Lok Sabha Question No. 4373 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Purchase and Export of Cereals
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4373

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd  MARCH, 2021

## PURCHASE AND EXPORT OF CEREALS

4373. SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

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

- (a) whether export of major cereals like  wheat and rice is on the rise  during the last three years;
- (b)       if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  it  is  also  a  fact  that  their  purchase  from  the  farmers  by  Government agencies is also on the rise; and
- (d) If  so,  the  details  of  such  purchase  from  farmers  during  each  of  the  three  years including the current year, State-wise and agri-commodity-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षएवंकसानकयाणमंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a)&(b) :     The details of  export of major cereals like Wheat and rice (basmati and non basmati) during last three years indicate an increase in export of basmati rice during 201819  as against export in 2017-18 but a minor short fall in 2019-20. However, during current year 2020-21 both Wheat and non- basmati rice are showing significant increase in spite of pandemic.

The requisite details are annexed at Annexure- I.

(c)&d):          The  purchase  of  wheat  and  rice  from  farmers  by  Government  agencies  has increased from 2017-18 to 2019-20. The details of state wise procurement of Paddy/rice, and Wheat during last three years and current year by FCI and NAFED are respectively at Annexure-II&III .

## ANNEXURE I-

## ANNEXURE REFEREED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND PART (b) OF LS UNSTARRED QUESTION NUMBER 4373 FOR 23.03.2021 INDIA'S EXPORT OF MAJOR CEREALS FROM 2017-18 TO 2020-21

Value in Rs Crore

Quantity in 000' MT

| MAJOR CEREALS            |   2017-18 Qty |   2017-18 Value |   2018-19 Qty |   2018-19 Value |   2019-20 Qty |   2019-20 Value |   2020-21 Qty (April- December) |   2020-21 Value (April December) |
|--------------------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| RICE -BASMOTI            |       4056.85 |        26870.7  |       4414.61 |        32804.3  |       4454.77 |         31026.3 |                         3380.65 |                         22038    |
| RICE(OTHER THAN BASMOTI) |       8818.53 |        23437.2  |       7648    |        21171.2  |       5056.28 |         14400.3 |                         8217.26 |                         22856.4  |
| TOTAL RICE               |      12875.4  |        50307.9  |      12062.6  |        53975.5  |       9511.05 |         45426.7 |                        11597.9  |                         44894.4  |
| WHEAT                    |        322.79 |          624.37 |        226.63 |          424.47 |        219.69 |           444.2 |                          976.08 |                          1869.93 |
| TOTAL                    |      13198.2  |        50932.3  |      12289.2  |        54399.9  |       9730.74 |         45870.8 |                        12574    |                         46764.3  |

Source: DGCIS

## ANNEXURE II-

## ANNEXURE REFEREED IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) AND PART (d) OF LSUSQ NUMBER 4373 FOR 23.03.2021

## PROCUREMENT OF RICE FOR CENTRAL POOL BY FCI

| STATE/UT          | KMS 2017-18   |   KMS 2018-19 |   KMS 2019-20 |   KMS 2020-21# |
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 40.00         |         48.06 |         55.32 |          27.55 |
| TELANGANA         | 36.18         |         51.9  |         74.54 |          32.67 |
| ASSAM             | 0.35          |          1.01 |          2.11 |           0.28 |
| BIHAR             | 7.93          |          9.49 |         13.41 |          23.4  |
| CHANDIGARH        | 0.14          |          0.13 |          0.15 |           0.19 |
| CHHATISGARH       | 32.55         |         39.71 |         52.23 |          39.76 |
| GUJARAT           | 0.01          |          0.09 |          0.14 |           0.74 |
| HARYANA           | 39.92         |         39.42 |         43.07 |          37.6  |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR    | 0.13          |          0.09 |          0.1  |           0.26 |
| JHARKHAND         | 1.43          |          1.53 |          2.55 |           2.38 |
| KARNATAKA         |               |          0.59 |          0.41 |           1.06 |
| KERALA            | 3.29          |          4.65 |          4.82 |           1.64 |
| MADHYAPRADESH     | 10.96         |         13.95 |         17.4  |          24.97 |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 1.79          |          5.8  |         11.67 |           6.35 |
| ODISHA            | 32.87         |         44.48 |         47.98 |          40.48 |
| PUNJAB            | 118.33        |        113.34 |        108.76 |         135.89 |
| NEF(TRIPURA)      |               |          0.07 |          0.14 |           0.08 |
| TAMIL NADU        | 10.11         |         12.94 |         22.04 |          14.27 |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 28.75         |         32.33 |         37.9  |          44.78 |
| UTTRAKHAND        | 0.38          |          4.62 |          6.82 |           6.79 |
| WEST BENGAL       | 16.73         |         19.79 |         18.38 |          10.74 |
| ALL INDIA TOTAL : | 381.85        |        443.99 |        519.97 |         451.9  |

