Lok Sabha Question No. 4401 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-30
Subject: Procuring Surplus Parboiled Rice
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4401 To BE ANSWERED ON 30TH MARCH, 2022

## PROCURING SURPLUS PARBOILED RICE

## 4401. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is procuring surplus parboiled rice from various State Governments for Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-2022
- and upcoming Rabi Marketing Season in 2022;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has any proposal to stop procurement of parboiled rice completely from the parboiled rice producing States and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of the parboiled rice and raw rice procured by the Food Corporation of India from the year 2015 to 2021, State-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government has noticed any decline in demand for parboiled rice in India and abroad, if SO, the details thereof and if not; the reasons for not procuring parboiled rice from the States?

## A NSWE R

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

(a) to (c): After meeting State's requirement for Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) and Other Welfare Schemes (OWS), only the excesslsurplus stocks procured by the State Government lits agencies are handed over to Food Corporation of India (FCI) in Central Pool in the form of raw rice or parboiled rice to meet the overall consumption requirement of the country in terms of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Government of India and Decentralized Procurement (DCP) states:

Due to burgeoning stock level of parboiled rice in central pool, it was informed to the States that FCI will not be in position to accept parboiled rice during Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-22. However, States can procure parboiled rice for consumption within the State.

(d): State-wise details of the par boiled rice and raw rice procured by the FCI from the years Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2015-16 to 2020-21 is at Annexure-I.

(e): In the last few years procurement rice in the deficit parboiled   consuming states Kerala & Tamil Nadu has increased resulting in lesser movement of parboiled rice from surplus to deficit states. The details is as under:

| State      | Procurement of par-boiled rice (fig: in LMT)   | Procurement of par-boiled rice (fig: in LMT)   | Procurement of par-boiled rice (fig: in LMT)   |
|------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|            | KMS 2018-19                                    | KMS 2019-20                                    | KMS 2020-21                                    |
| Kerala     | 4.46                                           | 4.58                                           | 4.93                                           |
| Jharkhand  | 1.50                                           | 2.54                                           | 4.20                                           |
| Tamil Nadu | 10.31                                          | 16.31                                          | 22.05                                          |
| Total      | 16.27                                          | 23.43                                          | 31.18                                          |

ANNEXUE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4401 FOR ANSWER ON 30.03.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA:

## Details of Custom Milled Rice (Raw and Parboiled) Received by FCI since KMS 2015-16

| STATEIU.T.       | KMS 2015-16   | KMS 2015-16   | KMS 2016-17   | KMS 2016-17   | KMS 2017-18   | KMS 2017-18   | KMS 2018-19   | KMS 2018-19   | KMS 2019-20   | KMS 2019-20   | KMS 2020-21*   | KMS 2020-21*   |
|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
| STATEIU.T.       | Raw           | Parboiled     | Raw           | Parboiled     | Raw           | Parboiled     | Raw           | Parboiled     | Raw           | Parboiled     | Raw            | Parboiled      |
| ANDHRA PRADESH   | 6.70          | 2.93          | 12.84         | 1.17          | 15.69         | 1.01          | 18.81         | 2.03          | 14.54         | 2.91          | 14.51          | 4.29           |
| TELANGANA        | 0.00          | 6.05          | 0.00          | 24.75         | 0.00          | 23.76         | 138           | 26.77         | 9.71          | 44.71         | 6.33           | 47.49          |
| ASSAM            | 0.36          | 0.00          | 0.29          | 0.00          |               | 0.00          | 0.72          | 0.00          |               | 0.00          | 0.85           | 0.00           |
| BIHAR            | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.03          | 0.03          | 0.00          | 0.04          | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| CHANDIGARH       | 0.17          | 0.00          | 0.13          | 0.00          | 0.14          | 0.00          | 0.14          | 0.00          | 0.11          | 0.00          | 0.10           | 0.00           |
| CHHATTISGARH     | 10.84         | 11.92         | 12.19         | 12.22         | 0.00          | 16.20         | 0.00          | 23.92         | 0.00          | 26.38         | 6.88           | 15.95          |
| GUJARAT          | 0.00          | 0.01          | 0.00          | 0.01          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| HARYANA          | 28.21         | 0.03          | 0.22          | 0.00          | 39.76         | 0.00          | 39.30         | 0.00          | 43.45         | 0.00          | 36.89          |                |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| JHARKHAND        | 0.00          | 0.95          | 0.00          | 1.01          | 0.00          | 0.87          | 0.00          |               | 0.00          | 0.69          | 0.05           | 1.08           |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR  | 0.07          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.12          | 0.00          | 0.09          | 0.00          | 0.10          | 0.00          | 0.26           | 0.00           |
| KARNATAKA        | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| KERALA           | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| MADHYA PRADESH   | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.01          | 0.00          | 0.27          | 0.02          | 0.23          | 0.00          | 5.71           | 0.00           |
| MAHARASHTRA      |               | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| ODISHA           | 2.49          | 14.24         | 1.93          | 14.16         | 1.23          | 11.15         | 1.80          | 16.04         | 1.16          | 16.05         | 1.25           | 17.74          |
| PUDUCHERRY       | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| PUNJAB           | 91.66         | 0.19          | 109.53        |               | 116.95        | 0.40          | 112.79        | 0.39          | 108.50        | 0.00          |                | 0.32           |
| NEF_(Tripura)    | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.07          | 0.00          | 0.09          | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| TAMILNADU        | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 10.30         | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| UTTAR PRADESH    | 28.93         | 0.00          | 22.35         | 0.00          | 28.32         | 0.00          | 32.03         | 0.00          | 37.90         | 0.00          | 44.20          | 0.06           |
| UTTRAKHAND       | 3.15          | 0.00          | 3.76          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          |               | 0.00          | 2.63          | 0.00          | 3.17           | 0.00           |
| WEST BENGAL      | 0.20          | 1.94          | 0.09          | 1.28          | 0.03          | 0.03          | 0.01          | 0.79          | 0.00          | 0.52          | 0.00           | 0.44           |
| RAJASTHAN        | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| TOTAL            | 174.99        | 38.26         | 163.32        | 54.95         | 202.52        | 63.76         | 209.78        | 70.39         | 219.77        | 91.27         | 255.52         | 88.16          |

Figin LMT)