Lok Sabha Question No. 220 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Allocation of Baardana
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Vijay Baghel, Sunil Kumar Soni, Arun Sao

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 220 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2022

## ALLOCATION OF BAARDANA

## 220.  SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI: SHRI ARUN SAO:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES be pleased to state :

## वस्त्र मंत्री

(a) the procedure of allocation of 'Baardana' (Jute tags) to the States adopted by Jute Commissioner, Kolkata;

(b) the quantity of 'Baardana' demanded by the Government of Chhattisgarh for the year 2021-2022 and the quantity for which the money has been paid; and

(c) the details of the quantity/number of Baardana allocated to various States including Chhattisgarh by the Union Government during the last five years; year and State-wise?

## उत्तर ANSWER )

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर्

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

(a): Generally six months prior to every crop season (Rabi & Kharif), different State Government agencies including FCI plan their requirements of jute bags. After receipt of requirement of jute bags from all the states & FCI, a consolidated month-wise plan for requirement of jute bags is devised by Department of Food & Public Distribution (DF&PD), Govt. of India. Moreover, while preparing the month-wise schedule, the manufacturing capacity of the jute industry is also taken into consideration by the  DF&PD.  Thereafter,  the  plan  document  is  circulated  to  all  concerned  including  the  O/o  Jute Commissioner.  Based  on  such  plan  and  after  receipt  of  indents  and  requisite  funds  from  the  State indenting agencies, Production Control cum Supply Orders are issued by O/o Jute Commissioner to jute mills covering the indented quantity.

(b): For  the  year  2021-22(April/March),  a  total  quantity  of  2,14,194  bales  has  been  demanded  by Government of Chhattisgarh. The indenting agency has deposited money for whole indented quantity.

(c): The year and state-wise details of the quantity of Baardana allocated to various states during the last five years are as under :-

Qty: In bales

| State          |   01-APR-2017 to 31-MAR-2018 |   01-APR-2018 to 31-MAR-2019 |   01-APR-2019 to 31-MAR- 2020 |   01-APR-2020 to 31-MAR-2021 |   01-APR-2021 to 31-MAR- 2022 |
|----------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |                       135000 |                       176862 |                        247266 |                       304020 |                        167994 |
| Bihar          |                        33150 |                        30550 |                         52260 |                        85150 |                         98930 |
| Chhattisgarh   |                       192402 |                       223868 |                        269720 |                       145084 |                        214194 |
| Gujarat        |                            0 |                            0 |                             0 |                         9072 |                             0 |
| Haryana        |                       431470 |                       456142 |                        525850 |                       268820 |                        161984 |
| FCI            |                       214188 |                       212160 |                        160224 |                       109136 |                         29732 |
| Jharkhand      |                         2500 |                         3900 |                          5000 |                         8150 |                         15300 |
| Maharashtra    |                            0 |                        10920 |                         37920 |                        42480 |                         44904 |
| Madhya Pradesh |                       258880 |                       294858 |                        377924 |                       170096 |                        430252 |
| Orissa         |                       147200 |                       143900 |                        202700 |                       190000 |                        158000 |
| Punjab         |                       793764 |                       754352 |                        841526 |                       528048 |                        438360 |
| Telangana      |                       190000 |                       255010 |                        309200 |                       294100 |                        233000 |
| Tamil Nadu     |                        11056 |                            0 |                         60060 |                        40950 |                        123110 |
| Tripura        |                            0 |                            0 |                           432 |                            0 |                             0 |
| Uttrakhand     |                        10032 |                        14400 |                         25536 |                        27456 |                         29088 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |                       237510 |                       226590 |                        270270 |                       256500 |                        175630 |
| West Bengal    |                        13400 |                       156250 |                        115000 |                        80000 |                         69000 |

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