Lok Sabha Question No. 3497 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-08
Subject: Wheat Procurement in Chhattisgarh
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: ABHISHEK SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3497 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 th  AUGUST, 2017 WHEAT PROCUREMENT IN CHHATTISGARH

## 3497.   SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether wheat is being procured by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) in Chhattisgarh and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of places at which procurement centres of the FCI have been opened in Chhattisgarh and the target fixed for procurement of wheat this year;
- (c) whether payment of outstanding amount has been made to Chhattisgarh,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  time  by  which  the payment is likely to be made by the Government;
- (d) whether the  Government has received  any  request  from  the  State Government  of  Chhattisgarh  to  re-assess  the  number  of  beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the time by which the reassessment of the beneficiaries is likely to be completed under the scheme?

## A N S W E R

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

(a) & (b): Chhattisgarh is a Decentralized Procurement (DCP) State. Under the DCP scheme, the State Government itself undertakes direct purchase of wheat. The purchase centres are also opened by the State Governments and their agencies as per their requirements.

No  target  was  fixed  for  procurement  of  wheat  for  the  State  of Chhattisgarh for RMS 2017-18 by Government of India.

(c): As far as payment of outstanding provisional subsidy is concerned, a total  of  Rs.  3809.36  Crore  was  released  to  State  of  Chhattisgarh  for  the period  April,  2016  to  March,  2017  and  there  is  no  outstanding  provisional subsidy upto Financial Year 2016-17. For the period April, 2017 to June 2017, an amount of Rs. 400.00 Crore of advance subsidy has also been released to State of Chhattisgarh.

States  submit  their  audited  accounts  for  finalization  of  the  cost sheet.  Final  rates  of  procurement  incidentals  are  fixed  and  any  difference between provisional rates and final rates of incidentals are settled once the final claims are submitted by the State. Final cost sheet for Chhattisgarh has been issued upto KMS 2010-11 and final claims of subsidy have been settled upto 2007-08.

Settlement  of  final  claims  is  done  as  and  when  the  State  submits them to Department of Food and Public Distribution, Government of India. As release of subsidy is a continuous process, any subsidy due is settled along with next quarterly claims submitted by State.

(d) & (e): No such request has been received from the State Government of Chhattisgarh. It is also stated that corresponding to the all India coverage of 75% of the rural and 50% of the urban population, State/UT-wise coverage was determined by the then Planning Commission using a uniform methodology. It is, therefore, not possible to consider requests of individual states for re-assessment of the coverage.

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