(a) whether the Government have been providing subsidy to the farmers for the implementation
of drip irrigation system and for buying tractors;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the total area being irrigated through the drip irrigation system at present in the country,
State-wise;
(d) the amount of subsidy distributed to the farmers so far; and
(e) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
(SHRI SBPBK SATYANARAYANA RAO)
(a ) & (b): Yes, Sir. Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Use of Plastics in Agriculture
and Oil Palm Development Project, assistance for drip irrigation is being provided @ 90 per cent of
total cost to the Small, Marginal, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes & Women farmers and 70 per
cent of the total cost to the other category farmers subject to a maximum ceiling of Rs.25,000/- per
hectare for both the categories. Similarly, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Promotion of
Agricultural Mechanization among Small Farmers, assistance is being provided @ 30 per cent of
total cost limited to Rs.30,000/- per tractor. The assistance is available to all categories of farmers
including individuals and groups, Registered Co-operative Societies, Multi-purpose Agricultural
Farming Societies and Agricultural Credit Societies for the purchase of tractors up to 30 Power Take
Off (PTO) Horse Power capacity together with their matching implements.
(c): A statement indicating the total area being irrigated through drip irrigation in the country is
given at Annexure-I.
(d) & (e) A statement indicating the funds released under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Use
of Plasticulture to the State Governments during the last three years and the allocations for the
current year is given at Annexure-II.
ANNEXURE-I
STATE-WISE AREA COVERED UNDER DRIP IRRIGATION
Area in ha.
State Area irrigated under drip irrigation (Ha.) Andhra Pradesh 32476 Arunachal Pradesh 160 Assam 38 Bihar 0 Goa 407 Gujarat 7700 Haryana 1899 Himachal pradesh 1995 Jammu & Kashmir 143 Karnataka 49574 Kerala 5472 Madhya Pradesh 2383 Maharashtra 142347 Manipur 199 Meghalaya 16 Mizoram 64 Nagaland 250 Orissa 1948 Punjab 1384 Rajasthan 4554 Sikkim 148 Tamil Nadu 38216 Tripura 0 Uttar Pradesh 1543 West Bengal 9 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 3 Daman & Diu 24 Delhi 4 Lakshdweep 0 Chadigarh 0 Andaman & Nicobar 0 Pondicherry 60 Total 293016ANNEXURE-II
(Rs. in Lakh) S. No. STATE 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 (Outlay) 1 Andhra Pradesh 1460.00 1070.00 1410.75 1277.50 2 Arunachal Pradesh 19.61 0.00 46.00 42.20 3 Assam 0.00 0.00 0.00 14.90 4 Bihar 50.00 0.00 0.00 34.70 5 Goa 22.52 3.00 19.00 22.30 6 Gujarat 0.00 100.00 141.49 230.20 7 Haryana 100.36 44.00 155.42 96.70 8 Himachal pradesh 0.00 0.00 0.00 33.40 9 Jammu & Kashmir 543.42 570.00 262.00 483.30 10 Karnataka 1854.95 2234.00 2995.00 2372.80 11 Kerala 242.95 304.00 415.65 365.40 12 Madhya Pradesh 0.00 80.00 183.10 221.10 13 Maharashtra 2011.28 2447.00 3194.13 2703.90 14 Manipur 24.81 24.00 63.00 30.10 15 Meghalaya 19.81 0.00 45.00 34.20 16 Mizoram 32.33 38.00 88.00 38.10 17 Nagaland 36.35 70.00 96.60 41.80 18 Orissa 168.71 125.00 0.00 14.80 19 Punjab 116.41 0.00 93.00 98.50 20 Rajasthan 50.25 287.00 270.00 309.70 21 Sikkim 15.00 38.00 45.32 43.20 22 Tamil Nadu 826.94 515.00 1095.00 1052.25 23 Tripura 19.16 0.00 0.00 26.50 24 Uttar Pradesh 0.00 0.00 115.59 234.57 25 West Bengal 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.40 26 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0.00 8.50 0.00 5.50 27 Daman & Diu 10.33 8.50 5.00 5.80 28 Delhi 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.10 29 Lakshdweep 0.00 4.50 5.00 5.80 30 Chadigarh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 31 Andaman & Nicobar 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 32 Pondicherry 9.80 0.00 0.00 1.80 Total 7634.99 7970.50 10744.05 9850.52