Lok Sabha Question No. 2271 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-29
Subject: Foodgrain Procurement
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE, MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2271 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH  November, 2016

## FOODGRAIN PROCUREMENT

## 2271. SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE: SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

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- (a) whether  due  to  lower  procurement  price  for  foodgrains under  MSP during  last  two  years,  the  farmers  were  forced  to  sell  their  produce  to private agencies and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to increase the procurement with MSP at par with the price of foodgrains sold in the open market, so as to provide benefit to the farmers and if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government is contemplating to procure lentils, arhar, gram, mustard, soyabean etc. on minimum support price like wheat and paddy to provide adequate remunerative prices to the farmers and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the  total  quantity  and  item-wise  price  of  the  above  commodities procured by the Government during last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (e) whether the Government has engaged agencies apart from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) for procurement of food grains for the Central pool  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  total  procurement  of foodgrains during the current year along with the increase/decrease over the previous year, grain and State-wise; and
- (f) the steps taken for opening additional procurement centres during last three years?

. ...2/-

## A N S W E R

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

- (a):   No Madam, so far no such case has been reported.
- (b):   No Madam,
- (c):   Govt. of India has included FCI as a Central Nodal Agency along with National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) and Small Farmers  Agri-business  Consortium  (SFAC)  for  procurement  of  pulses  & oilseeds  at  market  price  and  to  maintain  buffer  stock  under  Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) scheme. GOI through FCI, NAFED and SFAC have already commenced procurement of pulses in KMS 2016-17.
- (d): The  total  quantity  and  item-wise  price  of  the  above  commodities procured by the Government during last three years, State/UT-wise is at Annexure-I.
- (e):   Government of India (GOI) procures foodgrains in Central Pool either by FCI directly or State Government agencies. State Governments engage various procuring agencies for undertaking procurement operations.  List of such procuring agencies engaged by State Governments is attached as Annexure II.

In addition to this, FCI has engaged private parties for procurement operation in State of Jharkhand, West Bengal and U.P. for enhancing the outreach of MSP benefits to small and marginal farmers in these states.

State -wise details of wheat and rice procured during current year along  with  increase/  decrease  over  the  previous  year  is  attached  as Annexure III and IV respectively.

- (f): 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  to  avoid distress sale and to ensure the minimum support price for the farmers. As far as setting up of additional procurement  centres is concerned, Government always opens purchase centres for expansion of reach of MSP to remote and tribal areas. The number of procurement centres opened in last 3 years for paddy and wheat procurement is annexed as Annexure V and VI respectively.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2271  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  29.11.2016  IN  THE  LOK SABHA

## State wise procurement of Pulses and Oilseeds for 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 is as follows:-

| Year    |          |                |            |
|---------|----------|----------------|------------|
| 2013-14 | Lentils  | --             | --         |
|         | Gram     | --             | --         |
|         | Arhar    | --             | --         |
|         | Soyabeen | --             | --         |
|         | Mustard  | --             | --         |
| 2014-15 | Lentils  | --             | --         |
|         | Gram     | Maharashtra    | 31012.192  |
|         |          | Gujarat        | 3730.560   |
|         |          | Madhya Pradesh | 37760.385  |
|         |          | Uttar Pradesh  | 2297.149   |
|         |          | Rajasthan      | 179351.611 |
|         |          | Andhra Pradesh | 45666.846  |
|         |          | Karnataka      | 14098.600  |
|         |          | Total          | 313917.343 |
|         | Arhar    | --             | --         |
|         | Soyabeen | --             | --         |
|         | Mustard  | Rajasthan      | 1714.821   |
| 2015-16 | Lentils  | Madhya Pradesh | 2605.39    |
|         |          | Uttar Pradesh  | 382.29     |
|         |          | Total          | 2987.68    |
|         | Gram     | Maharashtra    | 94.64      |
|         |          | Madhya Pradesh | 5022.37    |
|         |          | Rajasthan      | 14778.26   |
|         |          | Uttar Pradesh  | 353.95     |
|         |          | Andhra Pradesh | 16.95      |
|         |          | Total          | 20266.16   |
|         | Arhar    | Maharashtra    | 13890.58   |
|         |          | Telangana      | 3589.120   |
|         |          | Madhya Pradesh | 1786.27    |
|         |          | Karnataka      | 734.62     |
|         |          | Total          | 20000.58   |
|         | Soyabeen | --             | --         |
|         | Mustard  | --             | --         |

## ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2271 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 29.11.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

