Lok Sabha Question No. 1676 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: MSP for Grains and Pulses
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1676

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND   JULY, 2019

## MSP FOR GRAINS AND PULSES

1676.      SHRI  BHANU  PRATAP SINGH VERMA:

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

- (a) the names of the districts in Uttar Pradesh where wheat, gram, masoor, peas and mustard have been purchased under Minimum Support Price Scheme in the year 2018-19;
- (b) the number  of agencies through which  foodgrains  have  been  purchased including the  quantum  of  foodgrains purchased at Minimum Support Price; and
- (c) the status in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): The names of the districts in Uttar Pradesh where wheat, gram, masoor and mustard have  been  purchased  under  Minimum  Support  Price  Scheme  in  the  year  2018-19  are  at annexure-I and annexure-II. However,   Minimum Support Price (MSP) is not announced for peas.
- (b) & (c): Food Corporation of India (FCI) and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) are two Central Nodal agencies through which foodgrains are being purchased at MSP. The State-wise quantum of foodgrains purchased at MSP during the year 2018-19 are at annexure-III, annexure-IV and annexure-V.

ANENXURE-I Names of Revenue districts where Wheat was procured at MSP during 2018-19

|   S.No. | Name of Revenue District   | S.No.   | Name of Revenue District   |
|---------|----------------------------|---------|----------------------------|
|       1 | AGRA                       | 41      | BAGHPAT                    |
|       2 | FEROZABAD                  | 42      | GHAZIABAD                  |
|       3 | MAINPURI                   | 43      | HAPUR                      |
|       4 | ALLAHABAD                  | 44      | MEERUT                     |
|       5 | KAUSHAMBI                  | 45      | JALAUN                     |
|       6 | FATEHPUR                   | 46      | JHANSI                     |
|       7 | PRATAPGARH                 | 47      | LALITPUR                   |
|       8 | AZAMGARH                   | 48      | KANPUR NAGAR               |
|       9 | MAU                        | 49      | KANPUR DEHAT               |
|      10 | BALIA                      | 50      | AURAIYA                    |
|      11 | ALIGARH                    | 51      | ETAWAH                     |
|      12 | ETAH                       | 52      | FARRUKHABAD                |
|      13 | HATHRASH                   | 53      | KANNAUJ                    |
|      14 | KASHI RAM NAGAR            | 54      | LUCKNOW                    |
|      15 | MATHURA                    | 55      | RAEBARELI                  |
|      16 | BADAYUN                    | 56      | UNNAO                      |
|      17 | PILIBHIT                   | 57      | MORADABAD                  |
|      18 | BAREILLY                   | 58      | SAMBHAL                    |
|      19 | BULANDSHAHAR               | 59      | AMROHA                     |
|      20 | G.B. NAGAR                 | 60      | BIJNOR                     |
|      21 | MAHOBA                     | 61      | RAMPUR                     |
|      22 | BANDA                      | 62      | SITAPUR                    |
|      23 | CHITRAKOOT                 | 63      | HARDOI                     |
|      24 | HAMIRPUR                   | 64      | L.KHERI                    |
|      25 | FAIZABAD                   | 65      | SHAHJAHANPUR               |
|      26 | AMBEDKARNAGAR              | 66      | MUZAFFARNAGAR              |
|      27 | BARABANKI                  | 67      | SAHARANPUR                 |
|      28 | SULTANPUR                  | 68      | SHAMLI                     |
|      29 | AMETHI                     | 69      | BHADOHI                    |
|      30 | GONDA                      | 70      | VARANASI                   |
|      31 | BAHRAICH                   | 71      | CHANDAULI                  |
|      32 | BALRAMPUR                  | 72      | GHAZIPUR                   |
|      33 | SRAWASTI                   | 73      | JAUNPUR                    |
|      34 | GORAKHPUR                  | 74      | MIRAZAPUR                  |
|      35 | MAHARAJGANJ                | 75      | SONBHADRA                  |
|      36 | DEORIA                     |         |                            |
|      37 | KUSHINAGAR                 |         |                            |
|      38 | BASTI                      |         |                            |
|      39 | S.K. NAGAR                 |         |                            |
|      40 | SIDDHARTH NAGAR            |         |                            |

