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Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal with effect from
2015-16. An amount of ₹ 120 crore as Central Share (₹ 110 crore to CDP in Original Green
Revolution States and ₹ 10 crore to CDP for replacing tobacco farming) have been earmarked
for implementation of the programme during 2021-22.
7.24 Crop diversification in India has been targeted through price policy also. Incentive structure
provided under MSP regime leading to variation in return over cost across crops has bearing
on crop diversification as well. Figures 14 and 15 show an inter-temporal variation in return in
selected crops for both Kharif and Rabi seasons.

Figure 14: Variation in Return over Cost (per Figure 15: Variation in Return over Cost (per
cent) for crops across Kharif Marketing Seasons cent) for crops across Rabi Marketing Seasons

Source: Based on data from CACP.

Agricultural Credit

7.25 The agriculture credit flow for the year 2020-21 was ₹ 15,75,398 crore against the target
of ₹ 15,00,000 crore for the year. The agriculture credit flow target for 2021-22 has been fixed at
₹ 16,50,000 crore and till 30th September, 2021 against this target a sum of ₹ 7,36,589.05 crore

has been disbursed. Moreover, as a part of the ANB announcement, Government announced ₹
2 lakh crore concessional credit boost to 2.5 crore farmers through Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs).
In pursuance of this, as on 17th January 2022, banks have issued KCC to 2.70 crore eligible
farmers. Apart from this, to address the credit needs of animal husbandry and fish farmers, the
Government of India in 2018-19 extended the facility of KCC to fisheries and animal husbandry
farmers to help them meet their working capital needs. In pursuance to this, a total of 67,581
KCCs have been issued to fishers and fish farmers by 17th December, 2021 and over 14 lakh
fresh KCCs were sanctioned for animal husbandry and dairying farmers by 10th of December,
2021.

Water and Irrigation

7.26 Water is a critical input for agriculture which accounts for about 80 per cent of the current
water use in the country. The share of net irrigated area accounts for about 49 per cent of the
total net sown area in the country and out of the net irrigated area, about 40 per cent is irrigated
through canal systems and 60 per cent through groundwater.