List of Agencies participating in Procurement operations

|   S.No. | STATES/ UTs   | Agencies                                       | Agencies                                                       | Agencies                        | Agencies   | Agencies   | Agencies   | Agencies   | Agencies                               | Agencies   |
|---------|---------------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------------------------------|------------|
|       1 | A.P.          | APSCSC                                         |                                                                |                                 |            |            |            |            |                                        |            |
|       2 | Telangana     | TSCSC                                          |                                                                |                                 |            |            |            |            |                                        |            |
|       3 | Assam         | FCI                                            | Assam State Agricultural Marketing Board                       | NCCF                            |            |            |            |            |                                        |            |
|       4 | Bihar         | Bihar state Food &Civil Supplies Co- opeartion | Primary agriculture co- operative Credit Society/vyapar mandal | -                               |            |            |            |            |                                        |            |
|       5 | Chattisgarh   | Marketing Federation of Chhattisgarh State     |                                                                |                                 |            |            |            |            |                                        |            |
|       6 | Gujarat       | FCI                                            | GSCSC                                                          |                                 |            |            |            |            |                                        |            |
|       7 | H.P.          | FCI                                            |                                                                |                                 |            |            |            |            |                                        |            |
|       8 | Haryana       | Food Dept.                                     | HAFED                                                          | HSWC                            | HAIC       | FCI        |            |            |                                        |            |
|       9 | J&K           | FCI                                            |                                                                |                                 |            |            |            |            |                                        |            |
|      10 | Jharkhand     | FCI                                            | NCML                                                           | State Agency through LAMPS/PACS |            |            |            |            |                                        |            |
|      11 | Karnataka     | KFCSC                                          | KSWC                                                           | KSCMF                           |            |            |            |            |                                        |            |
|      12 | Kerala        | Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation        |                                                                |                                 |            |            |            |            |                                        |            |
|      13 | M.P.          | MPSCSC                                         | Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd.     |                                 |            |            |            |            |                                        |            |
|      14 | Maharashtra   | Maharshtra State Marketing Federation          | Maharshtra State Tribal Development Corporation Ltd.           |                                 |            |            |            |            |                                        |            |
|      15 | Odisha        | OSCSC                                          | Markfed                                                        | TDCCOL                          | NACOF      | FCI        |            |            |                                        |            |
|      16 | Punjab        | FCI                                            | PSWC                                                           | PUNGRAIN                        | PUNSUP     | PAFC       | Markfed    |            |                                        |            |
|      17 | Rajasthan     | FCI                                            | Rajfed                                                         | Tilam Sangh                     | RSWC       | RSFCSC     |            |            |                                        |            |
|      18 | Tamilnadu     | TNCSC                                          |                                                                |                                 |            |            |            |            |                                        |            |
|      19 | U.P.          | RFC                                            | UPPCF                                                          | UPSS                            | UP-Agro    | SFC        | KKN        | NCCF       | Multi sectoral Co-operatives Societies | FCI        |
|      20 | Uttrakhand    | FCI                                            | Food &Civil Supply Deptt.                                      | Co-operative Societies          |            |            |            |            |                                        |            |
|      21 | WB            | BENFED                                         | CONFED                                                         | NAFED                           | WBECSC     | NCCF       | NACOF      |            |                                        |            |

Data prepared as per infromation provided by FCI, Regional offices

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## Procurement  of Rice during last 2 years and current year

Fig in LMT

| S.No.       | STATES/ UTs   |   KMS2014-15 |   KMS2015-16 |   Change in Procurement* |   KMS2016-17** |
|-------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------------------|----------------|
| A.P.        | 35.96         |        43.36 |         7.4  |                     0.32 |           1    |
| Telangana   | 35.04         |        15.79 |       -19.25 |                     3.13 |           2    |
| Assam       | 0.15          |         0.42 |         0.27 |                     0    |           3    |
| Bihar       | 16.14         |        12.25 |        -3.89 |                     0    |           4    |
| Chattisgarh | 34.23         |        34.42 |         0.19 |                     0    |           5    |
| Gujarat     | 0.00          |         0.01 |         0.01 |                     0    |           6    |
| H.P.        | 0.00          |         0    |         0    |                     0    |           7    |
| Haryana     | 20.15         |        28.61 |         8.46 |                    35.65 |           8    |
| J&K         | 0.00          |         0.07 |         0.07 |                     0.04 |           9    |
| Jharkhand   | 0.06          |         2.06 |         2    |                     0    |          10    |
| Karnataka   | 0.88          |         0.55 |        -0.33 |                     0    |          11    |
| Kerala      | 3.74          |         3.82 |         0.08 |                     0.86 |          12    |
| M.P.        | 8.07          |         8.49 |         0.42 |                     0.02 |          13    |
| Maharashtra | 1.99          |         2.3  |         0.31 |                     0.25 |          14    |
| Odisha      | 33.57         |        33.69 |         0.12 |                     0    |          15    |
| Punjab      | 77.86         |        93.5  |        15.64 |                   109.66 |          16    |
| Rajasthan   | 0.00          |         0    |         0    |                     0    |          17    |
| Tamilnadu   | 10.51         |        11.92 |         1.41 |                     0.08 |          18    |
| U.P.        | 16.98         |        29.1  |        12.12 |                     1.32 |          19    |
| Uttrakhand  | 4.65          |         5.98 |         1.33 |                     1.18 |          20    |
| WB          | 20.32         |        15.68 |        -4.64 |                     0    |          21    |
| Others      | 0.10          |         0.16 |         0.06 |                     0    |          22    |
| Total       | Total         |       320.4  |       342.18 |                    21.78 |         152.51 |

