Lok Sabha Question No. 2899 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-18
Subject: Target of Doubling the Farmers Income
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Bajrang Manohar Sonwane, Smt. Bharti Pardhi, Shri Kanwar Singh Tanwar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2899

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18 TH  MARCH, 2025

## TARGET OF DOUBLING THE FARMERS INCOME

2899.  SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR: SMT. BHARTI PARDHI:

SHRI BAJRANG MANOHAR SONWANE:

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

- (a) the extent to which the Government's initiatives been successful in achieving the target of doubling farmers' income in various States particularly in Uttar Pradesh and its measurable results thereof;
- (b) the  mechanism by which the Government measure the progress and impact of its initiatives for doubling farmers' income;
- (c) the  primary  factors  contributing  to  farmers'  indebtedness  and  the  strategies  being implemented to reduce their burden;
- (d) the  steps  to  improve the  access  of  the  small  and  marginal farmers to  get fair and remunerative  prices  for  their  agricultural  produces  in  various  States,  particularly  in  Uttar Pradesh; and
- (e) the measures being taken to diversify farmers' income sources beyond traditional crop farming in various States, particularly in Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Agriculture is a State subject and Government of India supports the efforts of States  through  appropriate  policy  measures,  budgetary  allocation  and  various  schemes/ programmes. The various schemes/ programmes of the Government of India are meant for the welfare of farmers by increasing production, remunerative returns and income support to farmers. The Government has substantially enhanced the budget allocation of Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare(DA&FW) from Rs. 21933.50 crore BE during 2013-14 to Rs. 1,22,528.77 crore BE during 2024-25. Major schemes/ programmes initiated by DA&FW to enhance overall income of farmers and remunerative returns in the agriculture sector are as under:

1.  Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
2.  Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY)
3.  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY)/  Restructured  Weather  Based  Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS)
4.  Modified Interest Subvention Scheme (MISS)
5.  Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF)
6.  Formation and Promotion of 10,000 new Farmer Producers Organizations (FPOs)
7.  National Bee Keeping and Honey Mission (NBHM)
8.  Namo Drone Didi
9.  National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF)
10.  Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA)
11.  Agri Fund for Start-Ups & Rural Enterprises' (AgriSURE)
12.  Per Drop More Crop (PDMC)
13.  Sub-Mission on Agriculture Mechanization (SMAM)
14.  Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)
15.  Soil Health & Fertility (SH&F)
16.  Rainfed Area Development (RAD)
17.  Agroforestry
18.  Crop Diversification Programme (CDP)
19.  Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE)
20.  Sub-Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP)
21.  National Food Security and Nutrition Mission (NFSNM)
22.  Integrated Scheme for Agriculture Marketing (ISAM)
23.  Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
24.  National Mission on Edible Oils (NMEO)-Oil Palm
25.  National Mission on Edible Oils (NMEO)-Oilseeds
26.  Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region
27.  Digital Agriculture Mission
28.  National Bamboo Mission

Indian Council on Agricultural Research (ICAR) has released a compilation of success stories  of  75,000  farmers who  have  increased  their  income  more  than  two  times  by convergence of schemes being operated by Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and the allied Ministries/Departments.

The  National  Sample  Survey  Office  (NSSO),  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme Implementation  (MoSPI)  conducted  a  Situation  Assessment  Survey  (SAS)  of  Agricultural Households during NSS 77 th  round (January, 2019 - December, 2019) with reference to the agricultural year July, 2018- June, 2019 in the rural areas of the country.

According  to  these  surveys,  the  estimated  average  monthly  income  per  agricultural household increased from ₹6,426 in 2012-13 (NSS 70th round) to ₹10,218 in 2018-19 (NSS 77th round).

(c) to (e): The  government  is  implementing  a  100%  centrally  funded  Central  Sector Scheme known as the Modified Interest Subvention Scheme (MISS) across various States and UTs in pan India. This scheme aims to provide concessional interest rates on short-term agricultural loans obtained by farmers through Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) for their working capital requirements. Under this scheme, farmers receive KCC loans at a subsidized interest rate  of  7%.  To  facilitate  this,  an  up  front  interest  subvention  (IS)  of  1.5%  is  provided  to financial  institutions.  Additionally,  farmers  who  repay  their  loans  promptly  receive  a  3% Prompt Repayment Incentive (PRI), effectively reducing the interest rate to 4% per annum. The benefits of IS and PRI are available for loan limits up to Rs.3 lakhs. However, if the shortterm loan is taken for allied activities (other than crop husbandry), the loan amount is limited to Rs.2 lakhs only.

Government is implementing various Schemes such as National Agriculture Market (e-NAM), Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF),  Agriculture  Marketing  Infrastructure (AMI) and  Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) in order to improve the access of  the  small and marginal farmers to get fair and remunerative prices for their agricultural produces in various States including Uttar Pradesh.

Government fixes Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for 22 mandated agricultural crops and Fair & Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane on the basis of the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), after considering the views of State Governments  and  Central  Ministries/Departments  concerned.  The  22  mandated  crops include  14  Kharif  crops  viz.  paddy,  jowar,  bajra,    maize,  ragi,  tur  (arhar),  moong,  urad, groundnut, soyabean, sunflower, sesamum, nigerseed, cotton and 6 Rabi crops viz. wheat, barley, gram, masur (lentil), rapeseed & mustard, safflower and two commercial crops viz. jute and copra.

The Union Budget for 2018-19 had announced the pre-determined principle to keep MSPs at levels of one and half times of the cost of production. Accordingly, Government had increased MSPs for all mandated Kharif, Rabi and other Commercial crops with a minimum return of 50 percent over all India weighted average cost of production from year 2018-19 onwards.

The Government administers the integrated Scheme of Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan  Abhiyan (PM-AASHA)  comprising  Price Support Scheme  (PSS),  Price Deficiency  Payment  Scheme  (PDPS),  Market  Intervention  Scheme  (MIS)  and  Price Stabilisation  Funds  (PSF).  Department  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers'  Welfare  (DA&FW) administers PSS, PDPS and MIS whereas Department of Consumer Affairs administers PSF. The  integrated  scheme  of  PM-AASHA  aimed  to  bring-in  more  effectiveness  in  the implementation of procurement operations that would not only help in providing remunerative prices  to  the  farmers  for  their  produce  but  also  control  the  price  volatility  of  essential commodities by ensuring their availability at affordable prices to consumers.

The Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) is implementing Crop Diversification Programme (CDP) in Original Green Revolution States viz; Haryana, Punjab and Western Uttar Pradesh to divert the area of water intensive paddy crop to alternative crops, like pulses, oilseeds, coarse cereals, nutria cereals, cotton etc.

Further,  Government  of  India  supplements  the  efforts  of  state  governments  to encourage diversified production of crops such as pulses, coarse cereals, nutri cereals & cotton under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) and high value horticultural crops under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH).

Government  of  India also provides flexibility to the states for state specific needs/priorities under RKVY. The states can promote crop diversification under RKVY with the approval of State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) headed by Chief Secretary of the respective states.

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), through its crop based institutes and All  India  Coordinated  Research  Projects  (AICRPs), and in  active  collaboration  with  State Universities  (SAUs)  is  engaged  in  basic  and  strategic  research  to  develop  high  yielding climate  resilient  varieties/hybrids  of  oilseeds  and  pulses  to  diversify  the  wheat  and  rice cropping system for cultivation in different agro-ecologies of country.

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