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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4135
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 17th MARCH, 2026
IMPACT OF REDUCTION IN AGRICULTURAL LAND
4135. Shri G Kumar Naik:
Shri Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure:
Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ िष और िकसान क(cid:670)ाण मं(cid:361)ी
be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that there is a significant decline in cultivable land during the last five years
and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether the Government has compiled or assessed data on changes in the extent of
agricultural land, including net sown area and gross cropped area, during the period 2014-15 to
2025-26, and if so, the details thereof, year and State/UT-wise;
(c) whether the Government has undertaken any correlative assessment of the impact of
reduction or stagnation in agricultural land on food-crop production and the details of changes
in output and yield over the same years, State/UT-wise;
(d) whether it is also a fact that this decline is due to a lack of interest in farming and increasing
urbanisation, if so, the steps taken by the Government to check this trend; and
(e) whether the Government has formulated or implemented any policy alternatives or mitigation
strategies to sustain or enhance food-crop production in the context of shrinking farmland and if
so, the targets and outcomes achieved so far and if not, the reasons therefor, scheme and State-
wise?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
कृ िष और िकसान क(cid:670)ाण रा(cid:475) मं(cid:361)ी (SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY)
(a) to (c) : Land and agriculture are State subjects. As per Entry No. 18 of List II (State List) of the
Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, land falls under the jurisdiction of State Governments,
which are responsible for taking appropriate measures to increase the area under cultivation and
ensure optimal use of agricultural lands. However, the Government of India supports these efforts
through policy initiatives and budgetary assistance.
As per the latest annual publication “Land Use Statistics-at a Glance 2023-24” of the
Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, the extent of agricultural land in the country has
remained relatively stable. The Gross Cropped Area has expanded significantly, rising from 198.28
million hectares in 2014-15 to 217.8 million hectares in 2023-24 and the Net Area Sown has
remained relatively stable, standing at 138.99 million hectares in 2023-24. The adoption of modern
technologies and effective policy interventions has also led to a continuous improvement in cropping
intensity, which has risen from 142.2% in 2014–15 to 156.8% in 2023–24, reflecting a positive shift
toward multiple cropping practices, highlighting farmers’ enhanced ability to cultivate the same land
more than once annually. The year-wise and State/UT-wise details of Agriculture Land (including
net sown area) and Gross Cropped Area are given at Annexure-I. Additionally, the food grain
production has risen significantly, from 252.02 million tonnes in 2014-15 to 357.73 million tonnes in
2024-25. Horticulture production has also increased from 280.98 million tonnes in 2014-15 to 369.05
million tonnes in 2024-25 (third advanced estimates). The year-wise and State/UT-wise details of
food grain production is given at Annexure-II.(d) & (e): There is record production of foograins and horticulture crops reported, which shows there
is no lack of interest in agriculture sector. Agriculture being a State Subject, the State Government
take appropriate measures for development of agriculture and welfare of farmers in the States. The
Government of India supplements the efforts of States through appropriate policy measures,
reforms, developmental programs, budgetary support, price support through MSP and various
schemes/ programmes from time to time. The Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is
implementing several Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes with the objective of
increasing food grains production through area expansion and productivity enhancement, as given
in Annexure-III.
To ensure productive use of land, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has
implemented several initiatives to promote crop diversification, increase cropping intensity and
enhance farmers income in all States & UTs. Under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)
and the Crop Diversification Programme, States/UTs are supported to adopt region-specific high-
value crops, pulses, oilseeds, and horticultural crops, thereby reducing reliance on mono-
cropping systems. Schemes such as Soil Health & Fertility (SH&F), Mission for Integrated
Development of Horticulture (MIDH), National Mission on Edible Oils (NMEO)-Oil Palm, National
Mission on Edible Oils (NMEO)-Oilseeds, Mission for Atmanirbharta in Pulses, Paramparagat
Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) for organic and sustainable farming, Rainfed Area Development
(RAD) to further encourage farmers to adopt climate-resilient, high-value and diversified crops.
The expansion of irrigation facilities under PMKSY and the promotion of micro-irrigation
under Per Drop More Crop help optimize water availability during lean periods, supporting efficient
cropping patterns and judicious use of water resources. Additionally, the Government facilitates the
use of climate-resilient seed varieties, soil moisture conservation practices, and timely agro-
advisories through Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) and digital platforms such as m-Kisan, enabling
farmers to make informed decisions regarding crop selection and land use.Annexure I
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4135 TO BE ANSWERED
ON 17.03.2026 REGARDING “IMPACT OF REDUCTION IN AGRICULTURAL LAND”.
