Lok Sabha Question No. 3889 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-17
Subject: MSP to Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Mahabali Singh

O.I.H.

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3889

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  17 TH  MARCH, 2020

## MSP TO FARMERS

## 3889.  SHRI MAHABALI SINGH:

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

- (a) whether farmers in the country are still unable to repay their loans as they do not get Minimum Support Price (MSP) for their products;
- (b) if so, the crop-wise details of the Central assistance in terms of MSP provided to the farmers during the periods 2017-18, 2018-19 and from April 2019 to December 2019;
- (c) the details of the payments made to the farmers as MSP during the said period; and
- (d) the  details  of  action  taken  by  the  Government  to  safeguard  the  interests  of  the farmers?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): No such information is available with the government.
- (b) & (c): Does not arise. However, the crop-wise details of procurement made farmers at MSP during  2017-18,    2018-19  and  2019-20  are  at  Annexure-I,  Annexure-II,  Annexure-III and Annexure-IV.  For these procurement, farmers have been granted MSP for their produce.
- (d) :    In order to ensure MSP to farmers an umbrella scheme of 'Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay  SanraksHan  Abhiyan'  (PM-AASHA),  comprising  Price  Support  Scheme  (PSS),  Price Deficiency  Payment  Scheme  (PDPS),  pilot  of  Private  Procurement  and  Stockist  Scheme (PPSS) and existing schemes of Department of Food & Public Distribution  and Ministry of Textiles is being implemented by the Government.

Further, In order to optimize the use of scarce resources and mitigate the uncertainty in  price  and  marketing,  the  Government  has  formulated  and  circulated  a  progressive  and facilitative  Model Act 'The ----State/ UT Agricultural Produce & Livestock Contract Farming and Services (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2018' in May, 2018 covering  the entire value and supply chain from pre-production to post harvest marketing including services contract for the agricultural produce and livestock. In order to provide better marketing facilities to the farmers,  the  Government  has  circulated  a  new  model  'The  Agricultural  Produce  and Livestock  Marketing  (Promotion  &  Facilitation)  Act,  2017'  in  April  2017  for  its  adoption  by States/ UTs. The model act provides for alternative marketing channels such as setting up of private markets, direct marketing, farmer-consumer markets, special commodity markets, to facilitate farmers in marketing their produce at competitive & remunerative prices. In order to provide  better  marketing  facilities  for  farmers,  the  Government  is  implementing  National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) scheme for transparent price discovery for remunerative prices for the farmers for their produce through competitive online bidding system. Government is also promoting scientific storage facilities in rural areas of the country through the scheme of 'Agricultural  Marketing  Infrastructure  (AMI)',  which  is  a  sub-scheme  under  the  Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM).  Assistance under the sub-scheme is available to Individual, Group of farmers/growers, Registered Farmer Produce Organizations (FPOs) etc. Government in association with concerned State Government is promoting Farmer Producer Organisations  (FPOs)  to  enable  them  to  reach  economy  of  scale  and  better  access  to markets for better realization of prices.  The purpose of the FPO is to collectivize farmers, especially small producers, at various levels across several states, so as to foster technology penetration,  improve  productivity,  enable  improved  access  to  inputs  and  services  and increase farmer incomes, thereby strengthening their sustainable agriculture based livelihoods. In order to provide better marketing facilities to the farmers to sell their produce directly to consumer  &  bulk purchaser, the  Government  has  approved Agri-Market Infrastructure  Fund  (AMIF)  with  a  corpus  of  Rs.  2000  crore  for  developing  and  upgrading agricultural  marketing infrastructure  in    Gramin  Haats  and 585  Agriculture  Produce  Market Committee (APMC) Markets.

