Lok Sabha Question No. 2522 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Production of Wheat and Paddy
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Kalaben Mohanbhai Delkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2522

## To BE ANSWERED ON 15TH MARCH, 2023

## PRODUCTION OF WHEAT AND PADDY

## SHRIMATI DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

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

- (a) the State-wise production of wheat and paddy in various States of the country especially in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu during each of the last three years and the current Kharif season;
- (b) whether complaints with regard to irregularities in the procurement of paddy and wheat have been received from various States of the country;
- (c) if the details thereof and the remedial action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) the number of accused persons appended so far by the Government in this regard along with details of the action taken thereof; and
- (e) the concrete steps being taken by the Government to deal with this problem, State-wise?

## ANSWE R

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

- (a): The State-wise production of wheat and paddy (in terms of rice) in various States of the country including Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu during each of the last three years and the current Kharif season is at Annexure and Annexure respectively.

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- (b) to (c): The details of complaints received  against  paddy and wheat procurement from various states by FCI during the last three years and the current year is as under:

| Year                    |   Paddy |   Wheat |
|-------------------------|---------|---------|
| 2019-20                 |       3 |       1 |
| 2020-21                 |       6 |       3 |
| 2021-22                 |      10 |       6 |
| 2022-23 (Till February) |       0 |       0 |

Prompt actions are taken against the defaulting officerslofficials, found responsible besides administrative actions against the Private firms:

(d): Ten defaulting officials and one Handling and Transport Contractor were found responsible: DisciplinarylAdministrative action has been initiated against defaulting officials and recovery action taken against contractor:

- (e): SOne Nation, One MSP through DBT" implemented across the country from RMS 2021-22 onwards- Payment of MSP has been ensured directly into farmers account: DBT eliminated fictitious farmers and reduced the diversion and duplication of payment as payment is being made directly to farmer'$ bank account: DBT of MSP has brought in responsibility, transparency and probity:

FCI and most of the State Governments have developed their own Online Procurement System which ushers in transparency and convenience to the farmers through proper registration and monitoring of actual procurement. Through e-procurement module deployed by procuring Agencies, farmers latestlupdated information regarding MSP declared, nearest purchase center, date of procurement etc. This not only has reduced the waiting period for delivery of stock by the farmers but also enables the farmer to deliver stock as per his convenience in the nearest mandi: get

Various procurement portals developed by procuring agencies have now been unified into Central Foodgrain Procurement Portal (CFPP) to share identified MTP (Minimum Threshold Parameters) towards development of an application eco-system, wherein requisite information in respect of procurement is available at single source for monitoring and strategic decision making and to ensure uniformity and transparencyMTP involves online registration of farmers, integration of land record, digitized mandi operations, MSP transfer to farmers, CMRIWheat delivery management and API based integration: Food grain procurement operations digitized in all states and portals of 24 states integrated with the national portal:

Mixed Indicator Method for determining age of rice has been introduced to check recycling of old stocks:

## ANNEXURE REFERRED To IN REPLY PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2522 FOR ANSWER ON 15.03.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA

