Lok Sabha Question No. 3645 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-22
Subject: Irregularities in Purchase of Wheat and Rice
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3645

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 22N0 MARCH, 2023

## IRREGULARITIES IN PURCHASE OF WHEAT AND RICE

## +3645. SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC

- (a) the details of quantum of wheat and rice produced in the country particularly in Maharashtra each year during the last three years and the current Kharif season, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has received any complaints of irregularities in purchase of rice and wheat in various States of the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof including the corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) the number of culprits apprehended by the Government so far in this regard including the action taken against them; and
- (e) the details of the stringent steps being taken by the Government to tackle this problem, State-wise?

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

(a): The State-wise production of wheat and paddy (in terms of rice) in various States of the country including Maharashtra during each of the last three years and the current Kharif season is at Annexure and Annexure II, respectively:

- (b) & (c): The details of complaints received against paddy and wheat procurement from various states by FCI during the last three years and the current year is as under:

| Year                    |   Paddy | Wheat   |
|-------------------------|---------|---------|
| 2019-20                 |       3 |         |
| 2020-21                 |       6 | 3       |
|                         |      10 | 6       |
| 2022-23 (Till February) |       0 |         |

Prompt actions are taken against the defaulting officerslofficials, found responsible besides administrative actions against the Private firms:

- (d): Ten defaulting officials and one Handling and Transport Contractor were found responsible: Disciplinaryl Administrative action has been initiated against defaulting officials and recovery action taken against contractor:
- (e): "One Nation; One MSP through DBT" implemented across the country from RMS 2021-22 onwards: Payment of MSP has been ensured directly into farmers' account: DBT eliminated fictitious farmers and reduced the diversion and duplication of payment as payment is being made   directly to farmer's bank account: DBT of MSP has brought in responsibility, transparency and probity:

FCI and most of the State Governments have developed their own Online Procurement System which ushers in  transparency and convenience to the farmers through proper   registration and   monitoring of actual procurement: Through e-procurement module deployed by procuring Agencies, farmers latestlupdated information regarding MSP declared, nearest purchase center, date ofprocurement etc. This not only has reduced the waiting period for delivery of stock by the farmers but also enables the farmer to deliver stock as per his convenience in the nearest mandi: get

Various procurement portals developed by procuring agencies have now been unified into Central Foodgrain Procurement Portal (CFPP) to share identified MTP   (Minimum Threshold Parameters) towards development of an application eco-system; wherein requisite information in respect of procurement is available at single source for monitoring and strategic decision making and to ensure uniformity and transparency: MTP involves online registration of farmers, integration of land record, digitized mandi operations, MSP transfer to farmers, CMRIWheat  delivery management and API based integration: Food grain procurement operations digitized in all states and portals of 24 states integrated with the national portal:

Mixed Indicator Method for determining age of rice has been introduced to check recycling of old stocks:

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION N0.3645 FOR ANSWER ON 22.03.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA

## State-wise production of wheat during RMS 2020-21 to RMS 2022-23

(Figures in Lakh Metric Tonns)

