Lok Sabha Question No. 4064 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-25
Subject: Agricultural Land Affected by Floods
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Utkarsh Verma Madhur

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4064

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  MARCH, 2025

## AGRICULTURAL LAND AFFECTED BY FLOODS

4064.   SHRI UTKARSH VERMA MADHUR:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी be pleased to state:

(a) the State-wise details of total area of agricultural land affected by floods annually; (b) whether any new technique has been developed for affected agricultural areas; and

(c) if so, the details thereof as many areas still continue to be affected by floods over the years?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

- (a)  to  (c):    Details  of  agricultural  land  affected  by  floods  is  not  maintained  centrally. However,  as  reported  by  the  State  Governments/  Union  Territories,  the  details  of  the cropped  area  affected  due  to  hydro-meteorological  calamities,  including  flood,  during 2024-25 (as on 18.03.2025), are at Annexure.

Indian Council of Agricultural Research had suggested land modification (alternate raised and furrow bed system), integrated farming system with agroforestry, cultivation of flood-tolerant paddy varieties (i.e. Hangseswari, Sabita, etc.), water chestnut, makhana for flood affected areas and also use of over-aged rice seedlings for post-flood management. In addition, 651  district agricultural contingency plans have  been  developed  for preparedness  and  implementation  in  the  events  of  weather  aberrations  and  extreme climatic events including flood.

Details of damage reported by the States/UTs due to hydro-meteorological disasters during 2024-25

(Provisional as on 18.03.2025)

| S. No.   | State             | Cropped Area affected (in lakh ha.)   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 0.11                                  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | -                                     |
| 3        | Assam             | 1.38                                  |
| 4        | Bihar             | -                                     |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | -                                     |
| 6        | Goa               | -                                     |
| 7        | Gujarat           | -                                     |
| 8        | Haryana           | -                                     |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | -                                     |
| 10       | Karnataka         | 2.86                                  |
| 11       | Kerala            | -                                     |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh    | -                                     |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | -                                     |
| 14       | Manipur           | 0.01                                  |
| 15       | Meghalaya         | 0.01                                  |
| 16       | Mizoram           | 0.21                                  |
| 17       | Nagaland          | 0.03                                  |
| 18       | Odisha            | 0.22                                  |
| 19       | Punjab            | -                                     |
| 20       | Rajasthan         | -                                     |
| 21       | Sikkim            | -                                     |
| 22       | Tamil Nadu        | 4.00                                  |
| 23       | Telangana         | -                                     |
| 24       | Tripura           | -                                     |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh     | 3.95                                  |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       | 0.05                                  |
| 27       | West Bengal       | 1.38                                  |
| 28       | Delhi             | -                                     |
| 29       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0.02                                  |
| 30       | Puducherry        | 0.01                                  |
|          | Total             | 14.24                                 |

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