Lok Sabha Question No. 3318 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-07
Subject: Rotting of Foodgrains
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: SHER SINGH GHUBAYA, RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3318

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 07 TH   AUGUST, 2018

## ROTTING OF FOODGRAINS

3318.   SHRI SHER SINGH GHUBAYA: DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY:

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- (a) whether  Food  Corporation  of  India  and  its  ancillary  agencies  are deliberately  allowing  wheat  stocks  to  rot  in  the  rains  as  reported  in  the media with a supporting picture wherein people are seen removing raincover during rain in Pillukheda Godown in Haryana;
- (b) if so, whether the Government proposes to take action against such officials and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of the quantum of foodgrain that got rotten in godowns of Food Corporation of India and its ancillary agencies during the last four years and the current year, State-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government  proposes to fix the responsibility of concerned officials for the rotting of foodgrains and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

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

- (a)  &  (b):  No,  Madam.  Food  Corporation  of  India  (FCI)  and  its  ancillary agencies  are  not  deliberately  allowing  wheat  stocks  to  rot  in  the  rains  in Pillukheda Godown in Haryana. The incident in Pillukheda godown in District Jind of Haryana where wheat was stored in Covered and Plinth (CAP) storage pertains  to  Haryana  State  Co-operative  Supply  and  Marketing  Federation Limited (HAFED). They have informed that the defaulting officials are placed under  suspension  and  departmental  disciplinary  proceedings  has  been initiated against them.

## (c): The State-wise details of the foodgrains damaged/non-issuable in the godowns of FCI and its ancillary agencies during last four years and current year are annexed.

## (d): If  negligence on part of officials is observed, disciplinary action are invariably  taken  against  the  defaulters.  Action  taken  against  the  officials responsible  for  damaged/non-issuable  of  foodgrains  in  FCI  during  last  four years is as under:

| Year    |   No. of officials |
|---------|--------------------|
| 2014-15 |                 77 |
| 2015-16 |                 31 |
| 2016-17 |                 13 |
| 2017-18 |                  0 |

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  UNSTARRE D QUESTION  NO  3318  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  7 TH   AUGUST,  2018  IN  LOK SABHA.

The  State-wise  details  of  the  foodgrains  accrued  as  damaged/non-issuable  in  the godowns of FCI and its ancillary agencies during last four years and current year are as under:

(Figure in MT)

| S.No.   | Region                                               |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (as on 1.7.18) |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------|
| 1       | Bihar                                                |       704 |        46 |         0 |      1617 |                        0 |
| 2       | Jharkhand                                            |         3 |         0 |         0 |        45 |                        0 |
| 3       | Odisha                                               |      7109 |        26 |         1 |         0 |                        0 |
| 4       | West Bengal                                          |       120 |        12 |         0 |         0 |                        8 |
| 5       | Assam                                                |        97 |       120 |       205 |       328 |                        4 |
| 6       | North East Frontier (Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram) |        95 |       210 |       105 |        92 |                        0 |
| 7       | Arunachal Pradesh                                    |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                        0 |
| 8       | Nagaland                                             |        38 |        11 |         3 |         0 |                        0 |
| 9       | Manipur                                              |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                        0 |
| 10      | Delhi                                                |         3 |        16 |        12 |        14 |                        1 |
| 11      | Haryana                                              |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                        0 |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh                                     |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                        0 |
| 13      | Jammu and Kashmir                                    |      6120 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                        0 |
| 14      | Punjab                                               |        45 |        30 |         8 |       211 |                      160 |
| 15      | Rajasthan                                            |         3 |         2 |       125 |         1 |                        0 |
| 16      | Uttar Pradesh                                        |       322 |       116 |        48 |       243 |                        0 |
| 17      | Uttarakhand                                          |         8 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                        0 |
| 18      | Andhra Pradesh                                       |      2262 |      2202 |         6 |         0 |                        0 |
| 19      | Kerala                                               |       398 |       179 |        88 |         2 |                        1 |
| 20      | Karnataka                                            |       748 |        35 |        13 |        75 |                        7 |
| 21      | Tamil Nadu                                           |       377 |        30 |        66 |        16 |                        6 |
| 22      | Gujarat                                              |       195 |        16 |       119 |         6 |                        0 |
| 23      | Maharashtra                                          |       104 |        56 |      7963 |        15 |                       16 |
| 24      | Madhya Pradesh                                       |        80 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                        5 |
| 25      | Chhattisgarh                                         |        18 |         7 |        12 |         0 |                        1 |
| Total   | Total                                                |     18847 |      3116 |      8776 |      2663 |                      211 |