Lok Sabha Question No. 2853 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-13
Subject: MSP for Agricultural Produce
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: CHANDU LAL SAHU

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2853

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  March, 2018

## MSP FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE

2853.      SHRI CHANDU LAL SAHU:

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

- (a) the details and quantum of crops purchased at Minimum Support Price (MSP) along with the percentage of crops purchased out of the total production of crops in the country, crop-wise and Statewise including Chhattisgarh;
- (b) the  details  of  the  farmers  who  could  not  sell  their  produce  at  Minimum  Support  Price (MSP), crop-wise and State-wise;
- (c) the details of the arrangement to circulate the copies of the announcement / notification of MSP to the primary units of panchayats and cooperative sectors after the announcement/notification; and
- (d) the details of policy to issue advertisement to news media for publishing the MSP?

## ANSWER

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

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  GAJENDRA SINGH SEHKHAWAT)

- (a) & (b): As  per  prescribed  guidelines  of  present  procurement  mechanism,  Government procures  notified  farm  produce  of  Fair  Average  Quality  (FAQ)  in  consultation  with  the concerned State Government when market price of these farm produce goes below the MSP. However, if farmers gets better price in comparison to MSP, they are free to sell their produce in open market. The details of quantum of crops purchased at MSP alongwith its percentage crop-wise and State-wise including Chhattisgarh are at annexure-I to annexure-IV.
- (c) & (d): Government issues circular to all State Governments for Kharif and Rabi crops while requesting to take necessary action for providing price support operations as well as for wide  dissemination  of  related  information  regarding  MSP.  Further,  Government  has  taken several  steps  for  awareness  of  MSP  among  farmers  through  use  of  print,  audio  and  visual media, dedicated television channels, Kisan Call Centre and SMS to farmers etc.

Annexure-l

## Details of quantum of Pulses & Oilseeds procured at MSP  under PSS and its perctange in 2017-18

| States         | Pulse/ oilseed   | Commodities   |   Estimated production (In MT) | Procurement* (in MT)   | %of Procurement   |
|----------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
| Haryana        | Oil Seed         | Mustard       |                         903500 | 36940.18               | 4%                |
|                | Oil Seed         | Sunflower     |                          12500 | 4358.71                | 35%               |
| Madhya         | Pulses           | Moong         |                         163800 | 111000                 | 68%               |
| Pradesh        | Pulses           | Urad          |                          21000 | 15747.65               | 75%               |
| Odisha         | Pulses           | Moong         |                          61400 | 1405.99                | 0.02              |
| Odisha         | Oil Seed         | Sunflower     |                          21100 | 177.00                 | 0.01              |
| Odisha         | Oil Seed         | Ground nut    |                          30500 | 947.77                 | 0.03              |
| Rajasthan      | Pulse            | Moong         |                         776800 | 262203.85              | 34%               |
| Rajasthan      | Pulse            | Urad          |                         327200 | 130855.44              | 40%               |
| Rajasthan      | Oil Seed         | Ground nut    |                        1131500 | 146286.96              | 13%               |
| Rajasthan      | Oil Seed         | Soyabean      |                        1047700 | 11620.62               | 1%                |
| Maharashtra    | Oil Seed         | Soyabean      |                        4210300 | 26283.64               | 1%                |
| Maharashtra    | Pulse            | Moong         |                         164000 | 5434.15                | 3%                |
| Maharashtra    | Pulse            | Tur           |                         983600 | 74070.29               | 8%                |
| Maharashtra    | Pulse            | Chana         |                        1880900 | 0                      | 0%                |
| Maharashtra    | Pulse            | Urad          |                         177100 | 58663.95               | 33%               |
| Telangana      | Oil Seed         | Sunflower     |                           6000 | 112.10                 | 2%                |
| Telangana      | Oil Seed         | Groundnut     |                         281000 | 0                      | 0%                |
| Telangana      | Pulse            | Moong         |                          59000 | 3329.26                | 6%                |
| Telangana      | Pulse            | Tur           |                         219400 | 75300                  | 34%               |
| Telangana      | Pulse            | Urad          |                          26000 | 11717                  | 45%               |
| Telangana      | Pulse            | Chana         |                         125000 | 4449.95                | 4%                |
| Telangana      | Oil Seed         | Soyabean      |                         240000 | 34724.15               | 14%               |
| Telangana      | Oil Seed         | Ground nut    |                          50000 | 0                      | 0%                |
| Telangana      | Oil Seed         | Ground nut    |                         252000 | 0                      | 0%                |
| Karnataka      | Pulse            | Moong         |                          83000 | 21902.14               | 26%               |
| Karnataka      | Pulse            | Urad          |                          40000 | 13183.00               | 33%               |
| Karnataka      | Pulse            | Tur           |                         729200 | 256753.73              | 35%               |
| Karnataka      | Pulse            | Chana         |                         825000 | 7082.65                | 1%                |
| Karnataka      | Oil Seed         | Ground nut    |                         232000 | 11934.24               | 5%                |
| Gujarat        | Oil Seed         | Mustard       |                         336000 | 0                      | 0%                |
| Gujarat        | Pulse            | Moong         |                          62000 | 0                      | 0%                |
| Gujarat        | Pulse            | Urad          |                          82000 | 19550.58               | 24%               |
| Gujarat        | Pulse            | Tur           |                         314000 | 0                      | 0%                |
| Gujarat        | Oil Seed         | Ground nut    |                        3206000 | 809660.61              | 25%               |
| Andhra Pradesh | Pulse            | Moong         |                          11000 | 2471.40                | 22%               |
| Andhra Pradesh | Pulse            | Urad          |                          32000 | 13,600.00              | 43%               |
| Andhra Pradesh | Pulse            | Chana         |                         549000 | 2,452.05               | 0%                |
| Andhra Pradesh | Pulse            | Tur           |                         139000 | 13,749.56              | 10%               |
| Andhra Pradesh | Oil Seed         | Ground nut    |                         802000 | 60664.55               | 8%                |
| Uttar          | Pulse            | Moong         |                          18000 | 0                      | 0%                |
| Pradesh        | Pulse            | Urad          |                         283000 | 22578.26               | 8%                |

| West Bengal   | Oil Seed   | Sesamum    |   217500 |   3419.81 | 2%   |
|---------------|------------|------------|----------|-----------|------|
|               | Oil Seed   | Ground nut |   178000 |         0 | 0%   |
|               | Pulse      | Urad       |    47600 |         0 | 0%   |

