1. Ph.D. Scholar IABM- BKNR (Karjdar) (Zamindar) or 1
2. 1. Introduction 2. Estimated number of Agricultural
Households 3. Some Characteristics of Agricultural Households 4.
Some Economic Indicators of Agricultural Households 5. Aspects of
Farming 6. Conclusion 7. Eye opener Facts 8. References Outline
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3. The Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households
was conducted in NSS 70th round (January December, 2013) to collect
information on various aspects of farming, such as farming
practices and preferences, availability of resources, awareness of
technological developments and access to modern technology in the
field of agriculture and level of living measured in terms of
consumer expenditure, income and indebtedness from the agricultural
households in rural India. This presents estimates of some key
characteristics of agricultural households and divided into three
main sections viz. (i) Some characteristics of agricultural
households, (ii) Some aspects of farming and (iii) Income,
expenditure, productive assets and indebtedness of agricultural
households. 1. Introduction 3
4. 2. Estimated number of Agricultural Households 4
5. 2.1 Agricultural Households by Social Group 5
6. 2.1 Agricultural Households by Social Group Monthly Per
Capita Consumer Expenditure (MPCE) 6
7. 2.1 Agricultural Households by Social Group 7
8. 2.1 Agricultural Households by Social Group 8
9. 3. Some characteristics of agricultural households 3.1
Principal source of Income 9
10. 3. Some characteristics of agricultural households 3.1
Principal source of Income 10
11. 3. Some characteristics of agricultural households 3.1
Principal source of Income 11
12. 3. Some characteristics of agricultural households 3.2 Type
of ration card 12
13. 4. Some economic indicators of agricultural households 4.1
Average monthly income and consumption expenditure 13
14. 4. Some economic indicators of agricultural households 4.1
Average monthly income and consumption expenditure 14
15. 4. Some economic indicators of agricultural households 4.2
Indebtedness of agricultural households 15
16. 4. Some economic indicators of agricultural households 4.3
Source of loans 16
17. 4. Some economic indicators of agricultural households 4.3
Source of loans 17
18. 5. Aspects of Farming 5.1 Awareness about Minimum Support
Price (MSP) 18
19. 5. Aspects of Farming 5.1 Awareness about Minimum Support
Price (MSP) 19
20. 5. Aspects of Farming 5.1 Awareness about Minimum Support
Price (MSP) 20
21. 5. Aspects of Farming 5.1 Awareness about Minimum Support
Price (MSP) 21
22. 5. Aspects of Farming 5.1 Awareness about Minimum Support
Price (MSP) 22
23. 5. Aspects of Farming 5.2 Crop Insurance 23
24. 5. Aspects of Farming 5.3 Access to technical advice in the
field of agriculture: 24
25. 5. Aspects of Farming 5.3 Access to technical advice in the
field of agriculture: 25
26. The survey shows that rural India had an estimated 90.2
million agricultural households about 57.8% of the total estimated
rural households in the country. About 45% of farm households
belonged to OBC (other backward classes) while 13% belonged to
scheduled tribes. Interestingly, the survey shows that for 56% of
the marginal land owning families (with land less than 0.01
hectare) wage and salary employment, not agriculture, was their
principal source of income. Another 23% reported livestock as their
principal source of income. Average monthly income per agricultural
household was estimated at Rs.6,426. Net receipt from farm business
(cultivation and farming of animals) accounted for 60% of the
average monthly income per agricultural household, the survey
noted. Income from wages and salary accounted for nearly 32% of the
average monthly income. 6. Conclusion (1) 26
27. About 44% of the estimated agricultural households in the
country had an employment guarantee scheme or MGNREGA job card.
However, only 38% in the lowest land class (less than 0.01 ha) had
job cards. 12% of all households and 13% marginal land holding
households did not have a ration card that entitles them to
subsidized food. 52% of households in the country were indebted,
with levels of indebtedness varying from 93% in Andhra Pradesh, 89%
in Telangana and 82.5% in Tamil Nadu to 37% in Chhattisgarh and
17.5% in Assam. The average amount of outstanding loan was highest
for Kerala (Rs.2,13,600) followed by Andhra Pradesh (Rs.1,23,400)
and Punjab (Rs.1,19,500). On sources of credit, the survey revealed
high levels of dependence on non- institutional channels. Nearly
40% of all loans came from informal sources with 26% advanced by
moneylenders. 6. Conclusion (2) 27
28. The survey revealed low levels of awareness among
households of government procurement operationsat minimum support
prices (MSP) and even lower level of sale of these crops to
procurement agencies. Except for sugarcane, less than half of the
households, which were aware about MSP, sold off their crop to
agencies. Farmers continue to remain far removed from new
technologies and guidance from state run research institutes, the
survey data shows. Over 59% of the farm households received no
assistance from either government or private extension services. *
An agricultural household was defined in the survey as a household
receiving value of produce of more than Rs.3,000 from agriculture
with at least one member self- employed in farming. 6. Conclusion
(3) 28
29. 7. Eye opener Facts S. No. Particulars 2003 2012-13 1.
Number of farm households (in million) 89.4 90.2 2. Farmer
households as % of rural households 60.4 57.8 3. Farmer households
with agriculture as principal source of income as % of rural
households (in percentage) 34.4 36.7 4. Farmer households owning
land less than 2 hectares (in percentage) 83.9 86.6 5. Indebted
farmer households (in percentage) 48.6 51.9 6. Average outstanding
loan per farmer households ` 12,585 ` 47,000 7. Average monthly
income per farmer households ` 2,115 ` 6,426 8. Contribution of
cultivation in income (in percentage) 45.8 47.9 9. Contribution of
wages income (in percentage) 38.7 32.2 10. Contribution of
livestock income (in percentage) 4.3 11.9 11. Contribution of
non-farm business in income (in percentage) 11.2 8.0 12. Farmer
households not aware of MSP or Govt. procurement operations (in
percentage) 70.4 68.0 13. Farmer households without any access
modern technology (via govt. extension services, radio, input
dealers or other progressive farmers) (in percentage) 59.6 59.4 14.
Farmer households insuring their crops (in percentage) 4.0 4.8 In
the 10 years to 2013, the life of the Indian farmer showed no
improvement it either stagnated or deteriorated. Source : Surjeet
Singh Dhaka (2014) ( ), RASTRIYA KRISHI NEWS 29
30. 7. Eye opener Facts NSSO VERSUS CENSUS: Which is correct?
Its a wonder then that agriculture (or perhaps the farmer)
delivered a growth rate of 4.1% (in agriculture GDP) in the 11th
Five-Year Plan (2007-2012). 30
31. 31 A SUICIDAL NATION
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33. [1] Surjeet Singh Dhaka (2014) ( ), RASTRIYA KRISHI NEWS
[2] Situation Assessment Survey of Formers, NSSO, 59th round
(2003), published in 2005; Key Indicators of Situation of
Agricultural Households in India, NSSO, 70th round (2013),
published in December 2014.
[3]http://www.livemint.com/Politics/ZFPXWN8hdAAUb49jVl2NqK/Nearly-52-
agricultural-households-indebted-shows-NSSO-surv.html?utm_source=copy
[4]http://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/Hcr3lGbsudunSXOSBRwczO/NSSO-
versus-Census-Which-is-correct.html 8. References 33