Lok Sabha Question No. 4038 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-17
Subject: National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Tanuj Punia

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4038

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH  MARCH, 2026

## NATIONAL INNOVATIONS ON CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURE

4038.   SHRI TANUJ PUNIA:

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

- (a) the details of most vulnerable districts/regions identified under National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) in the country, State/UT-wise particularly from Uttar Pradesh; and
- (b) the details of the crop varieties and management practices identified and developed for adaptation and mitigation of climate resilient agriculture?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण राज्य मंत्री (SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY)

(a): Under  NICRA,  risk and vulnerability assessment  was  carried out for 573 predominantly agriculture districts of country using Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) protocol. A total of 109 districts were categorized as 'very high' and 201 district s as 'highly' vulnerable (Annexure) . In Uttar Pradesh, 22 districts are categorised under 'very high' and 26 districts as 'highly' vulnerable.

(b): National  Agricultural  Research  System  under  the  aegis  of  Indian  Council  of Agricultural Research are regularly developing and notifying region specific, high yielding, climate resilient varieties. In this process, during the last eleven years (2014-2025) a total of 3236 field crop varieties have been released, out of which 1576 are of Cereals, 444 are of  Oilseeds, 473 are  of  Pulses, 205 are  of  Forages, 408 are  of  Fibre Crops, 96 are  of Sugarcane and 34 of Others Crops.

Out of these 3236 field crop varieties developed and released, 2996 varieties are Climate Resilient Field Crop Varieties (1453 are of Cereals, 397 are of Oilseeds, 446 are of Pulses, 185 are of Forage crops, 392 are of Fibres crops, 27 are of other crops and 96 of  Sugarcane). Further,  among the 3236 field crop varieties  developed, a total  of 1098 varieties are suitable for rainfed areas.

Moreover, among the 3236, a total of 587 varieties are Extreme Climate Tolerant Varieties, of which 341 are Drought tolerant varieties; 89 are Flood tolerant varieties; 80 are Salinity tolerant varieties, 59 are Heat stress tolerant varieties and 18 are Cold tolerant varieties.

Location specific promising climate resilient technologies identified, developed and demonstrated  to  farmers  to  address  the  important  climatic  vulnerabilities  experienced such as droughts, floods, cyclone, heat wave, cold wave, hailstorms and frost. Location specific soil and moisture conservation practices, green manuring, zero tillage, efficient irrigation methods are developed and demonstrated to alleviate moisture stress during the crop  growth  period,  minimize  the  impact  of  mid-season  drought,  enhance  cropping intensity, crop yields and returns. Demonstration on agronomic practices such as timely planting,  community  nurseries  for  delayed  monsoon,  water  saving  paddy  cultivation methods  such  as  dry  seeded  rice  and  alternate  wetting  and  drying,  green  manuring, advancement  of  planting  dates  of  rabi  crops  in  areas  with  terminal  heat  stress,  frost management  in  horticulture,  etc.  were  undertaken  to  minimize  the  impact  of  variable climatic situations. These adaptation efforts have been underway in 151 highly vulnerable districts  through  NICRA.  So  far,  25501  capacity  building  programs  were  conducted benefitting 7.57 lakh farmers and other stakeholders across the country for adaptation and mitigation of climate resilient agriculture.

