Lok Sabha Question No. 2326 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Assistance under RDF and MDF
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Girish Bhalchandra Bapat, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Pritam Gopinath Munde, Rahul Ramesh Shewale

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2326 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15TH MARCH, 2023

## ASSISTANCE UNDER RDF AND MDF

2326. SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU: DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE:

Will the Minister of FOOD AND

CONSUMER AFFAIRS, PUBLIC be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Central Government have been assisting States and UTs under Rural Development Fund and Market Development Fund (MDF);
- ifso, the names of the States and Union Territories (UTs) that demanded for the release of Rural Development Fund (RDF) and Market Development Fund (MDF) during each of the last three years;
- (c) the details of funds so far released to various States particularly to Maharashtra during the said period;
- (d) the criteria under which assistance to Statesl UTs is provided by the Central Government;
- (e) whether there has been a delay in approving the same on both counts and if SO, the details thereof; and
- the details of all outstanding dues of the Centre under RDF and MDF, StatelUT-wise particularly Maharashtra and Odisha?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a): The provisionallfinal food subsidy is released to States on the basis of rates of incidentals allowed in ProvisionallFinal Cost Sheet (PCSIFCS) of concerned crop which includes incidentals like Minimum Support Price, Statutory Charges such as Rural Development Fee, among othersyear

(b): The various States Governments, including that of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Odisha, Uttarakhand and West Bengal, have levied statutory charges on purchase of food grains.

(c) The   provisional quarterly claims of State Governments are processed keeping in view the opening and closing balance of stocks, procurement, allocation and distribution of food grains, Food Corporation of India's reconciliation, Utilization Certificates received, Economic Cost of food grains, prevalent guidelines etc-, among others. This is an ongoing and continuous process and Department of Food & Public Distribution, Government of India has been continuously releasing quarterly admissible amount of food subsidy to the all DCP States including Government of Maharashtra & Odisha: only those statutory charges, which are being utilized for improving the infrastructure and facilities to augment the quality of procurement centres should be part of claims. Incidental-wise record of food subsidy is not maintained in the Department:

The details of admissible amount of provisional food subsidy released by DFPD to all DCP States for last three years are annexed:

Final Cost Sheet is issued after finalization of accounts of the concerned states and subsidy is released after adjusting provisional subsidy released earlier.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) TO () OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2326 FOR ANSWER ON 15.03.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA:

(Rs in crores)

| S: No:   | Name of the State   | 2019-20   |   2020-21 | 2021-22   | 22-23 (as on 09.03.2023   |
|----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
|          | Andhra Pradesh      | 7404.42   |   8424.72 | 9323.38   | 5964.29                   |
| 2        | Bihar               | 2535.71   |   4117.33 | 7671.90   | 7489.85                   |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh        | 4628.11   |   7193.13 | 9047.77   | 5892.68                   |
| 4        | Gujarat             | 69.03     |      9.24 | 749.43    | 21527                     |
| 5        | Karnataka           | 205.79    |    323.99 | 1682.12   | 1632.77                   |
| 6        | Kerala              | 469.30    |   1214.98 | 1777.86   | 808.01                    |
| 7        | Madhya Pradesh      | 8888.39   |  11946.4  | 14420.62  | 9471.50                   |
| 8        | Maharashtra         | 1920.17   |   2555.74 | 4082.07   | 2725.75                   |
| 9        | Odisha              | 5807.45   |   8985.73 | 7892.69   | 6848.83                   |
| 10       | Punjab              | 1612.09   |   1761.53 | 2047.53   | 443.53                    |
| 11       | Tamil Nadu          | 3242.79   |   3109.76 | 6250.93   | 7000.76                   |
| 12       | Telangana           | 4858.89   |   6879.59 | 7665.02   | 3931.22                   |
| 13       | Uttarakhand         | 903.12    |   1371.33 | 1554.43   | 1051.90                   |
| 14       | West Bengal         | 2194.86   |   8792.03 | 5421.34   | 3214.24                   |
| 15       | Jharkhand           |           |      3.66 |           |                           |
| 16       | Tripura             |           |     29.79 | 15.58     | 136.86                    |
| 17       | DBT *               | 204.24    |    182.78 | 186.87    | 171.48                    |
|          |                     | 44944.36  |  66901.8  | 79789.54  | 56,998.84                 |