# As on 08.03.2021, KMS(Kharif  Marketing Season

(Figures in LMT)

## Annexure II continued:

## PROCUREMENT OF WHEAT FOR CENTRAL POOL BY FCI

(Figures in LMT)

| STATE/UT         |   RMS 2017-18 |   RMS 2018-19 |   RMS 2019-20 |   RMS 2020-21* |
|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
| Punjab           |        117.06 |        126.92 |        129.12 |         127.14 |
| Haryana          |         74.32 |         87.84 |         93.2  |          74    |
| Uttar Pradesh    |         36.99 |         52.94 |         37    |          35.77 |
| Uttarakhand      |          0.02 |          1.1  |          0.42 |           0.39 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |         67.25 |         73.13 |         67.25 |         129.42 |
| Gujarat          |          0.07 |          0.37 |          0.05 |           0.77 |
| Rajasthan        |         12.45 |         15.32 |         14.11 |          22.25 |
| Bihar            |          0    |          0.18 |          0.03 |           0.05 |
| Himachal Pradesh |          0    |          0.01 |          0.01 |           0.03 |
| Chandigarh       |          0.08 |          0.14 |          0.12 |           0.11 |
| All IndiaTotal : |        308.24 |        357.95 |        341.33 |         389.93 |

*# As on 29.09.2020, RMS(Rabi  Marketing  Season),

## ANNEXURE IIIANNEXURE REFEREED IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) AND PART (d) OF LSUSQ NUMBER 4373 FOR 23.03.2021 WHEAT AND RICE PROCUREMENT DETAILS BY NAFED

Value

| S.N o   |                |              | 2017-18          | 2017-18         | 2018-19          | 2018-19         | 2019-20          | 2019-20         | 2020-21          | 2020-21         |
|---------|----------------|--------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
| S.N o   | State          | Commodity    | Quantity (in MT) | Value (in Lakh) | Quantity (in MT) | Value (in Lakh) | Quantity (in MT) | Value (in Lakh) | Quantity (in MT) | Value (in Lakh) |
| 1       | Assam          | Paddy        | 3712.4           | 575.42          | 18407.5          | 3221.31         | 45742.74         | 8302.31         | 13,702.35        | 2560.00         |
| 2       | West Bengal    | Paddy        | 64782.949        | 1,004.14        | 82365.2          | 1,441.39        | 89332.86         | 16213.91        | 64084.71         | 11971.02        |
| 3       | Rajasthan      | Wheat        | 1111.085         | 180.53          | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 89660.1          | 17259.57        |
| 4       | Uttar Pradesh  | Wheat        | 60327.87         | 9803.28         | 90542.6          | 15709.14        | 92258.57         | 16975.58        | 105052.23        | 20222.500       |
| 4       | Uttar Pradesh  | Paddy        | 75249.52         | 11715.30        | 158374           | 27730.38        | 209920.3         | 38133.80        | 278269.55        | 52034.73        |
| 5       | Uttarakhand    | Wheat        | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 502.92           | 93.55           | 6680.00          | 1299.26         |
| 5       | Uttarakhand    | Paddy Common | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 4096.82          | 743.57          | 25984.8          | 4854.0837       |
| 6       | Madhya Pradesh | Paddy        | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 66551.77         | 12079.15        | 0                | 0               |
| Total   | Total          | Total        | 205183.8         | 23278.67        | 349689.3         | 48102.22        | 508406           | 92541.87        | 583,433.74       | 110201.2        |

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