Lok Sabha Question No. 4085 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-13
Subject: Common Property Resources
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: MAHEISH GIRRI

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT  OF LAND RESOURCES

## LOKSABHA T]NSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 4085 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.08.2015

## Common Property Resources

## 4085. SI1RI  MAHEISH GIRRI:

Will the Minister  of RIIRAL DEVELOPMENT  be pleased  to state:

- (a) whether Common Property Resources (CPRs) like grazing land, harvesting land, village ponds, uncultivabte  land,  barren  land,  bamboo  land have been shrinking  gradually for the last one decade;
- if so. the details  thereof and the reasons  therefor; (b)
- whether shrinking cPRs have made animal husbandry a challenge in rural economy  and if so, the details  thereof;  and (c)
- liie steps taken by the Govemment to revive  the CPRs  in rural areas  and boost animal husbandry in villages? (d)

## ANSWER

## MINIITf:R  STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SI: DARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a) & (o) As per the information fumished  by the Directorate of Economics  and Statistics, Deparlrrerr of Agriculture and Cooperation,  Ministry  of Agdculture,  the area under  Permanent paitures  & other Grazing land has decreased  from 10484 thousand hectare (2003-04)  to 10240 thousand hectare (2012-13)  and the area under Barren & Un-cultivable  land has decreased  from 17466 thousand  hectare (2003-04) to 17284  thousand  hectare  (2012-13).

(c)  & (d) As per the inlormation  furnished  by the Department of Animal  Husbandry,  Dairying  & Fisheries, shrinking  Common Property Resources (CPRs) have made animal husbandry  a challenge in rural economy and to increase  the lodder  availability  in the country. The Department of AnirLrzLi Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries  has launched the National  Livestock  Mission  in 2014-t5. it has four Sub-Missions.  One of the Sub-mission  is Feed and Fodder Development under  rvhich financial assistance  is being provided to the States for the following  components:

| S. No.   | Name of Modified Components/ New Components                                                |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| I        | Establishment of Fodder Block Making Unit/                                                 |
| )        | Grassland Development including Grass Reserves                                             |
| 3        | fFodder Seed Procurement and Distribution                                                  |
| +        | lstrengtirening of Feed Testing Laboratories                                               |
| 5 a)     | ntroduction of hand driven chaff-cutter                                                    |
| 50,      | [ntroductionofpowe r driven chaff-cutter                                                   |
| 6        | Establishment of silage making Units                                                       |
| 1        | Demonstration of Azolla cultivation and uction units:                                      |
| S        | Establishment of by-pass protein production units                                          |
| q        | Establishment of Area Specific Mineral Mixture / Feed Pelleting / Feed manufacturing Unit: |

ln addition  to the above' under  watershed  programmes of the Ministry  of  Rural Derelopment,  activities lltt tr""ti'titlJtion  o-[-rainwater  hirvestinp  sructures'  soil and moisture fon."r,u,ion-  pasture  developmtll ti""titi'""  u" und"'rut"n atiff":t[:"-?:";;[i HIii: il,:ni:*,ff;t,']:i:tffi  ,::Hi'y,"H]il['x%ffi*;'1ihiffi ;*it""un'JioJa"'in*'" i' i'"p'""enr  in livestoik  and milk vield'

;:;.:l;l.#i.,.,tii'e Further,  financial  assistance  to States for  Feed  and  Fodder  Development is also  provided under Rrshtriva  Krishi  vikas lt#t-'-""i;'"s'u*rn" !]^it't Department  of Agriculture  and coooeration.  Ministry ol eg'i*irt'i'  Besides'  there u'"-'p"tiul  programmes'  like  Accelerated Fo.der l).'velopm.n' r'og'u,nil';i#l"io' p'o"iaing  nnun"iut u"['*t"  1o states lor lodder develoP'nent  during  drought'  etc'