Lok Sabha Question No. 1019 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-08
Subject: Price Support Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Amar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1019

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022

## PRICE SUPPORT SCHEME

1019.  DR. AMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कल् याण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the farmers received a remunerative price for their produce under the agricultural price policy keeping in view the COVID-19 crisis during each of the last two years and the current year;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise,  especially  Punjab  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  Price  Support  Scheme  (PSS)  for  procurement  of  oilseeds, pulses, and cotton has been implemented across the country; and
- (d) if so, the details of procurement of farmers' produce under the said scheme for  whenever  the  prices  of  the  products  fall  below  the  Minimum  Support  Price (MSP)  during  the  said  period  and  if  so,  the  details  of  alternate  corrective  steps taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  an  adequate  price  to  farmers  for  their produce?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कल् याण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b) : The state-wise procurement details of agricultural commodities procured at MSP including the state of Punjab for the last two years is at Annexure-I.
- (c) & (d) : Government implements Price Support Scheme (PSS) for procurement of  notified  oilseeds,  pulses  and copra of  Fair Average Quality (FAQ) at  Minimum Support Price (MSP) through Central Nodal agency from registered farmers after receiving  the  proposals  from  the  State  Government  as  per  scheme  guidelines. Further, FAQ of Cotton is procured at MSP by Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) in consultation with the concerned State Governments. However, if farmer gets better price in comparison to MSP, they are free to sell their produce in open market.

For  making  effective  procurement  by  government  agencies  at  MSP  and providing  maximum  benefits  of  MSP  to  the  farmers,  procurement  centres  are opened by respective State Government Agencies and Central Nodal Agencies like NAFED, FCI, CCI etc. after taking into account the production, marketable surplus, convenience  of  farmers  and  availability  of  other  logistics  /  infrastructure  such  as storage and transportation etc. large number of the purchase centres in addition to the existing Mandis and depots / godowns are also established at key points for the convenience  of  farmers.  The  details  of  oilseeds,  pulses  and  cotton  procured  at MSP for the last two years is also at Annexure-I.

Paddy

|                  | KMS 2019-20                | KMS 2020-21                |
|------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| States/UTs       | Paddy Procurement (In LMT) | Paddy Procurement (In LMT) |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 82.57                      | 84.57                      |
| Telangana        | 111.26                     | 141.09                     |
| Assam            | 3.15                       | 2.12                       |
| Bihar            | 20.02                      | 35.59                      |
| Chandigarh       | 0.22                       | 0.28                       |
| Chhattisgarh     | 74.86                      | 71.25                      |
| Gujarat          | 0.21                       | 1.10                       |
| Haryana          | 64.29                      | 56.55                      |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
| Jharkhand        | 3.80                       | 6.29                       |
| J&K              | 0.15                       | 0.38                       |
| Karnataka        | 0.61                       | 2.06                       |
| Kerala           | 7.09                       | 7.65                       |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 25.97                      | 37.27                      |
| Maharashtra      | 17.42                      | 18.99                      |
| Odisha           | 70.57                      | 77.33                      |
| Puducherry       | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
| Punjab           | 162.33                     | 202.82                     |
| Nef (Tripura)    | 0.21                       | 0.24                       |
| Tamilnadu        | 32.41                      | 44.90                      |
| U.P. (East)      | 37.19                      | 42.87                      |
| U.P. (West)      | 19.38                      | 23.97                      |
| Total U.P.       | 56.57                      | 66.84                      |
| Uttrakhand       | 10.17                      | 10.72                      |
| West Bengal      | 27.03                      | 27.79                      |
| Rajasthan        | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |

## Wheat

| States/UTs       | RMS 2019-20          | RMS 2020-21 Procurement   | RMS 2021-22 Procurement   |
|------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| States/UTs       | Procurement (In LMT) | (In LMT)                  | (In LMT)                  |
| Punjab           | 129.12               | 127.14                    | 132.22                    |
| Haryana          | 93.20                | 74.00                     | 84.93                     |
| U.P. (West)      | 17.17                | 20.76                     | 30.51                     |
| U.P. (East)      | 19.83                | 15.01                     | 25.90                     |
| Total U.P.       | 37.00                | 35.77                     | 56.41                     |
| M.P.             | 67.25                | 129.42                    | 128.16                    |
| Bihar            | 0.03                 | 0.05                      | 4.56                      |
| Rajasthan        | 14.11                | 22.25                     | 23.40                     |
| Uttrakhand       | 0.42                 | 0.39                      | 1.44                      |
| Chandigarh       | 0.12                 | 0.11                      | 0.17                      |
| Delhi            | 0.00                 | 0.00                      | 0.06                      |
| Gujarat          | 0.05                 | 0.77                      | 1.70                      |
| Maharashtra      | 0.00                 | 0.00                      | 0.01                      |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0.01                 | 0.03                      | 0.13                      |
| J & K            | 0.00                 | 0.00                      | 0.24                      |
| All India Total  | 341.33               | 389.93                    | 433.44                    |

## Coarsegrain

| Commodity/ State   | 2019-20                    | 2020-21                    |
|--------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Commodity/ State   | Quantity Procured (IN MTs) | Quantity procured (IN MTs) |
| Jowar              | 23,338                     | 1,46,472                   |
| Karnataka          | 9,256                      | 80,722                     |
| M.P.               | 5,469                      | 29,582                     |
| Maharashtra        | 8,613                      | 36,168                     |
| Bajra              | 1,00,076                   | 3,61,871                   |
| Gujarat            | -                          | 11,515                     |
| Haryana            | 1,00,000                   | 1,50,000                   |
| M.P.               | 76                         | 1,95,351                   |
| Maharashtra        | -                          | 5,005                      |
| Maize              | 1,15,138                   | 2,05,315                   |
| Gujarat            | -                          | 4,133                      |
| Maharashtra        | 1,15,113                   | 94,769                     |
| Uttar Pradesh      | 25                         | 1,06,413                   |
| Ragi               | 1,93,243                   | 4,74,098                   |
| Karnataka          | 1,93,243                   | 4,74,098                   |