STATE/UT - WISE AREA UNDER AGRICULTURE LAND
(in thousand hectare)
S. 2019- 2020- 2021-
No. State/UTs 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 20 21 22 2022-23 2023-24
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 9047 9018 9003 8999 8997 8828 8817 8987 8979 8977
ARUNACHAL
2 PRADESH 423 423 423 424 424 424 431 431 431 430
3 ASSAM 3364 3343 3337 3302 3305 3296 3295 3321 3315 3311
4 BIHAR 6579 6578 6572 6573 6573 6557 6541 6542 6545 6549
5 CHHATTISGARH 5558 5561 5558 5562 5570 5551 5542 5552 5556 5554
6 GOA 197 197 197 197 197 141 141 141 139 141
7 GUJARAT 12099 12429 12450 12413 12397 12388 12462 12428 12368 12318
8 HARYANA 3656 3798 3744 3759 3817 3794 3847 3847 3950 3853
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 810 816 813 816 816 821 821 831 843 827
10 JHARKHAND 4343 4313 4367 4323 4319 4280 4319 4324 4311 4311
11 KARNATAKA 12827 12800 12784 12777 12830 12843 12846 12836 12812 12793
12 KERALA 2266 2250 2247 2246 2235 2232 2229 2223 2200 2186
13 MADHYA PRADESH 17252 17250 17231 17207 17121 17183 17449 17432 17442 17424
14 MAHARASHTRA 21099 21062 20748 20751 20719 20589 20509 20466 20394 20391
15 MANIPUR 390 444 476 453 448 338 417 399 389 215
16 MEGHALAYA 1056 1008 1015 1013 1011 1010 1010 1015 1014 1014
17 MIZORAM 367 367 367 367 367 367 367 367 367 391
18 NAGALAND 694 695 694 694 678 676 674 672 669 668
19 ODISHA 6784 6648 6690 6745 6675 6699 6654 6782 6742 6723
20 PUNJAB 4230 4245 4237 4235 4233 4238 4237 4225 4225 4226
21 RAJASTHAN 25511 25504 25496 25493 25484 25475 25473 25463 25464 25446
22 SIKKIM 97 97 97 97 97 97 97 97 103 103
23 TAMIL NADU 8112 8110 8110 8110 8109 8108 8106 8105 8105 8104
24 TELANGANA 6877 6870 6752 6770 6767 6785 6717 6715 6735 6727
25 TRIPURA 272 272 271 271 270 270 270 270 269 269
26 UTTARAKHAND 1549 1547 1546 1550 1548 1545 1544 1541 1540 1564
27 UTTAR PRADESH 18939 18863 18848 18826 18775 18614 18614 18264 18227 18237
28 WEST BENGAL 5655 5648 5633 5625 5615 5608 5602 5595 5589 5582
29 A&N ISLAND 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 21
30 CHANDIGARH 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
D. Nagar Haveli &
31 Daman and Diu - - - - - 23 23 23 22 22
32 D & N HAVELI* 24 24 24 24 20
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33 DAMAN & DIU* 3 3 3 3 3
34 DELHI 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 52 58
35 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1075 1077 1078 1081 1091 1071 1074 1075 1094 1095
36 LADAKH# Formed in 2019 28 28 28 32 32
37 LAKSHADWEEP 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 0
38 PUDUCHERRY 29 29 29 29 28 28 28 28 28 27
ALL INDIA 181268 181371 180923 180817 180624 179992 180266 180112 179982 179596
Source: Land Use Statistics at a Glance- 2023-24
0 means area less than 500 hectare
(p): Provisional
Agriculture Land: It consists of net area sown, current fallows, fallow lands other than current fallows, Culturable waste land and land under
miscellaneous tree crops.
* UT of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli were merged into a single UT named Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu in
2020.
# UT of Ladakh has been created in 2019.Annexure-I continued:
STATE/UT - WISE GROSS CROPPED AREA
(In Thousand Hectare)
S.