Annexure-I

| Details of Pulses, Oilseeds and Copra Procured at MSP under PSS   | Details of Pulses, Oilseeds and Copra Procured at MSP under PSS   | Details of Pulses, Oilseeds and Copra Procured at MSP under PSS   | Details of Pulses, Oilseeds and Copra Procured at MSP under PSS   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year/Season/Commodity                                             | Quantity Procured (IN MTs)                                        | MSP Value                                                         | (Rs. IN LAKH)                                                     |
| 2017-18                                                           | 2742747.56                                                        |                                                                   | 1363885.34                                                        |
| KHARIF 2017                                                       | 2566747.07                                                        |                                                                   | 1278918.72                                                        |
| GROUNDNUT                                                         | 1049136.91                                                        |                                                                   | 466865.92                                                         |
| MOONG                                                             | 294903.19                                                         |                                                                   | 164408.53                                                         |
| SOYABEAN                                                          | 72282.10                                                          |                                                                   | 22046.04                                                          |
| TOOR                                                              | 873758.62                                                         |                                                                   | 476198.45                                                         |
| URAD                                                              | 276666.25                                                         |                                                                   | 149399.78                                                         |
| RABI 2017                                                         | 176000.49                                                         |                                                                   | 84966.63                                                          |
| GROUNDNUT                                                         | 947.77                                                            |                                                                   | 399.96                                                            |
| MOONG                                                             | 112405.99                                                         |                                                                   | 58732.13                                                          |
| MUSTARD SEED                                                      | 36940.18                                                          |                                                                   | 13667.87                                                          |
| SESAMUM SEED                                                      | 3419.81                                                           |                                                                   | 1709.91                                                           |
| SUNFLOWER SEED                                                    | 6539.09                                                           |                                                                   | 2582.94                                                           |
| URAD                                                              | 15747.65                                                          |                                                                   | 7873.83                                                           |
| 2018-19                                                           | 5791051.31                                                        |                                                                   | 2723670.72                                                        |
| KHARIF 2018                                                       | 1804618.31                                                        |                                                                   | 999165.37                                                         |
| GROUNDNUT                                                         | 717384.17                                                         |                                                                   | 350800.86                                                         |
| MOONG                                                             | 302681.13                                                         |                                                                   | 211120.09                                                         |
| NIGERSEED                                                         | 15.90                                                             |                                                                   | 9.34                                                              |
| SOYABEAN                                                          | 19483.02                                                          |                                                                   | 6622.28                                                           |
| URAD                                                              | 474053.22                                                         |                                                                   | 265469.80                                                         |
| RABI 2018                                                         |                                                                   |                                                                   | 1724505.35                                                        |
|                                                                   | 3986433.00                                                        |                                                                   | 1218549.27                                                        |
| GROUNDNUT                                                         | 2769430.16 2445.77                                                |                                                                   | 1088.37                                                           |
| MASOOR                                                            | 246943.85                                                         |                                                                   | 104951.14                                                         |
| MOONG                                                             | 4279.16                                                           |                                                                   | 2385.63                                                           |
| MUSTARD SEED                                                      | 873661.00                                                         |                                                                   | 349464.40                                                         |
| SUNFLOWER SEED                                                    | 2745.43                                                           |                                                                   | 1125.63                                                           |
| URAD                                                              | 86927.63                                                          |                                                                   | 46940.92                                                          |
| 2019-20*                                                          | 3201246.18                                                        |                                                                   | 1546836.66                                                        |
| COPRA                                                             | 313.84                                                            |                                                                   | 298.81                                                            |
|                                                                   |                                                                   |                                                                   | 0.17                                                              |
| MILLING COPRA                                                     | 313.66                                                            |                                                                   | 298.64                                                            |
| KHARIF 2019                                                       | 1195373.61                                                        |                                                                   | 657418.90                                                         |
| GROUNDNUT                                                         | 720664.00                                                         |                                                                   | 366817.98                                                         |
| MOONG                                                             | 140018.46                                                         |                                                                   | 98713.01                                                          |
| SOYABEAN                                                          | 10677.68                                                          |                                                                   | 3961.42                                                           |
| TOOR                                                              | 323881.16                                                         |                                                                   | 187851.07                                                         |
| URAD                                                              | 132.31                                                            |                                                                   | 75.42                                                             |
| RABI 2019                                                         | 1969330.38                                                        |                                                                   | 871457.63                                                         |
| GRAM                                                              | 776406.21                                                         |                                                                   | 358699.67                                                         |
| GROUNDNUT                                                         | 130.76                                                            |                                                                   | 63.94                                                             |
| MASOOR                                                            | 56237.87                                                          |                                                                   | 25166.45                                                          |
| MOONG                                                             | 26033.03                                                          |                                                                   | 18158.04                                                          |
| MUSTARD SEED                                                      | 1088945.26                                                        |                                                                   | 457357.01 1797.61                                                 |
|                                                                   | 3336.33                                                           |                                                                   |                                                                   |
| SUNFLOWER SEED                                                    | 18240.92                                                          |                                                                   | 10214.92                                                          |
| RABI 2020                                                         | 36228.35                                                          |                                                                   | 17661.32                                                          |
| GRAM                                                              | 36228.35                                                          |                                                                   | 17661.32                                                          |

