Lok Sabha Question No. 21 (STARRED), answered on 2016-04-26
Subject: Drought in States
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: VISHNU DAYAL RAM, KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 21

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  APRIL, 2016

## DROUGHT IN STATES

- *21.    SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM: SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of drought prevailing in various parts of the country,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  districts  identified/declared  drought  affected, State-wise;
- (b) the details of the funds demanded,  allocated and released by the Union Government to various drought affected States during the last three years, State-wise;
- (c) whether there has been some delay in the release of allocated funds to the States, if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor and the time by which the fund is likely to be released to these States;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  prepared  any  contingency  plan  to  deal  with  the drought caused by weak monsoon and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government is considering to introduce a standard administrative unit for declaration of drought and assessing crop yield and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण ½ãâ¨ããè

(SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 21  DUE FOR REPLY ON 26 TH  APRIL, 2016.

- (a): The  State  Government  is  primarily  responsible  for  taking  necessary  relief measures in the wake of natural calamities. Government of India supplements efforts of State Government with financial assistance and logistic support. 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.

During  the  year  2015-16,  Karnataka  (both  for  Kharif  and  Rabi),  Chhattisgarh, Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Odisha,  Telengana,  Uttar  Pradesh,  Andhra  Pradesh, Jharkhand  and  Rajasthan,  had  submitted  Memoranda  on  drought  seeking  financial Assistance  from  NDRF.  Details  regarding  the  number  of  districts  declared  drought affected by these States are at Annexure-I.

(b) & (c): The  details  regarding  funds  demanded  and  approved  during  last  three years to various drought affected States are at Annexure-II.

During 2015-16, the net amount to be released after adjustment of  that SDRF balance available with these states is Rs. 10,275.48 crore., of which Rs.6055.08 crore was released to the States by 31.3.2016, and  the remaining Rs.4220.40 crores was released on 08.04.2016.The Central Government  has further released total of Rs.2551.875 crore as first installment of the central share in the SDRF to the 10 drought affected States for 2016-17.

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(d): Ministry  of  Agriculture  through  ICAR-Central  Research  Institute  for  Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad has prepared detailed Crop Contingency Plans for 600 districts.  States  have  been  advised  for    updating  Contingency  Plans  for  each  district wherever required in consultation with ICAR-CRIDA  and  the State Agriculture Universities  and  to  prepare  location  specific  remedial  measures  based  on  these contingency  plans  in  the  event  of  late  arrival  of  Monsoon/long  dry  spells/scanty rainfall/drought  conditions.    These  plans  are  available  at  the  website  of  Dept.  of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture as well as Central Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad.

(e): The  Manual  for  Drought  Management  2009  recommends  rainfall  deficiency, extent  of  area  sown,  normalised  difference  vegetative  index  and  moisture  adequacy Index, as the four standard monitoring tools which could be applied in combination for drought declaration. However it is the State Governments that take the decision on the most appropriate administrative unit and the parameters for the declaration of drought.

ANNEXURE-I

## LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION NO. 21 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.04.2016

