Lok Sabha Question No. 1802 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: Procurement Fortified of Rice
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Bhartruhari Mahtab

## GOVERNTENT  OF INDIA

## MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC  DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.{8O2 TO BE ANSWERED  ON 8T1' DECEMBER,2021

## PROCUREMENT  FORTIFIED OF RICE

## I8O2. SHRI BHARTRUHART  MAHTAB:

WIll the  Minlster of  GONSUIIiER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD AND  pUBLtC DtsrRIBUTloN 5cttfir arr&, anqr gtr  srffio  funur d+ be pteased  to state:

- (a)
- whether the Govemment proposes  to procure fortified rice from various States during Kharif and Rabi season;
- (b) if so, the State/UT-wise detaits  thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has launched a programme for dist.ibufion  of fortifaed  rice to children and lactating mothers In the country;  and
- (d) if so' the quantum  of the sald rice likely to be distributed  along with
- number of States/UTs  proposed  to be covered under the sald programme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR iiINISTRY  OF RURAL DEVELOPMEI{T AND GONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI  NIRANJAN JYOTI)

## (a) and (b)r Yes, sin The state wise target for procurement of fortified rice is at Annexure-l

- (c):  !n order to address anaemia and micro-nutrient deficiency  in the country, Govemment of  lndia approved Centrally Sponsored pilot  Scheme on "Fortification  of Rice & its Distribution  under  public  Distribution  system" for a period  of 3 years beginning  in 2o{9-20. Department  of Food and  public Distribution in association with Ministry of women & child Development  and Department of school Education & Lit€racy  has started  distribution of Fortitied Rice under lntegrated Ghild Development  $cheme (IGDS)  and  pM posHAN  across the country.
- (d):  Action plan for Procurement  of Fortified  rice for distribut-on under IcDs/ PM POSHAN and other schemes is as below:

Phase l:' 35 LMT of Fortified rice to be dlstdbuted  tifl March 2o22 in tcDs+  pM

POSHAN schemes.

Phase IIF 175 LMT of Fortified rice to be distributed  ti POSHAN  +29{ Aspirationa! & High Burden dlstricts.

March 2o2gi/n tcDs+  plu

Phase lllr 375 Liir of Fortified rice to be distributed tilt irlarch 2024 in entire

TPDS and OWSs.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED To  tN  REpLy TO PART (a)&(b) OF THE UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.{AO2 FOR ANSWER ON OA.{2.2O2I IN THE LOK SABHA.

| st. No.   | State             | yery of fortified rice during KMls 2021-22 Target for deli (figures in LltilT)   | yery of fortified rice during KMls 2021-22 Target for deli (figures in LltilT)   | yery of fortified rice during KMls 2021-22 Target for deli (figures in LltilT)   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           |                   | For State's own requilement                                                      | For supply to FCI (Raw fortified rice only)                                      | Total target for the State                                                       |
|           |                   | A                                                                                | B                                                                                | c (A+B)                                                                          |
| 1         | Bihar             | 30.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                             | 30.oo                                                                            |
| 2         | Jha*hand          | ,t.00                                                                            | o.oo                                                                             | 1.00                                                                             |
| 3         | Odisha            | 1,t.o0                                                                           | 10.oo                                                                            | 21.OO                                                                            |
| 4         | West Benga!       | 9.40                                                                             | o.00                                                                             | 9.40                                                                             |
| f-l       | Assam             | o.oo                                                                             | o.oo                                                                             | 0.00                                                                             |
| 6         | Arunachal Pradesh | o.o0                                                                             | o.00                                                                             | o.00                                                                             |
| 7         | Tripura           | 0.00                                                                             | 0.00                                                                             | o,o0                                                                             |
| la        | Nagaland          | o.oo                                                                             | o.oo                                                                             | 0.00                                                                             |
| 9         | Manipur           | 0,o0                                                                             | o.oo                                                                             | 0.00                                                                             |
| 10        | Mizoram           | 0.00                                                                             | 0.00                                                                             | o.o0                                                                             |
| 11        | Meghalaya         | o.o0                                                                             | o.oo                                                                             | 0.00                                                                             |
| 12        | Haryana           | 0.00                                                                             | 20.oo                                                                            | 20.00                                                                            |
| 13        | Himachal PradL"sh | o.00                                                                             | o.oo                                                                             | 0.00                                                                             |
| 14        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0.o0                                                                             | o.oo                                                                             | 0,00                                                                             |
| t5        | Puniab            | 0.o0                                                                             | 40.oo                                                                            | 40.00                                                                            |
| 16        | Raiasthan         | 0.00                                                                             | o.oo                                                                             | 0.00                                                                             |
| 17        | Uttar Pradeslh    | 36.41                                                                            | 0.00                                                                             | 36.41                                                                            |
| t8        | Uttarakhand       | 1.20                                                                             | 0.00                                                                             | 1.20                                                                             |
| 19        | Andhra Pradelth   | 8.60                                                                             | ,5.00                                                                            | 23.60                                                                            |
| 20        | Telangana         | 2.20                                                                             | 15.O0                                                                            | 17,20                                                                            |
| 21        | Kerala            | 0.o0                                                                             | o.oo                                                                             | 0.00                                                                             |
| 22        | Karnataka         | 0.00                                                                             | 0.00                                                                             | o.o0                                                                             |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        | 1.O0                                                                             | o.oo                                                                             | 1.OO                                                                             |
| 24        | Gujarat           | 0,00                                                                             | o.00                                                                             | 0.00                                                                             |
| lzs       | Maharashtra       | 5.36                                                                             | o.o0                                                                             | 5.36                                                                             |
| 26        | Madhya Prade!;h   | 5.60                                                                             | o.00                                                                             | s.60                                                                             |
| 27        | Ghattishgarh      | 5.80                                                                             | 11.00                                                                            | 16.80                                                                            |
|           | TOTAL             | 117.57                                                                           | 1t t.oo                                                                          | 22A.57                                                                           |