## State-wise production of wheat during RMS 2020-21 to RMS 2022-23

(Figures\_in\_Lakh Metric Tonns\_

| Statel UT         |   RMS 2020-21 (Crop Year 2019-20) |   RMS 2021-22 (Crop Year 2020-21) | RMS 2022-23 (Crop Year 2021-22)   |
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                            0      |                            0      | 0.00                              |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                            0.07   |                            0.08   | 0.08                              |
| Assam             |                            0.14   |                            0.13   |                                   |
| Bihar             |                           55.8    |                           61.5    | 62.24                             |
| Chhattisgarh      |                            1.15   |                            2.48   | 1.92                              |
| Goa               |                            0      |                            0      | 0.00                              |
| Gujarat           |                           33.27   |                           32.59   | 33.33                             |
| Haryana           |                          118.76   |                          123.94   | 104.47                            |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                            5.63   |                            5.7    | 5.49                              |
| Jammu & Kashmir   |                            4.88   |                            4.84   | 5.84                              |
| Jharkhand         |                            4.39   |                            5.44   | 5.19                              |
| Karnataka         |                            1.8    |                            2.62   | 2.12                              |
| Kerala            |                            0      |                            0      | 0.00                              |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                          196.07   |                          181.82   | 229.78                            |
| Maharashtra       |                           17.94   |                           20.71   | 21.44                             |
| Manipur           |                            0.0575 |                            0.0583 | 0.0565                            |
| Meghalaya         |                            0.009  |                            0.009  | 0.0090                            |
| Nagaland          |                            0.0628 |                            0.0629 | 0.0235                            |
| Odisha            |                            0.0017 |                            0.003  | 0.0031                            |
| Punjab            |                          176.16   |                          171.86   | 148.61                            |
| Rajasthan         |                          109.16   |                          110.35   | 100.96                            |
| Sikkim            |                            0.0018 |                            0.0012 | 0.0012                            |
| Tamil Nadu        |                            0      |                            0      | 0.00                              |
| Telangana         |                            0.0921 |                            0.1584 | 0.1406                            |
| Tripura           |                            0.0033 |                            0.0006 | 0.0006                            |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                          338.15   |                          355.07   | 339.50                            |
| Uttarakhand       |                            9.04   |                            9.55   | 8.63                              |
| West Bengal       |                            5.1    |                            5.95   | 6.56                              |
| D & N Haveli      |                            0.0012 |                            0      | 0.00                              |
| Daman & Diu       |                            0      |                            0      | 0.00                              |
| UT of Ladakh      |                            0      |                            0.0717 | 0.0704                            |
| Delhi             |                            0.8287 |                            0.8362 | 0.8141                            |
| Chandigarh        |                            0.0246 |                            0.0246 | 0.0274                            |
|                   |                         1078.61   |                         1095.86   | 1077.42                           |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED To IN REPLY To PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2522 FOR ANSWER ON 15.03.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA:

State-wise production of Paddy (in terms of rice) during the KMS 2019-20 to KMS 2022-23

(Figures in Lakh Metric Tonns)

