Lok Sabha Question No. 271 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Review of Schemes for Doubling the Income of Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Ajay Kumar Mandal, Sunil Kumar Pintu, Locket Chatterjee, Navneet Ravi Rana, Mahabali Singh

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.271 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## REVIEW OF SCHEMES FOR DOUBLING THE INCOME OF FARMERS

271.

SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL: MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE: SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA: SHRI MAHABALI SINGH: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  carried  out  performance  review  of  the  schemes implemented for doubling the income of the farmers by the year 2022;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to remove the obstacles being faced in doubling the income of the farmers and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the role of the Union and State Governments in the implementation of schemes for the farmers holding non-irrigated lands in Bihar, Maharashtra and West Bengal; and
- (e)  the assistance extended to the States for effective implementation of the Central schemes?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (c):     Government had constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee in April, 2016 to  examine issues relating to 'Doubling of Farmers Income (DFI)' and recommend strategies  to  achieve  the  same.    The  Committee  submitted  its  final  report  to  the Government  in  September,  2018  containing  the  recommendations  for  doubling  of

farmers'  income through various  policies,  reforms  &  programmes.   To  achieve the objective, the Committee identified following seven sources of income growth: -

- i. Increase in crop productivity
- ii. Increase in livestock productivity
- iii. Resource use efficiency - reduction in cost of production
- iv. Increase in cropping intensity
- v. Diversification to high value agriculture
- vi. Remunerative prices on farmers' produce
- vii. Shift of surplus manpower from farm to non-farm occupations

Government has adopted and implemented several policies, reforms, developmental programmes and schemes for achieving higher incomes for the farmers directly or indirectly.  The  unprecedented  enhanced  budgetary  provisions  have  been  made  to facilitate the following efforts of the Government: -

1.  Income support to farmers through PM KISAN
2.  Pradhan Mantri Fasal BimaYojana (PMFBY)
3.  Institutional credit for agriculture sector
4.  Fixing of Minimum Support Price (MSP) at one-and-a half times the cost of production
5.  Promotion of organic farming in the country
6.  Per Drop More Crop
7.  Micro Irrigation Fund
8.  Promotion of Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)
9.  National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM)
10.  Agricultural Mechanization
11.  Providing Soil Health Cards to farmers
12.  Setting up of National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) extension Platform
13.  Launch of the National Mission for Edible Oils - Oil Palm
14.  Agri Infrastructure Fund (AIF)
15.  Improvement in farm produce logistics, Introduction of Kisan Rail.
16.  Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture ( MIDH) -Cluster Development Programme:
17.  Creation of a Start-up Eco system in agriculture and allied sector
18.  Achievement in Export of Agri and Allied Agri- Commodities

Implementation of these schemes has yielded remarkable results towards augmenting the income of the farmers. As part of the 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav', Indian Council of Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)  has  released  a  book,  which  contains  compilation  of success stories of 75,000 farmers out of innumerable successful farmers who have increased their income more than two times.

(d) & (e):  Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) is implementing Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) of Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) in the country from  2015-16.  From  the  year  2015-16  to  2021-22,  the  PDMC  has  implemented  a component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee  Yojana (PMKSY). During the  year 2022-23, the PDMC is being implemented under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY). PDMC focuses on enhancing water use efficiency at farm level through Micro Irrigation namely Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation Systems. While the Central Government provides  the  financial  support,  actual  implementation  of  the  CSS  is  done  by  the concerned State Governments.

The summary of funds released under Per Drop More Crop (PDMC):

| Year    |   Central Assistance released (Rs. in crore) |
|---------|----------------------------------------------|
| 2015-16 |                                      1556.73 |
| 2016-17 |                                      1991.24 |
| 2017-18 |                                      2819.39 |
| 2018-19 |                                      2918.38 |
| 2019-20 |                                      2700.02 |
| 2020-21 |                                      2562.19 |
| 2021-22 |                                      1796.12 |
| 2022-23 |                                      1901.37 |
| 2023-24 |                                       648.3  |

*Allocation of funds during 2023-24: Rs. 2655.45 Cr

Year Wise Central Assistance released under PDMC from 2015-16 to 2022-23 in the States of Bihar, Maharashtra and West Bengal are as below:

( Rs. in Crore)

|    | States      |   2015- 16 |   2016- 17 |   2017- 18 |   2018- 19 |   2019- 20 | 2020- 21   | 2021- 22   | 2022- 23   |
|----|-------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|  1 | Bihar       |      28.6  |       21.6 |       12.5 |      27.91 |          0 |            | 21.60      | 9.50       |
|  2 | Maharashtra |     107.26 |      305.7 |      362.5 |     360    |        325 | 300.00     | 200.00     | 334.00     |
|  3 | West Bengal |       4.8  |       19.9 |       31   |      40    |         20 | 61.00      |            |            |

Year-wise area covered (2015-16 to 2023-24) under Micro Irrigation-PDMC Scheme in the States of Bihar, Maharashtra and West Bengal are as below:

(Area in Ha)

|    | State       |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022- 23 |
|----|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|  1 | Bihar       |      5155 |      4228 |      3143 |       924 |      3967 |      1275 |      2087 |       4252 |
|  2 | Maharashtra |     35242 |    106172 |    132829 |    159959 |    171097 |     49878 |    113479 |     168389 |
|  3 | West Bengal |         0 |         0 |      2137 |     13370 |     21824 |     14821 |     14365 |      25120 |

Similarly,  Rainfed  Area  Development  (RAD)  is  being  implemented  as  a component under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) from 2014-15 in the country. During the current year (FY: 2022-23), RAD become a component of RKVY   Scheme. RAD focuses on Integrated Farming System (IFS) for enhancing productivity  and  minimizing  risks  associated  with  climatic  variability.  Under  this system, crops/cropping system is integrated with activities like horticulture, livestock, fishery, agro-forestry, apiculture etc. to enable farmers not only in maximizing farm returns for sustaining livelihood, but also to mitigate the impacts of drought, flood or other extreme weather events.

The summary of funds released under Rainfed Area Development (RAD)

| S.No.   | Year    |   Central Assistance released (Rs. in crore) |
|---------|---------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1       | 2014-15 |                                       304    |
| 2       | 2015-16 |                                       196.65 |
| 3       | 2016-17 |                                       200.19 |
| 4       | 2017-18 |                                       205.99 |
| 5       | 2018-19 |                                       214.12 |
| 6       | 2019-20 |                                       185.89 |
| 7       | 2020-21 |                                       127.89 |
| 8.      | 2021-22 |                                        76.83 |
| 9.      | 2022-23 |                                       108.17 |
|         | Total   |                                      1619.73 |

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