Lok Sabha Question No. 4224 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: Procurement of Foodgrains
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: RAHUL KASWAN

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4224 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th  MARCH, 2017

## PROCUREMENT OF FOODGRAINS

SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

4224.

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- (a) the details of the total procurement made by the Food Corporation of India  in  the  country  during  the  last  three  years,  State-wise  including Rajasthan;
- (b) whether  Private  Sector  Companies  have  been  allowed  to  procure foodgrains;
- (c) if so, the names of the private companies engaged in procurement in Rajasthan; and
- (d) the details of the foodgrains along with their prices procured by the said companies during the last three years, State-wise including Rajasthan?

## A N S W E R

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

(a):  The  total  quantum  of  paddy  in  terms  of  rice,  wheat  and  coarsegrains procured  by  Govt.  agencies  including  Food  Corporation  of  India  (FCI)  for Central  Pool  during  the  last  three  years  State-wise  including  Rajasthan  is enclosed as Annexure-I, II & III respectively.

(b),  (c)  &  (d):  To  increase  outreach  of  Minimum  Support  Price  (MSP) operations for paddy in eastern states of the country, private players have been engaged in paddy/rice procurement at MSP in Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand & West Bengal.

No  private  player  has  been  engaged  for  procurement  operation  in Rajasthan and no procurement has been done through private players in the State of Rajasthan during last three years.

Total procurement of rice by private players at MSP during Kharif Marketing -14 to KMS 2015-16 is as under:-

## (Fig. in Metric Tonnes)

| State       | KMS 2013-14   | KMS 2014-15   |   KMS 2015-16 |
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| U.P.        | Nil           | Nil           |         38477 |
| Jharkhand   | Nil           | Nil           |         94977 |
| West Bengal | Nil           | Nil           |         36067 |
| Total       | Nil           | Nil           |        169521 |

MSP of paddy for KMS 2015-16 for Common Paddy is Rs. 1410 per quintal and for Grade 'A' is Rs. 1450 per quintal.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  4224  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  28 TH   MARCH,  2017  IN  LOK SABHA.

## State wise Procurement of Paddy in terms of Rice during last three years

(Fig. in LMT)

| S.No.       | STATES/ UTs   |   KMS 2013-14 |   KMS 2014-15 | KMS 2015-16   |
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| 1 A.P.      | 37.37         |         35.96 |         43.36 |               |
| Telangana   | 43.53         |         35.04 |         15.79 | 2             |
| Assam       | 0.00          |          0.15 |          0.42 | 3             |
| Bihar       | 9.42          |         16.14 |         12.25 | 4             |
| Chandigarh  | 0.12          |          0.1  |          0.16 | 5             |
| Chattisgarh | 42.90         |         34.23 |         34.42 | 6             |
| Delhi       | 0.00          |          0    |          0    | 7             |
| Gujarat     | 0.00          |          0    |          0.01 | 8             |
| Haryana     | 24.06         |         20.15 |         28.61 | 9             |
| H.P.        | 0.00          |          0    |          0    | 10            |
| Jharkhand   | 0.00          |          0.06 |          2.06 | 11            |
| J&K         | 0.00          |          0    |          0.07 | 12            |
| Karnataka   | 0.00          |          0.88 |          0.55 | 13            |
| Kerala      | 3.59          |          3.74 |          3.82 | 14            |
| M.P.        | 10.45         |          8.07 |          8.49 | 15            |
| Maharashtra | 1.61          |          1.99 |          2.3  | 16            |
| Nagaland    | 0.00          |          0    |          0    | 17            |
| Odisha      | 28.01         |         33.57 |         33.69 | 18            |
| Pondicherry | 0.00          |          0    |          0    | 19            |
| Punjab      | 81.06         |         77.86 |         93.5  | 20            |
| Rajasthan   | 0.00          |          0    |          0    | 21            |
| Tamilnadu   | 6.84          |         10.51 |         11.92 | 22            |
| U.P.        | 11.27         |         16.98 |         29.1  | 23            |
| Uttrankhand | 4.63          |          4.65 |          5.98 | 24            |
| West Bengal | 13.59         |         20.32 |         15.68 | 25            |
| Total       | Total         |        318.45 |        320.4  | 342.18        |

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## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  4224  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  28 TH   MARCH,  2017  IN  LOK SABHA.

## State wise procurement of wheat during last three years

(Fig in LMT)

| S.N.         | STATES/ UTs   | RMS 2014-15   | RMS 2015-16   | RMS 2016-17   |
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|              |               | Procurement   | Procurement   | Procurement   |
| AP           | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 1             |
| Assam        | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 2             |
| Bihar        | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 3             |
| Chhattisgarh | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 4             |
| Gujarat      | 0.00          | 0.73          | 0.00          | 5             |
| Haryana      | 64.95         | 67.78         | 67.52         | 6             |
| H.P.         | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 7             |
| J&K          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 8             |
| Jharkhand    | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 9             |
| Karnataka    | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 10            |
| M.P.         | 70.94         | 73.09         | 39.92         | 11            |
| Maharashtra  | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 12            |
| Orissa       | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 13            |
| Punjab       | 116.41        | 103.44        | 106.49        | 14            |
| Rajasthan    | 21.59         | 13.00         | 7.62          | 15            |
| UP           | 6.28          | 22.67         | 7.97          | 16            |
| Uttrakhand   | 0.01          | 0.04          | 0.02          | 17            |
| West Bengal  | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 18            |
| Others       | 0.05          | 0.13          | 0.07          | 19            |
| TOTAL        | TOTAL         | 280.23        | 280.88        | 229.61        |

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## ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4224 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH MARCH, 2017 IN LOK SABHA.

## STATEMENT SHOWING PROCUREMENT OF COARSEGRAINS

| KMS        | COMMODITY   | A.P.   | TELANGANA   | BIHAR   | C. GARH   | HARYANA   | KARNATAKA   | M.P.   | MAH.   | RAJ.   |   TOTAL |
|------------|-------------|--------|-------------|---------|-----------|-----------|-------------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
| 2013 -2014 | JOWAR       |        |             |         |           |           | 4           | 2      | 85     |        |      91 |
| 2013 -2014 | BAJRA       |        |             |         |           |           |             |        |        |        |       0 |
| 2013 -2014 | MAIZE       | 27918  | 288904      | 722     | 2587      |           | 713807      | 86573  | 95555  |        | 1216066 |
| 2013 -2014 | RAGI        |        |             |         |           |           | 14788       |        |        |        |   14788 |
| 2014 -2015 | JOWAR       |        |             |         |           |           | 6839        | 1643   | 5867   |        |   14349 |
| 2014 -2015 | BAJRA       |        |             |         |           |           |             |        |        |        |       0 |
| 2014 -2015 | MAIZE       | 4945   | 6438        |         |           |           |             | 301842 | 1619   |        |  314844 |
| 2014 -2015 | RAGI        |        |             |         |           |           | 135955      |        |        |        |  135955 |
| 2015 -16   | JOWAR       |        |             |         |           |           | 7129        | 4947   | 16569  |        |   28645 |
| 2015 -16   | BAJRA       |        |             |         |           | 5053      |             |        |        |        |    5053 |
| 2015 -16   | MAIZE       |        |             |         |           |           |             | 22962  | 11     |        |   22973 |
| 2015 -16   | RAGI        |        |             |         |           |           | 203769      |        |        |        |  203769 |

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Figures in Tonnes