Lok Sabha Question No. 1523 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-26
Subject: Production of Wheat
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL, KALYAN BANERJEE

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1523

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH   JULY, 2016

## PRODUCTION OF WHEAT

1523.     DR. P. VENUGOPAL: SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

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

- (a) whether production of wheat has risen in the country during the last three years and the current year;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

- (c) whether  the  production  of  other  Rabi  and  Kharif  crops  have  also  risen  in  the  country during the said period; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## 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) to (d): First  Advance Estimates of production (covering only kharif crops) are normally released  in  September  and  the  preliminary  estimates  of  production  of  rabi  crops  become available only with the release of 2 nd Advance Estimates in February of subsequent calendar year.  Therefore, it is too early to have firm assessment of production of kharif and rabi crops for the  current  year  i.e.  2016-17.    State-wise  details  of  production  of  major  agricultural  crops including wheat in the country during the last three years i.e. 2013-14 to 2015-16 are given in the Annexure.

As 2013-14 was one of the best agricultural years of the country  with very good quantity and distribution of monsoon rainfall, the area and production of almost all the agricultural crops increased, reaching record levels in many crops including wheat.  The year 2014-15 suffered defict/deficient rainfall in many parts of the country, leading to decline in the production of kharif crops.    Unseasonal  rains/hailstorms  during  February-March,  2015,  adversely  impacted  rabi production with the result that total production of most of the crops in 2014-15 declined.  The year 2015-16 also suffered deficit/deficient  rainfall in the monsoon season, which led to decline in production of kharif crops.  Rabi  production also suffered due to lower availability of water in major  reservoirs.    Consequently,  the    overall  production  of  major  crops  in    2015-16  also remained  lower than their production levels achieved during 2013-14.  With favourable rainfall conditions and better progress in area coverage as per reports on preliminary trends received from State Governments, production of major agricultural crops in the country  during 2016-17 can be expected to be higher than their production in 2015-16.

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1523 due for reply on 26-07-2016

