Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare ANNUAL REPORT 2020-21 Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Government of India Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001 www.agricoop.nic.in Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare Contents S. No Chapter Page No. 1. Overview 1-13 2. Functions and Organizational Structure 14-17 3. Directorate of Economics & Statistics 18-27 4. National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGP-A) 28-32 5. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) 33-49 6. National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM) 50-57 /National Bee Board (NBB) 7. National Food Security Mission (NFSM) 58-62 8. National Food Security Mission (Oilseeds & Oilpalm) – NFSM (OS&OP) 63-69 9. National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) & Pradhan 70-107 Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) 10. Pradhan Mantri KIsan SAmman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) 108-131 11. National Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP) 132-138 12. Agricultural Credit 139-140 13. Agricultural Marketing 141-163 14. Agricultural Cooperation 164-179 15. Agriculture Trade Policy, Promotion and Logistics Development 180-188 16. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) 189-196 17. Drought Management 197-198 18. International Cooperation 199-206 19. Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census & Statistics 207-209 20. Sub-Mission on Agricultural Extension (SMAE) 210-219 21. Sub-Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP) 220-230 22. Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) 231-238 23. Sub-Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPPQ) 239-250 24. Initiatives during Covid-19 Pandemic 251-259 25. Gender Perspective in Agriculture- 2020-21 260-273 26. Summary of Audit Paras/Observations 274 Annexures 275-294 Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare Annual Report 2020-21 Chapter 1 Overview 1.1 Agriculture plays a vital role in India’s 328.7 million hectares, of which 139.4 million economy. 54.6% of the total workforce is hectares is the reported net sown area and engaged in agricultural and allied sector 200.2 million hectares is the gross cropped activites (Census 2011) and accounts for area with a cropping intensity of 143.6%. 17.8% of the country’s Gross Value Added The net area sown works out to 42.4% of the (GVA) for the year 2019-20 (at current prices). total geographical area. The net irrigated area Given the importance of the agriculture is 68.6 million hectares. sector, Government of India has taken several steps for its development in a sustainable 1.3 Agriculture Gross Value Added (GVA): manner. Steps have been taken to improve As per the provisional estimates of Annual the income of farmers. Further, to mitigate National Income released by Central risk in the agriculture sector, a scheme Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics & “Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana” (PMFBY) Programme Implementation, the agriculture was also launched in 2016. Schemes such as and allied sectors contributed approximately Formation & promotion of 10,000 FPOs & 17.8% of India’s GVA at current prices during the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund have also 2019-20, marginally higher than 17.7% in been launched recently to benefit the sector. 2015-16. GVA of agriculture and allied sectors and its share in total GVA of the country at 1.2 As per the Land Use Statistics 2016-17, current prices during the last 5 years is given the total geographical area of the country is in Table 1. Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare 1 Annual Report 2020-21 Table 1: GVA of agriculture and allied sectors and its share in total GVA of the country at current prices (Rs. in Crore) Items Years 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19@ 2019-20** GVA of Agriculture and 22,27,533 25,18,662 27,96,908 29,22,846 32,57,443 Allied Sectors(Rs. In Crore) Per cent to total GVA 17.7 18.0 18.0 17.1 17.8 Source: Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Govt. of India ** As per the press note on Provisional Estimates of Annual National Income 2019-20 released by CSO on 29th May 2020. @ As per the First Revised Estimates of National Income, Consumption Expenditure, Saving and Capital Formation for 2018- 19 released on 31st January, 2020 Table 2: Growth (over the previous year) in the total GVA of the Economy and that in the GVA of Agriculture and Allied sectors at 2011-12 at base prices (in percent) Year Total Agriculture Crops Livestock Forestry & Fishing Economy & Allied Logging Sector 2015-16 8.0 0.6 -2.9 7.5 1.7 9.7 2016-17* 8.0 6.8 5.3 10.0 5.5 10.4 2017-18# 6.6 5.9 4.4 7.4 6.2 14.7 2018-19@ 6.0 2.4 -1.0 8.1 0.4 12.0 2019-20** 3.9 4.0 