## Annexure -I I

## Details of Districts for Gram, Masoor & Mustard where Procurement under PSS during Rabi 2018-19 season was made in the state of Uttar Pradesh

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| Commodity   | Masoor     | Mustard      | Gram         |
|-------------|------------|--------------|--------------|
| Districts   | Jhansi     | Agra         | Jhansi       |
| Districts   | Jalaun     | Mathura      | Jalaun       |
| Districts   | Lalitpur   | Aligarh      | Lalitpur     |
| Districts   | Chitrakoot | Badaun       | Chitrakoot   |
| Districts   | Banda      | Kanpur Dehat | Banda        |
| Districts   | Mahoba     | Jhansi       | Mahoba       |
| Districts   | Hamirpur   | Balrampur    | Hamirpur     |
| Districts   | Balrampur  |              | Kanpur Nagar |
| Districts   | Sonbhadra  |              | Kanpur Dehat |
| Districts   | Mirzapur   |              | Allahabad    |
| Districts   | Mahrajganj |              | Kaushambi    |
| Districts   | Ballia     |              | Mirzapur     |
| Districts   | Chandauli  |              | Varanasi     |
| Districts   | Ghazipur   |              | Ghazipur     |
| Districts   |            |              | Ballia       |
| Districts   |            |              | Gorakhpur    |

Annexure-III (Figures in LMT)

| PROCUREMENT OF RICE AND WHEAT AT MSP DURING THE YEAR 2018-19   | PROCUREMENT OF RICE AND WHEAT AT MSP DURING THE YEAR 2018-19   | PROCUREMENT OF RICE AND WHEAT AT MSP DURING THE YEAR 2018-19   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| STATE/UT                                                       | RICE during Kharif 2018-19 season                              | WHEAT* during Rabi 2018-19 season                              |
| A&NISLANDS                                                     |                                                                |                                                                |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                 | 41.32                                                          |                                                                |
| TELANGANA                                                      | 51.28                                                          |                                                                |
| ASSAM                                                          | 0.72                                                           |                                                                |
| BIHAR                                                          | 9.28                                                           | 0.02                                                           |
| CHANDIGARH                                                     | 0.13                                                           | 0.12                                                           |
| CHHATISGARH                                                    | 40.80                                                          |                                                                |
| DELHI                                                          |                                                                |                                                                |
| GUJARAT                                                        | 0.09                                                           | 0.05                                                           |
| HARYANA                                                        | 39.41                                                          | 93.20                                                          |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                                               |                                                                | 0.01                                                           |
| JAMMU&                                                         |                                                                |                                                                |
| KASHMIR                                                        | 0.09                                                           |                                                                |
| JHARKHAND                                                      | 1.53                                                           |                                                                |
| KARNATAKA                                                      |                                                                |                                                                |
| KERALA                                                         | 4.61                                                           |                                                                |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                 | 13.95                                                          | 67.25                                                          |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                    | 4.55                                                           |                                                                |
| NAGALAND                                                       |                                                                |                                                                |
| ODISHA                                                         | 36.59                                                          |                                                                |
| PUDUCHERRY                                                     |                                                                |                                                                |
| PUNJAB                                                         | 113.34                                                         | 129.12                                                         |
| NEF(TRIPURA)                                                   | 0.07                                                           |                                                                |
| RAJASTHAN                                                      |                                                                | 13.40                                                          |
| TAMIL NADU                                                     | 11.70                                                          |                                                                |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                  | 32.33                                                          | 35.11                                                          |
| UTTRAKHAND                                                     | 4.62                                                           | 0.42                                                           |
| WEST BENGAL                                                    | 17.12                                                          |                                                                |
| OTHERS                                                         |                                                                |                                                                |
| ALL INDIA TOTAL :                                              | 423.53                                                         | 338.71                                                         |

