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Inter-State Disparities Amongst Farmer Households
(i)
Significant inter-state disparities are found in the proportions of
farmer households indebted. While Andhra Pradesh has 82 per cent,
Maharashtra has 55 per cent and Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal
50 per cent each (Table 7). The other three states of the south also
have high incidence ranging from 62 per cent to 75 per cent. While
Punjab has 65 per cent, West Bengal has 50 per cent. The rest of the
big states generally have less percentage of farm indebtedness: Bihar
33 per cent and Uttar Pradesh 40 per cent. In other words, there are a
large number of uncovered farm households without any debt facilities:
Bihar 5 million, Uttar Pradesh 10 million and Madhya Pradesh 3 million
(Table 7).
Table 7: Estimated Number of Rural, Farmer and Indebted and
Non-indebted Farmer Households in each State as per
NSS 59th Round Survey (Jan-Dec 2003)
(Number in Million)
States
Rural
Households
Farmer
Households
Indebted Farmer
Households
Non-Indebted
Farmer
Households
Andhra Pradesh
14.25
6.03
4.95 (82.0)
1.08 (18.0)
Bihar
11.69
7.08
2.34 (33.0)
4.74 (67.0)
Chhattisgarh
3.63
2.76
1.11 (40.2)
1.65 (59.8)
Gujarat
6.30
3.78
1.96 (51.9)
1.82 (48.1)
Haryana
3.15
1.94
1.03 (53.1)
0.91 (46.9)
Jharkhand
3.69
2.82
0.59 (20.9)
2.23 (79.1)
Karnataka
6.99
4.04
2.49 (61.6)
1.55 (38.4)
Kerala
4.99
2.19
1.41 (64.4)
0.78 (35.6)
Madhya Pradesh
9.39
6.32
3.21 (50.8)
3.11 (49.2)
Maharashtra
11.82
6.58
3.61 (54.8)
2.97 (45.2)
Orissa
6.62
4.23
2.03 (47.8)
2.21 (52.2)
Punjab
2.98
1.84
1.21 (65.4)
0.64 (34.6)
Rajasthan
7.02
5.31
2.78 (52.4)
2.53 (47.6)
Tamil Nadu
11.02
3.89
2.90 (74.5)
0.99 (25.5)
Uttar Pradesh
22.15
17.16
6.92 (40.3)
10.24 (59.7)
Uttaranchal
1.20
0.90
0.06
(7.2)
0.83 (92.8)
West Bengal
12.17
6.92
3.47 (50.1)
3.45 (49.9)
All-India
(including others)
147.90
89.35
43.42 (48.6)
45.93 (51.4)
Note:
Figures in brackets are percentages to total farmer households