| Statel UT         |   RMS 2020-21 (Crop Year 2019-20) |   RMS 2021-22 (Crop Year 2020-21) | RMS 2022-23 (Crop Year 2021-22)   |
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                            0      |                            0      | 0.00                              |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                            0.07   |                            0.08   | 0.08                              |
| Assam             |                            0.14   |                            0.13   | 0.11                              |
| Bihar             |                           55.8    |                           61.5    | 62.24                             |
| Chhattisgarh      |                            1.15   |                            2.48   | 1.92                              |
| Goa               |                            0      |                            0      | 0.00                              |
| Gujarat           |                           33.27   |                           32.59   | 33.33                             |
| Haryana           |                          118.76   |                          123.94   | 104.47                            |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                            5.63   |                            5.7    | 5.49                              |
| Jammu & Kashmir   |                            4.88   |                            4.84   | 5.84                              |
| Jharkhand         |                            4.39   |                            5.44   | 5.19                              |
| Karnataka         |                            1.8    |                            2.62   | 2.12                              |
| Kerala            |                            0      |                            0      | 0.00                              |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                          196.07   |                          181.82   | 229.78                            |
| Maharashtra       |                           17.94   |                           20.71   | 21.44                             |
| Manipur           |                            0.0575 |                            0.0583 | 0.0565                            |
| Meghalaya         |                            0.009  |                            0.009  | 0.0090                            |
| Nagaland          |                            0.0628 |                            0.0629 | 0.0235                            |
| Odisha            |                            0.0017 |                            0.003  | 0.003 1                           |
| Punjab            |                          176.16   |                          171.86   | 148.61                            |
| Rajasthan         |                          109.16   |                          110.35   | 100.96                            |
| Sikkim            |                            0.0018 |                            0.0012 | 0.0012                            |
| Tamil Nadu        |                            0      |                            0      | 0.00                              |
| Telangana         |                            0.0921 |                            0.1584 | 0.1406                            |
| Tripura           |                            0.0033 |                            0.0006 | 0.0006                            |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                          338.15   |                          355.07   | 339.50                            |
| Uttarakhand       |                            9.04   |                            9.55   | 8.63                              |
| West Bengal       |                            5.1    |                            5.95   | 6.56                              |
| D & N Haveli      |                            0.0012 |                            0      | 0.00                              |
| Daman & Diu       |                            0      |                            0      | 0.00                              |
| UT of Ladakh      |                            0      |                            0.0717 | 0.0704                            |
| Delhi             |                            0.8287 |                            0.8362 | 0.8141                            |
| Chandigarh_       |                            0.0246 |                            0.0246 | 0.0274                            |
| AlI India         |                         1078.61   |                         1095.86   | 1077.42                           |

