Lok Sabha Question No. 1769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: Crops at MSP
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Uttam Kumar Nalamada Reddy

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA

## llitNtsTRy oF coNsuMER AFFAIRS, FOOD &  pUBLtC  DISTRIBUT|ON DEPARTiIENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIG DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED OUESTION NO.I 769

## TO BE ANSWERED  ON 8T}' DECEMBER,2021

## CROPS  AT If,SP

## ,1769.  SHRI UTTAM  KUMAR  REDDY NALAMADA:

Wlll the Minlster of  CONSUTER  AFFAIR.9,  FOOD AND  pUBLtC DtsrRlBUTroN  rcfrtfrr arrr*, qy etr  grffi6, fuflsr  d* be preased  to stato:

- (a) the quantum  of various agrlculturat crops procured  at Msp in tho tast frye yeaB ln the State of Tetangana;
- (b) whether the Government has communlcated  to the Telangana Govemment not to procure paddy or rice,
- (c) lf so, the details thereof  and tho reasons  therefo4 and
- (d) thc reasons for the present delay tn procurement  of paddy  crop of kharlf 2021?

## ANSWER

## TINISTER OF STATE FOR TINISTRY  OF RURAL DEVELOPilIENT  AND coNsutf,ER AFFAIRS, FOOD &  pUBLtC  DISTRIBUTION I (sADHVt  NIRA,{JAN JYOTT)

- (a): The quantum of various agricultura! crops procured  at lUlsp in the last five yeatrs  ln tho State of Telangana ls at Annexure.l
- (b) and (c): The estimate  for procurement  of paddy (in terms of rrce) and wheat are llnallzed by Govemment of lndla an consultafion with state Govemments and Food Gorpo?ation of lndia, beforc the commencement  of each marketing season bassd upon estimated production,  marketabte  surplus  and agriculturat  crop pattem.  Procurement  in a state depends not only upon production  but also upon other multlple  factors like mad(etable  surplus, f,isp, preyailing  market ratc, demand & supply situation  and particlpation  of private traders  etc.

Telangana is  a Decentralized  procurement  (DCp)  State, where procuremcnt  is undertaken by state Govemment  (hrough  its agencies.  onty the surplus FAQ rice as per the requtrements of Fcl, after mecting staters requlroment,  as delivered to Fcl in central poot  account for movement  to defictu consuming Statcs.

- (d):  There has been no deray on the part of  Government of  rndia in procuremont  of paddy  crop of Kharl{ 2o2i-22. tn the states/urs  Food Eecretaries meotlng hold on 17,08.2021, the procurement perlod of paddy for Telangana state was fixed from i3r (tctober  2ozi lo 3lrr January, 2o22, by Govemment of lndla In consultation with Goyernment of relangana.  procurement  of paddy  crop of kharlf 20,21 has already commenced  through state agencies and 16.14 Li[T paddy has been procured  upto 30,{{,2OZl.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## A]{NEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED  QUESTIoN No.{769 FoR ANswER ON O8.,I2.2O2{ !N THE LOK SAEHA.

## Quantum of various agrlcultural crops procured at MsP ln th. last flva years in the state of Tetangana

|         |           | Oil Seeds (ln MTs)   | Oil Seeds (ln MTs)   | Oil Seeds (ln MTs)   | Oil Seeds (ln MTs)   |          |          |            |          |            |                       |
|---------|-----------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------|----------|------------|----------|------------|-----------------------|
| Year    | (in Paddy | Groundnut            | bean                 | Sunflower Seed       | Total (in            | Gram     | Moong    | Toor       | Urad     | Total      | Cotton (ln Lakh bales |
| 2076-17 | 53.67     | o                    | 0                    | 712.70               | 112.10               | 0        | 0        | 0          | 0        | 0          | 0                     |
| 20L7-78 | 54        | 26.98                | 34553.06             | 215                  | 34795                | s0000    | 3319.95  | 85748.57   | 73t70.4L | 752238.93  | 2.63                  |
| 2018-19 | 77 .46    | 0                    | 15236.20             | 750                  | 15986.20             | 34500    | 13375.31 | 70300.00   | 1540.19  | 119715.50  | 7.77                  |
| 20t9-20 | 771.26    | 0                    | 10651.45             | 1700                 | 72351.45             | 47600    | 5874.90  | 1 39906 i4 | n        | 1qlte1 n/l | A1 ai                 |
| 2020-2t | 74t.17    | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    | 16743.84 | 0        | 0          | 0        | 0          | 34.01                 |