## Oilseeds, Pulses & Copra under PSS

| Category/Commodity/ State   | 2019-20 Quantity procured (in MT)   | 2020-21 Quantity Procured (in MT)   |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Copra                       | 313.84                              | 5,088.92                            |
| Karnataka                   | -                                   | 5,040.04                            |
| Tamilnadu                   | 313.84                              | 48.88                               |
| Groundnut                   | 7,23,085.62                         | 2,86,233.33                         |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 21,178.14                           | 256.87                              |
| Gujarat                     | 5,00,438.91                         | 2,02,629.85                         |
| Haryana                     | -                                   | 15.00                               |
| Karnataka                   | 3,830.80                            | 116.10                              |
| Odisha                      | 2,011.34                            | 2,203.11                            |
| Rajasthan                   | 1,93,080.23                         | 74,511.43                           |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 2,546.20                            | 6,500.97                            |
| Mustard seed                | 8,03,843.64                         | 0.68                                |
| Gujarat                     | 32,759.40                           | -                                   |
| Haryana                     | 3,08,700.65                         | -                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 1,15,169.13                         | 0.68                                |
| Rajasthan                   | 3,46,895.26                         | -                                   |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 319.20                              | -                                   |
| Soyabean                    | 10,677.68                           | 3.69                                |
| Maharashtra                 | 26.23                               | 3.69                                |
| Telangana                   | 10,651.45                           | -                                   |
| Sunflower seed              | 5,267.08                            | 3,885.72                            |
| Haryana                     | 3,446.00                            | 3,700.00                            |
| Odisha                      | 121.08                              | 185.72                              |
| Telangana                   | 1,700.00                            | -                                   |
| Gram                        | 21,58,434.06                        | 6,36,905.98                         |
| Andhra Pradesh Gujarat      | 1,27,915.10 1,24,031.55             | 10,083.80 1,51,427.70               |
|                             |                                     | -                                   |
| Haryana Karnataka           | 10,636.46 1,01,843.45               | 22,030.77                           |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 7,06,313.62                         | 1,94,447.80                         |
| Maharashtra                 | 3,85,878.82                         | 2,24,721.70                         |
| Rajasthan                   | 6,15,716.88                         | 17,450.37                           |
| Telangana                   |                                     |                                     |
| Uttar pradesh               | 47,600.00 38,498.18                 | 16,743.84 -                         |
| Masoor                      | 1,433.68                            | 18.35                               |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 1,433.68                            | 18.35                               |
| Moong                       | 1,47,130.39                         | 1,67,391.20                         |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 1,193.30                            | -                                   |
|                             | 1,065.90                            | 1,099.65                            |
| Haryana                     |                                     |                                     |
| Karnataka M.P.              | 5,874.21 -                          | - 1,47,250.00                       |
| Maharashtra                 | 4,272.23                            | 559.74                              |
|                             | 7,011.38                            | 862.35                              |
| Odisha                      |                                     | 12,024.46                           |
| Rajasthan Tamilnadu         | 1,21,669.07 169.40                  | 5,595.00                            |
| Telangana                   | 5,874.90                            | -                                   |

| Toor        | 5,47,272.15   | 11,004.46   |
|-------------|---------------|-------------|
| A.P.        | 50,223.18     | 184.55      |
| Gujarat     | 13,140.25     | 572.15      |
| Karnataka   | 2,27,500.00   | 8,969.05    |
| Maharashtra | 2,04,183.13   | 1,246.76    |
| Odisha      | 98.34         | -           |
| Tamilnadu   | 502.25        | 31.95       |
| Telangana   | 51,625.00     | -           |
| Urad        | 132.31        | 1,087.06    |
| Gujarat     | 88.85         | -           |
| M.P.        | -             | 949.90      |
| Maharashtra | 10.11         | 137.16      |
| Rajasthan   | 26.50         | -           |
| Tamilnadu   | 6.85          | -           |

## Pulses under PSF

| Commodity/ State   | 2019-20 Quantity Procured (IN MTs)   | 2020-21 Quantity Procured (IN MTs)   |
|--------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Tur                | 1,82,753.45                          | -                                    |
| Karnataka          | 77,196.75                            | -                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh     | 11,085.05                            | -                                    |
| Gujarat            | 6,132.64                             | -                                    |
| Telangana          | 88,339.01                            | -                                    |
| Moong              | -                                    | 1,00,000.00                          |
| Madhya Pradesh     | -                                    | 1,00,000.00                          |

## Cotton

| State       | 2019-20                  | 2020-21 Procurement (Lakh Bales)   |
|-------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
|             | Procurement (Lakh Bales) |                                    |
| Punjab      | 3.56                     | 5.36                               |
| Haryana     | 6.23                     | 10.57                              |
| Rajasthan   | 3.76                     | 9.11                               |
| Gujarat     | 11.05                    | 4.15                               |
| Maharashtra | 26.25                    | 17.51                              |
| M.P.        | 4.43                     | 4.44                               |
| Telangana   | 41.80                    | 34.01                              |
| A.P.        | 2.68                     | 3.42                               |
| Karnataka   | 3.49                     | 1.26                               |
| West Bengal | 0.0003                   | 0.001                              |
| Orissa      | 1.61                     | 2.05                               |
| Tami Nadu   | 0.28                     | -                                  |
| Total       | 105.15                   | 91.89                              |

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