Lok Sabha Question No. 3056 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Farmer Issues
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3056

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 08 TH  AUGUST, 2023

## FARMER ISSUES

3056.   SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी

- be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the agricultural sector faces several issues such as low growth, high incidence of indebtedness among farmers, high cost of inputs, fragmented land holdings and a lack of capital investments; (b) if  so,  the action taken by the Government for utilization of 100 per cent funds for the welfare schemes therefor; and
- (c) the  proposal  of  the  Government  to  increase  average  monthly  income  of  every agricultural household from Rs. 10,218 to Rs. 20,000 by 2025 thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR) (a) to (c):

Agriculture  is  a  state  subject.  However,  Government  of  India  is  actively supporting and supplementing efforts of state governments by implementing a comprehensive range  of  central  sector  and  centrally  sponsored  schemes  including  Mission  for  Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati (BPKP) under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna (PKVY) and Per Drop More Crop (PDMC).As a result, during the last 6 years the agriculture and allied sector has been growing  at  a  record  4.4%  per  annum,  as  per  Economic  Survey  2023-24,.  The  efforts  of Government in positive implementation  of  these  schemes  have  yielded  remarkable  results towards improving agricultural productivity, growth and augmenting the income of the farmers. Between 2013-14  and 2022-23,  increase  in  productivity  has  been  17.95%  for  food  grains, 23.65% for pulses and 35.2% for coarse cereals. Also, there is increase in the production of food grains by 6.5 times, oilseeds by 7.9 times, cotton by 11.6 times and sugarcane by 8.6 times are the successful examples of innovation lead agricultural development in the country. In  recent  years,  unprecedented  increase  in  pulses  production  to  27.5  MT  and  increasing production  trend  in  oil  seed  crops  (41  MT)  are  glaring  evidences  of  our  technological innovations and their adoption by the farmers.

The  Government  has  launched  many  schemes/programmes  to  increase  income  of farmers:

| Sl no.   | Schemes   | No. of Beneficiary                         |
|----------|-----------|--------------------------------------------|
| i.       | PM- KISAN | 8.56 crores (14 th Instalment)             |
| ii.      | PMFBY     | 10.8 crore farmers applications (2022- 23) |
| iii.     | PM-AASHA  | 17.93 lakh farmers benefitted              |
| iv.      | FPO       | 6716 FPOs registered as on 31.07.2023      |
| v.       | NMEO-OP   | 15 States                                  |
| vi.      | e-NAM     | 1361 Mandi integrated                      |

The expenditure on farmer's welfare has improved manifold in 2022-23 nearly 6.5 lakh crore was spent. Details of spending (Revised Estimate) by the Central Government during 2022-23 on agriculture and allied sectors for welfare of farmers are as follows;

| Item of Expenditure                                  |   Amount (Rs in crore) |
|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
| Fertilizer subsidy                                   |                 225220 |
| Food subsidy                                         |                 287194 |
| Agriculture & allied activities (Excluding PM-KISAN) |                  76279 |
| PM-KISAN                                             |                  60000 |
| Total                                                |                 648693 |

Also, institutional credit for agriculture sector has been increased from Rs. 7.3 lakh crore in 2013-14 with a target to reach Rs. 20 lakh crore in 2023-24.

Besides, there are many Schemes implemented by other Ministries and Departments of the Government of India for rural areas where majority of the beneficiaries are farmers. (RE 2022-23)

RE

| Sl No.   | Department/ Scheme                                                    | Amount (Rs in crore)            |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1        | Department of Rural Development                                       | Department of Rural Development |
| i        | Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Rural (PMAY)                              | 48,422                          |
| ii       | Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)                              | 19,000                          |
| iii      | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (MNREGS) | 89400                           |
| iv       | National Social Assistance Programme (Pension)                        | 9,652                           |
| v        | National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)                              | 13336.42                        |
| 2        | Ministry of Jal Shakti                                                | Ministry of Jal Shakti          |
| i        | Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY)                          | 7084.50                         |
| ii       | Jal Jeevan Mission/ National Rural Drinking Water Programme           | 54808.87                        |
| 3        | Department of Fisheries                                               | 1624.18                         |
| 4        | Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying                           | 3105.17                         |
|          | Total                                                                 | 2,46,433.14                     |

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.

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