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## ANNEXURE

## [Part (a) of Lok Sabha USQ No. 4038 dated 17 th  March, 2026]

## List of districts with 'very high' and 'high' climate change risk vulnerability to agriculture

| State             | District        | Risk      | Hazard   |
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------|----------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | Anantapur       | Very High | Drought  |
| Andhra Pradesh    | Srikakulam      | High      | Cyclone  |
| Andhra Pradesh    | East Godavari   | High      | Cyclone  |
| Andhra Pradesh    | Kurnool         | High      | Drought  |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Upper Siang     | Very High | Drought  |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Tawang          | High      | -        |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Lower Subansiri | High      | -        |
| Arunachal Pradesh | West Siang      | High      | Drought  |
| Arunachal Pradesh | East Siang      | High      | -        |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Lohit           | High      | Drought  |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Dibang valley   | High      | Drought  |
| Assam             | Nalbari         | Very High | -        |
| Assam             | Darrang         | Very High | Drought  |
| Assam             | Kokrajhar       | High      | -        |
| Assam             | Dhubri          | High      | Flood    |
| Assam             | Barpeta         | High      | -        |
| Assam             | Morigaon        | High      | -        |
| Assam             | Dhemaji         | High      | -        |
| Bihar             | Sitamarhi       | Very High | Flood    |
| Bihar             | Madhubani       | Very High | Flood    |
| Bihar             | Supaul          | Very High | Flood    |
| Bihar             | Kishanganj      | Very High | Flood    |
| Bihar             | Katihar         | Very High | Flood    |
| Bihar             | Saharsa         | Very High | Flood    |
| Bihar             | Darbhanga       | Very High | Flood    |
| Bihar             | Lakhisarai      | Very High | Flood    |
| Bihar             | Sheikhpura      | Very High | Drought  |
| Bihar             | Nalanda         | Very High | Flood    |
| Bihar             | Champaran(West) | High      | Flood    |
| Bihar             | Champaran(East) | High      | Flood    |
| Bihar             | Purnea          | High      | Flood    |
| Bihar             | Madhepura       | High      | Flood    |
| Bihar             | Gopalganj       | High      | -        |
| Bihar             | Siwan           | High      | -        |

| Bihar            | Samastipur   | High      | -       |
|------------------|--------------|-----------|---------|
| Bihar            | Begusarai    | High      | Flood   |
| Bihar            | Khagaria     | High      | Flood   |
| Bihar            | Bhagalpur    | High      | Flood   |
| Bihar            | Patna        | High      | Flood   |
| Bihar            | Bhojpur      | High      | -       |
| Bihar            | Buxar        | High      | -       |
| Chhattisgarh     | Jashpur      | High      | -       |
| Chhattisgarh     | Raigadh      | High      | -       |
| Chhattisgarh     | Korba        | High      | -       |
| Chhattisgarh     | Durg         | High      | Drought |
| Chhattisgarh     | Mahasamund   | High      | -       |
| Chhattisgarh     | Kanker       | High      | -       |
| Gujarat          | Panchmahal   | Very High | Drought |
| Gujarat          | Dahod        | Very High | Drought |
| Gujarat          | Banaskantha  | High      | Drought |
| Gujarat          | Patan        | High      | Drought |
| Gujarat          | Anand        | High      | Drought |
| Gujarat          | Kheda        | High      | Drought |
| Gujarat          | Narmada      | High      | Drought |
| Gujarat          | Dang         | High      | Drought |
| Haryana          | Fatehabad    | Very High | Drought |
| Haryana          | Bhiwani      | Very High | Drought |
| Haryana          | Mahendragarh | Very High | Drought |
| Haryana          | Kaithal      | High      | Drought |
| Haryana          | Jind         | High      | Drought |
| Haryana          | Sirsa        | High      | Drought |
| Haryana          | Hissar       | High      | Drought |
| Haryana          | Rohtak       | High      | Drought |
| Haryana          | Jhajjar      | High      | Drought |
| Haryana          | Rewari       | High      | Drought |
| Haryana          | Gurgaon      | High      | Drought |
| Himachal Pradesh | Chamba       | Very High | Drought |
| Himachal Pradesh | Mandi        | Very High | -       |
| Himachal Pradesh | Kangra       | High      | Drought |
| Himachal Pradesh | Kullu        | High      | -       |
| Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur     | High      | -       |
| Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur     | High      | Drought |
| Himachal Pradesh | Shimla       | High      | -       |
| Himachal Pradesh | Kinnaur      | High      | Drought |
| Jammu & Kashmir  | Leh(Ladakh)  | Very High | Drought |
| Jammu & Kashmir  | Poonch       | Very High | Drought |