No. STATES/UTs 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 7690 7532 7418 7445 7297 7287 7407 7328 6744 5744
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 299 301 313 316 320 320 328 338 343 348
3 ASSAM 4083 4060 4087 4045 4004 3975 3888 3872 4034 4122
4 BIHAR 7673 7572 7654 7525 7406 7297 7265 7329 7268 7836
5 CHHATTISGARH 5728 5640 5673 5540 5614 5735 5712 5704 5596 5524
6 GOA 158 157 155 152 150 147 144 144 144 145
7 GUJARAT 12680 12590 12949 13108 12233 13816 14722 14759 13987 14861
8 HARYANA 6536 6510 6452 6549 6605 6617 6566 6566 6649 6901
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 918 933 959 917 914 892 899 890 887 875
10 JHARKHAND 1554 1812 2045 2033 1824 1760 1803 1845 1229 1294
11 KARNATAKA 12247 12009 11779 11994 13551 13831 14910 14748 14816 13464
12 KERALA 2625 2628 2584 2580 2571 2586 2569 2523 2516 2536
13 MADHYA PRADESH 23810 23714 24214 25114 26115 28277 29903 30049 30117 30265
14 MAHARASHTRA 23474 23467 23947 23109 22194 23856 24917 25730 25375 24133
15 MANIPUR 383 437 469 446 441 331 410 393 382 382
16 MEGHALAYA 343 303 309 309 312 313 309 325 330 330
17 MIZORAM 145 188 186 188 187 195 206 206 206 201
18 NAGALAND 500 504 521 530 529 530 532 319 471 481
19 ODISHA 5173 4803 4884 4502 4527 4670 4819 4997 5014 5168
20 PUNJAB 7857 7872 7804 7779 7851 7838 7835 7916 8312 8263
21 RAJASTHAN 24235 25014 26036 25069 25313 27515 26100 27442 28171 27696
22 SIKKIM 136 137 146 153 162 162 140 140 139 139
23 TAMIL NADU 5995 6074 5129 5730 5672 5942 6156 6348 6419 6117
24 TELANGANA 5315 4893 5970 6059 5774 7479 8479 8026 9278 8486
25 TRIPURA 483 486 491 487 487 487 487 487 485 483
26 UTTARAKHAND 1097 1083 1082 1060 1029 1024 997 969 932 907
27 UTTAR PRADESH 26147 26203 26949 26864 26859 27109 27109 28200 28237 29783
28 WEST BENGAL 9690 9881 9618 9945 9960 10100 10207 10259 9974 10133
29 A&N ISLAND 24 48 44 49 41 46 40 39 39 16
30 CHANDIGARH 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 1
31 D & N HAVELI and D D - - - - - 23 23 23 21 21
32 D & N HAVELI* 23 23 23 23 20
-
33 DAMAN & DIU* 3 3 3 3 3
34 DELHI 35 58 57 59 59 58 58 58 52 47
35 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1196 1159 1177 1165 1124 1090 1112 1134 1133 1126
36 LADAKH# - - - - - 22 22 22 23 23
37 LAKSHADWEEP 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2
38 PUDUCHERRY 27 26 26 26 27 27 27 28 30 30
ALL INDIA
198285 198122 201158 200876 201179 211359 216107 219158 219357 217882
Source: Land Use Statistics at a Glance- 2023-24
0 means area less than 500 hectare
(p): Provisional
* UT of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli were merged into a single UT named Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu in 2020.
# UT of Ladakh has been created in 2019.Annexure II
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4135 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2026
REGARDING “IMPACT OF REDUCTION IN AGRICULTURAL LAND”.
STATE/UT-WISE PRODUCTION OF TOTAL FOOD GRAINS
(Production in Lakh Tonnes)
S. No. Sr. No. 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
Andaman
1 And Nicobar 0.15 0.15 0.13 0.17 0.12 0.18 0.14 0.14 0.11 0.10 0.09
Islands
Andhra
2 104.94 106.34 103.65 121.60 108.39 123.57 112.99 110.77 121.49 104.13 117.22
Pradesh
Arunachal
3 4.09 3.27 3.43 3.59 3.65 3.73 3.77 3.88 3.93 3.92 3.93
Pradesh
4 Assam 54.59 53.59 49.53 55.26 54.66 52.36 54.88 46.78 59.45 62.59 55.33
5 Bihar 132.09 145.08 165.31 170.37 156.00 142.33 153.83 170.18 183.43 212.01 213.73
6 Chandigarh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03
7 Chhattisgarh 74.63 66.54 93.24 59.59 75.59 75.02 82.26 90.24 108.93 106.19 113.84
Dadra and
8 Nagar 0.33 0.41 0.39 0.36 0.36 0.40 0.34 0.34
0.38 0.38 0.35
Haveli*
Daman And
9 0.06 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.04
Diu*
10 Delhi 1.18 1.12 1.11 1.07 1.06 1.06 1.12 1.07 1.06 1.05 1.06
11 Goa 1.29 1.15 1.19 1.08 1.05 0.94 0.91 0.93 0.92 0.99 0.80
12 Gujarat 71.09 62.79 74.22 76.65 68.04 81.53 89.74 101.31 98.75 100.45 104.76
13 Haryana 152.35 163.59 171.63 161.92 181.45 178.63 183.09 163.30 173.93 184.39 189.02
Himachal
