(a) the production of cash crops in the country, State-wise during each of the last three years;
(b) the details of financial assistance provided by Government under this scheme, State-wise during the said period so far for the current year; and
(c) the steps being taken by the Government to increase the production of cash crops in the country particularly, in the Ninth Five Year Plan?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
(SHRI SBPBK SATYANARAYANA RAO)
(a) The production of Cotton, Sugarcane Jute /Mesta and Tobacco in different States during last three years is given in Annexure I, II, III and IV ,respectively.
(b)& (c) To increase the production of above cash crops during Ninth Five Year Plan, three Centrally Sponsored Schemes are being implemented in various states viz. Intensive Cotton Development Programme (ICDP-Cotton) ,Sustainable Development of Sugarcane Based Cropping System (SUBACS) and Special Jute Development Programme (SJDP).
Under these Scheme, assistance is provided for the transfer of production
technologies through field demonstration and farmers training as well as for the use of critical inputs such as seed, implements, contingencies, Assistance for water saving devices like drip in cotton and sugarcane schemes, moist- heat- seed treatment unit in sugarcane and construction of retting tanks in jute scheme are also being assisted.
The funds released from 1996-97 to 1999-2000 to different States for the
implementation of schemes on Cotton, Sugarcane & Jute are given in Annexure V, VI & VII, respectively.
ANNEXURE-V
Statewise funds released under Intensive Cotton Development Programme during
1996-97 to 1999-2000
Rs in lakhs State 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000(till date) Andhra Pradesh 152.00 100.00 103.00 207.97 Gujarat 53.00 92.00 56.00 52.98 Haryana 35.00 43.00 67.56 Karnataka 25.00 37.50 55.00 121.17 Madhya Pradesh 25.00 56.00 40.00 59.56 Maharashtra 292.00 284.00 213.00 357.69 Orissa 23.00 45.00 18.00 48.05 Punjab 102.00 186.00 173.00 375.48 Rajasthan 237.00 196.00 129.00 30.00 Tamil Nadu 166.00 251.00 112.00 196.71 Uttar Pradesh 29.00 28.00 23.00 60.27ANNEXURE-VII
Rs. In Lakh State 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000(till date) Andhra Pradesh 26.00 44.00 12.50 21.24 Assam 82.00 9.50 88.00 20.00 Bihar 2.00 6.47 Meghalya 8.00 1.00 51.00 5.00 Orissa 52.00 66.00 68.00 33.49 Tripura 9.00 43.50 5.00 West Bengal 114.00 35.00 180.50 55.00 Uttar Pradesh 13.27 169.00 5.00ANNEXURE-VI
Rs. In LakhAnnexure-I
State 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000(Released so far) Andhra Pradesh 77.00 148.00 58.18 Assam 5.00 Bihar 70.67 53.78 Goa 3.00 Gujarat 17.00 18.00 105.00 49.00 Haryana 25.00 75.00 71.00 33.00 Karnataka 50.00 100.00 127.00 60.31 Kerala 22.31 20.00 38.00 18.68 Madhya Pradesh 18.00 27.00 73.00 33.00 Maharashtra 299.70 348.50 580.00 271.63 Manipur 8.43 5.00 20.00 14.13 Mizoram 10.00 21.30 13.72 Nagaland 7.99 11.00 17.10 15.64 Orissa 18.00 40.00 27.00 33.00 Punjab 13.50 43.00 15.00 Rajasthan 10.00 12.00 69.00 24.00 Tamil Nadu 64.00 65.00 94.00 87.63 Trpura 3.00 5.00 Uttar Pradesh 578.82 256.00 91.00 236.30 West Bengal 6.00 24.00 9.00 Pondicherry 17.99 15.00 3.00
STATE Production (`000 bales of 170 kgs. Each) 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 Andhra Pradesh 1878.4 1320.4 1486.6 Gujarat 2657.7 3180.0 3935.0 Haryana 1507.0 1129.0 873.0 Karnataka 932.0 721.0 855.0 Madhya Pradesh 424.2 508.9 426.3 Maharashtra 3143.3 1753.1 2618.9 Orissa 30.2 36.0 50.0 Punjab 1925.0 937.0 595.0 Rajasthan 1363.3 867.5 872.0 Tamil Nadu 329.9 358.0 429.5 Uttar Pradesh 7.3 8.3 5.8Annexure-III
STATE Production (`000 bales of 180 kgs. Each) 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 Andhra Pradesh 699.0 562.0 545.0 Assam 829.8 933.1 712.8 Bihar 1640.0 1463.1 671.0 Maharashtra 46.0 45.8 43.2 Meghalaya 53.7 56.3 50.2 Orissa 232.1 261.8 166.6 Tripura 36.0 37.0 25.3 West Bengal 7572.7 7638.7 7462.6Annexure-II
STATE Production (`000 tonnes)Annexure-IV
1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 Andhra Pradesh 15030.0 13955.0 16684.6 Assam 1490.3 1287.5 1223.6 Bihar 5842.5 4959.9 5218.8 Gujarat 11404.3 11836.2 13566.3 Haryana 9020.0 7550.0 6880.0 Karnataka 23374.4 28332.7 28454.0 Madhya Pradesh 1761.4 1631.7 1973.0 Maharashtra 41804.8 38174.3 47151.1 Orissa 1332.1 1144.0 1469.5 Punjab 11040.0 7150.0 6130.0 Rajasthan 1290.2 1158.7 1078.3 Tamil Nadu 25918.8 30183.6 46672.8 Uttar Pradesh 125348.4 129266.7 116302.8 West Bengal 1810.3 1825.7 2001.9
STATE Production (`000 tonnes) 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 Andhra Pradesh 184.2 201.5 250.8 Gujarat 211.5 183.9 184.7 Karnataka 59.0 62.2 59.0 Maharasthra 10.8 12.0 7.7 Orissa 5.5 4.4 4.4 Tamil Nadu 17.6 11.9 9.7 Uttar Pradesh 105.5 136.2 163.0 West Bengal 9.1 6.1 6.7