Lok Sabha Question No. 3419 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-06
Subject: Market Intervention Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

O.I.H.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3419

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  6 TH  DECEMBER, 2016

## MARKET INTERVENTION SCHEME

3419.  SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE      ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  allocates  funds  to  the  States  for  procurement  of agricultural and horticultural commodities under the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS);
- (b) if  so, the  details  thereof and the details of the commodities procured under the said scheme during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) the details of the funds provided by the Union Government to various States for the said purpose during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (d) whether  any  request  of  the  State  Governments  for  allocation  of  fund  is  still pending with the Government; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  time  by  which  the  funds  are  likely  to  be sanctioned by the Government, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान  कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã  ½ãñâ  Àã·¾ã  ½ãâ¨ããè PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

(  SHRI

- (a) to (e): No Madam,  funds are not allocated to the States under Market Intervention Scheme (MIS). Instead, Central Share of losses on the implementation of MIS is released to the State Governments / state agencies as per the specific proposals received  from  them.  A  statement  indicating  the  details  of  the  commodities  procured under the said scheme along with the funds released to the State Governments/state agencies  during  the  last    three  years    and  the  current  year,  State-wise  is  placed  at Annexure.

|   S. N. | Year                             | Commodity     | Market Intervention Price (MIP) (₹ per MT)   | State            | Sanctioned Qty (in MTs.)   |
|---------|----------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------|----------------------------|
|       1 | 2013-14 01.08.2013 to 21.10.2013 | C-grade Apple | 6,500/-                                      | Himachal Pradesh | 27,000                     |
|       2 | 2013-14 01.08.2013 to 31.08.2013 | Pineapple     | 8,500/-                                      | Nagaland         | 12,675                     |
|       3 | 2013-14 20.02.2014 to 20.03.2014 | Potato        | 3,750/-                                      | Uttar Pradesh    | 1,00,000                   |
|       4 | 2014-15 01.05.2014 to 16.06.2014 | Chilli        | 42,000/-                                     | Mizoram          | 2,850                      |
|       5 | 2014-15 15.08.2014 to 15.10.2014 | C-Grade Apple | 6,500/-                                      | Himachal Pradesh | 27,000                     |
|       6 | 2014-15 25.11.2014 to 25.12.2014 | Ginger        | 9,050/-                                      |                  | 32,000                     |
|       7 | 2015-16 20.05.2015 to 20.06.2015 | Potato        | 4,250/-                                      | Uttar Pradesh    | 1,00,000                   |
|       8 | 2015-16 15.12.2015 to 14.03.2016 | Oil Palm FFB  | 7,888/-                                      | Andhra Pradesh   | 1,14,963                   |
|       9 | 2016-17 01.09.2016 to 30.09.2016 | Grapes        | 42,000                                       | Mizoram          | 3,800                      |
|      10 | 2016-17 01.11.2016 to 30.11.2016 | Onion         | 6,240/-                                      | Karnataka        | 1,00,000                   |

Annexure

| 11   | 2016-17 01.12.2016 to 30.12.2016   | Onion   | 7,070/-   | Telangana   | 5,000   |
|------|------------------------------------|---------|-----------|-------------|---------|

Annexure

| Year    | State Govt. / State agency   | Commodity       |   Amount ( Rs. in lakhs) |
|---------|------------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
| 2013-14 | Nagaland                     | Orange          |                   190.5  |
| 2013-14 | Nagaland                     | Ginger          |                   175.78 |
| 2013-14 | Rajasthan                    | Garlic          |                   139.47 |
| 2013-14 | Mizoram                      | Chilli          |                   114.54 |
| 2013-14 | Himachal Pradesh             | Apple           |                    96.94 |
| 2014-15 | Himachal Pradesh             | Apple           |                   390.57 |
| 2014-15 | Nagaland                     | Pineapple       |                   249.79 |
| 2015-16 | Mizoram                      | Iskut (Chayote) |                    31.5  |
| 2015-16 | Nagaland                     | Ginger          |                   522.61 |

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