14 14.32 16.15 17.41 14.88 15.01 15.30 15.36 16.07 14.79 16.48 15.68
Pradesh
Jammu And
15 12.20 17.33 16.19 15.71 18.93 16.71 15.95 16.78 17.63 18.45 18.45
Kashmir
16 Jharkhand 47.77 40.92 56.64 60.01 44.00 47.92 48.72 50.01 31.66 33.58 50.42
17 Karnataka 121.38 99.24 97.95 117.91 108.88 127.84 145.50 137.77 141.81 127.77 146.31
18 Kerala 5.64 5.54 4.39 5.24 5.81 6.08 6.36 4.89 5.98 5.02 5.18
19 Ladakh# - 0.12 0.30 0.25 0.25 0.29
Madhya
20 286.87 303.87 332.24 334.50 322.09 335.23 328.44 393.08 419.32 414.68 466.31
Pradesh
21 Maharashtra 113.12 87.54 153.32 132.47 103.04 128.20 157.66 166.56 167.26 145.09 184.69
22 Manipur 4.29 4.36 5.25 7.07 4.95 4.21 6.97 6.55 4.43 4.38 4.99
23 Meghalaya 3.54 3.58 2.60 3.62 2.61 3.61 3.53 3.55 3.39 3.25 3.39
24 Mizoram 0.75 0.77 0.75 0.74 0.77 0.76 0.81 0.78 0.63 0.55 0.47
25 Nagaland 6.50 5.16 5.35 5.52 5.58 5.65 5.70 2.53 5.14 5.19 4.94
26 Odisha 89.80 64.08 90.61 71.51 83.15 90.30 95.24 101.25 90.73 94.32 103.97
27 Puducherry 0.54 0.45 0.53 0.44 0.64 0.60 0.51 0.58 0.66 0.63 0.48
28 Punjab 266.98 284.01 285.37 316.92 315.32 298.57 304.18 282.52 302.36 325.44 327.78
29 Rajasthan 196.22 180.40 193.54 199.57 212.89 232.27 242.82 216.63 238.09 218.72 255.72
30 Sikkim 1.02 0.94 1.01 0.94 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.91 0.83 0.69 0.69
31 Tamil Nadu 96.24 114.78 41.42 107.14 103.90 112.70 108.24 119.98 116.80 107.00 109.26
32 Telangana 71.15 51.29 84.85 94.21 92.75 111.25 127.46 153.49 193.75 202.76 216.35
33 Tripura 7.62 8.18 8.60 8.55 8.36 8.53 8.68 8.71 8.42 8.42 7.65
Uttar
34 395.94 425.51 499.03 513.70 546.43 561.69 581.07 561.88 575.09 602.86 638.48
Pradesh
35 Uttarakhand 16.26 17.46 18.73 19.03 18.76 18.86 20.02 19.24 17.71 18.00 17.17
36 West Bengal 165.32 179.81 171.46 168.78 186.90 187.94 200.05 203.08 187.74 193.24 198.50
All India 2520.25 2515.42 2751.10 2850.14 2852.09 2975.04 3107.42 3156.16 3296.87 3322.98 3577.32
Source: Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
* UT of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli were merged into a single UT named Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu in 2020.
# UT of Ladakh has been created in 2019.Annexure III
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (d) AND (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO. 4135 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2026 REGARDING “IMPACT OF
REDUCTION IN AGRICULTURAL LAND”.
Major schemes/programmes for agriculture and farmers welfare:
1. National Food Security and Nutrition Mission (NFSNM)
2. National Mission on Edible Oils (NMEO)-Oil Palm
3. National Mission on Edible Oils (NMEO)-Oilseeds
4. National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF)
5. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)
6. Soil Health & Fertility (SH&F)
7. Rainfed Area Development (RAD)
8. Agroforestry
9. Crop Diversification Programme (CDP)
10. Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE)
11. Sub-Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP)
12. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
13. National Bamboo Mission
14. National Bee Keeping and Honey Mission (NBHM)
15. Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region
16. Per Drop More Crop (PDMC)
17. Integrated Scheme for Agriculture Marketing (ISAM)
18. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
19. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY)
20. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)/ Restructured Weather Based Crop
Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS)
21. Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA)
22. Modified Interest Subvention Scheme (MISS)
23. Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF)
24. Formation and Promotion of 10,000 new Farmer Producers Organizations (FPOs)
25. Namo Drone Didi
26. Agri Fund for Start-Ups & Rural Enterprises (AgriSURE)
27. Sub-Mission on Agriculture Mechanization (SMAM)
28. Digital Agriculture Mission
29. Pradhan Mantri Dhan Dhanya Krishi Yojana
30. Mission for Atmanirbharta in Pulses
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