* as on 06.03.2018

## Annexure-II

## PRODUCTION, PROCUREMENT AND PERCENTAGE

## PROCUREMENT OF RICE

(Figures in LMT)

| STATE/UT          | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| STATE/UT          | Prod.#    | Proc.##   | %Proc     |
| A&NISLANDS        |           |           |           |
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 80.51     | 25.94     | 32.21     |
| TELANGANA         | 58.25     | 12.23     | 21.00     |
| ASSAM             | 51.58     | 0.16      | 0.32      |
| BIHAR             | 72.96     | 4.90      | 6.71      |
| CHANDIGARH        |           | 0.14      |           |
| CHHATISGARH       | 69.11     | 32.07     | 46.40     |
| DELHI             |           |           |           |
| GUJARAT           | 17.62     | 0.01      | 0.04      |
| HARYANA           | 39.47     | 39.67     | 100.50    |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 1.31      |           | 0.00      |
| JAMMU&KASHMIR     | 5.96      | 0.13      | 2.14      |
| JHARKHAND         | 37.75     | 0.98      | 2.58      |
| KARNATAKA         | 23.59     |           | 0.00      |
| KERALA            | 4.19      | 1.22      | 29.21     |
| MADHYAPRADESH     | 39.08     | 10.96     | 28.03     |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 26.61     | 1.51      | 5.67      |
| NAGALAND          |           |           |           |
| ODISHA            | 76.19     | 22.77     | 29.89     |
| PUDUCHERRY        |           |           |           |
| PUNJAB            | 122.83    | 118.33    | 96.33     |
| RAJASTHAN         | 4.29      |           | 0.00      |
| TAMIL NADU        | 63.96     | 2.95      | 4.61      |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 133.46    | 28.61     | 21.44     |
| UTTRAKHAND        | 6.63      | 0.38      | 5.77      |
| WEST BENGAL       | 149.90    | 0.20      | 0.13      |
| OTHERS            | 24.83     |           |           |
| ALL INDIA TOTAL : | 1110.08   | 303.15    | 27.31     |

#As per Second Advance Estimates ## As on 08.03.2018 $ Kharif Crop only

Annexure-III

## PRODUCTION, PROCUREMENT AND PERCENTAGE PROCUREMENT OF WHEAT

(Figures in LMT)

| STATE/UT         | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   |
|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|                  | Prod.     | Proc. $   | %Proc     |
| Punjab           | 164.41    | 117.06    | 71.20     |
| Haryana          | 115.47    | 74.32     | 64.36     |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 300.56    | 36.99     | 12.31     |
| Uttarakhand      | 8.82      | 0.02      | 0.23      |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 179.39    | 67.25     | 37.49     |
| Gujarat          | 27.37     | 0.07      | 0.26      |
| Rajasthan        | 89.85     | 12.45     | 13.86     |
| Bihar            | 51.11     |           | 0.00      |
| Jharkhand        | 4.25      |           | 0.00      |
| Karnataka        | 1.71      |           | 0.00      |
| Delhi            |           |           |           |
| J&K              | 4.76      |           | 0.00      |
| Maharashtra      | 18.75     |           | 0.00      |
| Odisha           |           |           |           |
| Himachal Pradesh | 7.04      |           | 0.00      |
| Chandigarh       |           | 0.08      |           |
| West Bengal      | 8.63      |           | 0.00      |
| Chhattisgarh     | 1.60      |           | 0.00      |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 0.00      |           |           |
| Assam            | 0.24      |           | 0.00      |
| Telangana        | 0.07      |           | 0.00      |
| Others           | 1.09      |           | 0.00      |
| All IndiaTotal : | 985.10    | 308.24    | 31.29     |

## Annexure-IV

## PRODUCTION, PROCUREMENT AND PERCENTAGE PROCUREMENT OF COTTON

| State                | Production of cotton As per CAB   | 2017-18 as on 6 th March 2018   | 2017-18 as on 6 th March 2018   |
|----------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|                      | (in lakh bales)                   | Qty in lakh bales               | %of total production            |
| Punjab               | 12.00                             | --                              | --                              |
| Haryana              | 25.00                             | --                              | --                              |
| Rajasthan            | 22.00                             | --                              | --                              |
| Gujarat              | 104.00                            | 0.79                            | 0.8%                            |
| Maharashtra          | 85.00                             | 0.15                            | 0.2%                            |
| Madhya Pradesh       | 20.00                             | 0.08                            | 0.4%                            |
| Telangana            | 57.00                             | 2.64                            | 4.6%                            |
| Andhra Pradesh       | 22.00                             | 0.06                            | 0.3%                            |
| Karnataka*           | 19.00                             | --                              | --                              |
| Tamil Nadu           | 6.00                              | --                              | --                              |
| Orissa               | 3.00                              | 0.02                            | 0.7%                            |
| West Bengal &Others* | 2.00                              | --                              | --                              |
| Total                | 377.00                            | 3.74                            | 1.0%                            |

* Cotton production in Chhattisgarh is Nil.

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