Lok Sabha Question No. 1595 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-26
Subject: Losses due to Drought
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Y. S. AVINASH REDDY, M. K. RAGHAVAN, SUKENDER REDDY GUTHA, NEELAM SONKER, KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY, PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV, HARISH CHANDRA MEENA, RAMESH BIDHURI, R.P. MARUTHARAJAA, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE, B.V. NAYAK, M. B. RAJESH, ANURAG SINGH THAKUR, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, RANJANBEN BHATT, PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1595

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  26 TH  JULY, 2016

## LOSSES DUE TO DROUGHT

1595.  SHRI Y. S. AVINASH REDDY:

SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

SHRI GUTHA SUKENDER REDDY:

SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI HARISH MEENA:

SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

SHRI R.P. MARUTHARAJAA:

SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

SHRI B.V. NAIK:

SHRI M.B. RAJESH:

SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR:

SHRI D.K. SURESH:

SHRI R. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT:

SHRI P.K. BIJU:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE   ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं कसान कयाण

½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) the quantum and extent of damages caused to agriculture and animal husbandry sectors and loss of human lives due to drought during the current year, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  identified  chronic  drought  affected  districts  of various States of the country, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of funds allocated and released by the Union Government to various drought affected States of the country along with the details of relief and compensation provided to the victims during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  received  many  proposals  from  various  States including Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra and Rajasthan for more drought assistance and if so, the action taken by the Government thereon; and
- (e) whether the Government has prepared contingency and long term plans to tackle the drought situation in the entire country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã  ½ãñâ  Àã·¾ã  ½ãâ¨ããè (  SHRI  S.S. AHLUWALIA )

- (a): No report has  been  received  from  any  State  regarding  quantum  and  extent  of damages caused to agriculture and animal husbandry sectors and loss of human lives, due to drought in Financial Year 2016-17.
- (b): State-wise  details  of  Administrative  Districts  Chronically  affected  by  Drought Conditions, as per Manual for Drought Management 2009, are indicated at Annexure-I.
- (c) & (d): Memoranda  received  from  States  and  details  of  funds  approved  from National  Disaster  Response  Fund  (NDRF)  in  the  wake  of  drought,  during  the  years 2013-14,  2014-15  &  2015-16,  are  indicated  in  the  statement  at  Annexure-II.  No Memorandum  has  been  received  from  any  State  seeking  financial  assistance  from NDRF in the wake of drought in Financial Year 2016-17.
- (e): Central Research Institute of Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), in collaboration with State  Agricultural  Universities,  has  prepared  contingency  plans  for  614  districts  for implementing  location  specific  interventions  to  sustain  agriculture  production  in  the eventuality of any extreme climatic events.

## Annexure-I

## State-wise details of Administrative Districts Chronically affected by Drought Conditions - As per Manual for Drought Management 2009.

| Name of the State   |   No. of Districts | Names of Districts                                                                                                                 |
|---------------------|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh      |                 08 | Anantpur, Chittoor, Cuddapah, Hyderabad, Kurnool, Mehboobnagar, Nalgonda, Prakasam                                                 |
| Bihar               |                 06 | Munger, Nawadah, Rohtas, Bhojpur, Aurangabad, Gaya                                                                                 |
| Chhattisgarh        |                 01 | Khargaon                                                                                                                           |
| Gujarat             |                 12 | Ahmedabad, Amreli, Banaskantha, Bhavnagar, Bharuch, Jamnagar, Kheda, Kutch, Mehsana, Panchmahal, Rajkot, Surendranagar             |
| Haryana             |                 04 | Bhiwani, Gurgaon, Mahendranagar, Rohtak                                                                                            |
| Jammu & Kashmir     |                 02 | Doda, Udhampur                                                                                                                     |
| Jharkhand           |                 01 | Palamau                                                                                                                            |
| Karnataka           |                 14 | Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bijapur, Chitradurga, Chickmagalur, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kolar, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Tumkur |
| Madhya Pradesh      |                 10 | Betul, Datia, Dewas, Dhar, Jhabua, Khandak, Shahdol, Shahjapur, Sidhi, Ujjain                                                      |
| Maharashtra         |                 11 | Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Beed, Nanded, Nashik, Osmanabad, Pune, Parbhani, Sangli, Satara, Solapur                                   |
| Odisha              |                 04 | Phulbani, Kalahandi, Bolangir,Kendrapada                                                                                           |
| Rajasthan           |                 12 | Ajmer, Banswada, Barmer, Churu, Dungarpur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhunjunu, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Pali, Udaipur                             |
| Tamil Nadu          |                 08 | Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Madurai, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Tiruchirapali, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh       |                 06 | Allahabad, Banda, Hamirpur, Jalana, Mirzapur, Varanasi                                                                             |
| West Bengal         |                 03 | Bankura, Midnapore, Purulia                                                                                                        |
| Total               |                102 |                                                                                                                                    |

## Annexure-II

## Assistance approved from NDRF for Drought

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.                | Name of State          | Assistance approved from NDRF   |
|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Drought during 2013-14 | Drought during 2013-14 | Drought during 2013-14          |
| 1.                     | Bihar                  | 931.87                          |
| 2.                     | Karnataka              | 226.57                          |
| 3.                     | Andhra Pradesh         | 254.54                          |
| Drought during 2014-15 | Drought during 2014-15 | Drought during 2014-15          |
| 1.                     | Haryana                | 168.87                          |
| 2.                     | Uttar Pradesh          | 777.34                          |
| 3.                     | Karnataka              | 200.85                          |
| 4.                     | Maharashtra            | 1962.99                         |
| 5.                     | Andhra Pradesh         | 237.51                          |
| Drought during 2015-16 | Drought during 2015-16 | Drought during 2015-16          |
| 1.                     | Karnataka              | 1540.20 723.23                  |
| 2.                     | Chhattisgarh           | 1276.25                         |
| 3.                     | Madhya Pradesh         | 2032.68                         |
| 4.                     | Maharashtra            | 3049.36 # #                     |
| 5.                     | Odisha                 | 815.00                          |
| 6.                     | Telengana              | 791.21                          |
| 7.                     | Uttar Pradesh          | 1304.52 #                       |
| 8.                     | Andhra Pradesh         | 433.77                          |
| 9.                     | Jharkhand              | 336.94                          |
| 10.                    | Rajasthan              | 1193.41                         |
| 11.                    | Uttrakhand             | #                               |

#  Proposals received from Maharashtra on drought Kharif (supplementary) and drought Rabi and Uttarakhand on drought Rabi, are at  various stages of process.

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