Lok Sabha Question No. 204 (STARRED), answered on 2021-03-09
Subject: Inclusion of Agricultural Produce under MSP
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Abdul Majeed Ariff, S. Jothimani

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 204

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  9 TH  MARCH, 2021

## INCLUSION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE UNDER MSP

*204.     ADV. A.M. ARIFF: MS. S. JOTHIMANI:

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

- (a) whether the Government intends to include more agricultural produce in the list for providing Minimum Support Price (MSP) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has received any representation from the State of Kerala for inclusion of Pepper and Raw Coconut in the list of agricultural produce for providing MSP and if so, the status thereof; and
- (c) the   details   of agricultural produce procured under MSP from FY 2018-19 to FY 2020-21 till 31st January 2021, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

- (a) to (c):

(SHRI NARENDRA  SINGH TOMAR)

A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 204     DUE FOR REPLY ON 9 TH  MARCH, 2021.

- (a): At  present,  there  are  twenty  two  (22)  mandated  agricultural  crops  for  which  the Government of India (GoI) fixes Minimum Support Price (MSP) for every marketing season. These crops are paddy, jowar, bajra, maize, ragi, arhar, moong, urad, groundnut, soybean, sunflower, sesamum, nigerseed, cotton, wheat, barley, gram, masur (lentil), rapeseed/mustard, safflower, jute and copra.  Fair & Remunerative Price for sugarcane is also fixed.  In addition, MSP for toria and de-husked coconut are also fixed on the basis of MSP of rapeseed/mustard and copra, respectively. These prices are fixed on the basis of the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), views of State  Governments  and  Central  Ministries/  Departments  concerned  and  other  relevant factors.

GoI  receives  various  proposals  from  time  to  time  to  include  more  and  more agricultural produce in the list of crops for providing MSP. Since 2018-19, MSP is fixed at minimum of 50 percent over and above the all- India weighted  average projected cost of production of crops.

- (b): No  representation  has  been  received  from  the  State  Government  of  Kerala  for inclusion of pepper and raw coconut under MSP.

MSP for Milling Copra and Ball Copra is announced for every crop season. On the basis of MSP of Copra, MSP of de-husked coconut is fixed. Details are given in Annexure I.

- (c): Statement  showing  State-wise  details  of  agriculture  produce  procured  under  MSP from 201819 to 2020-21 (31.01.2021) are annexed at Annexures from II to VIII.

## Annexure in reference to reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 204 due for reply on 09.03.2021

Table No. 1: Minimum Support Price of Copra and De-husked Coconut

(Rs. Per quintal)

| Commodity/Year    |   2020 |   2021 |
|-------------------|--------|--------|
| Milling Copra     |   9960 |  10335 |
| Ball Copra        |  10300 |  10600 |
| De-husked Coconut |   2700 |   2800 |

Annexure in reference to reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 204 due for reply on 09.03.2021.

Table No. 2: Procurement of wheat from the year 2018-19 to 2020-21 (*as on 31.01.2021)

(Figures in Lakh MetricTonnes)

| STATE/UT         | RMS 2018-19   | RMS 2019-20   | RMS 2020-21*   |
|------------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
| Punjab           | 126.92        | 129.12        | 127.14         |
| Haryana          | 87.84         | 93.20         | 74.00          |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 52.94         | 37.00         | 35.77          |
| Uttarakhand      | 1.10          | 0.42          | 0.39           |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 73.13         | 67.25         | 129.42         |
| Gujarat          | 0.37          | 0.05          | 0.77           |
| Rajasthan        | 15.32         | 14.11         | 22.25          |
| Bihar            | 0.18          | 0.03          | 0.05           |
| Jharkhand        | -             | -             | -              |
| Karnataka        | -             | -             | -              |
| Delhi            | -             | -             | 0.00           |
| J & K            | -             | -             | 0.00           |
| Maharashtra      | -             | -             | -              |
| Odisha           |               |               |                |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0.01          | 0.01          | 0.03           |
| Chandigarh       | 0.14          | 0.12          | 0.11           |
| West Bengal      | -             | -             | -              |
| Chhattisgarh     | -             | -             | -              |
| Andhra Pradesh   | -             | -             | -              |
| Assam            | -             | -             | -              |
| Telangana        | -             | -             | -              |
| Others           | -             | -             | -              |
| All IndiaTotal : | 357.95        | 341.33        | 389.93         |

RMS: Rabi Marketing Season

KMS: Kharif Marketing Season

Source: Department of Food & Public Distribution (DFPD)

Annexure in reference to reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 204 due for reply on 09.03.2021.