Will be released in January, 2021. Source: Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Govt. of India ** As per the press note on Provisional Estimates of Annual National Income 2019-20 released by CSO on 29th May 2020. @ As per the First Revised Estimates of National Income, Consumption Expenditure, Saving and Capital Formation for 2018- 19 released on 31st January, 2020 1.4 The Agriculture and Allied Sector fall experienced in 2015-16 to 14.7 percent witnessed marginal growth of 0.6 per cent in from 17.7 per cent in 2013-14. The indicator 2015-16 followed by a substantial recovery has since recovered and has improved to 16.4 of 6.8 per cent in 2016-17 that fell by almost a per cent in 2018-19. per cent to 5.9 per cent in the following year, 2017-18. 2018-19 witnessed a sharp fall to 2.4 per cent that has since recovered to 4% in 2019-20 at 2011-12 base price. (Table-2) 1.5 Capital Formation in Agriculture and Allied Sectors: Gross Capital Formation (GCF) is an indicator of level of investment activity in the sector. With respect to GVA in the sector, Gross Capital Formation in the sector has been fluctuating during the last 5 years with a major Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare 2 Annual Report 2020-21 Table 3: Gross Capital Formation (GCF) in Agriculture and Allied Sectors relative to Gross Value Added (GVA) at 2011-12 base price (Rs. in Crore) Year GCF of Agriculture GVA of Agriculture GCF of Agriculture & Allied Sector as & Allied Sector & Allied Sector percentage of GVA of Agriculture & Allied Sector (in percentage) 2013-14 2,84,424 16,09,198 17.7 2014-15 2,72,663 16,05,715 17.0 2015-16 2,37,648 16,16,146 14.7 2016-17* 2,67,153 17,26,0 04 15.5 2017-18# 2,83,922 18,28,329 15.5 2018-19@ 3,06,749 18,72,339 16.4 Source: Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation @ As per the First Revised Estimates of National Income, Consumption Expenditure, Saving and Capital Formation for 2018-19 released on 31st January, 2020 # second revised estimate * third revised estimate Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare 3 Annual Report 2020-21 Profile of Agriculture Sector in India • In 5 states viz. Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland and Tripura, Agriculture and Allied activities contribute more than 30% in State Gross Value Added estimated for 2016-17 (at current prices). (Source: National Statistical Office) • Number of operational holdings in the country is estimated at 14.64 Crore. (Agriculture Census 2015-16). • The percentage share of Agricultural workers in Total workers is 54.6%. (Registrar General of India). • 57.8% of rural households are engaged in agriculture (Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households, NSO). • Cropping Intensity for 2015-16 season has been estimated at 141.25%. (Source: DES) • The small and marginal holdings taken together (0.00-2.00 ha) constituted 86.08% of the total land holdings in 2015-16. The all- India average size of holding is 1.08 ha. (Source: Agriculture Census, 2015-16) • Position of women in agriculture- o 30.33% of total cultivators and 40.67% of agriculture labour are women. o Only 13.95% of total operational holdings are operated by women. (Source: Ag- riculture Census, 2015-16) • Demand for foodgrains projected by Niti Aayog (2020-21) and domestic production (4th advance estimates for 2019-20, DES). (million tones) Commodity Rice Wheat Cereals Pulses Demand projection 107.08 94.45 244.89 26.64 Production 118.43 107.59 273.50 23.15 Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare 4 Annual Report 2020-21 1.6 Rainfall 2020-21 Monsoon Rainfall (June – September) The cumulative rainfall in the country during 5 met subdivisions received deficient rainfall. the monsoon season i.e. 01st June to 30th Out of 685 districts for which rainfall data September, 2020 has been higher by 9% than is available, 59(9%) districts received large the Long Period Average (LPA). Rainfall in excess rainfall, 164(24%) districts received the four broad geographical divisions of the excess rainfall, 290(42%) districts received country during the above period has been normal rainfall, 155(23%) districts received higher than LPA by 29% in South Peninsula, by deficient rainfall and 17(2%) districts received 15% in Central India and by 6% in East & North large deficient rainfall. East India but lower than LPA by 16% in North- Post-Monsoon (October - December) West India. Out of 36 meteorological sub- divisions, 15 met subdivisions in the country During the post-monsoon season (1st had received large excess/excess rainfall, 16 October to 30th December, 2020) the country met subdivisions received normal rainfall and Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare 5 Annual Report 2020-21 received rainfall which was 1% higher years’ average production of 20.82 million than the LPA.