## STATE-WISE DETAILS OF DISTRICTS DECLARED DROUGHT AFFECTED DURING - 2015-16

|   Sl. No. | Name of State/ total number of districts   | Name of the affected districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Total No. of districts affected   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|         1 | Karnataka (30)                             | Bangalore Rural, Ramanagara, Kolar, Chickballapur, Tumakuru, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Chamarajanagar, Mysuru, Mandya, Ballari, Koppal, Raichur, Kalaburgi, Yadgir, Bidar, Belagavi, Bagalkote, Vijapura, Gadag, Haveri, Dharwad, Shivamogga, Hassan, Kodagu, Uttara Kannada, Chikkamagalur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 27                                |
|         1 | Karnataka (30)                             | Ballari, Koppal, Raichuru, Kalaburagi, Yadagir, Bidar, Belagavi, Baglkote, Vijayapura, Gadag, Haveri, Dharwad.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 12 (Rabi)                         |
|         2 | Chhattisgarh (27)                          | Raipur, Gariaband, Mahasamund, Dhamtary, Durg, Balod, Bemetara, Rajnandgaon, Kabirdham, Bastar, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Kanker, Dantewara, Sukma, Bijapur, Bilaspur, Mungeli, Janjgir-Chamap, Korba, Balrampur, Surajpur, Koria, Raigarh, Jashapur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 25                                |
|         3 | Madhya Pradesh (51)                        | Katni, Shahdol, Umaria, Anuppur, Tikamgarh, Rewa, Jabalpur, Sidhi, Sagar, Damoh, Seoni, Sigroli, Sheopur, Chhatarpur, Bhind, Panna, Satna, Dindori, Shivpuri, Mandsaur, Morena, Jhabua, Bhopal, Ujjain, Neemuch, Vidishia, Raisen, Rajgarh, Khandwa, Ratlam, Narsinghpur, Guna, Betul, Burhanpur, Agar Malwa, Sehore, Indore, Dhar, Shajapur, Harda, Chhindwara, Dewas,Ashoknagar,Khargone,Hoshangabad, Badwani                                                                                                                         | 46                                |
|         4 | Maharashtra (36)                           | Nashik, Dhule, Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Ahmednagar, Pune, Satara, Sangli, Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed, Latur, Osmanabad, Nanded, Parbhani, Hingoli, Buldhana, Akola, Yavatmal, Nagpur, Gadchiroli                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 21                                |
|         5 | Odisha (30)                                | Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Balangir, Boudh, Cuttack, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Khordha, Koraput, Mayurbhanj, Nuapada, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh, Puri, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Subarnapur, Sundargarh,Bhadrak                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 27                                |
|         6 | Andhra Pradesh (13)                        | Anantapur, Chittoor, YSR Kadapa, Kurnool, Prakasam, SPSR Nellore, Guntur, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Krishna                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 10                                |
|         7 | Uttar Pradesh (75)                         | Sant Ravidas Nagar, Sonbhadra, Sultanpur, Mirzapur, Ballia, Sidharthnagar, Shahjahanpur, Banda, Pratapgarh, Chandauli, Etawah, Basti, Baghpat, Jaunpur, Faizabad, Gonda, Kannauj, Barabanki, Sant Kabir Nagar, Jhansi, Jalaun, Gorakhpur, Hathras, Etah, Allahabad, Ghaziabad, Farrukhabad, Mau, Unnao, Rampur, Hamirpur, Lalitpur, Chitrakoot, Kanpur Nagar, Lucknow, Deoria, Mainpuri, Maharajganj, Agra, Auraiya, Pilibhit, Amethi, Mahoba, Rae Bareily, Kushinagar, Kanpur Dehat, Kaushambi, Fatehpur, Ambedkar Nagar and Balrampur | 50                                |
|         8 | Telangana (10)                             | Mahabubnagar, Medak, Nizamabad, Ranga Reddy, Nalgonda, Karimnagar and Warangal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 7                                 |
|         9 | Jharkhand (24)                             | Ranchi, Khunti, Lohardaga, Gumla, Simdega, West Singhbhum, Saraikela, East Singhbhum, Palamu, Garhwa, Latehar, Hazaribagh, Ramgarh, Koderma, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Chatra, Dumka, Godda, Deoghar, Jamtara, Giridih                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 22                                |
|        10 | Rajasthan (33)                             | Ajmer, Banswara, Baran, Barmer, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalor, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Pali, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Pratapgarh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 19                                |

## LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION NO. 21 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.04.2016

## Assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) sought and approved for Drought

(Rs. in crores)

| During - 2013-2014   | During - 2013-2014   | During - 2013-2014   | During - 2013-2014   | During - 2013-2014   |
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| S.No.                | State                | Calamity             | Amount sought        | Amount approved      |
| 1.                   | Bihar                | Drought              | 12564.04             | 931.87               |
| 2.                   | Karnataka            | Drought              | 778.06               | 226.57               |
| 3.                   | Andhra Pradesh       | Drought              | 638.09               | 254.54               |
|                      | Total                |                      | 13980.19             | 1412.98              |
| During - 2014-2015   | During - 2014-2015   | During - 2014-2015   | During - 2014-2015   | During - 2014-2015   |
| 1.                   | Haryana              | Drought              | 4829.25              | 168.87               |
| 2.                   | Karnataka            | Drought              | 779.20               | 200.85               |
| 3.                   | Uttar Pradesh        | Drought              | 4819.49              | 777.34               |
| 4.                   | Maharashtra          | Drought              | 6013.28              | 1962.99              |
| 5.                   | Andhra Pradesh       | Drought              | 1532.00              | 237.51               |
|                      | Total                |                      | 17973.22             | 3347.56              |
| During - 2015-2016   | During - 2015-2016   | During - 2015-2016   | During - 2015-2016   | During - 2015-2016   |
| 1.                   | Karnataka            | Drought-K Drought-R  | 3830.84 1417.14      | 1540.20 #            |
| 2.                   | Chhattisgarh         | Drought              | 6093.79              | 1276.25              |
| 3.                   | Madhya Pradesh       | Drought              | 5114.53              | 2032.68              |
| 4.                   | Maharashtra          | Drought              | 4002.82              | 3049.36              |
| 5.                   | Odisha               | Drought              | 2344.99              | 815.00               |
| 6.                   | Telangana            | Drought              | 2601.17              | 791.21               |
| 7.                   | Uttar Pradesh        | Drought              | 2057.79              | 1304.52              |
| 8.                   | Andhra Pradesh       | Drought              | 2000.56              | 433.77               |
| 9.                   | Jharkhand            | Drought              | 2142.78              | 336.94               |
| 10.                  | Rajasthan            | Drought              | 10537.02             | 1193.41              |
|                      | Total:               |                      | 42143.43             | 12773.34             |

K:Kharif R:Rabi

# Proposal considered in the High Level Committee (HLC) meeting on 22.4.2016.

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## ANNEXURE-II