Lok Sabha Question No. 5685 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Foodgrain Storage Facilities
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

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

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5685

## FOODGRAIN STORAGE FACILITIES

## +5685. SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR:

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

- (a) the details of the foodgrain storage facilities available at present, Statewise;
- (b) the data regarding the quantity of the food grains stored, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Ministry has any data regarding the food grains destroyed in these storage facilities; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWE R

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

- (a) & (b): As on 01.03.2022, Covered   Storage capacity available with Food Corporation of India (FCI) and State agencies for storage of central pool foodgrain stock is 793.81 Lakh MT against total stock of 521.92 LMT:

State-wise details of Storage facilities along with the quantity of foodgrain stored are Annexed:

- (c) & (d): Very negligible quantity of food grain accrued as damaged mainly due to natural calamities like cyclone, flood, rain etc:

Accrual of damaged foodgrains for the years 2020-21 & 2021-22 is as under:

| Year                       |   Quantity of Damaged foodgrains (in Lakh Tonnes) |   Offtake quantity (in Lakh Tonnes) |   % Damaged foodgrain against offtake quantity |
|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 2020-21                    |                                             0.02  |                             688.57  |                                          0.003 |
| 2021-22 (as on 28.02.2022) |                                             0.017 |                             691.403 |                                          0.002 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY To PART (a) & (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5685 FOR ANSWER ON 06.04.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA:

(Fig: in LMT)

|         |                   | Grand Total      | Grand Total                    |
|---------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------------------|
| Sr. No: | Region            | Storage Capacity | Qty. of Foodgrain (Wheat+Rice) |
|         | BIHAR             | 15.74            | 15.11                          |
| ;       | JHARKHAND         | 4.37             |                                |
|         | ODISHA            | 12.96            | 6.44                           |
| 4       | WEST BENGAL       | 19.93            | 6.98                           |
| 5       | ASSAM             | 5.9              | 3.22                           |
| 6       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0.40             | 0.00                           |
| 7       | MEGHALAYA         | 0.26             | 0.13                           |
|         | MIZORAM           | 0.32             | 0.09                           |
| 9       | TRIPURA           | 0.48             | 0.12                           |
| 10      | MANIPUR           | 0.80             | 0.32                           |
| 11      | NAGALAND          | 0.65             | 0.38                           |
| 12      | DELHI             | 3.27             |                                |
| 13      | HARYANA           | 99.90            | 53.69                          |
| 14      | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 0.90             | 0.66                           |
| 15      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR | 2.43             | 1.66                           |
| 16      | PUNJAB            | 178.56           | 146.45                         |
| 17      | RAJASTHAN         | 22.94            | 10.36                          |
| 18      | UTTAR PRADESH     | 55.49            | 36.04                          |
| 19      | UTTRAKHAND        | 2.75             | 1.86                           |
| 20      | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 29.00            | 15.04                          |
| 21      | TELANGANA         | 23.86            | 5.71                           |
| 22      | KERALA            | 9.01             | 4.59                           |
| 23      | KARNATAKA         | 9.82             | 18.38                          |
| 24      | TAMILNADU         | 31.20            | 30.89                          |
| 25      | GUJARAT           | 8.97             | 5.05                           |
| 26      | MAHARASHTRA       | 20.38            | 10.80                          |
| 27      | MADHYA PRADESH    | 203.52           | 123.53                         |
| 28      | CHATTISGARH       |                  | 19.37                          |
|         | Grand Total       | 793.81           | 521.92                         |