Lok Sabha Question No. 2526 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-06
Subject: Average Annual Income of Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dr. Mohammad Jawed, Shri Harish Chandra Meena, Shri Satpal Brahamchari, Shri Hibi Eden, Shri Imran Masood, Shri Karti P Chidambaram, Shri Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2526

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 TH  AUGUST, 2024

## AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME OF FARMERS

2526. SHRI IMRAN MASOOD:

SHRI HIBI EDEN:

SHRI HARISH CHANDRA MEENA:

SHRI SUKHJINDER SINGH RANDHAWA:

SHRI SATPAL BRAHAMCHARI:

SHRI KARTI P CHIDAMBARAM:

DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED:

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

- (a)  the  average  annual/monthly  income  of  farmers  in  various  States  in  the  country, State-wise;
- (b) the number of debt ridden farmer families since the year 2014, State-wise and yearwise;
- (c) the names of the schemes being implemented by the Government to increase the income of farmers; and
- (d)  the  future  plans  of  the  Government  to  increase  the  income  of  farmers  and  turn agriculture into a profitable occupation in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As  per  the  Situation  Assessment  Survey  (SAS)  of  Agricultural  Households  and Land and Livestock Holdings ofHouseholds in Rural India, 2019NSS 77 th round 2019 of the

National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation  (MoSPI),  state-wise  average  monthly  income  per  agricultural  household during Agriculture Year July 2018- June 2019 is given at Annexure-I.

(b): As  per  the  SAS  of  Agricultural  Households  during  NSS  70 th   Round  conducted during January, 2013- December, 2013 and 77 th  round conducted during January, 2019 December,  2019,  the  percentage  of  indebted  agricultural  households  was  51.9%  and 50.2%, respectively. State-wise percentage of indebted agricultural households during the same periods is given at Annexure-II.

(c) & (d): The  Government  has  adopted  and  implemented  the  following  policies, reforms, developmental programmes for achieving higher incomes for the farmers directly or indirectly in the country:

1. Income support to farmers through PM KISAN
2. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (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. 10.Agricultural Mechanization
11. 11.Providing Soil Health Cards to farmers
12. 12.Setting up of National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) extension Platform
13. 13.Launch of the National Mission for Edible Oils - Oil Palm
14. 14.Agri Infrastructure Fund (AIF)
15. 15.Improvement in farm produce logistics, Introduction of Kisan Rail
16. 16.Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) - Cluster Development Programme
17. 17.Creation of a Start-up Eco system in agriculture and allied sector
18. 18.Achievement in Export of Agri and Allied Agri- Commodities
19. Central sector Scheme Namo Drone Didi.

Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2526 regarding the 'Average Annual Income' of Farmers due for answer on 06/08/2024.

State/ UT - wise average monthly income of agricultural household during agricultural year July 2018- June 2019

| Sl.No.   | State/ Group of NE States/ Group of UTs   | Total income (Rs.)   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                            | 10,480               |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                         | 19,225               |
| 3        | Assam                                     | 10,675               |
| 4        | Bihar                                     | 7,542                |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                              | 9,677                |
| 6        | Gujarat                                   | 12,631               |
| 7        | Haryana                                   | 22,841               |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh                          | 12,153               |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir                           | 18,918               |
| 10       | Jharkhand                                 | 4,895                |
| 11       | Karnataka                                 | 13,441               |
| 12       | Kerala                                    | 17,915               |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh                            | 8,339                |
| 14       | Maharashtra                               | 11,492               |
| 15       | Manipur                                   | 11,227               |
| 16       | Meghalaya                                 | 29,348               |
| 17       | Mizoram                                   | 17,964               |
| 18       | Nagaland                                  | 9,877                |
| 19       | Odisha                                    | 5,112                |
| 20       | Punjab                                    | 26,701               |
| 21       | Rajasthan                                 | 12,520               |
| 22       | Sikkim                                    | 12,447               |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                                | 11,924               |
| 24       | Telangana                                 | 9,403                |
| 25       | Tripura                                   | 9,918                |
| 26       | Uttarakhand                               | 13,552               |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh                             | 8,061                |
| 28       | West Bengal                               | 6,762                |
|          | Group of N E States                       | 16,863               |
|          | Group of UTs                              | 18,511               |
|          | All India                                 | 10,218               |

Source: NSS Report No. 587: Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households and Land and Livestock Holdings of Households in Rural India,2019

## Annexure-II

Annexure referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 2526 due for answer on 06/08/2024 regarding 'Average Income of Farmers'

## State/UTs wise percentage of indebted agricultural households during agricultural year 2012-13 and 2018 -19

| Sl. No .   | State/Group of UTs   |   2012-13 (70 th Round) |   2018-19 (77 th Round) |
|------------|----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh       |                    92.9 |                    93.2 |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh    |                    19.1 |                    12.5 |
| 3          | Assam                |                    17.5 |                    31   |
| 4          | Bihar                |                    42.5 |                    39.7 |
| 5          | Chhattisgarh         |                    37.2 |                    31.2 |
| 6          | Gujarat              |                    42.6 |                    42.5 |
| 7          | Haryana              |                    42.3 |                    47.5 |
| 8          | Himachal Pradesh     |                    27.9 |                    29.2 |
| 9          | Jammu & Kashmir      |                    30.7 |                    31.9 |
| 10         | Jharkhand            |                    28.9 |                    25.3 |
| 11         | Karnataka            |                    77.3 |                    67.6 |
| 12         | Kerala               |                    77.7 |                    69.9 |
| 13         | Madhya Pradesh       |                    45.7 |                    48.4 |
| 14         | Maharashtra          |                    57.3 |                    54   |
| 15         | Manipur              |                    23.9 |                    20.6 |
| 16         | Meghalaya            |                     2.4 |                     9.1 |
| 17         | Mizoram              |                     6.2 |                     8   |
| 18         | Nagaland             |                     2.5 |                     6   |
| 19         | Odisha               |                    57.5 |                    61.2 |
| 20         | Punjab               |                    53.2 |                    54.4 |
| 21         | Rajasthan            |                    61.8 |                    60.3 |
| 22         | Sikkim               |                    14.3 |                    10.6 |
| 23         | Tamil Nadu           |                    82.5 |                    65.1 |
| 24         | Telangana            |                    89.1 |                    91.7 |
| 25         | Tripura              |                    22.9 |                    47.7 |
| 26         | Uttarakhand          |                    50.8 |                    46.6 |
| 27         | Uttar Pradesh        |                    43.8 |                    41.9 |
| 28         | West Bengal          |                    51.5 |                    50.8 |
|            | Group of UTs         |                    37.2 |                    27.5 |
|            | All India            |                    51.9 |                    50.2 |

Source:  NSS  KI  (70/33):  Key  Indicators  of Situation  of  Agricultural  Households  in  India, 2014 and NSS Report No. 587: Situation Assessment of AgriculturalHouseholds and Land and Livestock Holdings of Households in Rural India, 2019.

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