## State-wise production of Paddy (in terms of rice) during the KMS 2019-20 to KMS 2022-23

|                      |         |        |         | KMS 2020-21   | KMS 2020-21   | KMS 2020-21   | KMS 2021-22   | KMS 2021-22   | KMS 2021-22   | KMS 2022-23 Production ( In LMT)   | KMS 2022-23 Production ( In LMT)   | KMS 2022-23 Production ( In LMT)   |
|----------------------|---------|--------|---------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| States/UTs           | Kharif  | Rabi   | Total   | KHARIF        | RABI          | Total         | KHARIF        | RABI          | Total         | KHARIF                             | RABI                               | Total                              |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       | 51.17   | 35.42  | 86.59]  | 4211          | 36.72         | 78.83         | 43.26         | 34.37         | 77.64         | 48.32                              | 32.04                              | 80.35                              |
| TELANGANA            | 40.21   | 34.07  | 74.28   | 54.40         | 47.78         | 102.17        | 78.34         | 45.75         | 124.10        | 90.95                              | 62.92                              | 153.87                             |
| ASSAM                | 39.59   | 10.26  | 49.85   | 41.43         | 10.72         | 52.151        | 35.38         | 8.44          | 43.82         | 39.77                              | 8.71                               | 48.49                              |
| BIHAR                | 61.69   | 1.29   | 62.98   | 66.11         | 1.36          | 67.47         | 75.72         | 1.45          | 77.17         | 64.22                              | 0.00                               | 64.22                              |
| CHANDIGARH           | 0.04    | 0.00   | 0.04    | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00                               | 0.00                               | 0.00                               |
| CHHATTISGARH         | 67.75   | 0.00   | 67.75   | 71.61         | 0.00          | 71.61         | 80.22         | 000           | 80.22         | 82.34                              | 0.00                               | 82.34                              |
| Dadar & Nagar Haveli | 0.2780  | 0.0849 | 0.36    | 0.3294        | 0.00          | 0.33          | 0.3280        | 0.00          | 0.33          | 0.00                               | 0.00                               | 0.00                               |
| DAMAN & DIU          | 0.0203  | 0.00   | 0.02    | 0.0280        | 0.00          | 0.03          | 0.0278        | 0.00          | 0.03          | 0.00                               | 0.00                               | 0.00                               |
| DELHI                | 0.17    | 0.00   | 0.17    | 0.20          | 0.00          | 0.20          | 0.19          |               | 0.19          | 0.00                               | 0.00                               |                                    |
| GUJARAT              | 48.22   | 1.62   | 19.83   |               | 2.09          | 21.46         | 18.85         | 216           | 2101          | 20.38                              | 0.00                               | 20.38                              |
| HARYANA              | 48.24   | 0.00   | 48.24   | 44.25         | 0.00          | 44.25]        | 46.18         | 0.00          | 46.18         | 51.40                              | 0.00                               | 5140                               |
| HIMACHAL PR:         | 1.44    | 0.00   | 144     | 1.40          | 0.00          | 140           | 1.68          | 0.00          | 1.68          | 171                                | 0.00                               | 171                                |
| JHARKHAND            | 3013    | 0.00   | 30.13   | 27.53         | 0.00          | 27.53         | 2930          | 0.00          | 29.30         | 12.15                              | 0.00                               | 12.15                              |
|                      | 5.87    | 0.00   | 5.87    | 5.81          | 0.00          | 5.81          | 4.93          | 0.00          | 4.93          | 0.00                               | 0.00                               | 0.C0                               |
| KARNATAKA            | 27.75   | 8.59   | 36.34   | 31.45         | 11.47         | 42.92         | 31.22         | 11.97         | 43.18         |                                    | 10.74                              | 38.34                              |
| KERALA               | 4.49    | 152    | 6.06    | 4.70          | 1.64          | 6.34          | 3.42          | 1.45          | 4.87          | 1.39                               | 2.16                               | 3.55                               |
| MADHYA PR            | 46.84   | 0.94   | 47.78   | 42.87         | 1.27          | 44.14         | 48.15         | 0.00          | 48.15]        | 70.32                              | 0.00                               | 70.32                              |
| MAHARASHTRA          | 27.02   | 1.96   | 28.98   | 30.28         | 264           | 32.92         | 32.95         | 3.03          | 35.98         | 34.81                              | 0.00                               | 34.81                              |
| ODISHA               | 74.28   | 9.33   | 83.60   | 76.57         | 11.53         | 88.10         | 81.54         | 11.37         | 92.91         | 86.01                              | 11.51                              | 97.52                              |
| PUDUCHERRY           | 0.43    | 0.16   | 0.59    | 0.14          | 0.36          | 0.50          | 0.13          | 0.44          | 0.57          | 0.00                               | 0.00                               |                                    |
| PUNJAB               | 117.79  |        | 412.79  | 127.84        | 0.00          | 127.84        | 128.85        |               | 128.85]       | 135.88                             | 0.00                               |                                    |
| NEF (Tripura)        | 5.82    | 2.28   | 8.10    | 5.85          | 2.18          | 8.03          | 5.85          | 2.26          | 8.11          | 0.00]                              | 0.00                               | 0.C0                               |
| TAMILNADU            | 63.88   | 7.83   | 71.71   | 61.37         | 7.44          | 68.81         | 70.51         | 8.56          | 79.07         | 25.17                              | 43.30                              | 68.46                              |
| UTTAR PRADESH        | 154.37  | 0.81   | 155.18] | 154.30        | 0.90          | 155.20        | 151.83        | 0.88          | 152.72        | 146.47                             | 0.88                               |                                    |
| UTTRAKHAND           |         | 0.61   | 6.58    | 6.52          | 0.58          | 715           | 6.24          | 0.92          | 7.16          |                                    | 0.92                               | 6.49                               |
| West BENGAL          | 113.41  | 45.40  | 158.81  | 118.55        | 46.69         | 165.24        | 122.05        | 45.23         | 167.29        | 111.26                             | 45.05]                             | 156.31                             |
| RAJASTHAN            | 4.81    | 0.00   | 4.81    | 6.34          | 0.00          | 6.34          | 4.79          | 0.00          | 4.79          | 5.14                               | 0.00                               | 5.14                               |
| OTHERS               | 11.08   | 3.73]  | 1481    | 10.67         | 6.25          | 16.92         | 8.06]         | 6.4273        | 14.48         | 19.89                              | 9.39                               | 29.281                             |
| ALL INDIA TOTAL      | 1022.77 | 165.94 |         | 1052.08       |               | 1243.68       | 1110.01       | 184.71]       | 1294.71       | 1080.75                            | 227.62                             | 1308.37                            |

(Figures in Lakh Metric Tonns)