Lok Sabha Question No. 298 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-01
Subject: Sugarcane Production
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: HUKUM SINGH, HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 298

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 ST  DECEMBER, 2015

## SUGARCANE PRODUCTION

298.   SHRI HUKUM SINGH: SHRI GODSE HEMANT TUKARAM:

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

- (a) the details  of  the  sugarcane production  reported  in  each  State  during  each of  the  last three years and the current year;
- (b) whether  large  share  of  sugarcane  crop  in  the  country  have  been  damaged  due  to faltering monsoon/drought and farmers are forced to feed withered cane to their cattle, during the said period;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (d) whether the farmers are refraining from the cultivation of sugarcane due to scarcity of water in various parts of the country; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken/being  taken to  incentivise  the  sugarcane farmers in the country to improve sugarcane production?

## ANSWER

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

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

- (a) to (c): State-wise  details  of  production  of  sugarcane  during  last  three  years  and  the current  year  i.e.  2012-13  to  2015-16  are  given  in  the Annexure .  It  is  observed  that  despite delayed/deficient monsoon rainfall in various parts of the country leading to overall deficiency of 14% in the  monsoon rainfall,  as  per  First  Advance  Estimates  for  2015-16,  the  production  of sugarcane is expected to be lower than the last year by only about 5%.  There are no reports of severe damage to the crop due to drought from any major sugarcane producing State of the country.

(d) & (e): As per First Advance Estimates for 2015-16, the decline in area coverage under sugarcane as compared to last year has been negligible (less than1%).  The above decline in the area under sugarcane is not specifically due to scarcity of water but due to other reasons such as more remunerative crop diversification options available to farmers.

To increase production and productivity of Sugarcane in the country, Government has been  implementing  Sugarcane   Development  Programme  under   National   Food   Security Continue….2/-

Mission- Commercial Crops (NFSM-CC).  Under the scheme, thrust has been given on transfer of technology through Frontline Demonstration and training to farmers.

Further,  to  protect  and  equip  farmers  against  drought  like  situations,  the  Institute  of Sugarcane  Research,  Lucknow,  Sugarcane  Breeding  Institute,  Coimbatore  and  All  India Coordinated  Research  Project  (AICRP)  on  sugarcane  under  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural Research (ICAR) have developed various drought tolerant / stress tolerant varieties of seeds. Water use efficient irrigation  techniques  like  drip  irrigation,  techniques  like  trash  mulching  for conserving  moisture  etc.,  are  being  advocated.    Educating  the  farmers  for  adopting  modern techniques of water conservation in the production of sugarcane is being undertaken by Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs).

## Annexure

## State-wise  estimates  of  Production  of  Sugarcane  during  2012-13  to 2015-16

| STATES/UT        | Production ('000 Tonnes)   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   |
|------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|                  | 2012-13                    | 2013-14                    | 2014-15*                   | 2015-16$                   |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 15567.0                    | 15385.0                    | 13150.0                    | 12460.0                    |
| Assam            | 1028.2                     | 1075.2                     | 1041.0                     | 1048.0                     |
| Bihar            | 12741.4                    | 12881.8                    | 14131.4                    | 14239.6                    |
| Chhattisgarh     | 37.3                       | 22.1                       | 49.3                       | 79.3                       |
| Gujarat          | 12690.0                    | 12550.0                    | 14060.0                    | 13040.0                    |
| Haryana          | 7437.0                     | 7499.0                     | 7650.0                     | 8588.0                     |
| Himachal Pradesh | 42.0                       | 35.7                       | 21.9                       | 36.1                       |
| Jharkhand        | 461.9                      | 462.8                      | 469.8                      | 704.9                      |
| Karnataka        | 35732.0                    | 37905.0                    | 41895.0                    | 34200.0                    |
| Kerala           | 165.7                      | 221.5                      | 150.7                      | 137.2                      |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 2641.9                     | 3173.7                     | 4567.0                     | 3342.5                     |
| Maharashtra      | 69648.1                    | 76901.0                    | 81870.2                    | 75087.0                    |
| Odisha           | 952.4                      | 936.5                      | 722.9                      | 880.0                      |
| Punjab           | 5919.0                     | 6675.0                     | 7039.0                     | 7131.0                     |
| Rajasthan        | 401.8                      | 362.9                      | 408.9                      | 281.8                      |
| Tamil Nadu       | 33919.2                    | 32454.1                    | 24462.8                    | 27615.0                    |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 132427.7                   | 134688.6                   | 138480.8                   | 133203.0                   |
| Uttarakhand      | 6784.8                     | 5939.8                     | 6135.0                     | 6047.0                     |
| West Bengal      | 1617.0                     | 1945.0                     | 1950.0                     | 2300.0                     |
| Others           | 985.3                      | 1027.1                     | 1074.5                     | 1004.5                     |
| All India        | 341199.7                   | 352141.8                   | 359330.1                   | 341424.7                   |

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