## STATEMENT SHOWING PROCUREMENT OF RICE

(Figures in LMT)

| STATE/UT          | KMS 2017-18   | KMS 2018-19   | KMS 2019-20#   |
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
| A&N ISLANDS       |               |               |                |
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 40.00         | 52.54         | 40.00          |
| TELANGANA         | 36.18         | 45.00         | 30.00          |
| ASSAM             | 0.35          | 1.00          | 1.00           |
| BIHAR             | 7.93          | 8.00          | 12.00          |
| CHANDIGARH        | 0.14          |               |                |
| CHHATISGARH       | 32.55         | 40.00         | 48.00          |
| DELHI             |               |               |                |
| GUJARAT           | 0.01          |               | 0.35           |
| HARYANA           | 39.92         | 39.75         | 40.00          |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  |               |               | 0.01           |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR    | 0.13          |               |                |
| JHARKHAND         | 1.43          | 2.50          | 2.00           |
| KARNATAKA         |               | 2.00          | 2.00           |
| KERALA            | 3.29          | 3.70          | 2.50           |
| MADHYAPRADESH     | 10.96         | 13.00         | 14.00          |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 1.79          | 5.50          | 6.00           |
| NAGALAND          |               |               |                |
| ODISHA            | 32.87         | 37.00         | 34.00          |
| PUDUCHERRY        |               |               |                |
| PUNJAB            | 118.33        | 114.00        | 114.00         |
| NEF (TRIPURA)     |               |               | 0.50           |
| RAJASTHAN         |               |               |                |
| TAMIL NADU        | 10.11         | 14.80         | 8.00           |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 28.75         | 33.00         | 33.00          |
| UTTRAKHAND        | 0.38          | 5.00          | 5.00           |
| WEST BENGAL       | 16.73         | 31.00         | 23.00          |
| OTHERS            |               | 0.25          | 0.64           |
| ALL INDIA TOTAL : | 381.85        | 448.04        | 416.00         |

# As on 31.01.2020

## Annexure-II

## STATEMENT SHOWING PROCUREMENT OF WHEAT

## Annexure-III

(Figures in LMT)

| STATE/UT         | RMS 2017-18   | RMS 2018-19   | RMS 2019-20   |
|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Punjab           | 117.06        | 126.92        | 129.12        |
| Haryana          | 74.32         | 87.84         | 93.20         |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 36.99         | 52.94         | 37.00         |
| Uttarakhand      | 0.02          | 1.10          | 0.42          |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 67.25         | 73.13         | 67.25         |
| Gujarat          | 0.07          | 0.37          | 0.05          |
| Rajasthan        | 12.45         | 15.32         | `             |
| Bihar            |               | 0.18          | 0.03          |
| Jharkhand        |               |               |               |
| Karnataka        |               |               |               |
| Delhi            |               |               |               |
| J&K              |               |               |               |
| Maharashtra      |               |               |               |
| Odisha           |               |               |               |
| Himachal Pradesh |               | 0.01          | 0.01          |
| Chandigarh       | 0.08          | 0.14          | 0.12          |
| West Bengal      |               |               |               |
| Chhattisgarh     |               |               |               |
| Andhra Pradesh   |               |               |               |
| Assam            |               |               |               |
| Telangana        |               |               |               |
| Others           |               |               |               |
| All IndiaTotal : | 308.24        | 357.95        | 327.22        |

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Annexure-IV

## STATEMENT FOR PROCUREMENT OF COARSEGRAINS DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR

Figure in tonnes

| KMS     | COMMODITY   | GUJARAT   | HARYANA   | M.P.   | KARNATAKA   | MAH.   |   TOTAL | TOTAL   |
|---------|-------------|-----------|-----------|--------|-------------|--------|---------|---------|
| 2017-18 | JOWAR       |           | 264       |        | 2668        | 2932   |    2932 | 2932    |
| 2017-18 | BAJRA       |           | 31347     | 4121   |             |        |   35468 | 35468   |
| 2017-18 | MAIZE       |           |           |        |             | 47794  |   47794 | 47794   |
| 2017-18 | RAGI        |           |           |        |             |        |       0 | 0       |
| 2017-18 | Total       | 0         | 31347     | 4385   | 0           | 50462  |   86194 | 86194   |
| 2018-19 | JOWAR       |           |           | 135    | 1132        | 10963  |   12230 | 12230   |
| 2018-19 | BAJRA       | 696       | 180744    | 4099   |             |        |  185539 | 185539  |
| 2018-19 | MAIZE       | 1538      |           |        |             | 6987   |    8525 | 8525    |
| 2018-19 | RAGI        |           |           |        | 94459       |        |   94459 | 94459   |
| 2018-19 | Total       | 2234      | 180744    | 4234   | 95591       | 17950  |  300753 |         |
| 2019-20 | JOWAR       |           |           | 5469   |             | 1384   |    6853 | 6853    |
| 2019-20 | BAJRA       |           | 100000    | 76     |             |        |  100076 | 100076  |
| 2019-20 | MAIZE       |           |           |        |             | 19     |      19 | 19      |
| 2019-20 | RAGI        |           |           |        |             |        |       0 | 0       |
| 2019-20 | Total       | 0         | 100000    | 5545   | 0           | 1403   |  106948 | 106948  |

As on 09.03.2020