(a) whether the National Commission on Farmers envisages one acre of land per household to a landless farmer;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Union Government has taken up the matter with the State Governments;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the follow-up action taken thereon alongwith the achievement made in this regard?
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE(SHRI SHARAD PAWAR)
(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.164 DUE
FOR REPLY ON 09-03-2010.
(a) to (e): The National Commission on Farmers (NCF) recommended provision of one acre
of land per landless labour household, wherever feasible. The National Policy for Farmers(NPF), 2007, which was approved by the Government based on the recommendations of NCF and
after consultations with the Central Ministries and Departments and the States, provides
for asset reforms to ensure that every farmer household in villages possesses and/or has
access to productive assests like land, livestock, fish pond, homestead farm and/or income
through an enterprise or market driven skills so that the household income is increased
substantially on a sustainable basis which, in turn, would ensure nutrition and livelihood
security and their education and health requirements.
The NPF, 2007 was circulated to all State Governments in December, 2007 for
further suitable action. The Inter-Ministerial Committee constituted by the Government
finalized a Plan of Action for Operationalization of the NPF, 2007, which was circulated
to all the State Governments in October, 2008 for necessary follow up action. The
issues/steps identified in the Plan of Action, including those on asset reforms, on which
further action by the State Governments is required, were again circulated to the States
in September, 2009. No report in this regard has been received so far from the States. In
addition, State Governments/UT Administrations have been requested from time to time
for distribution of ceiling surplus land and Bhoodan land to the eligible rural poor.