Lok Sabha Question No. 2466 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Operational Agricultural Procurement Centres
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Ajay Kumar Mandal, Sunil Kumar Pintu, Locket Chatterjee, Rama Devi, Navneet Ravi Rana, Ramesh Chander Kaushik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2466 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15TH MARCH, 2023

## OPERATIONAL AGRICULTURAL PROCUREMENT CENTRES

+2466. SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU: MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI: SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA: SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

be pleased to state:

- (a) the district and location-wise number and details of functional agriculture produce procurement centres in sheohar, sitamarhi; east champaran and bhagalpur districts of bihar; hugli district of west bengal, amravati district of maharashtra and sonepat district of haryana;
- (b) the district-wise total value of agricultural products procured at minimum support price (msp) through the said procurement centres during the last four years;
- (c) whether complaints have been received regarding delay in procurement of rice by primary agricultural credit societies (pacs) and delay in supply of custom milled rice (cmr) to state food corporation procurement centres; and
- if SO, the details with the corrective measures taken by the
- (d) thereof along government in this regard?

## A NSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND

## CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a): The district-wise number of functional Agriculture Produce Procurement Centres in Sheohar, Sitamarhi, East Champaran and Bhagalpur districts of Bihar, Hugli district of West Bengal, Amravati district of Maharashtra and Sonepat district of Haryana, is at Annexure-I.
- (b) The district-wise total value of agricultural products procured at Minimum Support Price (MSP) during the last four years is at Annexure-II:
- (c) and (d) No complaints have been received in Hugli district of West Bengal, Amravati district of Maharashtra and Sonepat district of Haryana:

Bihar is a DCP State, wherein procurement is undertaken by State through its agencies: State Government of Bihar has informed about receipt of some complaints regarding non-acceptance or delayed acceptance of paddy which are of technical and administrative nature and appropriate corrective actions have been taken by State Government of Bihar:

## ANNEXURE REFERRED To IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2466 FOR ANSWER ON 15.03.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## District-wise number of functional Agricultural Produce Procurement Centres during KMS 2022-23:

| State       | Districts      | Number of Purchase Centres   |
|-------------|----------------|------------------------------|
| Bihar       | Sheohar        |                              |
| Bihar       | Sitamarhi      | 250                          |
| Bihar       | East Champaran | 384                          |
| Bihar       | Bhagalpur      | 86                           |
| Maharashtra | Amravati       | 11                           |
| Haryana     | Sonepat        | 31                           |
|             | Hugli          | 34                           |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED To IN REPLY To PART (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2466 FOR ANSWER ON 15.03.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA:

## District-wise total value of agricultural products procured at MSP:

(Value in Rs. Crore

| Commodity Procured at MSP   | State       | District       | 2019-20 MSP Value   |   2020-21 MSP |   2021-22 MSP Value | 2022-23 MSP Value   |
|-----------------------------|-------------|----------------|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Wheat                       | Bihar       | Sheohar        | 0.05                |          0.58 |                6.34 | 0.25                |
| Wheat                       |             | Sitamarhi      | 0.46                |          0.47 |               34.62 | 0.85                |
| Wheat                       |             | East Champaran | 0.10                |          0.28 |               40.26 | 0.95                |
| Wheat                       |             | Bhagalpur      | 0.25                |          0.12 |               29.07 | 0.06                |
| Wheat                       | Haryana     | Sonepat        | 915.36              |        739.5  |              839.26 | 481.05              |
| Wheat                       | Maharashtra | Amravati       | 0.00                |          0    |                1.33 |                     |
| Paddy                       | Bihar       | Sheohar        | 53.94               |         37.1  |               73.71 | 60.63               |
| Paddy                       |             | Sitamarhi      | 206.32              |        126.74 |              195.61 | 231.90              |
| Paddy                       |             | East Champaran | 454.06              |        194.6  |              271.2  | 510.35              |
| Paddy                       |             | Bhagalpur      | 20.54               |         94.95 |              114.8  | 23.08               |
| Paddy                       | Haryana     | Sonepat        |                     |         23.49 |               59.42 | 27.19               |
| Paddy                       | West Bengal | Hugli          | 433.53              |        524.56 |              640.6  | 484.39              |
| Maize                       | Maharashtra | Amravati       | 0.03                |         15.28 |                5.64 | 0.09                |
| Jowar Hybrid                |             | Amravati       | 0.26                |          0.94 |                1.03 | 0.00                |