Lok Sabha Question No. 839 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-07
Subject: Input Cost of Paddy
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE, GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.839

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH   FEBRUARY, 2017

## INPUT COST OF PADDY

839.      SHRI NANA PATOLE: SHRI G. M. SIDDESHWARA: KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that input cost of paddy growers has increased manifold during the last three years and the current year, whereas the minimum support price of paddy has come down;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  paddy  producing  States  including  Karnataka  and  Andhra Pradesh are not getting remunerative prices for their produce, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (d) the details of the States where farmers are not getting Minimum Support Price and the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (e) whether  it  is  true  that  paddy  growers  have  committed  suicide  in  different  parts  of  the country including Maharashtra on account of the steep rise in the input cost of paddy production and heavy loss due to decline in minimum support price of paddy; and
- (f) if  so,  the  remedial  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  a  reasonable remunerative prices to the paddy growers for their produce?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  S.S. AHLUWALIA)

(a) & (b): All India Weighted Average all paid out cost of production  including family labour (A2+FL)  estimated  by  Commission  for  Agricultural  Costs  and  Prices  (CACP)  and  Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Paddy for last three years and current year i.e. from 2013-14 to 2016-17 are given below:

(Rs. Per quintal)

| Year    |   Cost of production |   MSP |
|---------|----------------------|-------|
| 2013-14 |                  961 |  1310 |
| 2014-15 |                  978 |  1360 |
| 2015-16 |                 1020 |  1410 |
| 2016-17 |                 1045 |  1470 |

(c) & (d): Government ensures remunerative prices to farmers by extending price support for foodgrains including paddy. All the foodgrains, including paddy conforming to the prescribed specifications offered for sale at specified centres are bought at MSP by the public procurement agencies. However, farmers have the option to sell their produce to Government procurement agencies  at  MSP  or  in  the  open  market  as  is  advantageous  to  them.  MSP  for  paddy  is applicable for all the States including Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

## State-wise procurement of rice from 2013-14 to 2016-17 is given at Annexure.

(e) & (f): As  per  the  report  of  the  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB),  causes  of suicides  by  farmers,  inter  alia,  include  crop  failure,  indebtedness,  drought,  socio-economic, personal reasons etc. Separate data on suicide by paddy growers is not available.

Maharashtra is not a major rice producing State. It contributes less than 3% of total rice production in the country.

In  order  to  increase  production  and  productivity  and  to  ensure  higher  returns  the Government  has  taken  several  initiatives  which,  inter  alia,  includes  National  Food  Security Mission  (NFSM),  Bringing  Green  Revolution  to  Eastern  India  (BGREI),  National  Mission  for Sustainable  Agriculture  (NMSA),  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchai  Yojana,  Soil  Health  Card, National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) etc.

## ANNEXURE

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (c) and (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 839 due for reply on 07.02.2017.

## PROCUREMENT Of RICE

| STATE          |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17* |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH |      3738 |      3596 |      4336 |       1785 |
| TELANGANA      |      4353 |      3504 |      1580 |       1092 |
| ASSAM          |         0 |        15 |        42 |         11 |
| BIHAR          |       942 |      1614 |      1225 |        196 |
| CHANDIGARH     |        12 |        10 |        16 |         13 |
| CHHATISGARH    |      4290 |      3423 |      3442 |       4451 |
| HARYANA        |      2406 |      2015 |      2861 |       3570 |
| JHARKHAND      |         0 |         6 |       206 |         12 |
| KARNATAKA      |         0 |        88 |        54 |          0 |
| KERALA         |       359 |       374 |       382 |        129 |
| MADHYA PRADESH |      1044 |       807 |       849 |       1221 |
| MAHARASHTRA    |       161 |       199 |       230 |        176 |
| ODISHA         |      2820 |      3357 |      3369 |       1400 |
| PUNJAB         |      8106 |      7786 |      9350 |      11044 |
| TAMIL NADU     |       684 |      1051 |      1192 |          9 |
| UTTARAKHAND    |       463 |       465 |       598 |        584 |
| UTTAR PRADESH  |      1127 |      1698 |      2910 |       1399 |
| WEST BENGAL    |      1359 |      2032 |      1568 |        120 |
| OTHERS         |         0 |         0 |         8 |         14 |
| T O T A L :    |     31864 |     32040 |     34218 |      27226 |

*  As on 31.01.2017 Source : Department of Food and Public Distribution.

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('000 Tonnes)