Lok Sabha Question No. 433 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-05
Subject: Procurement of Foodgrains
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 433 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 FEBRUARY, 2019

## PROCUREMENT OF FOODGRAINS

## 433. SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

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- (a) whether food items like wheat, arhar were procured to give relief to the farmers when market rate were fallen to assure Minimum Support Price during last three four years;
- (b) if so, the details of the quantum of these food items purchased from farmers, State-wise;
- (c) whether any irregularity was noticed during purchase, transport and storage of these commodities;
- (d) whether the storage capacity for surplus grains area available in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the manner in which the Government will tackle such situation in future?

## A N S W E R

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

- (a) & (b): Details  of  wheat  and  Arhar  (Tur)  procured  by  Government agencies at Minimum Support Price from farmers during last three year and current year are at Annexure-I and II respectively.
- (c): Immediate  action  is  taken  by  the  State  Governments  or  Food Corporation of India (FCI), as the case may be, if any instance of irregularity is noticed or reported.
- (d) & (e): The overall storage capacity required for central pool foodgrains  in  the  country  is  about  650  Lakh  Metric  Tonnes  (LMT).  Against this, the total storage capacity available with Food Corporation of India (FCI), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and State Agencies (both owned and hired capacity), is 851.54 LMT (as on 31.12.2018) comprising 724.79 LMT in covered godowns and 126.75 LMT in Cover and Plinth (CAP) storage.

Besides, Government is implementing Private Entrepreneurship Guarantee  (PEG)  Scheme  and  has  taken  up  construction  of  godowns  and Steel Silos.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 433 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 5 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019 IN THE LOK SABHA

## PROCUREMENT OF WHEAT FOR CENTRAL POOL

(Figures in LMT)

| STATE/UT         |   RMS 2015-16 |   RMS 2016-17 |   RMS 2017-18 |   RMS 2018-19 |
|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Punjab           |        103.44 |        106.49 |        117.06 |        126.92 |
| Haryana          |         67.78 |         67.52 |         74.32 |         87.84 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |         22.67 |          7.97 |         36.99 |         52.94 |
| Uttarakhand      |          0.04 |          0.02 |          0.02 |          1.1  |
| Madhya Pradesh   |         73.09 |         39.92 |         67.25 |         73.13 |
| Gujarat          |          0.73 |          0    |          0.07 |          0.37 |
| Rajasthan        |         13    |          7.62 |         12.45 |         15.32 |
| Bihar            |          0    |          0    |          0    |          0.18 |
| Delhi            |          0.02 |          0    |          0    |          0    |
| Himachal Pradesh |          0.11 |          0    |          0    |          0.01 |
| Chandigarh       |          0    |          0.07 |          0.08 |          0.14 |
| Others           |          0.04 |          0    |          0    |          0    |
| All IndiaTotal : |        280.88 |        229.62 |        308.24 |        357.95 |

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## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 433 DUE FOR AN ON 5 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019 IN THE LOK SABHA

## DETAILS OF PROCUREMENT OF TUR MADE BY CENTRAL NODAL AGENCIES AT MSP UNDER PSS FOR LAST FOUR YEARS (FROM 2015-16 TO 2018-19 (AS ON 22.01.2019)

| YEAR    | Agency   | PSS OPERATION      | Season   | Commodity   | Catagery(Pulses/ Oilseed/Cotton)   | STATE          |   QUANTITY Procured (IN MTs) | MSP Per MT (Rs.)   |   MSP COST (Rs. IN LAKH) |
|---------|----------|--------------------|----------|-------------|------------------------------------|----------------|------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
| 2016-17 | NAFED    | TOOR KHARIF-16     | KHARIF   | TOOR        | Pulses                             | KARNATAKA      |              30920.5         | 50,500             |                  15614.9 |
| 2016-17 | NAFED    | TOOR KHARIF-16     | KHARIF   | TOOR        | Pulses                             | MAHARASHTRA    |             115276           | 50,500             |                  58214.4 |
| 2016-17 | NAFED    | TOOR KHARIF-16     | KHARIF   | TOOR        | Pulses                             | GUJARAT        |              49797.1         | 50,500             |                  25147.5 |
| 2017-18 | NAFED    | TOOR KHARIF - 2017 | KHARIF   | TOOR        | Pulses                             | TELANGANA      |              75300           | 54,500             |                  41038.5 |
| 2017-18 | NAFED    | TOOR KHARIF - 2017 | KHARIF   | TOOR        | Pulses                             | KARNATAKA      |             336154           | 54,500             |                 183204   |
| 2017-18 | NAFED    | TOOR KHARIF - 2017 | KHARIF   | TOOR        | Pulses                             | MAHARASHTRA    |             336718           | 54,500             |                 183511   |
| 2017-18 | NAFED    | TOOR KHARIF - 2017 | KHARIF   | TOOR        | Pulses                             | ANDHRA PRADESH |              55600           | 54,500             |                  30302   |
| 2017-18 | NAFED    | TOOR KHARIF - 2017 | KHARIF   | TOOR        | Pulses                             | GUJARAT        |              69986.7         | 54,500             |                  38142.8 |
| 2018-19 | NAFED    | TOOR KHARIF -2018  | KHARIF   | TOOR        | Pulses                             | TELANGANA      |              33516.7         | 56,750             |                  19020.7 |
| Total   | Total    | Total              | Total    | Total       | Total                              | Total          |                  1.10327e+06 |                    |                 594196   |