Presentation on Agrarian Crisis and Agricultural Crisis-Issues and Solutions

Karnataka (Group Leader) Kerala Andhra Pradesh Telangana Tripura Sikkim Rajasthan Bihar Tamil Nadu

Climate change/Natural Calamities

Declining share of Agriculture in GDP

Large proportion of small and Marginal Holdings

Limited access to irrigation

Higher indebtness of farmers as compared to their income

Limited access to institutional Credit

Borrowings from money lenders leading to harassment

Crop failure and low crop yield Price fluctuation and non renumerative prices

Failure of investments such as Borewells

Socio-economic factors-Rising expenditure on social consumption and Health

Loss of Livestock due to diseases Increasing Tenancy and Tenancy cost

Easy and affordable credit access Reduce harassment of Farmers by Private Money lenders

Infrastructure support Risk mitigation through Crop Insurance/Market Intervention

Farmer Producers Organisation/Joint liability Groups/SHGs

Crop Counselling and awareness creation

Linking land value while sanctioning bank loan for Agriculture

Financial Counselling

Diversification of Livelihood activities

Drought proofing through Watershed Management

Shift in focus from production to Post Harvest Management (Emphasis on Cold storage/Warehouses)

Encouraging Entrepruenership among agri graduates (Agriclinics and Agribusiness)

Reduce cost of cultivation to ensure renumerative returns (SHC/PKVY/NCU/PMKSY)

Encouraging sustainable Agriculture (NFSM/MIDH/NMOOP/NMAET)

Bonus of Rs. 200 per quintal in case of Pulses over and above MSP

Enhancement of Input Subsidy (under NDRF) for crop loss

Karnataka Krishi Bhagya Custom Hiring Service Centres (Krishi Yanthradhare)

Special Package for Ragi and Jowar Contingency Crop Plan upto sub block level

Enhanced Subsidy to SC/ST on all inputs

Harvesting of rain water, storage, lifting and efficient use of scarce water and promoting high value crops including pulse and coarse cereals

17768 farm ponds completed

Scheme is being implemented in the form of package. The components are farm pond, diesel pumpset micro irrigation, poly house , cropping system and animal husbandary

Established of 183 Custom Hire Centers at sub-block levels to provide farm equipments to facilitate timely field operations during 2014-15 with a budget of 63 crores. Rs. 127.125 Crores is the budget allocation for 2015-16 to establish 278 centres

Tamil Nadu Crop specific package Input Management Weather ProofingKerala Package for Kuttanad wetland ecosystemUttar Pradesh Special package for Drought Mitigation in Bundelkand region

Maharashtra Vidarbha Intensive Irrigation Development Programme

West Bengal Weather Resilient Agriculture and Organic Cultivation