Lok Sabha Question No. 411 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-26
Subject: Agricultural Land
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA, BHOLA SINGH, AJAY NISHAD, KAMLA DEVI PATLE, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.411

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH   APRIL, 2016

## AGRICULTURAL LAND

411.    SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

DR. BHOLA SINGH: SHRI AJAY NISHAD: SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE: KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

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

- (a) the details of cultivable/agricultural land along with the percentage of such land in each State/UT in the country;
- (b) whether area under cultivation has significantly reduced due to conversion of agricultural land into barren land and their diversion for non-agricultural purposes in the country during the last three years;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise; and
- (d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to increase agricultural land and their productivity and to prevent the use of agricultural land for other purposes along with the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

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

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्राऱय में राज्य मंत्री (SHRI MOHANBHAI KUNDARIYA)

- (a): As per report on Land Use Statistics for 2012-13 (latest available), the State/UT wise details  of  cultivable/  agricultural  land  along  with  its  percentage  over  the  reporting  area  in  the country are given in annexure-I.
- (b) & (c): As per report on Land Use Statistics for 2012-13 (latest available), total cultivable land in the country has marginally declined from 182.01 million hectares in 2010-11 to 181.95 million hectares in 2012-13. The decline in agricultural land has been mainly due to diversion of land for non-agricultural purposes such as urbanisation, roads, industries, housing etc.

State/UT-wise details of area put to non-agricultural uses in the country during the last three years i.e from 2010-11 to 2012-13 are given in annexure-II.

- (d): As per Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India, land comes under the purview of State Government  and,  therefore,  it  is  for  the  State  Governments  to  take  suitable  steps  to  check diversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes. However, under the National Policy for   Farmers - 2007 (NPF- 2007), State Governments have been advised to earmark lands with

low biological potential such as uncultivable land, land affected by salinity, acidity, etc., for nonagricultural  developmental  activities,  including  industrial  and  construction  activities.    National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy - 2007 (NRRP-2007) has also recommended that as far as  possible,  projects  may  be  set  up  on  waste  land,  degraded  land  or  un-irrigated  land. Acquisition of irrigated, multi-cropped agricultural land for non-agricultural uses may be kept to the  minimum and avoided, to the extent possible.  Further,  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is implementing  an  Integrated Watershed  Management  Programme (IWMP) for development  of rainfed/  degraded  areas.    From  2015-16,  the  IWMP  has  been  converted  as  the  Watershed Component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY).

Government of India is also implementing National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) with a view to prevent soil erosion, land degradation and also to maintain balance in various types of land uses across the country.  Under this Mission, all type of land including wastelands/barren  land  are  developed  with  suitable  need  based  soil  and  water  conservation measures and parts of such degraded  lands developed are put to agricultural  practices, with the  result  that  the  net  sown  area  in  last  two  decades  in  the  country  has  largely  remained unchanged at around 141 million ha.

ANNEXURE-I

## State/UT wise Details of Cultivable/Agricultural Land in the country  during 2012-13

(Thousand Hectares)