## State-wise of Production of major crops during 2013-14 to 2015-16

| States           | Rice     | Rice     | Rice     | Wheat   | Wheat   | Wheat     | Coarse Cereals   | Coarse Cereals   | Coarse Cereals   | Pulses   | Pulses   | Pulses    | Foodgrains   | Foodgrains   | Foodgrains   | Oilseeds   | Oilseeds   |
|------------------|----------|----------|----------|---------|---------|-----------|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------|----------|-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------|------------|
| States           | 2013-14  | 2014-15  | 2015-16* | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015- 16* | 2013-14          | 2014-15          | 2015- 16*        | 2013-14  | 2014-15  | 2015- 16* | 2013-14      | 2014-15      | 2015-16*     | 2013- 14   | 2014- 15   |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 6969.7   | 7233.9   | 7250.0   | 4.0     | 0.0     | 0.3       | 2486.8           | 2310.2           | 1907.0           | 1061.8   | 950.0    | 1182.0    | 10522.3      | 10494.1      | 10339.3      | 1414.3     | 597.       |
| Assam            | 4927.1   | 5222.7   | 5144.0   | 40.4    | 28.8    | 38.0      | 25.0             | 96.4             | 67.0             | 104.3    | 111.0    | 107.0     | 5096.8       | 5458.8       | 5356.0       | 186.3      | 205.       |
| Bihar            | 5505.8   | 6356.7   | 6438.1   | 4738.0  | 3987.0  | 5251.1    | 2139.9           | 2371.0           | 1728.1           | 522.0    | 493.9    | 487.0     | 12905.8      | 13208.6      | 13904.2      | 146.2      | 127.       |
| Chhattisgarh     | 6716.4   | 6322.1   | 5484.7   | 134.0   | 135.3   | 136.4     | 263.1            | 267.2            | 216.8            | 484.5    | 738.5    | 560.0     | 7598.0       | 7463.1       | 6397.9       | 185.4      | 174.       |
| Gujarat          | 1636.0   | 1830.9   | 1666.0   | 4694.0  | 3059.0  | 2630.0    | 2120.6           | 1644.9           | 1589.8           | 729.0    | 574.5    | 519.5     | 9179.6       | 7109.3       | 6405.3       | 6870.4     | 4886.      |
| Haryana          | 3998.0   | 4006.0   | 4145.0   | 11800.0 | 10354.0 | 11489.0   | 1051.0           | 819.0            | 781.0            | 125.1    | 56.1     | 63.1      | 16974.1      | 15235.1      | 16478.1      | 899.0      | 743.       |
| Himachal Pradesh | 120.8    | 125.2    | 99.0     | 670.7   | 646.5   | 494.1     | 685.9            | 622.1            | 587.7            | 51.0     | 38.3     | 56.7      | 1528.4       | 1432.0       | 1237.6       | 6.1        | 6.         |
| Jammu & Kashmir  | 610.9    | 517.2    | 416.2    | 601.9   | 314.3   | 497.4     | 551.3            | 379.5            | 499.1            | 13.8     | 9.2      | 10.3      | 1777.9       | 1220.3       | 1423.0       | 58.8       | 40.        |
| Jharkhand        | 2810.6   | 3361.9   | 3051.6   | 370.4   | 330.4   | 274.4     | 526.1            | 487.7            | 384.4            | 578.6    | 597.1    | 552.2     | 4285.7       | 4777.0       | 4262.6       | 182.9      | 177.       |
| Karnataka        | 3572.6   | 3541.0   | 2907.0   | 210.0   | 261.0   | 163.0     | 6825.8           | 6946.0           | 5999.2           | 1600.5   | 1390.0   | 1305.1    | 12208.9      | 12138.0      | 10374.2      | 1162.0     | 959.       |
| Kerala           | 509.2    | 562.1    | 558.0    | 0.0     | 0.0     | 0.0       | 0.3              | 0.3              | 0.3              | 2.4      | 1.4      | 1.9       | 512.0        | 563.8        | 560.2        | 1.0        | 0.         |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 2844.8   | 3625.3   | 3408.4   | 12937.0 | 17103.9 | 15644.1   | 2551.8           | 3129.5           | 3658.8           | 4644.3   | 4828.3   | 5165.4    | 22978.0      | 28687.0      | 27876.6      | 6634.9     | 7724.      |
| Maharashtra      | 3120.0   | 2946.0   | 2596.0   | 1602.0  | 1308.0  | 718.0     | 5955.2           | 5004.9           | 3508.8           | 3169.0   | 2053.0   | 1517.5    | 13846.2      | 11311.9      | 8340.2       | 5293.9     | 2850.      |
| Odisha           | 7613.4   | 8298.2   | 5625.9   | 1.1     | 0.7     | 2.0       | 325.7            | 242.3            | 160.8            | 419.3    | 439.3    | 399.9     | 8359.4       | 8980.5       | 6188.7       | 168.8      | 141.       |
| Punjab           | 11267.0  | 11107.0  | 11703.0  | 17620.0 | 15050.0 | 16512.0   | 553.8            | 499.4            | 483.9            | 39.6     | 41.6     | 52.6      | 29480.4      | 26698.0      | 28751.5      | 64.2       | 57.        |
| Rajasthan        | 312.6    | 366.7    | 369.8    | 8663.2  | 9823.9  | 10002.7   | 6432.9           | 7479.5           | 6460.7           | 2490.9   | 1951.8   | 2160.2    | 17899.6      | 19621.9      | 18993.3      | 6033.8     | 5314.      |
| Tamil Nadu       | 5349.8   | 5727.8   | 7509.4   | 0.0     | 0.0     | 0.0       | 2819.7           | 3142.6           | 3091.5           | 613.8    | 753.2    | 615.7     | 8783.2       | 9623.7       | 11216.6      | 964.2      | 985.       |
| Telangana        | 5755.0   | 4440.8   | 3439.6   | 0.0     | 7.0     | 3.0       | 2898.7           | 2404.0           | 1701.0           | 489.2    | 263.0    | 227.6     | 9142.9       | 7114.8       | 5371.2       | 471.4      | 630.       |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 14636.0  | 12167.9  | 12509.0  | 29890.9 | 22417.4 | 28365.0   | 3803.2           | 3570.0           | 3508.0           | 1697.4   | 1438.7   | 1573.2    | 50027.5      | 39594.0      | 45955.2      | 895.8      | 787.       |
| Uttarakhand      | 578.6    | 603.7    | 630.0    | 842.4   | 654.2   | 755.0     | 298.9            | 313.6            | 287.0            | 56.5     | 54.6     | 51.8      | 1776.5       | 1626.0       | 1723.8       | 34.1       | 29.        |
| West Bengal      | 15370.7  | 14677.2  | 15923.7  | 927.8   | 939.3   | 945.0     | 538.6            | 678.9            | 737.6            | 241.7    | 236.5    | 321.8     | 17078.9      | 16531.8      | 17928.1      | 909.9      | 901.       |
| Others           | 2420.5   | 2441.8   | 2485.6   | 102.0   | 105.9   | 115.3     | 440.7            | 453.1            | 416.7            | 120.3    | 132.3    | 133.1     | 3083.2       | 3133.4       | 3151.1       | 166.0      | 170.       |
| All India        | 106645.5 | 105482.1 | 103360.0 | 95849.8 | 86526.6 | 94035.8   | 43294.9          | 42861.9          | 37775.2          |          | 17152.3  | 17063.6   | 265045.2     | 252022.9     | 252234.7     | 32749.4    |            |
|                  |          |          |          |         |         |           |                  |                  |                  | 19255.0  |          |           |              |              |              |            | 27510.     |

* As per 3rd Advance Estimates.

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NA: Not available.

# Production in '000 bales of 170 kgs each.

@ Production in '000 bales of 180 kgs each.