|                      | KMS 2019-20 Production (In LMT)   | KMS 2019-20 Production (In LMT)   | KMS 2019-20 Production (In LMT)   | KMS 2020-21 Production In LMT)   | KMS 2020-21 Production In LMT)   | KMS 2020-21 Production In LMT)   | KMS 2021-22 Production In LMT) Final est   | KMS 2021-22 Production In LMT) Final est   | KMS 2021-22 Production In LMT) Final est   | KMS 2022-23 Production In LMT)   | KMS 2022-23 Production In LMT)   | KMS 2022-23 Production In LMT)   |
|----------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| States/UTs           | Kharif                            | Rabi                              | Total                             | KHARIF                           | RABI                             | Total                            | KHARIF                                     | RABI                                       | Total                                      | KHARIF                           | RABI                             | Total                            |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       | 51.17                             |                                   | 86.59                             | 42.11                            | 36.72                            | 78.83                            | 43.26                                      | 34.37                                      | 77.64                                      | 48.32                            | 32.04                            | 80.35                            |
| TELANGANA            | 40.21                             | 34.07                             | 74.28                             | 54.40                            |                                  | 102.17                           | 78.34                                      | 45.75                                      | 124.10                                     | 90.95                            | 62.92                            | 153.87                           |
| ASSAM                | 39.59                             | 10.26                             | 49.85                             | 41.43                            | 10.72                            | 52.15                            |                                            | 8.44                                       | 43.82                                      | 39.77                            | 8.71                             | 48.49                            |
| BIHAR                | 61.69                             | 1.29                              | 62.98                             | 66.11                            | 1.36                             | 67.47                            | 75.72                                      |                                            | 77.17                                      | 64.22                            | 0.00                             | 64.22                            |
| CHANDIGARH           | 0.04                              | 0.00                              | 0.04                              | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                                       | 0.00                                       | 0.00                                       | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |
| CHHA TTISGARH        | 67.75                             | 0.00                              | 67.75                             | 71.61                            | 0.00                             | 71.61                            | 80.22                                      | 0.00                                       | 80.22                                      | 82.34                            | 0.00                             | 82.34                            |
| Dadar & Haveli Nagar | 0.2780                            | 0.0849                            | 036                               | 0.3294                           | 0.00                             | 0.33                             | 0.3280                                     | 0.00                                       |                                            | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |
| DAMAN & DIU          | 0.0203                            | 0.00                              | 0.02                              | 0.0280                           | 0.00                             | 0.03                             | 0.0278                                     | 0.00                                       | 0.03                                       | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |
| DELHI                | 0.17                              | 0.00                              |                                   | 0.20                             | 0.00                             | 0.20                             | 0.19                                       | 0.00                                       | 0.19                                       | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |
| GUJARAT              | 18.22                             | 1.62                              | 19.83                             | 19.37                            | 2.09                             | 21.46                            | 18.85                                      | 2.16                                       | 21.01                                      | 20.38                            | 0.00                             | 20.38                            |
| HARYANA              | 48.24                             | 0.00                              | 48.24                             | 44.25                            | 0.00                             | 44.25                            | 46.18                                      | 0.00                                       | 46.18                                      | 51.40                            | 0.00                             |                                  |
| HIMACHAL PR          | 1.44                              | 0.00                              | 1.44                              | 1.40                             | 0.00                             | 1.40                             | 1.68                                       | 0.00                                       | 1.68                                       |                                  | 0.00                             | 1.71                             |
| JHARKHAND            | 30.13                             | 0.00                              | 30.13                             | 27.53                            | 0.00                             | 27.53                            | 29.30                                      | 0.00                                       | 29.30                                      | 12.15                            | 0.00                             | 12.15                            |
| JeK                  | 5.87                              | 0.00                              | 5.87                              | 5.81                             | 0.00                             | 5.81                             | 4.93                                       | 0.00                                       | 4.93                                       | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |
| KARNATAKA            | 27.75                             | 8.59                              | 36.34                             | 31.45                            | 11.47                            | 42.92                            | 31.22                                      | 11.97                                      | 43.18                                      | 27.60                            | 10.74                            | 38.34                            |
| KERALA               | 4.49                              |                                   | 6.06                              | 4.70                             | 1.64                             | 6.34                             | 3.42                                       | 1.45                                       | 4.87                                       | 1.39                             | 2.16                             | 3.55                             |
| MADHYA PR            | 46.84                             | 0.94                              | 47.78                             | 42.87                            | 1.27                             | 44.14                            | 48.15                                      | 0.00                                       | 48.15                                      | 70.32                            | 0.00                             | 70.32                            |
| MAHARASHTRA          | 27.02                             | 1.96                              | 28.98                             | 30.28                            | 2.64                             | 32.92                            | 32.95                                      | 3.03                                       | 35.98                                      | 34.81                            | 0.00                             | 34.81                            |
| ODISHA               | 74.28                             | 9.33                              | 83.60                             | 76.57                            | 11.53                            | 88.10                            |                                            | 11.37                                      | 92.91                                      | 86.01                            | 11.51                            | 97.52                            |
| PUDUCHERRY           | 0.43                              | 0.16                              | 0.59                              | 0.14                             |                                  | 0.50                             | 0.13                                       | 0.44                                       | 0.57                                       | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |
| PUNJAB               | 117.79                            | 0.00                              | 117.79                            | 127.84                           | 0.00                             | 127.84                           | 128.85                                     | 0.00                                       | 128.85                                     | 135.88                           | 0.00                             |                                  |
| NEF Tripura)         | 5.82                              | 2.28                              | 8.10                              | 5.85                             | 2.18                             | 8.03                             | 5.85                                       |                                            | 8.11                                       | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |
| TAMILNADU            | 63.88                             | 7.83                              | 71.71                             | 61.37                            | 7.44                             | 68.81                            | 70.51                                      | 856                                        | 79.07                                      | 25.17                            | 43.30                            | 68.46                            |
| UTTAR PRADESH        | 154.37                            | 0.81                              | 155.18                            | 154.30                           | 0.90                             | 155.20                           | 151.83                                     | 0.88                                       | 152.72                                     | 146.47                           | 0.88                             | 147.36                           |
| UTTRAKHAND           | 5.98                              | 0.61                              | 6.58                              | 6.57                             | 0.58                             | 7.15                             | 6.24                                       | 0.92                                       | 7.16                                       | 5.57                             | 0.92                             | 6.49                             |
| WEST BENGAL          | 113.41                            | 45.40                             | 158.81                            | 118.55                           | 46.69                            | 165.24                           | 122.05                                     | 45.23                                      | 167.29                                     | 111.26                           | 45.05                            | 156.31                           |
| RAJASTHAN            | 4.81                              | 0.00 3.73                         | 4.81                              | 6.34                             | 0.00                             | 6.34                             | 4.79                                       | 0.00                                       | 4.79                                       | 5.14                             | 0.00                             | 5.14                             |
| OTHERS               | 11.08                             |                                   | 14.81                             | 10.67                            | 6.25                             | 16.92                            | 8.06                                       | 6.4273                                     | 14.48                                      | 19.89                            | 9.39                             | 29.28                            |
| ALL INDIA TOTAL      | 1022.77                           | 165.94                            | 1488.70                           | 1052.08                          | 191.60                           | 1243.68                          | 1110.01                                    | 184.71                                     | 1294.71                                    | 1080.75                          | 227.62                           | 1308.37                          |