| Jammu & Kashmir   | Kathua            | Very High   | Drought   |
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|-----------|
| Jammu & Kashmir   | Baramulla         | High        | Drought   |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | Budgam            | High        | Drought   |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | Anantnag          | High        | Drought   |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | Kargil            | High        | Drought   |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | Doda              | High        | Drought   |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | Udhampur          | High        | Drought   |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | Rajouri           | High        | Drought   |
| Jharkhand         | Garhwa            | High        | Drought   |
| Jharkhand         | Godda             | High        | -         |
| Jharkhand         | Sahibganj         | High        | -         |
| Jharkhand         | Pakur             | High        | -         |
| Jharkhand         | Gumla             | High        | -         |
| Jharkhand         | West Singbhum     | High        | -         |
| Karnataka         | Gadag             | Very High   | Drought   |
| Karnataka         | Haveri            | Very High   | Drought   |
| Karnataka         | Chitradurga       | Very High   | Drought   |
| Karnataka         | Bagalkot          | High        | Drought   |
| Karnataka         | Gulbarga          | High        | -         |
| Karnataka         | Bidar             | High        | Drought   |
| Karnataka         | Koppal            | High        | Drought   |
| Karnataka         | Dharwad           | High        | Drought   |
| Karnataka         | Bellary           | High        | Drought   |
| Karnataka         | Tumkur            | High        | Drought   |
| Karnataka         | Kolar             | High        | -         |
| Karnataka         | Bangalore (Rural) | High        | Drought   |
| Karnataka         | Hassan            | High        | -         |
| Karnataka         | Mysore            | High        | Drought   |
| Karnataka         | Chamarajanagar    | High        | Drought   |
| Kerala            | Kasaragod         | Very High   | Cyclone   |
| Kerala            | Kozhikode         | Very High   | Cyclone   |
| Kerala            | Ernakulam         | Very High   | Cyclone   |
| Kerala            | Kottayam          | Very High   | Drought   |
| Kerala            | Alappuzha         | Very High   | Flood     |
| Kerala            | Pathanamthitta    | Very High   | Flood     |
| Kerala            | Kollam            | Very High   | Cyclone   |
| Kerala            | Thiruvanathapuram | Very High   | Drought   |
| Kerala            | Kannur            | High        | Cyclone   |
| Kerala            | Wayanad           | High        | Drought   |
| Kerala            | Malappuram        | High        | Cyclone   |
| Kerala            | Palakkad          | High        | Drought   |
| Kerala            | Thrissur          | High        | Cyclone   |

| Madhya Pradesh   | Bhind            | Very High   | Drought   |
|------------------|------------------|-------------|-----------|
| Madhya Pradesh   | Jhabua           | Very High   | Drought   |
| Madhya Pradesh   | Morena           | High        | Drought   |
| Madhya Pradesh   | Datia            | High        | Drought   |
| Madhya Pradesh   | Tikamgarh        | High        | Drought   |
| Madhya Pradesh   | Chhatarpur       | High        | -         |
| Madhya Pradesh   | Panna            | High        | -         |
| Madhya Pradesh   | Rewa             | High        | -         |
| Madhya Pradesh   | Shahdol          | High        | -         |
| Madhya Pradesh   | Sidhi            | High        | -         |
| Madhya Pradesh   | Mandsaur         | High        | -         |
| Madhya Pradesh   | Ratlam           | High        | Drought   |
| Madhya Pradesh   | Barwani          | High        | Drought   |
| Madhya Pradesh   | Betul            | High        | -         |
| Madhya Pradesh   | Dindori          | High        | -         |
| Madhya Pradesh   | Mandla           | High        | -         |
| Maharashtra      | Nanded           | Very High   | -         |
| Maharashtra      | Beed             | Very High   | Drought   |
| Maharashtra      | Nandurbar        | High        | Drought   |
| Maharashtra      | Akola            | High        | -         |
| Maharashtra      | Washim           | High        | -         |
| Maharashtra      | Wardha           | High        | -         |
| Maharashtra      | Chandrapur       | High        | -         |
| Maharashtra      | Hingoli          | High        | Drought   |
| Maharashtra      | Parbhani         | High        | -         |
| Maharashtra      | Jalna            | High        | -         |
| Maharashtra      | Ahmednagar       | High        | Drought   |
| Maharashtra      | Latur            | High        | Drought   |
| Maharashtra      | Osmanabad        | High        | Drought   |
| Manipur          | Senapati         | High        | -         |
| Manipur          | Churachandpur    | High        | -         |
| Manipur          | Thoubal          | High        | -         |
| Manipur          | Imphal East      | High        | Flood     |
| Manipur          | Ukhrul           | High        | -         |
| Manipur          | Chandel          | High        | -         |
| Meghalaya        | West Garo Hills  | Very High   | Drought   |
| Meghalaya        | East Garo Hills  | Very High   | Drought   |
| Meghalaya        | South Garo Hills | Very High   | Drought   |
| Meghalaya        | West Khasi Hills | Very High   | Drought   |
| Meghalaya        | East Khasi Hills | Very High   | Drought   |
| Meghalaya        | Jaintia Hills    | Very High   | Drought   |
| Meghalaya        | Ri-Bhoi          | High        | -         |

