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Government of India
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
06-May-2016 17:47 IST
Allocations Under Scheme for Drought Hit Areas

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

 

 

              In view of the deficit monsoon during kharif 2015,   Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved the proposal of Implementation of Diesel Subsidy Scheme, Enhancement of Ceiling on Seed Subsidy, Implementation of interventions for saving Perennial Horticulture Crops, Implementation of Additional Fodder Development Program (AFDP)   for providing relief measures to the farmers.        

 

            The Governments of Bihar, Nagaland and Jharkhand have implemented the Diesel Subsidy Scheme during Kharif 2015.

 

             On the basis of proposals received from the State Governments under AFDP,  Rs.1.21 crore to Andhra Pradesh, Rs.0.49 crore to Madhya Pradesh, Rs.2.42 to Rajasthan, Rs.6 crore to Telangana, Rs.6.25 crore to Karnataka, Rs.0.48 crore to Chhattisgarh and Rs.14.40 crore to Odisha, have been released during 2015-16. 

    

 The Government has decided to continue AFDP, during 2016-17 with an allocation of Rs.100 crore (Central Share) to mitigate impact of drought on Livestock in the  districts/blocks where drought has been declared.

          

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) was approved on 1st July, 2015 with the objective of extending the coverage of irrigation in a focused manner with end to end solution on source creation, distribution, management, field application and extension activities. PMKSY has components viz. Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) & PMKSY- Har Khet Ko Pani; implemented by Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation; PMKSY- Per Drop More Crop; implemented by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare; PMKSY- Watershed Development implemented by Department of Land Resources. During 2015-16, an amount of about        Rs.1556 crore was released to States as Central Share and for 2016-17, an amount of Rs. 2340 crore    (BE-2016-17) has been allocated under PMKSY) per Drop More Crop.

 

  Details of the total number of districts affected by drought in the country, State-wise, in the financial year 2015-16, is at Annexure-I.

 

 Annexure-I

                                                             

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drought – Kharif – (12 districts - already declared as drought affected during Kharif also)

 

 Ballari, Koppal, Raichuru, Kalaburagi, Yadagir, Bidar, Belagavi, Baglkote, Vijayapura, Gadag, Haveri, Dharwad.

 

2.

Chhattisgarh

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

 

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

 

Nashik, Dhule, Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Ahmednagar, Pune, Satara, Sangli, Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed, Latur, Osmanabad, Nanded, Parbhani, Hingoli, Buldhana, Akola, Yavatmal, Nagpur, Gadchiroli, Solapur, Amaravati, Washim, Wardha, Bhandara, Chandrapur,Goandia

28

 

5.

Odisha

 

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

 

Anantapur, Chittoor, YSR Kadapa, Kurnool, Prakasam, SPSR Nellore, Guntur, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Krishna

 

10

 

Continue………

 

 

 

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7.

Uttar Pradesh

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

Mahabubnagar, Medak, Nizamabad, Ranga Reddy, Nalgonda, Karimnagar and Warangal

 

7

 

 

9.

Jharkhand

 

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

 

Ajmer, Banswara, Baran, Barmer, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalor, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Pali, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Pratapgarh

 

19

 

11.

Gujarat

Rajkot, Jamnagar, Devbhumi Dwarka, Kutch, Porbandar

05#

Total

266

# Govt. of Gujarat declared semi scarcity in 5 districts.

 

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya  in Rajya Sabha today.

 

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