya           | 82                                                            |
| 17.       | Mizoram             | -                                                             |
| 18.       | Nagaland            | 24                                                            |
| 19.       | Odisha              | -                                                             |
| 20.       | Punjab              | 25530                                                         |
| 21.       | Rajasthan           | -                                                             |
| 22.       | Sikkim              | 138                                                           |
| 23.       | Tamilnadu           | -                                                             |
| 24.       | Telangana           | -                                                             |
| 25.       | Tripura             | -                                                             |
| 26.       | Uttar Pradesh       | -                                                             |
| 27.       | Uttarakhand         | -                                                             |
| 28.       | West Bengal         | -                                                             |
| 29.       | Andaman &Nikobar    | -                                                             |
| 30.       | Chandigarh          | -                                                             |
| 31.       | Dadar& Nagar Habeli | -                                                             |
| 32.       | Delhi               | -                                                             |
| 33.       | J&K                 | -                                                             |
| 34.       | Ladakh              | -                                                             |
| 35.       | Lakshadweep         | -                                                             |
| 36.       | Puducherry          | -                                                             |
|           | Total               | 404676.54                                                     |

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