Lok Sabha Question No. 2641 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-02
Subject: Dependence of Agriculture on Monsoon
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: M. I. SHANAVAS

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2641

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  AUGUST, 2016

## DEPENDENCE OF AGRICULTURE ON MONSOON

2641.    SHRI M.I. SHANAVAS:

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

- (a) whether large tracts of the agricultural land have been affected due to low rainfall in the country during the last year and the current year and if so, the details thereof, State-wise and the steps taken/being taken by the Government to study the situation;
- (b) the  details  of  the  agricultural  land  which  depends  on  monsoon  rainfall  in  the  country, State-wise; and
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to reduce the dependency of agriculture on the monsoon?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  S.S. AHLUWALIA)

- (a) & (b): The  State Government  is  primarily  responsible  for taking necessary  relief measures in the wake of natural calamities. For undertaking relief measures, funds are available with  the  State  Government  in  the  form  of  State  Disaster  Response  Fund  (SDRF).  Additional financial  assistance,  over  and  above  SDRF,  is  considered  from  National  Disaster  Response Fund  (NDRF)  for  natural  calamities  of  severe  nature  and  is  approved  on  the  basis  of Memorandum received from State Government, in accordance with established procedure.

Agricultural land has been affected due to low rainfall in the country during last year. Eleven States, i.e. Karnataka (both for Kharif and Rabi), Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra (both for Kharif and Rabi), Odisha, Telengana, Uttar Pradesh (both for Kharif and Rabi), Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand (Rabi) submitted Memoranda reporting crop loss  due  to  drought.  The  details  regarding  State-wise  cropped  area  affected  and  financial assistance  approved  for  agriculture  input  subsidy  from  National  Disaster  Response  Fund (NDRF)  is  at  Annexure-I.  In  the  Financial  Year  2016-17,  so  far  no  State  has      submitted Memorandum on account of  deficit  rainfall,  resulting  in  drought.  State-wise  details  of  rainfed area is indicated in the statement at Annexure-II.

- (c): Important measures taken by the Government  in this regard include:
- (i)      Central  Research  Institute  of  Dryland  Agriculture  (CRIDA),  in  collaboration  with  State Agricultural   Universities   has   prepared   contingency  plans for  614 districts for implementing Contd..2/-

location specific interventions to sustain agriculture production in the eventuality of any extreme climatic events.

(ii)  Implementation  of  various  crop  development  schemes  for  increasing  production  and productivity of crops in order to increase the  farmers income in the country, viz. National Food Security  Mission(NFSM),  Bringing  Green  Revolution  to  Eastern  India  (BGREI)  and  Crop Diversification Programme(CDP) as sub scheme of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY).

(iii)            Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY)  has  been  launched  from  1 st July, 2015 with the motto of 'Har Khet Ko Paani'. PMKSY aims at providing end-to-end solutions in irrigation supply chain, viz. water sources, and distribution network and farm level applications. PMKSY not only focuses on creating sources for assured irrigation, but also creating protective irrigation by harnessing rain water at micro level through 'Jal Sanchay' and 'Jal Sinchan'. Micro irrigation will be popularised to ensure 'Per drop-More crop'. PMKSY adopts State level planning and projectised execution that allows States to draw up their own irrigation development based on District Irrigation Plans and State Irrigation Plans.

## State-wise details of cropped area damaged  due to  drought and  financial assistance approved for Agricultural input subsidy from National Disaster Response Fund(NDRF) during  2015-16

|   Sl. No. | State          | Calamity                                     | Cropped Area damaged (in lakh ha.)   | Amount approved for Agriculture Input Subsidy 2015-16 (Rs. in crores)   |
|-----------|----------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Karnataka      | Drought-K Drought-R                          | 28.88 22.33                          | 1525.31 707.32                                                          |
|         2 | Chhattisgarh   | Drought-K                                    | 25.60                                | 1231.72                                                                 |
|         3 | Madhya Pradesh | Drought-K                                    | 51.54                                | 2030.56                                                                 |
|         4 | Maharashtra    | Drought-K Drought-K(supplementary) Drought-R | 53.11 39.98 13.35                    | 2873.95 # #                                                             |
|         5 | Odisha         | Drought-K                                    | 13.41                                | 815.00                                                                  |
|         6 | Telangana      | Drought-K                                    | 12.30                                | 702.71                                                                  |
|         7 | Uttar Pradesh  | Drought-K Drought-R                          | 15.08 6.43                           | 1244.52 #                                                               |
|         8 | Andhra Pradesh | Drought-K                                    | 5.38                                 | 316.93                                                                  |
|         9 | Jharkhand      | Drought-K                                    | 5.31                                 | 253.28                                                                  |
|        10 | Rajasthan      | Drought-K                                    | 39.79                                | 1177.59                                                                 |
|        11 | Uttarakhand    | Drought-R                                    | 1.09                                 | #                                                                       |

K: Kharif

- R: Rabi
- # :  Under processs/finalization.

## Annexure-II

State/UT-wise details of Net Un-Irrigated/ Rainfed area (Thousand hectares)

| STATES/UTs        |   Net un-Irrigated Area (2013-14) |
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH    |                              3434 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                               168 |
| ASSAM             |                              2649 |
| BIHAR             |                              2319 |
| CHHATTISGARH      |                              3224 |
| GOA               |                                91 |
| GUJARAT           |                              6069 |
| HARYANA           |                               566 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                               433 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR   |                               420 |
| JHARKHAND         |                              1196 |
| KARNATAKA         |                              6373 |
| KERALA            |                              1654 |
| MADHYA PRADESH    |                              5967 |
| MAHARASHTRA       |                             14121 |
| MANIPUR           |                               308 |
| MEGHALAYA         |                               217 |
| MIZORAM           |                                98 |
| NAGALAND          |                               289 |
| ODISHA            |                              3250 |
| PUNJAB            |                                 2 |
| RAJASTHAN         |                             10618 |
| SIKKIM            |                                63 |
| TAMIL NADU        |                              2035 |
| TELANGANA         |                              2672 |
| TRIPURA           |                               196 |
| UTTARAKHAND       |                               373 |
| UTTAR PRADESH     |                              2632 |
| WEST BENGAL       |                              2135 |
| A&N ISLAND        |                                15 |
| CHANDIGARH        |                                 0 |
| D & N HAVELI      |                                15 |
| DAMAN & DIU       |                                 3 |
| DELHI             |                                 0 |
| LAKSHADWEEP       |                                 2 |
| PUDUCHERRY        |                                 2 |
| ALL INDIA         |                             73609 |

Note: '0' relates to the area below 500 hectares.

Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

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