Lok Sabha Question No. 4305 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: Foodgrains for Disaster Affected States
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: MANSHANKAR NINAMA, BHARAT SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4305

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th  MARCH, 2017

## FOODGRAINS FOR DISASTER AFFECTED STATES

4305.

SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA: SHRI BHARAT SINGH:

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- (a) whether the Union Government is providing additional foodgrains to the States affected by the natural disasters and if so, the criteria fixed by the Government for providing additional foodgrains to the States affected by the natural disasters;
- (b) the  number  of  States  to  which  the  foodgrains  has  been  provided during the last three years and the quantum of foodgrains provided to these States during the said period, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether the  foodgrains  has  been  provided  free  of  cost  through  the central assistance and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) 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) to (d):   As  per  the  existing  policy,  in  case  of  natural  calamities,  the allocation  of  foodgrains  for  3  months  of  demand  can  be  made  to  the States/UTs on the basis of the request received so that the relief measures are not affected. However, for the demands beyond 3 months the proposal must be recommended by Ministry of Agriculture (in case of drought) and Ministry of Home Affairs (in case of natural calamities other than drought & in cases of law and order situations). The allocation of foodgrains is made at MSP and MSP derived rates for wheat and rice respectively. Responsibility for distribution of foodgrains lies with the State Governments/Union Territories concerned.

Based on the request received from the States/UTs, Government of India has allocated additional foodgrains for natural calamities. The details are placed at annexure.

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## Annex

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO  4305  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  28 TH   MARCH,  2017  IN  LOK SABHA.

Additional allocation of foodgrains (in tons) made by GOI for natural calamity during last three years:

2014-15

| States        |   Rice |   Wheat |   Total | Purpose   |
|---------------|--------|---------|---------|-----------|
| Assam         |  35000 |       0 |   35000 | Flood     |
| Bihar         |  25000 |   25000 |   50000 | Flood     |
| Jammu Kashmir | 107026 |   20320 |  127346 | Flood     |

2015-16

| States      |   Rice |   Wheat |   Total | Purpose   |
|-------------|--------|---------|---------|-----------|
| Assam       |  35000 |       0 |   35000 | Flood     |
| Bihar       | 150000 |  150000 |  300000 | Flood     |
| Maharashtra | 163000 |  244000 |  407000 | Drought   |
| Manipur     | 120000 |       0 |  120000 | Flood     |
| Tamil Nadu  |  30000 |       0 |   30000 | Flood     |

2016-17

| States         |   Rice |   Wheat |   Total | Purpose   |
|----------------|--------|---------|---------|-----------|
| Andhra Pradesh | 102312 |       0 |  102312 | Drought   |
| Bihar          |  20000 |       0 |   20000 | Flood     |
| Chhattisgarh   |  82000 |       0 |   82000 | Drought   |
| Gujarat        |   8000 |   48000 |   56000 | Drought   |
| Jharkhand      | 192947 |       0 |  192947 | Drought   |
| Karnataka      |   2577 |    2556 |    5133 | Drought   |
| Madhya         |  24000 |   72000 |   96000 | Drought   |
| Telangana      | 250292 |       0 |  250292 | Drought   |
| Rajasthan      |      0 | 1138200 | 1138200 | Drought   |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 288166 |  471014 |  759180 | Drought   |