Lok Sabha Question No. 308 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-15
Subject: PM-AASHA Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Devji Mansingram Patel

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 308

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 15 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## PM-AASHA SCHEME

## 308.   SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

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

(a): whether the Government has launched an inclusive scheme named Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) under which a holistic arrangement has been made to ensure agricultural production and productivity along with remunerative and fixed price for the farmers;

(b): if so, the details thereof alongwith its achievements since its inception;

(c): whether the Government has conducted any study to find out the reasons behind the farmers getting low price for various crops like onion, potato, tomato etc.; and

- (d): if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a) & (b): With  a  view  to  ensure  delivery  of  MSP  to  the  farmers,  in  October,  2018, Government launched an umbrella scheme of 'Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan'  (PM-AASHA)  by  incorporating  the  erstwhile  Price  Support  Scheme  (PSS)  with certain modifications and rolling out of new schemes of Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS) and pilot of Private Procurement and Stockist Scheme (PPSS) has been launched. Under  PM-AASHA,  States/UTs  are  offered  to  choose  either  PSS  and  PDPS  in  a  given procurement season with respect to particular oilseeds crop for the entire State. Pulses and Copra  are  procured  under  PSS.  Only  one  scheme  i.e.  PSS  or  PDPS  may  be  made operational in one State with respect to one commodity. /Further, states have the option to roll out PPSS on pilot basis in district/selected APMCs of district involving the participation of private  stockist  for  oilseeds.  Maximum  25%  of  the  total  production  of  stats  is  procured. Further,  under  PM-AASHA,  Wheat  Paddy  and  Coarse  Grains  are  procured  under  the existing schemes of Department of Food and Public Distribution and Cotton and Jute are procured  under  the  existing  schemes  of  Ministry  of  Textiles.  The  details  of  procurement made under PM-AASHA since its inception for Pulses, Oilseeds and Copra are placed at Annexure-I. The procurement for Wheat ,Paddy and coarse grains is at Annexure II, III &  IV respectively.

| Annexure-I Details of Pulses, Oilseeds and Copra procured at MSP under PM-AASHA   | Annexure-I Details of Pulses, Oilseeds and Copra procured at MSP under PM-AASHA   | Annexure-I Details of Pulses, Oilseeds and Copra procured at MSP under PM-AASHA   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year/Commodity/States                                                             | Quantity Procured (IN MTs)                                                        | MSP Value (Rs. IN LAKH)                                                           |
| 2018-19                                                                           | 3774262.53                                                                        | 1870921.81                                                                        |
| COPRA                                                                             | 313.84                                                                            | 298.81                                                                            |
| TAMILNADU                                                                         | 313.84                                                                            | 298.81                                                                            |
| GRAM                                                                              | 776406.21                                                                         | 358699.67                                                                         |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                    | 3470.85                                                                           | 1603.53                                                                           |
| GUJARAT                                                                           | 17914.75                                                                          | 8276.61                                                                           |
| HARYANA                                                                           | 207.60                                                                            | 95.91                                                                             |
| KARNATAKA                                                                         | 33.40                                                                             | 15.43                                                                             |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                                    | 576745.58                                                                         | 266456.46                                                                         |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                       | 22392.32                                                                          | 10345.25                                                                          |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                         | 120398.31                                                                         | 55624.02                                                                          |
| TELANGANA                                                                         | 34500.00                                                                          | 15939.00                                                                          |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                                     | 743.40                                                                            | 343.45                                                                            |
| GROUNDNUT                                                                         | 717514.93                                                                         | 350864.80                                                                         |
| GUJARAT                                                                           | 447638.22                                                                         | 218895.09                                                                         |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                                    | 28501.21                                                                          | 13937.09                                                                          |
| ODISHA                                                                            | 130.76                                                                            | 63.94                                                                             |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                         | 232482.14                                                                         | 113683.77                                                                         |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                                     | 8762.60                                                                           | 4284.91                                                                           |
| MASOOR                                                                            | 56237.87                                                                          | 25166.45                                                                          |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                                    | 56075.02                                                                          | 25093.57                                                                          |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                                     | 162.85                                                                            | 72.88                                                                             |
| MOONG                                                                             | 328714.16                                                                         | 229278.13                                                                         |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                    | 12671.25                                                                          | 8838.20                                                                           |
| GUJARAT                                                                           | 4050.50                                                                           | 2825.22                                                                           |
| HARYANA                                                                           | 224.90                                                                            | 156.87                                                                            |
| KARNATAKA                                                                         | 28950.00                                                                          | 20192.63                                                                          |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                                    | 3037.46                                                                           | 2118.63                                                                           |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                       | 18230.48                                                                          | 12715.76                                                                          |
| ODISHA                                                                            | 6148.19                                                                           | 4288.36                                                                           |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                         | 236277.28                                                                         | 164803.40                                                                         |
| TAMILNADU                                                                         | 5748.79                                                                           | 4009.78                                                                           |
| TELANGANA                                                                         | 13375.31                                                                          | 9329.28                                                                           |
| MUSTARD SEED                                                                      | 1088945.26                                                                        | 457357.01                                                                         |
| GUJARAT                                                                           | 45449.75                                                                          | 19088.90                                                                          |
| HARYANA                                                                           | 250985.00                                                                         | 105413.70                                                                         |