Table No. 3: Procurement of Rice from the year 2018-19 to 2020-21(*as on 31.01.2021)

(Figures in Lakh MetricTonnes)

| STATE/UT          | KMS 2018-19   | KMS 2019-20   | KMS 2020-21*   |
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
| A&N Islands       |               |               |                |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 48.06         | 55.32         | 20.56          |
| Telangana         | 51.90         | 74.54         | 32.26          |
| Assam             | 1.01          | 2.11          | 0.10           |
| Bihar             | 9.49          | 13.41         | 15.16          |
| Chandigarh        | 0.13          | 0.15          | 0.19           |
| Chhatisgarh       | 39.71         | 52.23         | 39.76          |
| Delhi             | 0.00          |               |                |
| Gujarat           | 0.09          | 0.14          | 0.70           |
| Haryana           | 39.42         | 43.07         | 37.60          |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 0.00          |               |                |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 0.09          | 0.10          | 0.26           |
| Jharkhand         | 1.53          | 2.55          | 1.09           |
| Karnataka         | 0.59          | 0.41          | 0.33           |
| Kerala            | 4.65          | 4.82          | 1.25           |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 13.95         | 17.40         | 24.97          |
| Maharashtra       | 5.80          | 11.67         | 3.74           |
| Nagaland          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00           |
| Odisha            | 44.48         | 47.98         | 29.40          |
| Puducherry        | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00           |
| Punjab            | 113.34        | 108.76        | 135.86         |
| Nef(Tripura)      | 0.07          | 0.14          | 0.00           |
| Rajasthan         | 0.00          |               |                |
| Tamil Nadu        | 12.94         | 22.04         | 4.67           |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 32.33         | 37.90         | 42.46          |
| Uttrakhand        | 4.62          | 6.82          | 6.79           |
| West Bengal       | 19.79         | 18.38         | 4.40           |
| Others            | 0.00          |               |                |
| All India Total : | 443.99        | 519.97        | 401.55         |

KMS: Kharif Marketing Season

Source: Department of Food & Public Distribution (DFPD)

## Annexure in reference to reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 204 due for reply on 09.03.2021.

Table No.4: Procurement of Coarsegrains (Jowar, Bajra, Maize and Ragi) from the year 2018-19 to 2020-21 (*As on 31.01.2021)

( Figures in Metric Tonnes)

|   S. No. | State/UTs        | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21*   |
|----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh   | -         | -         | -          |
|        2 | Telangana        | -         | -         | -          |
|        3 | Assam            | -         | -         | -          |
|        4 | Bihar            | -         | -         | -          |
|        5 | Chandigarh       | -         | -         | -          |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh     | -         | -         | -          |
|        7 | Delhi            | -         | -         | -          |
|        8 | Gujarat          | 891       |           | 9112       |
|        9 | Haryana          | 98574     | 100000    | 75000      |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh | -         | -         | -          |
|       11 | Jharkhand        | -         | -         | -          |
|       12 | Jammu & Kashmir  | -         | -         | -          |
|       13 | Karnataka        | 95520     | 202499    | 378        |
|       14 | Kerala           | -         | -         | -          |
|       15 | Madhya Pradesh   | -         | 5545      | 224933     |
|       16 | Maharashtra      | 17950     | 123726    | 77042      |
|       17 | Odisha           | -         | -         | -          |
|       18 | Punjab           | -         | -         | -          |
|       19 | Rajasthan        | -         | -         | -          |
|       20 | Tamil Nadu       | -         | -         | -          |
|       21 | Uttar Pradesh    | 5116      | 25        | 106413     |
|       22 | Uttarakhand      | -         | -         | -          |
|       23 | West Bengal      | -         | -         | -          |
|       24 | Total            | 218051    | 431795    | 492878     |

Source: Department of Food & Public Distribution (DFPD)

Annexure in reference to reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 204 due for reply on 09.03.2021.