* - sign shows decrease in procurement

** KMS 2016-17 is under progress. Data reported as on 23.11.2016

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ANNEXUR-IV ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2271 DUE FOR ANSWER  ON 29.11.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

## Procurement of Wheat during last 2 years and current year

Fig in LMT

| S.N.           | STATES/ UTs         |   RMS2015- 16 |   RMS2016-17 | Change in Procurement*   |
|----------------|---------------------|---------------|--------------|--------------------------|
| 1 A.P. (A.P.   | and Telangana) 0.00 |          0    |         0    |                          |
| Assam          | 0.00                |          0    |         0    | 2                        |
| Bihar          | 0.00                |          0    |         0    | 3                        |
| Chhattisgarh   | 0.00                |          0    |         0    | 4                        |
| Gujarat        | 0.73                |          0    |        -0.73 | 5                        |
| Haryana        | 67.78               |         67.52 |        -0.26 | 6                        |
| H.P.           | 0.00                |          0    |         0    | 7                        |
| J&K            | 0.00                |          0    |         0    | 8                        |
| Jharkhand      | 0.00                |          0    |         0    | 9                        |
| Karnataka      | 0.00                |          0    |         0    | 10                       |
| M.P.           | 73.09               |         39.92 |       -33.17 | 11                       |
| Maharashtra    | 0.00                |          0    |         0    | 12                       |
| Orissa         | 0.00                |          0    |         0    | 13                       |
| Punjab         | 103.44              |        106.49 |         3.05 | 14                       |
| Rajasthan      | 13.00               |          7.62 |        -5.38 | 15                       |
| 16 UP          | 22.67               |          7.97 |       -14.7  |                          |
| Uttrakhand     | 0.04                |          0.02 |        -0.02 | 17                       |
| 18 West Bengal | 0.00                |          0    |         0    |                          |
| Others         | 0.13                |          0.07 |        -0.06 | 19                       |
| TOTAL          | TOTAL               |        280.88 |       229.61 | -51.27                   |

* - sign shows decrease in procurement ***

## ANNEXURE V

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (f) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2271 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 29.11.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

