Implementation of Crop Development Schemes in 11th Plan

Implementation of Crop Development Schemes in 11th Plan : Foodgrain Production Reached at All Time High of 241.56 MT in 2010-11

As a consequence of implementation of the new schemes in the 11th Plan period along with other ongoing schemes, the production of foodgrains, wheat, pulses and rice, has increased considerably as compared to the end of tenth plan, as detailed below:  The foodgrains production of 208.60 million tones at the end of 10th Plan (2005-06) reached to an all time high of 241.56 MT in the year 2010-11.  Wheat production increased from 69.35 MT to 85.93 MT, an increase by 16.58 MT.  Pulses production during the same period increased from 13.3 MT to 18.09 MT, an increase by 4.07 MT.  Rice production increased from 91.79 MT during 2005-06 to 99.18 MT in 2008-09, an increase by 7.39 MT. Major Centrally Sponsored Schemes launched during 11th plan period are: (i) National Food Security Mission, with an outlay of Rs. 4883 crore during 11th Plan to enhance the production of rice, wheat and pulses by 10, 8 and 2 million tones, respectively by the end of XI Plan. (ii) National Project on Management of Soil Health & Fertility (NPMSHF) with an outlay of Rs.429.85 crore during 11th Plan period to promote balanced and judicious use of fertilizer in conjunction with organic manure on soil test basis. (iii) National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture in 2010 to “create an environment conducive for raising farm productivity and income to global levels through provision of relevant information and services to the stakeholders”. The components of these schemes will also be continued during 12th Plan.

Increase in Forest Covers of the Country

Increase in Forest Covers of the Country

There is increase in forest cover due to afforestation-reforestation in different states.The forest cover of the country is assessed by Forest Survey of India, Dehradun on biennial basis.  The data is published in state of Forest Report.  The last report was published in 2009 which is known as India State of Forest Report, 2009.  According to the India State of Forest Report 2009, there is an increase in the forest cover of the country from 690171 square km in 2005 to 690899 square km in 2007.  The details of forest cover in the country, state-wise is given in Annexure I.             The Ministry of Environment and Forests is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Afforestation Programme (NAP) Scheme for regeneration of degraded forests and adjoining areas in the country.  The scheme is being implemented through a decentralized mechanism of State Forest Development Agency (SFDA) at State level, Forest Development Agency (FDA) at Forest Division level and Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) at village level.  As on 31.10.2011, 800 FDA projects have been approved in 28 States in the country to treat an area of 18.32 lakh ha. sinceinception of the scheme in 2002.  The details of funds released and area approved during the current five year plan are given in Annexure II. Annexure I Forest Cover in States / UTs in India (area in km2) State/UT Geographical Area Forest Cover % to GA Change  in forest cover Scrub Very Dense Forest Mod. Dense Forest Open Forest Total Andhra Pradesh 275,069 820 24,757 19,525 45,102 16.40 -129 10,372 Arunachal Pradesh 83,743 20,858 31,556 14,939 67,353 80.43 -119 111 Assam 78,438 1,461 11,558 14,673 27,692 35.30 -66 179 Bihar 94163 231 3,248 3,325 6,804 7.23 -3 134 Chhattisgarh 135,191 4,162 35,038 16,670 55,870 41.33 -59 107 Delhi 1,483 7 50 120 177 11.94 0 1 Goa 3,702 511 624 1,016 2,151 58.10 -5 1 Gujarat 196,022 376 5,249 8,995 14,620 7.46 16 1,463 Haryana 44,212 27 463 1,104 1,594 3.61 -10 145 Himachal Pradesh 55,673 3,224 6,383 5,061 14,668 26.35 2 327 Jammu & Kashmir 222,236 4,298 8,977 9,411 22,686 10.21 -3 2,036 Jharkhand 79,714 2,590 9,899 10,405 22,894 28.72 172 683 Karnataka 191,791 1,777 20,181 14,232 36,190 18.87 -10 3,176 Kerala 38,863 1,443 9,410 6,471 17,324 44.58 40 58 Madhya Pradesh 308,245 6,647 35,007 36,046 77,700 25.21 -39 6,401 Maharashtra 307,713 8,739 20,834 21,077 50,650 16.46 -11 4,157 Manipur 22,327 701 5,474 11,105 17,280 77.40 328 1 Meghalaya 22,429 410 9,501 7,410 17,321 77.23 116 211 Mizoram 21,081 134 6,251 12,855 19,240 91.27 640 1 Nagaland 16,579 1,274 4,897 7,293 13,464 81.21 -201 2 Orissa 155,707 7,073 21,394 20,388 48,855 31.38 100 4,852 Punjab 50,362 0 733 931 1,664 3.30 4 20 Rajasthan 342,239 72 4,450 11,514 16,036 4.69 24 4,347 Sikkim 7,096 500 2,161 696 3,357 47.31 0 356 Tamil Nadu 130,058 2,926 10,216 10,196 23,338 17.94 24 1,206 Tripura 10,486 111 4,770 3,192 8,073 76.99 -100 75 Uttar Pradesh 240,928 1,626 4,563 8,152 14,341 5.95 -5 745 Uttarakhand 53,483 4,762 14,165 5,568 24,495 45.80 2 271 West Bengal 88,752 2,987 4,644 5,363 12,994 14.64 24 29 A&N Islands 8,249 3,762 2,405 495 6,662 80.76 -1 53 Chandigarh 114 1 10 6 17 14.91 0 1 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 491 0 114 97 211 42.97 -5 1 Daman & Diu 112 0 1 5 6 5.04 0 3 Lakshadweep 32 0 16 10 26 82.75 0 0 Puducherry 480 0 13 31 44 9.14 2 0 Grand Total 3,287,263 83,510 319,012 288,377 690,899 21.02 728 41,525 Annexure II  ‘Increase in forest covers of the country’ S.No. State Total Release (incrore) Total area (in ha.) 1. Andhra Pradesh 50.62 34017 2. Bihar 29.26 21813 3. Chhattisgarh 135.80 69783 4. Goa 0.00 0 5. Gujarat 118.97 61270 6. Haryana 83.95 26329 7. Himachal Pradesh 24.69 16717 8. Jammu and Kashmir 30.40 17655 9. Jharkhand 80.67 56650 10. Karnataka 69.95 44635 11. Kerala 31.76 19364 12. Madhya Pradesh 91.49 65827 13. Maharashtra 96.27 57838 14. Orissa 63.80 75695 15. Punjab 12.20 9874 16. Rajasthan 29.81 21000 17. Tamil Nadu 36.59 18909 18. Uttar Pradesh 127.20 76670 19. Uttarakhand 33.10 31609 20. West Bengal 26.10 20567 21. Arunachal Pradesh 15.99 12030 22. Assam 38.92 25650 23. Manipur 43.10 22314 24. Meghalaya 21.63 15645 25. Mizoram 66.42 28320 26. Nagaland 39.33 24690 27. Sikkim 43.01 15399 28. Tripura 26.22 22556 Grant Total 1467.25 912826