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Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Impact of Demonetization on Farmers

Posted On: 12 DEC 2018 12:08PM by PIB Delhi

Total quantity of certified/quality seeds sold to the farmers in the Country was 304.04 lakh quintals in 2015-16 increased to 348.58 lakh quintals in 2016-17.

Total quantity of fertilizers sold to the farmers in the Country were 92.99 lakh Metric Tons  in November and December, 2015 increased to 99.63  lakh Metric Tons in November and December, 2016. State-wise details of rabi and kharif crops sown from 2014 to 2018 are in annexure I and II respectively.

The national growth rate of crop sector in 2014-15 was -3.7 per cent,  in 2015-16 was -3.2 per cent and  in 2016-17 was 6.9 per cent. 

In the year 2016-17, growth rate of crop sector was increased to 6.9 percent.

 

Annexure-I

State-wise crop sown in Rabi season from 2014 to 2018

(Area in 000 ha.)

State

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

Andhra Pradesh

2026.00

2247.0

1892.00

2154.00

Assam

868.80

852.7

865.21

874.00

Bihar

3305.64

3190.7

3222.06

3132.50

Chhattisgarh

869.81

809.9

874.30

756.90

Gujarat

1715.00

1426.0

1685.00

1856.00

Haryana

3195.40

3199.0

3138.30

3138.00

Himachal Pradesh

374.08

382.8

390.83

381.88

Jammu & Kashmir

386.08

337.7

347.09

356.03

Jharkhand

657.64

634.9

884.02

973.89

Karnataka

3098.00

3444.0

2611.70

3296.00

Kerala

46.05

48.4

44.98

46.38

Madhya Pradesh

10888.19

10907.0

11602.17

11213.00

Maharashtra

5796.00

5552.0

6494.60

5185.50

Orissa

752.45

667.6

639.67

570.58

Punjab

3596.20

3588.5

3565.40

3573.80

Rajasthan

7462.02

6941.2

7349.68

6906.41

Tamil Nadu

1213.21

1242.2

1069.69

1292.43

Telangana

968.00

681.0

1275.17

1389.00

Uttar Pradesh

12281.00

11506.0

12119.00

12088.00

Uttarakhand

420.12

408.3

408.00

398.00

West Bengal

2464.20

2597.1

2473.92

2638.48

Others

535.13

572.7

586.85

604.04

All-India

62919.03

61236.9

63539.64

62824.82

 Annexure-II

 

 

State-wise crop sown in Kharif season from 2014-2018

(Area in 000 ha.)

State

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

Andhra Pradesh

3976.00

3597.0

3804.00

3561.00

Assam

2243.45

2246.5

2229.47

2209.00

Bihar

3901.50

3854.6

3917.94

3823.37

Chhattisgarh

4499.10

4514.7

4495.50

4420.37

Gujarat

7338.56

7161.4

7444.00

7450.00

Haryana

2505.40

2515.8

2653.90

2734.40

Himachal Pradesh

394.96

392.9

397.66

384.63

Jammu & Kashmir

631.70

629.7

633.47

637.48

Jharkhand

2169.14

2280.8

2536.84

2510.28

Karnataka

6824.00

6264.0

6937.10

6342.00

Kerala

155.91

154.5

133.99

146.81

Madhya Pradesh

12306.10

12761.0

13150.60

13180.00

Maharashtra

15116.00

15058.0

14725.30

15047.30

Orissa

4775.41

4485.1

4570.41

4323.78

Punjab

3548.60

3535.7

3405.00

3578.60

Rajasthan

10322.51

11303.8

11985.66

12030.11

Tamil Nadu

3189.96

3306.1

2559.56

3098.81

Telangana

3892.00

3757.0

3977.00

4168.00

Uttar Pradesh

11064.80

11309.0

11404.20

11061.00

Uttarakhand

610.82

598.6

590.00

574.00

West Bengal

5034.27

5146.7

5138.10

4797.06

Others

1172.63

1197.2

1206.09

1201.37

All-India

105672.81

106070.0

107895.78

107279.36

 

This information was given by Minister of State for Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Parshottam Rupala.

 

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