Lok Sabha Question No. 434 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Production of Vegetables
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Y. S. Avinash Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 434

TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## PRODUCTION OF VEGETABLES

434. SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken note that the production of vegetables in the country  is  decreasing  due  to  various  reasons  including  decrease  of  the  area  under cultivation;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons for such a situation from 2014 onwards to till date, State-wise; and
- (c) whether the Government has done any survey in each State and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a)  to  (c):  The  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers Welfare  compiles  estimates  of area and production of horticulture crops including vegetables based on the assessments/surveys conducted by the respective State Horticulture/Agriculture Departments/Agencies. As per these estimates, production of vegetables in the country has increased by 25.6% over the last nine years from 169.48 Million Metric Tonne in 2014-15  to  212.91  Million  Metric  Tonne  in  2022-23  (2nd  Advance  Estimates.).  The State-wise area and production of vegetables from 2014-15 to 2022-23 (2nd Advance estimates) is given in Annexure .

## ANNEXURE TO PART (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 434 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 05.12.2023 REGARDING PRODUCTION OF VEGETABLES

Area in '000Ha; Production in '000 MT

| Sl No   | STATES/UTs        | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21    | 2021-22   | 2021-22    | 2022-23 (2nd Adv.Est.)   | 2022-23 (2nd Adv.Est.)   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Sl No   | STATES/UTs        | A         | P         | A         | P         | A         | P         | A         | P         | A         | P         | A         | P         | A         | P          | A         | P          | A                        | P                        |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 242       | 4593      | 238       | 5443      | 221       | 8026      | 243       | 6912      | 267       | 7560      | 242       | 7456      | 227       | 6585       | 210       | 6366       | 223                      | 7178                     |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 2         | 41        | 4         | 33        | 2         | 14        | 3         | 17        | 3         | 17        | 3         | 17        | 3         | 17         | 3         | 17         | 3                        | 17                       |
| 3       | Assam             | 289       | 4470      | 318       | 3822      | 301       | 3330      | 300       | 3293      | 300       | 3479      | 301       | 3572      | 301       | 3629       | 306       | 3747       | 304                      | 3703                     |
| 4       | Bihar             | 842       | 14467     | 838       | 14400     | 842       | 14521     | 824       | 15865     | 866       | 16528     | 822       | 16327     | 912       | 17841      | 905       | 17855      | 913                      | 18030                    |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 425       | 5812      | 475       | 6318      | 489       | 6728      | 499       | 7004      | 509       | 7081      | 517       | 7178      | 491       | 6865       | 499       | 7094       | 490                      | 6654                     |
| 6       | Gujarat           | 603       | 11861     | 696       | 13401     | 644       | 13161     | 613       | 12265     | 626       | 12550     | 646       | 12877     | 731       | 14506      | 832       | 16615      | 801                      | 15925                    |
| 7       | Haryana           | 359       | 5306      | 410       | 6129      | 411       | 6180      | 447       | 7156      | 444       | 7325      | 384       | 6402      | 335       | 5884       | 326       | 5403       | 343                      | 5378                     |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh  | 84        | 1585      | 88        | 1715      | 93        | 1784      | 89        | 1807      | 87        | 1755      | 91        | 1857      | 92        | 1875       | 92        | 1878       | 92                       | 1817                     |
| 9       | Jammu &Kashmir    | 63        | 1395      | 63        | 1386      | 59        | 1410      | 56        | 1227      | 60        | 1337      | 60        | 1337      | 60        | 1339       | 84        | 1890       | 84                       | 1995                     |
| 10      | Jharkhand         | 317       | 4279      | 264       | 3374      | 294       | 3370      | 289       | 3475      | 294       | 3508      | 303       | 3595      | 311       | 3792       | 297       | 3965       | 305                      | 4227                     |
| 11      | Karnataka         | 486       | 8828      | 460       | 7805      | 489       | 8167      | 483       | 8395      | 423       | 7339      | 385       | 6813      | 491       | 7846       | 493       | 7709       | 412                      | 6964                     |
