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Date: 2025-12-15 Category: Not Applicable State: Union Government Country: India

Parliament Question: Outstanding Agricultural Loans against Farmers

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**Executive Summary** This document is the answer to Unstarred Question No. 2518 in the Lok Sabha regarding the economic condition of farmers and their outstanding agricultural loans. It provides data on average monthly income for agricultural households and details the status of outstanding agricultural loans as of September 30, 2025, on a state/UT and agency basis. The document also states that there are no proposals currently under consideration to waive the agricultural loans. **Key Points / Main Content** * **Economic Condition of Farmers:** * The average monthly income per agricultural household has increased from Rs. 6,426 (2012-13) to Rs. 10,218 (2018-19). * Institutional credit has improved significantly. * The share of non-institutional credit sources has decreased from 90% in 1950 to about 25% in 2022. * **Outstanding Agricultural Loans (as of September 30, 2025):** * Details provided on a State/UT-wise and Agency-wise basis. * Data includes the number of accounts and the outstanding amount for Commercial Banks, Cooperative Banks, and Regional Rural Banks. * The total outstanding loans to agriculture by all categories of banks are listed. * **Loan Waiver Proposal:** * No proposal to waive off the entire agricultural loan is currently under consideration by the Government. **Impact Analysis** **Farmers** * **Impact** * Provides a summary of the economic condition of the farmers of India. * Provides information on outstanding agricultural loans for various states and territories. * Notifies that there are currently no plans to waive the farmers' debts. * **Action Required** * No direct action required. **Government / Ministry of Finance** * **Impact** * The Ministry of Finance is responsible for providing information regarding the economic condition of farmers and their outstanding agricultural loans. * The Ministry is also responsible for deciding whether or not to waive the debts of farmers. * **Action Required** * Continue monitoring the economic condition of farmers. * Review and analyze the data on outstanding agricultural loans. * Consider proposals for improving the financial situation of farmers. **NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development)** * **Impact** * NABARD provides information on institutional credit and the share of non-institutional credit sources. * NABARD provides data on the State/UT-wise and Agency-wise status of outstanding loans. * **Action Required** * Continue monitoring and reporting on institutional and non-institutional credit sources. * Continue providing data on the status of outstanding agricultural loans. **Banks (Commercial, Cooperative, and Regional Rural)** * **Impact** * The document provides the amounts of outstanding agricultural loans by each type of bank. * **Action Required** * Continue to report data on the amounts of outstanding loans by state/UT.

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Outstanding Agricultural Loans against Farmers: The primary subject matter of the parliamentary question and its subsequent answer, concerning the state of agricultural loans for farmers in India. NABARD: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development; referenced as a key source of information and data on agricultural credit. Ministry of Finance: The central ministry responsible for answering the parliamentary question regarding agricultural loans. Rajasthan: One of the states specifically mentioned concerning the outstanding agricultural loans. Uttar Pradesh: One of the states specifically mentioned concerning the outstanding agricultural loans.
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2518 ANSWERED ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2025/AGRAHAYANA 24, 1947 (SAKA) Outstanding Agricultural Loans against Farmers †2518. SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL: ADV. CHANDRA SHEKHAR: Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has any information about the economic condition of the farmers in the country and their outstanding agricultural loans including Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) the details of various categories of banks along with their respective amount of outstanding agricultural loans against farmers; (d) whether the Government has any plan to waive off the entire agricultural loan of the farmers of the country in the interest of the farmers including Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh; and (e) if so, the time by which the said loans are likely to be waived off and if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY) (a) and (b) The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) conducted Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) of Agricultural Households during National Sample Survey (NSS) 70th (January – December, 2013) and 77th round (January – December, 2019) in the rural areas of the country. As per result of SAS, the average monthly income per agricultural household has increased from Rs. 6,426 during 2012- 13 to Rs. 10,218 in 2018-19. Further, as informed by NABARD, institutional credit has significantly improved and the share of non-institutional credit sources dropped from 90% in 1950 to about 25% in 2022. (c) The State/UT-wise and Agency wise details of outstanding agriculture loans as on 30 September 2025, including the states of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are given in the Annexure. (d) and (e) No such proposal is currently under consideration with the Government. *****Annexure Statement referred to in part (c) of Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question no. 2518 on “Outstanding Agricultural Loans against Farmers” due for answer on 15.12.2025 Details of State/UT-wise and Agency wise outstanding agriculture loans as on 30 September 2025* Total Loans to Commercial Cooperative Regional Rural Agriculture by Sr. State/UT Banks Banks Banks all categories No of Banks A/c. Amt. A/c. Amt. A/c. Amt. A/c. Amt. 1 DELHI 4 26,998 0 0 - - 4 26,998 2 HARYANA 19 73,340 13 14,794 5 11,878 37 1,00,013 3 HIMACHAL PRADESH 4 9,382 2 3,399 1 1,818 7 14,599 4 JAMMU and KASHMIR 19 18,753 0 22 2 1,467 20 20,242 5 PUNJAB 22 87,536 0 797 3 9,138 25 97,471 6 RAJASTHAN 56 1,49,442 37 17,875 13 28,561 106 1,95,878 7 CHANDIGARH UT 0 3,068 0 0 - - 0 3,068 8 LADAKH 1 706 0 15 0 11 1 733 ARUNACHAL 9 PRADESH 0 513 - - - - 0 513 10 ASSAM 12 15,993 0 214 4 5,065 17 21,273 11 MANIPUR 0 1,022 0 180 0 128 1 1,331 12 MEGHALAYA 1 609 0 188 0 319 1 1,116 13 MIZORAM 0 222 0 504 0 845 1 1,570 14 NAGALAND 1 676 0 226 0 16 1 919 15 SIKKIM 0 353 0 43 - - 0 396 16 TRIPURA 2 1,684 0 1,821 1 1,060 4 4,565 17 A and N ISLAND 0 500 0 21 - - 0 521 18 BIHAR 71 56,373 6 5,285 22 24,148 99 85,806 19 JHARKHAND 23 17,009 0 58 5 5,066 28 22,134 20 ODISHA 44 49,416 34 22,464 7 7,991 84 79,871 21 WEST BENGAL 47 72,584 21 6,055 8 10,412 76 89,050 22 CHHATTISGARH 10 23,540 18 9,355 2 3,485 31 36,380 23 MADHYA PRADESH 55 1,30,075 30 27,490 7 11,730 92 1,69,295 24 UTTARAKHAND 4 13,268 4 2,564 1 740 9 16,572 25 UTTAR PRADESH 101 1,68,730 28 11,510 46 60,411 174 2,40,651 26 GOA 1 1,669 - - - - 1 1,669 27 GUJARAT 37 1,10,677 14 38,385 5 13,126 57 1,62,188 28 MAHARASHTRA 88 2,34,910 47 45,775 9 10,443 144 2,91,128 D & N HAVELI UT 29 and DAMAN & DIU UT 0 284 0 20 - - 0 304 30 ANDHRA PRADESH 104 2,89,481 27 33,739 31 53,604 162 3,76,823 31 TELANGANA 54 1,30,427 10 9,395 15 25,225 80 1,65,047 32 KARNATAKA 87 1,78,647 36 29,420 21 38,840 145 2,46,907 33 KERALA 59 1,25,087 1 12,084 15 21,221 75 1,58,393 34 PUDUCHERRY 3 6,408 0 5 1 1,626 4 8,040 35 TAMILNADU 213 4,48,254 25 20,794 18 25,797 256 4,94,845 36 LAKSHADWEEP UT 0 120 - - - - 0 120 Data Source: Data submitted by banks on ENSURE portal of NABARD; *:Provisional data

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