| Mizoram   | Lawngtlai            | Very High   | Drought   |
|-----------|----------------------|-------------|-----------|
| Mizoram   | Saiha                | Very High   | Drought   |
| Mizoram   | Kolasib              | High        | -         |
| Mizoram   | Aizawl               | High        | -         |
| Mizoram   | Champhai             | High        | -         |
| Mizoram   | Serchhip             | High        | -         |
| Mizoram   | Lunglei              | High        | Drought   |
| Nagaland  | Tuensang             | Very High   | Drought   |
| Nagaland  | Mon                  | High        | -         |
| Nagaland  | Mokokchung           | High        | Drought   |
| Nagaland  | Zunheboto            | High        | -         |
| Nagaland  | Wokha                | High        | -         |
| Nagaland  | Phek                 | High        | -         |
| Orissa    | Keonjhar             | Very High   | Cyclone   |
| Orissa    | Balasore (Baleshwar) | Very High   | Cyclone   |
| Orissa    | Kendrapara           | Very High   | Cyclone   |
| Orissa    | Jagatsingpur         | Very High   | Flood     |
| Orissa    | Jajpur               | Very High   | Cyclone   |
| Orissa    | Puri                 | Very High   | Flood     |
| Orissa    | Baragarh             | High        | -         |
| Orissa    | Mayurbhanj           | High        | Cyclone   |
| Orissa    | Bhadrak              | High        | Cyclone   |
| Orissa    | Dhenkanal            | High        | Cyclone   |
| Orissa    | Nayagarh             | High        | Cyclone   |
| Orissa    | Khurda               | High        | Cyclone   |
| Orissa    | Ganjam               | High        | Cyclone   |
| Orissa    | Gajapati             | High        | Cyclone   |
| Orissa    | Bolangir             | High        | Drought   |
| Orissa    | Nuapada              | High        | Drought   |
| Orissa    | Kalahandi            | High        | Drought   |
| Orissa    | Rayagada             | High        | -         |
| Orissa    | Nabarangpur          | High        | -         |
| Punjab    | Gurdaspur            | Very High   | Drought   |
| Punjab    | Jalandhar            | Very High   | Drought   |
| Punjab    | Moga                 | Very High   | Drought   |
| Punjab    | Faridkot             | Very High   | Drought   |
| Punjab    | Bathinda             | Very High   | Drought   |
| Punjab    | Firozpur             | High        | Drought   |
| Punjab    | Muktsar              | High        | Drought   |
| Punjab    | Mansa                | High        | Drought   |
| Punjab    | Sangrur              | High        | Flood     |
| Rajasthan | Ganganagar           | Very High   | Drought   |