| MADHYA PRADESH   |        182483.29 |         76642.98 |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| RAJASTHAN        | 608571           | 255600           |
| UTTAR PRADESH    |   1455.75        |    611.42        |
| NIGERSEED        |     15.9         |      9.34        |
| MADHYA PRADESH   |     15.9         |      9.34        |
| SOYABEAN         |  19483           |   6622.28        |
| KARNATAKA        |      6           |      2.04        |
| MAHARASHTRA      |   1283.02        |    436.1         |
| RAJASTHAN        |   2957.8         |   1005.36        |
| TELANGANA        |  15236.2         |   5178.78        |
| SUNFLOWER SEED   |   3336.33        |   1797.61        |
| HARYANA          |   2375           |   1279.65        |
| ODISHA           |    211.33        |    113.86        |
| TELANGANA        |    750           |    404.1         |
| TOOR             | 291001           | 165143           |
| ANDHRA PRADESH   |   4680.27        |   2656.05        |
| GUJARAT          |  32541.7         |  18467.4         |
| KARNATAKA        | 125938           |  71469.9         |
| MADHYA PRADESH   |   3154.96        |   1790.44        |
| MAHARASHTRA      |  53985.9         |  30637           |
| TAMILNADU        |    399.9         |    226.94        |
| TELANGANA        |  70300           |  39895.2         |
| URAD             | 492294           | 275685           |
| ANDHRA PRADESH   |  13290           |   7442.43        |
| GUJARAT          |   9409.75        |   5269.46        |
| KARNATAKA        |     10.1         |      5.66        |
| MADHYA PRADESH   | 345000           | 193200           |
| MAHARASHTRA      |  11374.1         |   6369.49        |
| ODISHA           |   1103           |    617.68        |
| RAJASTHAN        |  77444.9         |  43369.2         |
| TAMILNADU        |   3379.07        |   1892.28        |
| TELANGANA        |   1540.19        |    862.51        |
| UTTAR PRADESH    |  29743           |  16656           |
| 2019-20          |      4.38714e+06 |      2.19989e+06 |
| GRAM             |      2.14829e+06 |      1.04729e+06 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH   | 127915           |  62358.6         |
| GUJARAT          | 124032           |  60465.4         |
| HARYANA          |  10636.5         |   5185.27        |
| KARNATAKA        | 101843           |  49648.7         |
| MADHYA PRADESH   | 706314           | 344328           |
| MAHARASHTRA      | 375740           | 183173           |
| RAJASTHAN        | 615717           | 300162           |
| TELANGANA        |  47600           |  23205           |