# As on 10.06.2019

| Annexure -IV   |
|----------------|

QUANTITY (IN MTs)

| STATES         | GRAM   | MOONG   | TOOR     | URAD     | Total    | GRAM      | MASOOR   | MOONG     | TOOR      | URAD      |           Total |    Grand Total |
|----------------|--------|---------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|----------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH |        | 242.20  |          | 493.00   | 735.20   | 3470.85   |          | 12429.05  | 4680.27   | 12797.05  |  33377.2        |  34112.4       |
| GUJARAT        |        |         |          |          |          | 17068.40  |          | 4044.75   | 32275.90  | 9409.75   |  62798.8        |  62798.8       |
| HARYANA        |        |         |          |          |          | 207.60    |          | 224.90    |           |           |    432.5        |    432.5       |
| KARNATAKA      |        |         | 15327.35 |          | 15327.35 | 28.45     |          | 28950.00  | 110610.75 | 10.10     | 139599          | 154927         |
| MADHYA PRADESH |        | 386.50  |          | 46400.31 | 46786.81 | 576745.58 | 56075.02 | 2650.96   | 3154.96   | 298599.69 | 937226          | 984013         |
| MAHARASHTRA    | 45.97  | 5978.45 |          | 3632.40  | 9656.82  | 22346.35  |          | 12252.03  | 53985.94  | 7741.69   |  96326          | 105983         |
| ODISHA         |        |         |          |          |          |           |          | 1043.64   |           | 499.05    |   1542.69       |   1542.69      |
| RAJASTHAN      |        |         |          |          |          | 114261.82 |          | 236277.28 |           | 77444.94  | 427984          | 427984         |
| TAMILNADU      |        |         |          |          |          |           |          | 5592.89   | 399.90    | 3379.07   |   9371.86       |   9371.86      |
| TELANGANA      |        |         |          |          |          | 34500.00  |          | 13375.31  | 70300.00  | 1540.19   | 119716          | 119716         |
| UTTARPRADESH   |        |         |          |          |          | 263.15    | 117.05   |           |           | 29742.95  |  30123.2        |  30123.2       |
| Grand Total    | 45.97  | 6607.15 | 15327.35 | 50525.71 | 72506.18 | 768892.20 | 56192.07 | 316840.81 | 275407.72 | 441164.48 |      1.8585e+06 |      1.931e+06 |

AS ON 24.06.2019

|                                                            |                                                            |                                                            |                                                            |                                                            | Annexure-V                                                 | Annexure-V                                                 |
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| STATEMENTSHOWING PROCUREMENTOF COARSEGRAINS DURING 2018-19 | STATEMENTSHOWING PROCUREMENTOF COARSEGRAINS DURING 2018-19 | STATEMENTSHOWING PROCUREMENTOF COARSEGRAINS DURING 2018-19 | STATEMENTSHOWING PROCUREMENTOF COARSEGRAINS DURING 2018-19 | STATEMENTSHOWING PROCUREMENTOF COARSEGRAINS DURING 2018-19 | STATEMENTSHOWING PROCUREMENTOF COARSEGRAINS DURING 2018-19 | STATEMENTSHOWING PROCUREMENTOF COARSEGRAINS DURING 2018-19 |
|                                                            |                                                            |                                                            |                                                            |                                                            | (procurement figure in tonnes )                            | (procurement figure in tonnes )                            |
| COMMODITY                                                  | GUJARAT                                                    | HARYANA                                                    | KARNATAKA                                                  | MADHYAPRADESH                                              | MAHARASHTRA                                                | TOTAL                                                      |
| JOWAR                                                      |                                                            |                                                            |                                                            | 135                                                        | 10963                                                      | 11098                                                      |
| BAJRA                                                      | 696                                                        | 180744                                                     |                                                            | 4099                                                       |                                                            | 185539                                                     |
| MAIZE                                                      | 1538                                                       |                                                            |                                                            |                                                            | 6987                                                       | 8525                                                       |
| RAGI                                                       |                                                            |                                                            |                                                            |                                                            |                                                            | 0                                                          |
| Total                                                      | 2234                                                       | 180744                                                     | 0                                                          | 4234                                                       | 17950                                                      | 205162                                                     |

AS ON 15.06.2019

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