percentage of Reporting Area

| STATES/UTs                |   Cultivable/ Agricultural Land |   Agricultural Land as percentage of Reporting Area |
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH            |                           15930 |                                               57.92 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH         |                             424 |                                                7.49 |
| ASSAM                     |                            3217 |                                               40.98 |
| BIHAR                     |                            6582 |                                               70.33 |
| CHHATTISGARH              |                            5552 |                                               40.26 |
| GOA                       |                             197 |                                               54.61 |
| GUJARAT                   |                           12661 |                                               66.39 |
| HARYANA                   |                            3664 |                                               83.81 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH          |                             811 |                                               17.73 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR           |                            1070 |                                               28.31 |
| JHARKHAND                 |                            4336 |                                               54.4  |
| KARNATAKA                 |                           12846 |                                               67.43 |
| KERALA                    |                            2280 |                                               58.67 |
| MADHYA PRADESH            |                           17264 |                                               56.13 |
| MAHARASHTRA               |                           21129 |                                               68.69 |
| MANIPUR                   |                             316 |                                               15.15 |
| MEGHALAYA                 |                            1056 |                                               47.11 |
| MIZORAM                   |                             408 |                                               19.49 |
| NAGALAND                  |                             694 |                                               42    |
| ODISHA                    |                            6743 |                                               43.5  |
| PUNJAB                    |                            4286 |                                               85.16 |
| RAJASTHAN                 |                           25548 |                                               74.55 |
| SIKKIM                    |                              98 |                                               14.14 |
| TAMIL NADU                |                            8126 |                                               62.35 |
| TRIPURA                   |                             277 |                                               26.39 |
| UTTARAKHAND               |                            1547 |                                               27.27 |
| UTTAR PRADESH             |                           19075 |                                               78.92 |
| WEST BENGAL               |                            5673 |                                               65.33 |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS |                              28 |                                                3.67 |
| CHANDIGARH                |                               2 |                                               22.07 |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI      |                              24 |                                               48.79 |
| DAMAN & DIU               |                               3 |                                               94.18 |
| DELHI                     |                              53 |                                               36.1  |
| LAKSHADWEEP               |                               2 |                                               68.03 |
| PUDUCHERRY                |                              30 |                                               60.91 |
| ALL INDIA                 |                          181950 |                                               59.47 |

## ANNEXURE II

## State/Ut wise Details of Area put to Non-Agricultural Uses in the country

(Thousand Hectares)

| STATES/Uts                | Area put to Non-Agricultural Uses   | Area put to Non-Agricultural Uses   | Area put to Non-Agricultural Uses   |
|---------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|                           | 2010-11                             | 2011-12                             | 2012-13                             |
| ANDHRA PRADESH            | 2872                                | 2803                                | 2873                                |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH         | 26                                  | 26                                  | 26                                  |
| ASSAM                     | 1218                                | 1212                                | 1212                                |
| BIHAR                     | 1700                                | 1703                                | 1708                                |
| CHHATTISGARH              | 713                                 | 725                                 | 734                                 |
| GOA                       | 37                                  | 37                                  | 37                                  |
| GUJARAT                   | 1171                                | 1171                                | 1171                                |
| HARYANA                   | 522                                 | 500                                 | 542                                 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH          | 353                                 | 353                                 | 353                                 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR           | 301                                 | 260                                 | 267                                 |
| JHARKHAND                 | 764                                 | 775                                 | 710                                 |
| KARNATAKA                 | 1430                                | 1433                                | 1436                                |
| KERALA                    | 490                                 | 513                                 | 508                                 |
| MADHYA PRADESH            | 2089                                | 2119                                | 2126                                |
| MAHARASHTRA               | 1449                                | 1451                                | 1456                                |
| MANIPUR                   | 26                                  | 26                                  | 26                                  |
| MEGHALAYA                 | 105                                 | 107                                 | 108                                 |
| MIZORAM                   | 87                                  | 87                                  | 87                                  |
| NAGALAND                  | 87                                  | 93                                  | 93                                  |
| ODISHA                    | 1247                                | 1234                                | 1305                                |
| PUNJAB                    | 508                                 | 447                                 | 429                                 |
| RAJASTHAN                 | 1889                                | 1884                                | 1864                                |
| SIKKIM                    | 11                                  | 11                                  | 11                                  |
| TAMIL NADU                | 2177                                | 2181                                | 2184                                |
| TRIPURA                   | 141                                 | 141                                 | 141                                 |
| UTTARAKHAND               | 218                                 | 218                                 | 221                                 |
| UTTAR PRADESH             | 2835                                | 2893                                | 2893                                |
| WEST BENGAL               | 1823                                | 1794                                | 1822                                |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS | 7                                   | 7                                   | 7                                   |
| CHANDIGARH                | 5                                   | 5                                   | 5                                   |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI      | 4                                   | 4                                   | 4                                   |
| DAMAN & DIU               | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   |
| DELHI                     | 76                                  | 76                                  | 76                                  |
| LAKSHADWEEP               | 1                                   | 1                                   | 1                                   |
| PUDUCHERRY                | 19                                  | 18                                  | 19                                  |
| ALL INDIA                 | 26399                               | 26309                               | 26454                               |

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