Lok Sabha Question No. 3070 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-21
Subject: Procurement of Rice
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3070 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST   MARCH, 2017

## PROCUREMENT OF RICE

3070. SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

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- (a) the  details  of  total  quantum  of  rice  produced  and  procured  during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise; and
- (b) the steps taken by the Government for increasing procurement  and making proper arrangement for storage and marketing of foodgrains in the country, State-wise?

## A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE FOR  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a): The details of total quantum of rice produced and procured during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise is at Annexure-I.
- (b): The steps taken by the Govt. of India/ Food Corporation of India (FCI) along with various State Governments to increase procurement are at Annexure-II.

Further, on the basis of peak stock requirement during procurement season, the overall storage capacity required in the country is about 600 Lakh MT. Against this,  the  total  capacity  available  with  FCI  and  State  Agencies  for  storage  of foodgrains  as  on  31.01.2017  was  775.74  Lakh  MT.  Thus  on  the  overall,  there  is sufficient capacity for storage of foodgrains in the country.

After  maintaining  buffer  stocks  and  making  a  provision  for  meeting  the requirement of  the Targeted  Public Distribution  System  (TPDS)  and Other  Welfare Scheme (OWS), the FCI sells wheat and rice at predetermined prices in the open market from time to time to enhance the supply of wheat especially during the lean season  and  thereby  to  moderate  the  open  market  prices  especially  in  the  deficit regions.

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## Production and Procurement of Paddy in terms of Rice

| STATE/UT          | KMS2013-14   | KMS2013-14   | KMS2014-15   | KMS2014-15   | KMS2015-16   | KMS2015-16   | KMS2016-17                            | KMS2016-17   |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------------------------|--------------|
| STATE/UT          | Production   | Procurement  | Production   | Procurement  | Production   | Procurement  | Production (Second Advance Estimates) | Procurement  |
| A&N ISLANDS       |              |              |              | 0            |              |              |                                       |              |
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 127.25       | 37.37        | 72.34        | 35.96        | 74.89        | 43.36        | 76.08                                 | 25.18        |
| TELANGANA         |              | 43.53        | 44.41        | 35.04        | 30.47        | 15.79        | 43.27                                 | 11.02        |
| ASSAM             | 49.27        | 0.00         | 52.23        | 0.15         | 51.25        | 0.42         | 51.79                                 | 0.29         |
| BIHAR             | 55.06        | 9.42         | 63.57        | 16.14        | 68.02        | 12.23        | 72.77                                 | 8.33         |
| CHANDIGARH        |              | 0.12         |              | 0.10         |              | 0.16         |                                       | 0.13         |
| CHHATISGARH       | 67.16        | 42.90        | 63.22        | 34.23        | 57.89        | 34.42        | 72.60                                 | 46.62        |
| DELHI             |              |              |              | 0.00         |              | 0.00         |                                       | 0.00         |
| GUJARAT           | 16.36        |              | 18.31        | 0.00         | 17.02        | 0.01         | 17.44                                 | 0.01         |
| HARYANA           | 39.98        | 24.06        | 40.06        | 20.15        | 41.45        | 28.61        | 41.95                                 | 35.70        |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 1.21         |              | 1.25         | 0.00         | 1.30         | 0.00         | 1.31                                  |              |
| JAMMU& KASHMIR    | 6.11         |              | 5.17         | 0.00         | 6.46         | 0.07         | 6.20                                  | 0.08         |
| JHARKHAND         | 28.11        |              | 33.62        | 0.06         | 28.82        | 2.06         | 30.00                                 | 0.58         |
| KARNATAKA         | 35.73        |              | 35.41        | 0.88         | 30.21        | 0.55         | 27.51                                 | 0.00         |
| KERALA            | 5.09         | 3.59         | 5.62         | 3.74         | 5.49         | 3.82         | 3.68                                  | 1.68         |
| MADHYA PRADESH    | 28.45        | 10.45        | 36.25        | 8.07         | 35.47        | 8.49         | 41.58                                 | 13.14        |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 31.20        | 1.61         | 29.46        | 1.99         | 25.93        | 2.30         | 30.58                                 | 2.33         |
| NAGALAND          |              |              |              | 0.00         |              | 0.00         |                                       |              |
| ODISHA            | 76.13        | 28.01        | 82.98        | 33.57        | 58.75        | 33.69        | 86.74                                 | 22.50        |
| PUDUCHERRY        |              |              |              | 0.00         |              | 0.00         |                                       |              |
| PUNJAB            | 112.67       | 81.06        | 111.07       | 77.86        | 118.23       | 93.50        | 110.21                                | 110.44       |
| RAJASTHAN         | 3.12         |              | 3.67         | 0.00         | 3.70         | 0.00         | 3.47                                  |              |
| TAMIL NADU        | 53.50        | 6.84         | 57.28        | 10.51        | 75.17        | 11.92        | 60.22                                 | 1.29         |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 146.36       | 11.27        | 121.68       | 16.98        | 125.01       | 29.10        | 129.38                                | 23.54        |
| UTTRAKHAND        | 5.78         | 4.63         | 6.04         | 4.65         | 6.39         | 5.98         | 6.17                                  | 7.06         |
| WEST BENGAL       | 153.71       | 13.59        | 146.77       | 20.32        | 159.54       | 15.68        | 150.37                                | 8.60         |
| Others            | 24.20        |              | 24.42        | 0.00         | 22.61        | 0.00         | 25.25                                 |              |
| ALL INDIA TOTAL : | 1066.45      | 318.45       | 1054.82      | 320.40       | 1044.08      | 342.18       | 1088.56                               | 318.51       |

## ANNEXURE-II ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3070  TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST   MARCH, 2017 IN LOK SABHA.

## The  steps  taken  by  the  Govt.  of  India/FCI  along  with  various  State  Governments  to increase procurement are as follows:-

1:  The  minimum  support  prices  (MSP)  are  announced  by  the  Government  of  India  at  the beginning  of  the  sowing  season  for  crops  on  the  basis  of  the  recommendations  of  the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) which determines the MSP based on the input costs and margin to farmers.  FCI and State Govt. Agencies procure the foodgrains at MSP fixed by GOI.

2:  MSP  (Minimum  Support  Price)  operations  are  given  wide  publicity  through  pamphlets, banners,  sign  boards  radio,  TV  and  advertisements  through  print  &  electronic  media regarding MSP, quality, specifications, purchase system, and so on to spread awareness so that the farmers may bring their produce conforming to the specifications.

- 3:Procurement  centres  are  opened  by  respective  State  Govt.  Agencies/    FCI  taking  into account the production, marketable surplus, convenience of farmers and availability of other logistics / infrastructure such as storage and transportation etc. Large number of temporary purchase centres in addition to the existing Mandis and depots/godowns are also established at key points for the convenience of the farmers.
- 4: The agricultural produce brought by a farmer is procured by Govt. agencies and payments are made through account payee cheque/RTGS/electronic mode within 48 hours of purchase of his produce.
- 5: Thrust has been given upon enlarging the reach of MSP operations in the eastern states i.e U.P (Particularly Eastern UP), Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Assam. GOI has allowed engagement of private players in procurement of paddy/Rice at MSP in Eastern States and accordingly, private players were engaged in UP, Jharkhand and W.B.. As a result during last year (KMS 2015-16), around 70.70 LMT rice was  procured in eastern states compared to 53.65 LMT during KMS 2014-15.

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