| UTTAR PRADESH   |   38498.18 |   18767.86 |
|-----------------|------------|------------|
| GROUNDNUT       |  723086    |  368051    |
| ANDHRA PRADESH  |   21178.1  |   10779.7  |
| GUJARAT         |  500439    |  254723    |
| KARNATAKA       |    3830.8  |    1949.88 |
| ODISHA          |    2011.34 |    1023.77 |
| RAJASTHAN       |  193080    |   98277.8  |
| UTTAR PRADESH   |    2546.2  |    1296.02 |
| MASOOR          |    1433.88 |     688.26 |
| MADHYA PRADESH  |    1433.68 |     688.17 |
| UTTAR PRADESH   |       0.2  |       0.1  |
| MOONG           |  147130    |  103727    |
| ANDHRA PRADESH  |    1193.3  |     841.28 |
| HARYANA         |    1065.9  |     751.46 |
| KARNATAKA       |    5874.21 |    4141.32 |
| MAHARASHTRA     |    4272.23 |    3011.92 |
| ODISHA          |    7011.38 |    4943.02 |
| RAJASTHAN       |  121669    |   85776.7  |
| TAMILNADU       |     169.4  |     119.43 |
| TELANGANA       |    5874.9  |    4141.8  |
| MUSTARD SEED    |  803844    |  355701    |
| GUJARAT         |   32759.4  |   14496    |
| HARYANA         |  308701    |  136600    |
| MADHYA PRADESH  |  115169    |   50962.3  |
| RAJASTHAN       |  346895    |  153501    |
| UTTAR PRADESH   |     319.2  |     141.25 |
| SOYABEAN        |   10677.7  |    3961.42 |
| MAHARASHTRA     |      26.23 |       9.73 |
| TELANGANA       |   10651.5  |    3951.69 |
| SUNFLOWER SEED  |    5267.08 |    2975.9  |
| HARYANA         |    3446    |    1946.99 |
| ODISHA          |     121.08 |      68.41 |
| TELANGANA       |    1700    |     960.5  |
| TOOR            |  547272    |  317418    |
| ANDHRA PRADESH  |   50223.2  |   29129.4  |
| GUJARAT         |   13140.2  |    7621.35 |
| KARNATAKA       |  227500    |  131950    |
| MAHARASHTRA     |  204183    |  118426    |
| ODISHA          |      98.34 |      57.04 |
| TAMILNADU       |     502.25 |     291.31 |
| TELANGANA       |   51625    |   29942.5  |
| URAD            |     132.31 |      75.42 |
| GUJARAT         |      88.85 |      50.64 |

| MAHARASHTRA                                                                                                                                                    | 10.11                                                                                                                                                          | 5.76                                                                                                                                                           |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| RAJASTHAN                                                                                                                                                      | 26.50                                                                                                                                                          | 15.11                                                                                                                                                          |
| TAMILNADU                                                                                                                                                      | 6.85                                                                                                                                                           | 3.90                                                                                                                                                           |
| 2020-21*                                                                                                                                                       | 4108.08                                                                                                                                                        | 4223.71                                                                                                                                                        |
| COPRA                                                                                                                                                          | 4087.38                                                                                                                                                        | 4208.81                                                                                                                                                        |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                                                                                      | 4038.70                                                                                                                                                        | 4159.86                                                                                                                                                        |
| TAMILNADU                                                                                                                                                      | 48.68                                                                                                                                                          | 48.95                                                                                                                                                          |
| MOONG                                                                                                                                                          | 20.70                                                                                                                                                          | 14.90                                                                                                                                                          |
| TAMILNADU                                                                                                                                                      | 20.70                                                                                                                                                          | 14.90                                                                                                                                                          |
| * Procurement ongoing                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                |
| # In addition to above, the quantity of 16,82,700 MT of soyabean had also been procured under PDPS in the state of Madhya Pradesh during Kharif 2018-19 season | # In addition to above, the quantity of 16,82,700 MT of soyabean had also been procured under PDPS in the state of Madhya Pradesh during Kharif 2018-19 season | # In addition to above, the quantity of 16,82,700 MT of soyabean had also been procured under PDPS in the state of Madhya Pradesh during Kharif 2018-19 season |

