Lok Sabha Question No. 2046 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Reduction in Area of Agriculture Land
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2046

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 ST  AUGUST, 2023

## REDUCTION IN AREA OF AGRICULTURE LAND

## 2046. SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT:

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

- (a) whether the area of agriculture land in the country is continuously declining; (b) if so, the details thereof along with reasons therefor, State/UT-wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh; (c) the reasons for decreasing cultivable land during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise; and (d) the details of the steps taken by the Government to preserve the agriculture land in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (c):  As per the Land Use Statistics-at a Glance 2011-12 to 2020-21(latest available), Statewise details of agricultural land/cultivable land/arable land in the country from the year 2018-19 to 2020-21 are at Annexure .
- (d): As per the Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India, land is a State subject. Therefore, State Governments are to take suitable steps to check diversion of arable land for commercial, nonagricultural  purposes.  However,  Government  of  India  supplements  the  efforts  of  States,  through appropriate policy measures and budgetary support. Under the National Policy for Farmers - 2007 (NPF-2007), State Governments have been advised to earmark lands with low biological potential such as uncultivable land, land affected by salinity, acidity, etc., for non-agricultural development activities,  including  industrial  and  construction. National  Rehabilitation  and  Resettlement  Policy 2007 (NRRP-2007) has also recommended that as far as possible, projects may be set up on waste land, degraded land or un-irrigated land and acquisition of irrigated, multi-cropped agricultural land for non-agricultural uses may be kept to the minimum or avoided, to the extent possible.

Annexure referred in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 2046 due for answer on 01.08.2023

## State-wise details of Agricultural Land/Cultivable land/Arable land in the country from the year 2018-19 to 2020-21

|                            | (thousand hectares)   | (thousand hectares)   | (thousand hectares)   |
|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Name of State              | Year                  | Year                  | Year                  |
|                            | 2018-19               | 2019-20               | 2020-21               |
| ANDHRA PRADESH             | 8997                  | 8828                  | 8817                  |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH          | 424                   | 424                   | 431                   |
| ASSAM                      | 3305                  | 3296                  | 3295                  |
| BIHAR                      | 6573                  | 6557                  | 6541                  |
| CHHATTISGARH               | 5570                  | 5551                  | 5542                  |
| GOA                        | 197                   | 141                   | 141*                  |
| GUJARAT                    | 12397                 | 12388                 | 12462                 |
| HARYANA                    | 3817                  | 3794                  | 3847                  |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH           | 816                   | 821                   | 821                   |
| JHARKHAND                  | 4319                  | 4280                  | 4319                  |
| KARNATAKA                  | 12830                 | 12843                 | 12846                 |
| KERALA                     | 2235                  | 2232                  | 2229                  |
| MADHYA PRADESH             | 17121                 | 17183                 | 17449                 |
| MAHARASHTRA*               | 20719                 | 20589                 | 20509                 |
| MANIPUR*                   | 448                   | 338                   | 417                   |
| MEGHALAYA                  | 1011                  | 1010                  | 1010                  |
| MIZORAM*                   | 367                   | 367                   | 367                   |
| NAGALAND                   | 678                   | 676                   | 674                   |
| ODISHA                     | 6675                  | 6699                  | 6654                  |
| PUNJAB                     | 4233                  | 4238                  | 4237                  |
| RAJASTHAN                  | 25484                 | 25475                 | 25473                 |
| SIKKIM*                    | 97                    | 97                    | 97                    |
| TAMIL NADU                 | 8109                  | 8108                  | 8106                  |
| TELANGANA                  | 6767                  | 6785                  | 6717                  |
| TRIPURA                    | 270                   | 270                   | 270                   |
| UTTARAKHAND                | 1548                  | 1545                  | 1544                  |
| UTTAR PRADESH              | 18775                 | 18614                 | 18614*                |
| WEST BENGAL                | 5615                  | 5608                  | 5602                  |
| A&N ISLAND*                | 28                    | 28                    | 28                    |
| CHANDIGARH*                | 1                     | 1                     | 1                     |
| D and N HAVELI and D and D |                       | 23                    | 23                    |
| D & N HAVELI               | 20                    |                       |                       |
| DAMAN & DIU                | 3                     |                       |                       |
| DELHI*                     | 53                    | 53                    | 53                    |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR            | 1091                  | 1071                  | 1074                  |
| LADAKH*                    |                       | 28                    | 28                    |
| LAKSHADWEEP                | 3                     | 2                     | 2                     |
| PUDUCHERRY                 | 28                    | 28                    | 28                    |
| ALL INDIA                  | 180624                | 179992                | 180266                |

Note: Blank space denotes not available or no reporting of data from the States/UTs

Source: ES&E Division, DA&FW, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare