Lok Sabha Question No. 2372 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Foodgrains Storage Capacity
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama, Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

## GOVER}IiIENT  OF INDIA

## MtNtsTRy oF GONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD &  puBl.tc  DtsTRtBUTtON DEPARTi,IENT  OF FOOD AND PUBLIG DTSTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2372 TO BE ANSWERED  ON t67H MARCH,2022

## FOODGRATNS  STORAGE  CAPACTTY

2372. SHRI RAJESHBHAI GHUDASAMA: SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR: SHRI MOHANBHA! KALYANJT KUilDARIYA:

will the luftnister  of cot{sU]urER  AFFAIRS,  FooD At{D  puBl.rc DlsrRlBUTrox  wrilrr crq-a, ers  qt{  qrffi{ a-fr{sr  tr+ be preased  to state:

- (a)  the details  of foodgrains procured  by the Government  from each state and the price paid  to the farmers for each item during the rast six months especially from Guiarat;
- (b) whether FGr has sufficient storage capacity  to store the foodgrains procured every year;
- (c) and if so' the detaits thereof,  state-wise and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the steps being taken to increase  the storage capacaty  in each state particularly Gujarart and other states where there is maximum production of crops?

## ANSWER

MIIIIISTER  OF STATE FoR iIINISTRY  oF RuRAL DEVELoPIIIENT  AND coNsuMER AFFAIRS,  FOOD &  puBl.tc  DtsTRtBuTtoN (sADHVt  NTRANJAN  JYOTT)

(a): state'wise foodgrains procured  at Minimum support  price  (Msp) and value of MsP for centra! poor during rast six months inctuding Guiarat are as unden

- Paddy at Annexure-l t.
- Goarsegrain  at Annexure.tt t!.
- Pulses at AnnexureJll llL

- (b) and (c): Food Gorporation  of lndia (FC!) has sufficient storage capacity to store the procured foodgrains. The State-wise  details of storage capacity  {as  on Ol.O2.2O22l  with FGI is at Annexure-lV.
- (d): FGI continuously  assesses  and monitors the storage capacity and based on the  storage gap assessment, storage capacities  are created/hired.  The requirement of Storage capacity in FGI depends upon the level of  procurement, requirement of  buffer norms and PDS operations for Rice and Wheat mainly. Storage gap is assessed  in the procuring States including  Guiarat based on the highest  stock levels in the last three years and in the consuming  States on the basis of 4 months (6 months in case of NE regions) requirement of Nationa! Food Security Act (NFSA) and Other Welfare Scheme  (OWS).

FGI augments its storage capacity through following schemesr

- l.  Private  Entrepreneurs  Guarantee (PEG) Scheme
2. Gentral Sector Scheme  (CSS)
3. Gonstruction  of Silo's under Public Privatr: Partnership  (PPP) mode
4. Hiring of godown from Gentral Warehousing  Gorporation  (GWG) /State Warehousing Gorporations (SWGs)/State  Agencies
5. Hiring of godown.through  Private Warchousing Scheme  (PWS)

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO lN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2372 FOR ANSWER ON 16.03.2022  !N THE LOK SABHA.

## STATE'WISE  PADDY PROCUREMENT  & VALUE AT MSP

Procurement Fig. in LMT, MSP in Rs. Crores

| STATES        | KMS 2021-22*   | KMS 2021-22*      |
|---------------|----------------|-------------------|
|               | Procurenlent   | MSP (Rs 1950/Qtt) |
| A.P.          | 37 .27         | 7 304.92          |
| TELANGANA     | 70.22          | 13763.72          |
| ASSAM         | 0.83           | 162.68            |
| BIHAR         | 44.90          | 8800.40           |
| CHANDIGARH    | o.27           | s2.92             |
| CHHATISGARH   | 92.0L          | 18033.96          |
| GUJARAT       | 7.22           | 239.12            |
| HARYANA       | 55.31          | 10840.76          |
| H. P.         | 0.28           | 54.88             |
| JHARKHAND     | 4.82           | 944.72            |
| J&K           | o.4t           | 80.35             |
| KARNATAKA     | 7.69           | 33L.24            |
| KERALA        | 2.73           | 535.08            |
| M.P           | 45.82          | 8980.72           |
| MAHARASHTRA   | 13.35          | 2518.56           |
| ODISHA        | 55.43          | 10864.28          |
| PUNJAB        | 186.85         | 36624.56          |
| RAJASTHAN     | 0.07           | L3.72             |
| NEF (Tripura) | 0.31           | 60.76             |
| TAMIT NADU    | 23.40          | 4586.40           |
| UTTAR PRADESH | 65.53          | 12843.88          |
| UTTRAKHAND    | 11.56          | 2265.76           |
| WEST BENGAL   | 16.03          | 3141.88           |
| TOTAL         | 730.33         | 143144.68         |

## ANNEXURE.II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO tN REPLY To PART (a) oF THE UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.2372 FOR ANSWER ON 16.03.2022IN THE LOK SABHA.

## STATEMENT  SHOWING PROCUREMENT OF COARSEGRAINS

in MTs, MSP Value in Rs Lakhs

| KM5                        | coMMoDtw            |   GU'ARAT | MSP value   |   HARYANA |   MSP value | KARNATAKA   | MSP value   | M.P.   | MSP value   | MAH.   | MSP value   | U.P   | MSP value   | ODISHA   | M5P value   |
|----------------------------|---------------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------|-------------|--------|-------------|-------|-------------|----------|-------------|
| 202L-22 (As on 06.03.20221 | JOWAR (Kharif| |         0 | 0           |         0 |           0 | 442         | 722         | 32s01  | 8964        | 20270  | 5590        | 0     | 0           | 0        | o           |
| 202L-22 (As on 06.03.20221 | JowAR (Rabil        |         0 | o           |         0 |           0 | 0           | 0           | 0      | 0           | n      | 0           | 0     | 0           | 0        | o           |
| 202L-22 (As on 06.03.20221 | BAJRA               |      7284 | 1639        |       267 |          60 | 0           | 0           | s662   | L274        | 567    | t2a         | 0     |             | 0        | 0           |
|                            | MAIZE (Kharif)      |       389 | 73          |         0 |           0 | 0           | 0           | 0      | 0           | 19615  | 3668        | 2763  | 5t7         | 0        | 0           |
|                            | MAIZE (Rabi)        |         0 | 0           |         0 |           0 | 0           | 0           | 0      | 0           | 0      |             | 0     | 0           | 0        | 0           |
|                            | RAGI                |         0 | 0           |         0 |           0 | 57494       | t94L6       | 0      | 0           | 253    | 85          | n     | 0           | 23t36    | 7873        |
|                            | Total               |      7673 | L7t2        |       257 |          60 | s7936       | 19538       | 38163  | 10238       | 40705  | 9471        | 276E  | 517         | 23136    | 78t'        |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) oF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2372 FOR ANSWER  ON {6.03.2022 tN THE LOK SABHA.

[A]  State-wise  Pulses  procured  at MSP under Price Support  Scheme( PSS) as percropseason duringtheyear 2027-22 (as  on 07.03.2}'t2l

| Year/Season/Category/ Commdoity/States   | Quantity Procured (in MT)   | MSP Value (Rs. lN LAKH)   |
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
| Pulses                                   | 93,809.86                   | 56,459.22                 |
| MOONG                                    | 75,476.98                   | 54,909.50                 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                           | 1,31,4.70                   | 956.44                    |
| GUJARAT                                  | 1.50                        | 1.09                      |
| HARYANA                                  | L,283.70                    | 933.89                    |
| KARNATAKA                                | 13,980.37                   | 70,L70.72                 |
| MAHARASHTRA                              | 7,636.77                    | L,190.7t                  |
| RAJASTHAN                                | 57,260.00                   | 41,656.65                 |
| TOOR                                     | 76,704.7r                   | 10,523.97                 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                           | 12.80                       | 8.06                      |
| GUJARAT                                  | 3,L11.52                    | 1,960.26                  |
| KARNATAKA                                | t7,246.30                   | 7 ,O85.t7                 |
| MAHARASHTRA                              | 928.34                      | 584.85                    |
| TAMILNADU                                | 2.50                        | 1.58                      |
| TELANGANA                                | 1,403.25                    | 884.05                    |
| URAD                                     | 7,628.77                    | 1,025.75                  |
| GUJARAT                                  | 99.85                       | 62.97                     |
| MAHARASHTRA                              | 1,488.12                    | 937.52                    |
| RAJASTHAN                                | 40.20                       | 25.33                     |
| RAB| - 2022                         | 20,785.32                   | LO,a7O.72                 |
| Pulses                                   | 20,785.32                   | ro,870.72                 |
| GRAM                                     | 20,785.32                   | LO,a70.7Z                 |
| GUJARAT                                  | 10,433.40                   | 5,456.67                  |
| KARNATAKA                                | 301.20                      | 157.53                    |
| MAHARASHTRA                              | 5,O83.72                    | 2,658.79                  |
| TELANGANA                                | 4,967.OO                    | 2,597.74                  |

IBlState -wise  Procurement of Pulses under  Price Stabilization  Fund (PSF)  at MSP  during last 6 months

| Yea r/Season/Category/ Commdoity/States   | quantity Procured (in MT)   | MSP Value (Rs. lN LAKH)   |
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
| Pulses                                    |                             |                           |
| Urad K-21                                 |                             |                           |
| Raiasthan                                 | 77.70                       | 48.95                     |
| Madhya Pradesh                            | 147.32                      | 89.03                     |
| Uttar Pradesh                             | 74642.40                    | 9224.7L                   |
| Maharashtra                               | 8.89                        | 5.6                       |
| Gujarat                                   | 20.09                       | t2.66                     |
| Tota I                                    | 14890.40                    | 9380.95                   |

## ANNEXURE.IV ANNEXURE REFERRED TO tN REPLY TO PART (b) & (c) oF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2372 FOR ANSWER ON {6.03.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA.

| Central Pool Ca with FCI and State covt, cies as on 01.02.2022   | Central Pool Ca with FCI and State covt, cies as on 01.02.2022   | Central Pool Ca with FCI and State covt, cies as on 01.02.2022   | Central Pool Ca with FCI and State covt, cies as on 01.02.2022   | Central Pool Ca with FCI and State covt, cies as on 01.02.2022   | Central Pool Ca with FCI and State covt, cies as on 01.02.2022   | Central Pool Ca with FCI and State covt, cies as on 01.02.2022   | Central Pool Ca with FCI and State covt, cies as on 01.02.2022   | Central Pool Ca with FCI and State covt, cies as on 01.02.2022   |
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| Zone                                                             | sl. No,                                                          | !itate                                                           | Total Storage Capacity with FCI (Owned/Ilired )                  | Covered                                                          | Total Storage Capacity with FCI (Owned/Ilired )                  | State Agencies                                                   | res in                                                           | res in                                                           |
|                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | Grand Total                                                      | Stock position as on 01.02.2022                                  |
|                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | Owned                                                            | Hired                                                            | Total                                                            |                                                                  |                                                                  | Total                                                            |
| trl a -l                                                         | 1                                                                | BIHAR                                                            | 4.07                                                             | 6.88                                                             | 10.95                                                            | 1.66                                                             | 15.6t                                                            | 12.71                                                            |
| trl a -l                                                         | )                                                                | JHARKHAND                                                        | 0.88                                                             | 3.58                                                             | 1.16                                                             | 0                                                                | 4.46                                                             | 2.r4                                                             |
| trl a -l                                                         | 1                                                                | ODISHA                                                           | 3.6s                                                             | 3.33                                                             | 6.98                                                             | 6.14                                                             | 13.12                                                            | 6.09                                                             |
| trl a -l                                                         | 4                                                                | WEST BENGAL                                                      | 9.53                                                             | 1.12                                                             | 10.6s                                                            | 9.10                                                             | 19.75                                                            |                                                                  |
| trl a -l                                                         | 5                                                                | SIKKIMI                                                          | 0.1r                                                             | 0.01                                                             | 0.1I                                                             | 0.12                                                             | 0.23                                                             | 7 .32                                                            |
| z tr,                                                            | 6                                                                | ASSAM                                                            | 3.74                                                             | 1.67                                                             | 5.41                                                             | 0                                                                | 5.41                                                             | 3.81                                                             |
| z tr,                                                            | 7                                                                | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                | 0.38                                                             | 0.02                                                             | 0.40                                                             | 0                                                                | 0.40                                                             | 0.25                                                             |
| z tr,                                                            | 8                                                                | MEGHA,LAY                                                        | 0.t 7                                                            | 0.09                                                             | 0.26                                                             | 0                                                                | 0.26                                                             | 0.1I                                                             |
| z tr,                                                            | 9                                                                | MIZOR-{M                                                         | 0.32                                                             | 0.00                                                             | 0.32                                                             | 0                                                                | 0.32                                                             | 0.1 I                                                            |
| z tr,                                                            | 10                                                               | TRIPUR,A                                                         | 0.40                                                             | 0.08                                                             | 0.48                                                             | 0                                                                | 0.48                                                             | 0.3 6                                                            |
| z tr,                                                            | l1                                                               | MANIPIJR                                                         | 0.59                                                             | 0.0,1                                                            | 0.63                                                             | 0.17                                                             | 0.80                                                             | 0.33                                                             |
| z tr,                                                            | t2                                                               | NAGALAND                                                         | 0.42                                                             | 0.r6                                                             | 0.58                                                             | 0                                                                | 0.58                                                             | 0.36                                                             |
| z ,l                                                             | l3                                                               | DELH I                                                           | a)1                                                              | 0.00                                                             | 3.27                                                             | 0                                                                | 3.27                                                             | 2.22                                                             |
| z ,l                                                             | t4                                                               | HARYANA                                                          | 8.75                                                             | 53.94                                                            | 62.69                                                            | 37.06                                                            | 99.7s                                                            | 60.72                                                            |
| z ,l                                                             | l5                                                               | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                 | 0.27                                                             | 0.64                                                             | 0.91                                                             | 0                                                                | 0.91                                                             | 0.63                                                             |
| z ,l                                                             | l6                                                               | JAMMU & KASHMIR                                                  | 1.25                                                             | 1.34                                                             | 2.59                                                             | 0                                                                | 2.59                                                             | 1.65                                                             |
| z ,l                                                             | 17                                                               | PUNJA[I                                                          | 27,37                                                            | 96.72                                                            | 124.09                                                           | 54.41                                                            | 178.50                                                           |                                                                  |
| z ,l                                                             | 18                                                               | CHANDIGARH                                                       | 0.00                                                             | 0.06                                                             | 0.06                                                             | 0                                                                | 0.06                                                             | 154.39                                                           |
| z ,l                                                             | l9                                                               | RAJAST'HAN                                                       | 8.53                                                             | 14.55                                                            | 23.08                                                            | 0                                                                | 23.08                                                            | 12.67                                                            |
| z ,l                                                             | 20                                                               | UTTAR PRADESH                                                    | 17.49                                                            | 38.65                                                            | 56.t4                                                            | 0                                                                | 56.1,1                                                           | 35.45                                                            |
| o 'l                                                             | 21                                                               | UTTARAKHAND                                                      | 0.73                                                             | 1.19                                                             | 1.92                                                             | 0.83                                                             | 2.75                                                             | l.6l                                                             |
| o 'l                                                             | 22                                                               | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                   | 9.00                                                             | 1.50                                                             | t0.50                                                            | 19.07                                                            | 29.57                                                            | 14.32                                                            |
| o 'l                                                             | 23                                                               | ANDMAN & NICOBA.R                                                | 0.07                                                             | 0.00                                                             | 0.07                                                             | 0.03                                                             | 0.10                                                             | 14.32                                                            |
| o 'l                                                             | 24                                                               | TELANGANA                                                        | 6.68                                                             | 15.25                                                            | 21.93                                                            | t.4t                                                             | 23.31                                                            | 14.32                                                            |
| o 'l                                                             | 25                                                               | KERALI\                                                          | 6.02                                                             | 0.25                                                             | 6.27                                                             | 2.74                                                             | 9.01                                                             | 29.78 4.93                                                       |
| o 'l                                                             | 26                                                               | KARNA'TAKA                                                       | 4.77                                                             | 5.22                                                             | 9.99                                                             | 0                                                                | 9.99                                                             | 4.93                                                             |
| o 'l                                                             | 27                                                               | TAMILI\{ADU                                                      | 7.08                                                             | 9.37                                                             | 16.45                                                            | 14.56                                                            | 31.01                                                            |                                                                  |
| o 'l                                                             | 28                                                               | PUDUCIIERRY                                                      | 0.52                                                             | 0.00                                                             | 0.52                                                             | 0                                                                | 0.52                                                             | r 7.08                                                           |
| 4 t! a ,.]                                                       | 29                                                               | GUJARAT                                                          | 4.93                                                             | 3.46                                                             | 8.39                                                             | 0.58                                                             | 8.97                                                             | 5.00                                                             |
| 4 t! a ,.]                                                       | 30                                                               | MAHARASHTARA                                                     | 9.85                                                             | 10.93                                                            | 20.78                                                            | 0.04                                                             | 20.82                                                            |                                                                  |
| 4 t! a ,.]                                                       | 3l                                                               | GOA                                                              | 0.19                                                             | 0.06                                                             | 0.25                                                             | 0                                                                | 0.25                                                             | I1.64                                                            |
| 4 t! a ,.]                                                       | 1'                                                               | MADHYA PRADESH                                                   | 1.20                                                             | 0,69                                                             | 4.89                                                             | 198.69                                                           | 203.58                                                           | t32.39                                                           |
| 4 t! a ,.]                                                       | 33                                                               | CHHAT]ISGARII                                                    |                                                                  | 7.15                                                             |                                                                  | 13.97                                                            |                                                                  | 15.7 6                                                           |
|                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 6.32                                                             |                                                                  | 13.47                                                            |                                                                  | 27.41                                                            |                                                                  |
|                                                                  |                                                                  | Total                                                            | r5 r.55                                                          | 277.94                                                           | 429.49                                                           | 363.58                                                           | 793.07                                                           | 538.75                                                           |