Table No. 5: Procurement of Cotton from the year 2018-19 to 2020-21(*As on 31.01.2021)

(Figures in lakh bales of 170kgs each)

| State          | 2018-19   |   2019-20 |   2020-21* |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| Punjab         | -         |     3.14  |       5.78 |
| Haryana        | -         |     3.64  |      13.16 |
| Rajasthan      | -         |     2.98  |       9.86 |
| Gujarat        | 0.08      |     6.76  |       8.15 |
| Maharashtra    | 1.96      |    18.71  |      24.94 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 0.51      |     3.19  |       5.55 |
| Telangana      | 7.77      |    40.41  |      34.39 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 0.05      |     2.15  |       3.93 |
| Karnataka      | 0.08      |     2.24  |       2.52 |
| Odisha         | 0.25      |     1.5   |       2.06 |
| West Bengal    | 0.001     |     0.002 |       0    |
| Tamil Nadu     | 0.003     |     0.006 |       0.28 |
| Total          | 10.70     |    84.728 |     110.62 |

Source: Cotton Corporation of India (CCI)

## Annexure in reference to reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 204 due for reply on 09.03.2021

Table No.6: Procurement of pulses under PSS from 2018-19 to 2020-21 (*as on 31.01.2021)

(figures in Metric Tonnes)

| Year/Commodity/States    | 2018-19    | 2019-20   | 2020-21*   |
|--------------------------|------------|-----------|------------|
| Gram                     | 2631426.15 | 829969.33 | 2053986.51 |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 73468.26   | 67310.95  | 64075      |
| Gujarat                  | 90964.98   | 17914.75  | 124031.55  |
| Haryana                  | -          | 207.6     | 10636.46   |
| Karnataka                | 70316.5    | 11846     | 90030.85   |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 1581450.52 | 576745.58 | 706313.62  |
| Maharashtra              | 175805.05  | 22619.74  | 370363.22  |
| Rajasthan                | 572202.95  | 119314.41 | 615704.53  |
| Telangana                | 53155.65   | 13266.9   | 34333.1    |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 14062.24   | 743.4     | 38498.18   |
| Masoor                   | 242424.42  | 56237.87  | 1433.68    |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 228835.75  | 56075.02  | 1433.68    |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 13588.67   | 162.85    | -          |
| Moong                    | 301040.18  | 165319.45 | 20842.13   |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 1565.95    | 13622.35  | -          |
| Gujarat                  | 1978.6     | 2071.9    | -          |
| Haryana                  | 224.9      | 1065.9    | 1099.65    |
| Karnataka                | 28950      | 5874.21   | -          |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 2650.96    | -         | -          |
| Maharashtra              | 12252.03   | 4272.23   | 559.74     |
| Odisha                   | 2668.21    | 6148.19   | 7011.38    |
| Rajasthan                | 236277.28  | 121669.07 | 12024.46   |
| Tamilnadu                | 1096.94    | 4720.7    | 146.9      |
| Telangana                | 13375.31   | 5874.9    | -          |
| Toor                     | 491786.38  | 441014.53 | 151490.07  |
| Andhra Pradesh           | -          | 37790.45  | 17113      |
| Gujarat                  | 78734.74   | 22168.2   | 5056.2     |
| Karnataka                | 117253.55  | 228521.35 | 6184.9     |
| Madhya Pradesh           | -          | 3154.96   | -          |
| Maharashtra              | 225191.93  | 97109.03  | 123087.18  |
| Odisha                   | -          | 90.02     | 8.32       |
| Tamilnadu                | 306.16     | 555.52    | 40.47      |
| Telangana                | 70300      | 51625     | -          |
| Urad                     | 512475.51  | 15016.28  | 137.16     |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 79110.43   | 12797.05  | -          |
| Gujarat                  | 9409.75    | 88.85     | -          |
|                          | 10.1       | -         | -          |
| Karnataka Madhya Pradesh | 298599.69  | -         | -          |
| Maharashtra              | 7741.69    | 10.11     | 137.16     |
| Odisha                   | 4216.02    | 1103      | -          |
| Rajasthan                | 77444.94   | 26.5      | -          |
| Tamilnadu                | 1561.57    | 28.97     | -          |
| Telangana                | 2577.58    | 961.8     | -          |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 29742.95   | -         | -          |
| West Bengal              | 2060.79    | -         | -          |

