Income of Farmers

 

Income of Farmers

Posted On: 16 DEC 2022 6:28PM by PIB Delhi

As per the Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) of Agricultural Households in the rural areas of the country conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) during 77th round (January 2019- December 2019) with reference to the agricultural year July 2018- June 2019, the State / UT-wise details of average monthly income per agricultural household is given as follows;

State-wise/UT-wise Average monthly income per agricultural household (Considering paid out expenses only) during the agricultural year July 2018 June 2019

State/ Group of UTs	Average monthly income  per agricultural household (₹)
Andhra Pradesh	10,480
Arunachal Pradesh	19,225
Assam	10,675
Bihar	7,542
Chhattisgarh	9,677
Gujarat	12,631
Haryana	22,841
Himachal Pradesh	12,153
Jammu & Kashmir	18,918
Jharkhand	4,895
Karnataka	13,441
Kerala	17,915
Madhya Pradesh	8,339
Maharashtra	11,492
Manipur	11,227
Meghalaya	29,348
Mizoram	17,964
Nagaland	9,877
Odisha	5,112
Punjab	26,701
Rajasthan	12,520
Sikkim	12,447
Tamil Nadu	11,924
Telangana	9,403
Tripura	9,918
Uttarakhand	13,552
Uttar Pradesh	8,061
West Bengal	6,762
Group of N E States	16,863
Group of UTs	18,511
All India	10,218

 

Source: NSS Report No. 587: Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households and Land and Livestock Holding of Households in Rural India, 2019

Income includes income from wages, income from leasing out of land, net receipt from crop production, net receipt from farming of animals and net receipt from non-farm business.

This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.