| Rajasthan     | Hanumangarh    | Very High   | Drought   |
|---------------|----------------|-------------|-----------|
| Rajasthan     | Churu          | Very High   | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Jhunjhunu      | Very High   | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Alwar          | Very High   | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Karauli        | Very High   | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Dausa          | Very High   | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Sikar          | Very High   | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Nagaur         | Very High   | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Jodhpur        | Very High   | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Jaisalmer      | Very High   | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Barmer         | Very High   | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Jalore         | Very High   | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Pali           | Very High   | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Bhilwara       | Very High   | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Dungarpur      | Very High   | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Banswara       | Very High   | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Bikaner        | High        | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Bharatpur      | High        | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Dholpur        | High        | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Jaipur         | High        | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Sirohi         | High        | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Ajmer          | High        | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Tonk           | High        | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Bundi          | High        | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Rajsamand      | High        | Drought   |
| Rajasthan     | Udaipur        | High        | -         |
| Sikkim        | South          | Very High   | -         |
| Sikkim        | North          | High        | Drought   |
| Sikkim        | West           | High        | -         |
| Sikkim        | East           | High        | -         |
| Tamil Nadu    | Dharmapuri     | High        | Drought   |
| Tamil Nadu    | Villupuram     | High        | Drought   |
| Tamil Nadu    | Coimbatore     | High        | Drought   |
| Tamil Nadu    | Perambalur     | High        | Drought   |
| Tamil Nadu    | Ramanathapuram | High        | Drought   |
| Telangana     | Adilabad       | High        | -         |
| Telangana     | Mahabubnagar   | High        | -         |
| Uttar Pradesh | Bagpat         | Very High   | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh | Unnao          | Very High   | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh | Kannauj        | Very High   | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh | Etawah         | Very High   | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh | Auraiya        | Very High   | Drought   |

| Uttar Pradesh   | Kanpur (Dehat)     | Very High   | Drought   |
|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|-----------|
| Uttar Pradesh   | Jalaun             | Very High   | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Jhansi             | Very High   | -         |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Hamirpur           | Very High   | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Mahoba             | Very High   | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Banda              | Very High   | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Chitrakut          | Very High   | -         |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Fatehpur           | Very High   | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Kaushambi          | Very High   | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Allahabad          | Very High   | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Bahraich           | Very High   | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Shravasti          | Very High   | -         |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Balrampur          | Very High   | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Gonda              | Very High   | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Basti              | Very High   | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Jaunpur            | Very High   | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Sant Ravidas Nagar | Very High   | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Saharanpur         | High        | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Rampur             | High        | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Jyotiba Phulenagar | High        | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Aligarh            | High        | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Hathras            | High        | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Mathura            | High        | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Agra               | High        | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Budaun             | High        | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Pilibhit           | High        | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Shahjahanpur       | High        | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Sitapur            | High        | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Rae-Bareily        | High        | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Farrukhabad        | High        | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Kanpur City        | High        | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Lalitpur           | High        | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Pratapgarh         | High        | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Ambedkar Nagar     | High        | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Siddharth Nagar    | High        | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Sant Kabir Nagar   | High        | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Maharajganj        | High        | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Gorakhpur          | High        | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Kushi Nagar        | High        | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Deoria             | High        | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Varanasi           | High        | Flood     |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Mirzapur           | High        | Flood     |

| Uttar Pradesh   | Sonbhadra            | High      | -       |
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------|---------|
| Uttarakhand     | Uttarkashi           | Very High | -       |
| Uttarakhand     | Rudraprayag          | Very High | -       |
| Uttarakhand     | Tehri Garwal         | Very High | -       |
| Uttarakhand     | Pithoragarh          | Very High | Drought |
| Uttarakhand     | Bageshwar            | Very High | Drought |
| Uttarakhand     | Almora               | Very High | Drought |
| Uttarakhand     | Champawat            | Very High | Drought |
| Uttarakhand     | Chamoli              | High      | -       |
| Uttarakhand     | Pauri Garhwal        | High      | -       |
| West Bengal     | Malda                | Very High | Flood   |
| West Bengal     | 24-Paraganas (North) | Very High | Cyclone |
| West Bengal     | 24-Paraganas (South) | Very High | Cyclone |
| West Bengal     | Darjeeling           | High      | -       |
| West Bengal     | Jalpaiguri           | High      | Drought |
| West Bengal     | Cooch Behar          | High      | Flood   |
| West Bengal     | Dinajpur (Uttar)     | High      | Flood   |
| West Bengal     | Dinajpur (Dakshin)   | High      | Flood   |
| West Bengal     | Murshidabad          | High      | Flood   |
| West Bengal     | Birbhum              | High      | Flood   |
| West Bengal     | Nadia                | High      | Flood   |
| West Bengal     | Purulia              | High      | -       |
| West Bengal     | Howrah               | High      | Flood   |
| West Bengal     | Midnapore            | High      | Cyclone |

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