Annexure-II

## Procurement of Wheat

| STATE/UT         | RMS 2019-20   | (Figures in LMT) RMS 2020-21*   |
|------------------|---------------|---------------------------------|
| Punjab           | 129.12        | 127.14                          |
| Haryana          | 93.20         | 74.00                           |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 37.00         | 35.77                           |
| Uttarakhand      | 0.42          | 0.39                            |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 67.25         | 129.35                          |
| Gujarat          | 0.05          | 0.77                            |
| Rajasthan        | 14.11         | 22.25                           |
| Bihar            | 0.03          | 0.05                            |
| Delhi            |               | 0.00                            |
| J&K              |               | 0.00                            |
| Maharashtra      |               |                                 |
| Odisha           |               |                                 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0.01          | 0.03                            |
| Chandigarh       | 0.12          | 0.11                            |
| West Bengal      |               |                                 |
| Chhattisgarh     |               |                                 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |               |                                 |
| Assam            |               |                                 |
| Telangana        |               |                                 |
| Others           |               |                                 |
| All IndiaTotal : | 341.33        | 389.85                          |

* As on 10.09.2020

## Annexure-III

## Procurement of Rice

| STATE/UT          | KMS 2018-19   | KMS 2019-20#   |
|-------------------|---------------|----------------|
| A&NISLANDS        |               |                |
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 48.06         | 53.64          |
| TELANGANA         | 51.90         | 74.54          |
| ASSAM             | 1.01          | 1.95           |
| BIHAR             | 9.49          | 13.41          |
| CHANDIGARH        | 0.13          | 0.15           |
| CHHATISGARH       | 39.71         | 49.39          |
| DELHI             | 0.00          |                |
| GUJARAT           | 0.09          | 0.14           |
| HARYANA           | 39.42         | 43.03          |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 0.00          |                |
| JAMMU&KASHMIR     | 0.09          | 0.10           |
| JHARKHAND         | 1.53          | 2.55           |
| KARNATAKA         | 0.59          | 0.41           |
| KERALA            | 4.65          | 4.75           |
| MADHYAPRADESH     | 13.95         | 17.40          |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 5.80          | 11.57          |
| NAGALAND          | 0.00          | 0.00           |
| ODISHA            | 44.48         | 47.28          |
| PUDUCHERRY        | 0.00          | 0.00           |
| PUNJAB            | 113.34        | 108.76         |
| NEF(TRIPURA)      | 0.07          | 0.14           |
| RAJASTHAN         | 0.00          |                |
| TAMIL NADU        | 12.94         | 20.99          |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 32.33         | 37.90          |
| UTTRAKHAND        | 4.62          | 6.82           |
| WEST BENGAL       | 19.79         | 16.32          |
| OTHERS            | 0.00          |                |
| ALL INDIA TOTAL : | 443.99        | 511.26         |

# As on 10.09.2020

(Figures in LMT)

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Annexure IV

Procurement of Coarsegrain                                                     (figure in tonnes)

| KMS           | COMMODITY   | GUJARAT   | HARYANA   | KARNATAKA   | M.P.   | MAH.   | TOTAL   |
|---------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|
| 2018-19       | JOWAR       |           |           | 1132        | 135    | 10963  | 12230   |
| 2018-19       | BAJRA       | 696       | 180744    |             | 4099   |        | 185539  |
| 2018-19       | MAIZE       | 1538      |           |             |        | 6987   | 8525    |
| 2018-19       | RAGI        |           |           | 94459       |        |        | 94459   |
| 2018-19       | Total       | 2234      | 180744    | 95591       | 4234   | 17950  | 300753  |
| 2019-20       | JOWAR       |           |           | 838         | 5469   | 1468   | 7775    |
| 2019-20       | BAJRA       |           | 100000    |             | 76     |        | 100076  |
| 2019-20       | MAIZE       |           |           |             |        | 19     | 19      |
| 2019-20       | RAGI        |           |           | 193243      |        |        | 193243  |
| 2019-20       | Total       | -         | 100000    | 194081      | 5545   | 1487   | 301113  |
| 2019-20(Rabi) | JOWAR       |           |           | 8418        |        | 7145   | 15563   |
| 2019-20(Rabi) | BAJRA       |           |           |             |        |        | -       |
| 2019-20(Rabi) | MAIZE       |           |           |             |        | 115094 | 115094  |
| 2019-20(Rabi) | RAGI        |           |           |             |        |        | -       |
| 2019-20(Rabi) | Total       | -         | -         | 8418        | -      | 122239 | 130657  |

As on 10.09.2020