| 12      | Kerala            | 142       | 1645      | 145       | 2089      | 137       | 1921      | 111       | 2517      | 91        | 2709      | 88        | 2861      | 98        | 3053       | 101       | 3043       | 104                      | 3119                     |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    | 672       | 14199     | 758       | 15568     | 921       | 17929     | 890       | 17545     | 905       | 17970     | 1010      | 19845     | 1091      | 21330      | 1161      | 22206      | 1223                     | 23965                    |
| 14      | Maharashtra       | 595       | 8783      | 713       | 9452      | 713       | 10520     | 726       | 12323     | 660       | 11356     | 842       | 14126     | 962       | 14212      | 1192      | 17190      | 1044                     | 15433                    |
| 15      | Manipur           | 29        | 268       | 34        | 317       | 59        | 370       | 45        | 342       | 46        | 356       | 35        | 363       | 33        | 340        | 38        | 377        | 38                       | 377                      |
| 16      | Meghalaya         | 45        | 534       | 47        | 495       | 49        | 523       | 49        | 520       | 49        | 515       | 49        | 516       | 49        | 518        | 50        | 520        | 51                       | 539                      |
| 17      | Mizoram           | 44        | 274       | 45        | 179       | 37        | 180       | 36        | 171       | 35        | 200       | 40        | 188       | 41        | 224        | 41        | 225        | 41                       | 225                      |
| 18      | Nagaland          | 39        | 492       | 44        | 495       | 47        | 565       | 46        | 555       | 41        | 455       | 40        | 454       | 41        | 457        | 42        | 456        | 42                       | 474                      |
| 19      | Odisha            | 669       | 9414      | 652       | 8756      | 639       | 8762      | 640       | 8766      | 633       | 8670      | 621       | 8494      | 673       | 9422       | 658       | 9281       | 703                      | 9780                     |
| 20      | Punjab            | 208       | 4168      | 214       | 4302      | 232       | 4565      | 244       | 4928      | 249       | 5207      | 273       | 5555      | 287       | 5856       | 300       | 6171       | 317                      | 6509                     |
| 21      | Rajasthan         | 154       | 1433      | 191       | 1987      | 167       | 1795      | 163       | 1675      | 163       | 1653      | 184       | 1910      | 186       | 2183       | 194       | 2208       | 197                      | 2396                     |
| 22      | Sikkim            | 29        | 130       | 20        | 107       | 26        | 191       | 38        | 229       | 39        | 231       | 39        | 231       | 17        | 109        | 22        | 129        | 26                       | 143                      |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu        | 285       | 7521      | 271       | 6976      | 239       | 6560      | 241       | 6406      | 226       | 5669      | 307       | 7476      | 333       | 8520       | 377       | 9491       | 365                      | 9185                     |
| 24      | Telangana         | 180       | 3005      | 172       | 3195      | 125       | 1647      | 139       | 2754      | 141       | 2574      | 115       | 2274      | 89        | 2150       | 73        | 1616       | 55                       | 1136                     |
| 25      | Tripura           | 49        | 811       | 46        | 793       | 47        | 818       | 46        | 796       | 46        | 809       | 46        | 813       | 49        | 848        | 55        | 1179       | 53                       | 1123                     |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh     | 1164      | 26120     | 1379      | 26251     | 1440      | 28193     | 1259      | 27895     | 1261      | 27788     | 1250      | 26200     | 1307      | 29161      | 1350      | 32505      | 1407                     | 34560                    |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 101       | 1110      | 90        | 945       | 91        | 945       | 100 1400  | 1000      | 97        | 1006      | 99        | 1022      | 100       | 1040       | 100       | 1041       | 100                      | 1044                     |
| 28      | West Bengal       | 1387      | 26355     | 1391      | 22825     | 1387      | 25506     |           | 27697     | 1475      | 27015     | 1481      | 28030     | 1512      | 30331      | 1533      | 28450      | 1587                     | 30534                    |
| 29      | Others            | 40        | 579       | 38        | 506       | 37        | 491       | 38        | 505       | 39        | 504       | 35        | 494       | 39        | 511 200445 | 39 11374  | 516 209143 | 36                       | 478                      |
|         | TOTAL             | 9542      | 169478    | 10106     | 169064    | 10238     | 178172    | 10061     | 184041    | 10073     | 183170    | 10310     | 188284    | 10859     |            |           |            | 11358                    | 212908                   |

* Prior to 2015-16, water melon and muskmelon were included under vegetables. From 2015-16 onwards there are classified as fruits.

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