Source: National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED)

Annexure in reference to reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 204 due for reply on 09.03.2021.

Table No.7: Procurement Copra & Oilseeds under PSS from the year 2018-19 to 2020-21 (*as on 31.01.2021) (figures in Metric Tonnes)

| Year             | 2018-19     | 2019-20    | 2020-21*   |
|------------------|-------------|------------|------------|
| Commodity/States |             |            |            |
| Copra            | -           | 313.84     | 5088.92    |
| Andhra Pradesh   | -           | -          | -          |
| Karnataka        | -           | -          | 5040.04    |
| Tamilnadu        | -           | 313.84     | 48.88      |
| Oil Seed         |             |            |            |
| Groundnut        | 719812.92   | 721205.04  | 286109.49  |
| Andhra Pradesh   |             | 21178.14   | 256.87     |
| Gujarat          | 447638.22   | 500438.91  | 202629.85  |
| Haryana          | -           | -          | 691        |
| Karnataka        | -           | 3830.8     | 39.13      |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 28501.21    | -          | -          |
| Odisha           | 2418.81     | 130.76     | 2011.34    |
| Rajasthan        | 232482.14   | 193080.23  | 73980.33   |
| Telangana        | 9.94        | -          |            |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 8762.60     | 2546.2     | 6500.97    |
| Mustard Seed     | 8,73,536.40 | 1081883.69 | 803824.34  |
| Gujarat          | 52725.45    | 45541.18   | 32759.4    |
| Haryana          | 227018.66   | 247960.5   | 308700.65  |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 118779.28   | 182483.29  | 115169.13  |
| Rajasthan        | 472995.59   | 604442.97  | 346875.96  |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 1190.90     | 1455.75    | 319.2      |
| West Bengal      | 826.52      | -          | -          |
| Nigerseed        | 15.90       | -          | -          |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 15.90       | -          | -          |
| Sesamum Seed     | -           | -          | -          |
| West Bengal      | -           | -          | -          |
| Soyabean         | 19483.02    | 10677.68   | 3.69       |
| Karnataka        | 6.00        | -          | -          |
| Maharashtra      | 1283.02     | 26.23      | 3.69       |
| Rajasthan        | 2957.8      | -          | -          |
| Telangana        | 15236.2     | 10651.45   | -          |
| Sunflower Seed   | 3493.33     | 2586.33    | 5267.08    |
| Haryana          | 2400.02     | 2375       | 3446       |
| Odisha           | 129.93      | 211.33     | 121.08     |
| Telangana        | 963.38      | -          | 1700       |

Source: National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED)

Annexure -VIII

Annexure in reference to reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 204 due for reply on 09.03.2021.

Table No. 8: State-wise procurement of Raw Jute from the year 2018-19 to 2020-21 (*As on 31.01.2021)

(Quantity in quintals)

| State       |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21* |
|-------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| West Bengal | 165563    | 128551    |    7344.71 |
| Assam       |   7796.31 |  12191.2  |      18.96 |
| Bihar       |  12439.9  |   6036.22 |     354.22 |
| Odisha      |    752.02 |    579.1  |     363.95 |
| Total       | 186551    | 147357    |    8081.84 |

Source: Jute Corporation of India ******