Lok Sabha Question No. 1118 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-24
Subject: Lease Out of Delhi Milk Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, BHARAT SINGH, AJAY (TENI) MISRA, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, P.R. SUNDARAM, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS' WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING & FISHERIES LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1118

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 24 TH  JULY 2018

## LEASE OUT OF DELHI MILK SCHEME

1118.   SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI BHARAT SINGH:

SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Delhi Milk Scheme has piled up huge losses and has just 6 per cent market share in the capital's milk market;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  of the  profit/loss  of  DMS  during  each  of the last  three  years  and the current year;
- (c) whether the Government has decided to invite milk cooperatives to run DMS for the next 30 years, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government shortlisted the cooperatives for this purpose, if so, the details thereof;
- (e)  whether  the  employees  of  DMS  will  be  given  retirement  or  will  be  absorbed  in  the  new cooperatives, if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)  the time by which DMS will be handed over to a new cooperative?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE

## (SHRIMATI KRISHNA RAJ)

(a) Yes,  Madam. The accumulated loss of Delhi Milk Scheme (DMS) at the end of financial year 2016-17 was ₹ 769.12  Crore.  No  market  survey  in  respect  of  DMS  has  been  done about  market share in the capital's milk market. However, the year-wise details of total milk sold and average sale of milk per day by DMS during the financial year 2015-16 to 2017-18 are as under:

| Year    |   Total milk sold (Lakh Litres) |   Average sale in Lakh liters/day |
|---------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 2015-16 |                          969.37 |                              2.65 |
| 2016-17 |                          940.23 |                              2.58 |
| 2017-18 |                          866.48 |                              2.37 |

- (b) As  per accounts  audited  by  the  Comptroller and  Auditor  General,  the year-wise  details  of  net profit earned and accumulated loss/profit by DMS during the financial year 2014-15 to 2016-17 are as under:

(Rs. in Crores)

| Year    | Net Profit   | Accumulated Loss/Profit   |
|---------|--------------|---------------------------|
| 2014-15 | (+) 6.65     | (-) 842.57                |
| 2015-16 | (+) 55.30    | (-) 787.27                |
| 2016-17 | (+) 18.15    | (-) 769.12                |

- (c) to (f) Government of India has invited Request for Qualification-cum-Request for Proposal for selection of concessionaire for Operation and Management of Delhi Milk Scheme for 30 years vide Tender  reference  No.  13-4/88-LD.I/Admn.IV  dated  27.06.2018  through                                        eprocurement mode. As per the condition of the tender document concessionaire can adopt its own selection procedure to select those DMS employees who opt to work with the Concessionaire. For the avoidance of doubt it is clarified that those DMS employees who are not selected or does not opt to work with the Concessionaire will continue to be part of the surplus pool of Government of India and can be redeployed anywhere by the Government of India as per rules.

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