## Purchase Centres Operated for Paddy Procurement By FCI and State Govt/ Agencies

As on 01.10.2016

| SL. No.     | Region       | KMS 2013-14   | KMS 2013-14    | KMS 2013-14   | KMS 2014-15   | KMS 2014-15    | KMS 2014-15   | KMS 2015-16   | KMS 2015-16    | KMS 2015-16   | KMS 2015-16   |
|-------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
| SL. No.     | Region       | FCI           | State Agencies | Total         | FCI           | State Agencies | Total         | FCI           | State Agencies | Private       | Total         |
| 1           | AP           | 0             | 2000           | 2000          | 0             | 837            | 837           | 0             | 2425           | NA            | 2425          |
| 2           | Telangana    | 0             | 2000           | 2000          | 0             | 2382           | 2382          | 0             | 3005           | NA            | 3005          |
| 3           | Assam        | 14            | 40             | 54            | 25            | 40             | 65            | 29            | 40             | 0             | 69            |
| 4           | Bihar        | --            | 9187           | 9187          | 0             | 9524           | 9524          | 0             | 7832           | 0             | 7832          |
| 5           | Chhatisgarh  | 0             | 1975           | 1975          | 0             | 1976           | 1976          | 0             | 1982           | NA            | 1982          |
| 6           | Delhi        | 4             | 0              | 4             | 2             | 0              | 2             | 0             | 0              | 0             | 0             |
| 7           | Gujrat       | 0             | 55             | 55            | 7             | 58             | 65            | 6             | 58             | NA            | 64            |
| 8           | Haryana      | 39            | 146            | 185           | 47            | 144            | 191           | 7             | 185            | NA            | 192           |
| 9           | HP           | 5             | 0              | 5             | 0             | 0              | 0             | 1             | 0              | NA            | 1             |
| 10          | Jharkhand    | 10            | 886            | 896           | 10            | 886            | 896           | 25            | 229            | 201           | 455           |
| 11          | JK           | 5             | 0              | 5             | 8             | 0              | 8             | NR            | 15             | NA            | 15            |
| 12          | Karnataka    | 0             | 50             | 50            | 0             | 162            | 162           | 0             | 89             | NA            | 89            |
| 13          | Kerela       | 0             | 690            | 690           | 0             | 490            | 490           | 0             | 749            | NA            | 749           |
| 14          | Maharashtr a | 0             | 519            | 519           | 0             | 408            | 408           | 0             | 744            | NA            | 744           |
| 15          | MP           | 0             | 825            | 825           | 0             | 1117           | 1117          | 0             | 1065           | NA            | 1065          |
| 16          | Orissa       | 30            | 3296           | 3326          | 5             | 3093           | 3098          | 4             | 3295           | NA            | 3299          |
| 17          | Pundicherry  | 0             | 0              | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0             | NR            | NR             | NA            |               |
| 18          | Punjab       | 270           | 1518           | 1788          | 212           | 1568           | 1780          | 288           | 1504           | NA            | 1792          |
| 19          | Rajasthan    | 0             | 0              | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0             | 0             | 0              | NA            | 0             |
| 20          | TN           | 0             | 1650           | 1650          | 0             | 1500           | 1500          | 0             | 1808           | 0             | 1808          |
| 21          | UP           | 64            | 2615           | 2679          | 106           | 2347           | 2453          | 115           | 2428           | 153           | 2696          |
| 22          | Uttrakhand   | 5             | 57             | 62            | 0             | 67             | 67            | 0             | 78             | NA            | 78            |
| 23          | WB           | 0             | 10900          | 10900         | 0             | 17802          | 17802         | 63            | 50677          | 47            | 50787         |
| GRAND TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL  | 446           | 36409          | 36855         | 422           | 44401          | 44823         | 538           | 76385          | 401           | 79147         |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART  (f) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2271 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 29.11.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

## STATEMENT SHOWING THE LIST OF PURCHASE CENTRES OPERATED DURING LAST 3 YEARS

As on  25.07.2016

| REGION        | 2014-15   | 2014-15        | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16        | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17        | 2016-17   |
|---------------|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|----------------|-----------|
|               | FCI       | State Agencies | Total     | FCI       | State Agencies | Total     | FCI       | State Agencies | Total     |
| PUNJAB        | 311       | 1316 1627      |           | 437       | 1316           | 1753      | 451       | 1371           | 1822      |
| HARYANA       | 69        | 272            | 341       | 0         | 377            | 377       | 75        | 303            | 378       |
| UTTARPD.      | 100       | 4945           | 5045      | 138       | 5025           | 5163      | 132       | 4753           | 4885      |
| RAJASTHA N    | 92        | 299            | 391       | 155       | 116            | 271       | 119       | 184            | 303       |
| MADHYA PD.    | 0         | 2980           | 2980      | 0         | 2967           | 2967      | Nil       | 2957           | 2957      |
| DELHI         | 2         | 0              | 2         | 2         | 0              | 2         | NA        | NA             | NA        |
| BIHAR         | 0         | 8997           | 8997      | 0         | 9035           | 9035      | 0         | 9019           | 9019      |
| H.P.          | 6         | 0              | 6         | 4         | 0              | 4         | 4         | NA             | 4         |
| GUJARAT       | 29        | 195            | 224       | 18        | 179            | 197       | 0         | 203            | 203       |
| JHARKHAN D    | 0         | 0              | 0         | 10        | -              | 10        | 2         | NA             | 2         |
| CHHATTISG ARH | -         | -              | -         | -         | -              |           | NA        | NA             | NA        |
| J&K           | 6         | 0              | 6         | 9         | -              | 9         | NA        | NA             | NA        |
| MAHARAS HTRA  | 0         | 68             | 68        | -         | 113            | 113       | NA        | NA             | NA        |
| UTTRAKHA ND   | 20        | 179            | 199       | 0         | 187            | 187       | 0         | 155            | 155       |
| WEST BENGAL   | 0         | 25             | 25        | -         | -              |           | NA        | NA             | NA        |
| TOTAL         | 635       | 19,276         | 19,911    | 773       | 19,315         | 20,088    | 783       | 18945          | 19728     |

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