Lok Sabha Question No. 154 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Loss of Foodgrains
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERilMENT  OF IilDlA

## MtNtSTRy  oF coNsuMER AFFAIRS, FOOD &  puBltc  DtsTRtBUTtoN DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.I54

## TO BE AISWERED  Oil 2ND FEBRUARY,2O2i2

## LOSS OF FOODGRAIilS

## 154, DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

W'II thE  MINISIET  Of COiISUMER AFFAIRS,  FOOD AND PUBLIC DrsrRrBUTrON  ,qr+ffr rra*, urqc .xt{ qrffitr fuf{ur  d+ be preased  to srate:

- (a) the detalts of the quantity  of wheat and rice lost due to storage,  transrt, and pilferage  during the past five years,  State-wtsei
- (b) whether the Mtntstry  has considered  the recommendation  of the standing Gommrttee report for revrsrng standards and gu:defines  for reducrng food losses tn stonage, transit and avoiding pltferage  tosses;
- (c) If sor the detaits of the revrsed standards  and gurdeflnes;
- (d) if not, the reasons therefo4
- (e) whether technorogres such as brockcharn can be rntegrated  so as to monltor and ensure that food tosses can be brought down; and
- (o af so, the detaits of technologlcat soluttons  pitoted  or Implemented?

## ANSWER THE MTNISTER OF STATE CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD AND PUBLIC  DISTRTBUTION

(sHRl ASHW|NT KUMAR CHOUB EY)

- (a): The detalls are enctosed at Annexure-t.
- (b)  & (c):  Yes Str. The steps takon to curb the storage and transtt rosses are at Annexure[.  rn addrtion  to thrs, a standard  operating  procedure (soP) regardrng  Joint verrtication of t{igh rranstt Loss (TL) cases has arso been formulated.
- (d): Does not arase in view of (b) & (c) above.
- (e)  & (fl: The department is yet to exptore this option.

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## I#="HI:-EFERRED To tN REpLy  ro  paRT  (a) oF UNSTARRED  eUEsTtoN  No, t54 DUE FoR AttswER  oN o2.o2.2o22 tN

## A: Region'wlse and year'wlse  detatts on the storage  and transat rossos of wheat and rrce for past  llve years:

(il  wheat

| S No.   | Region                     | Storage     | Storage    | Storage      | Storage     | Storage   |          |           |                      |          | (Quan in    |
|---------|----------------------------|-------------|------------|--------------|-------------|-----------|----------|-----------|----------------------|----------|-------------|
| S No.   | Region                     | 2016-17     | 2017-18    | Loss 2018-19 | 2079-20     | 2020-21   | 20t6-77  | 2077-18   | Transit Loss 2018-19 | 2079-20  | (Quan in    |
| 1       | b                          | ary -7to227 | Qty -73005 | aty -702L3   | ary -68052  | Qtv       | 20t6-77  | aty       | aty                  | ary      | 2020-21 Qty |
| 2       | Haryana                    | -6547 4     | -52772     | -64076       |             | -87833    | 85s      | 586       | 558                  | 299      | 0           |
| 3       | Uftar Pradesh              | -608s       | -22989     | -295a7       | -6L2LO      | -63248    | 676      | -25       | 345                  | -7       | 0           |
| 4       | Uttarakhand                | -320        | -279       | -240         | -25340      | -21563    | 15199    | 57s2      | -159                 | 3390     | 12s06       |
| 5       | Rajasthan                  | -9752       | -14235     | -12133       | -196 -L2265 | -148      | 47       | 29        | L7                   | 87       | 222         |
| 6       | Jammu & - Kashmir          | It7         | -30        | -36          | -77         | -11765 62 | 1209 999 | -7127 469 | 31 426               | -495 206 | 1850 242    |
| 7       | Delhi                      | -304        | -354       | t47          | 234         |           |          |           |                      |          |             |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh           | -135        | -195       | -197         | -1.36       | 505 -153  | 1275 10  | 424 30    | 189                  | 116 33   | 378 0       |
| 9       | Maharashtrd                | 4622        | 1,94       | 483          | 1018        |           |          |           |                      |          |             |
| 10      | t                          | -212        | -2525      | -1109        | -2467       | -3099 838 | 7986     | 7026      | 6631                 | 6252     | 7664        |
| 11      | Ma Pradesh                 | -72327      | -20706     | -4L769       | -2to59      |           | 2926     | 2044      | 3025                 | 2299     | 7790        |
| 72      |                            | -6          | -209       | -103         | -762        | -55367    | 11       | -76       | -583                 | -13      | 0           |
| 1?      | ^r rur |l o rt dueslt | 55          | -155       | -183         | -193        | -177      | 747      | ))9       |                      | +.+      | LOl         |
| 74      | Ka rnataka                 | -76         | -278       | -136         | -69         | -82       | 308      | 91        | 51                   | 19       | 43          |
| 15      | Tamil Nadu                 | -3 78       | -265       | -286         | -244        | -L92      | 7397     | 301       | t52                  | 222      | 447         |
| 16      | Kerala                     | -622        | -to32      | -7293        |             | -7tl      | 338      | 20        | -104                 | 4        | 160         |
|         |                            |             |            |              | 600         | -1139     | 408      | 792       | 200                  | 381      | 573         |

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Note: Telangana  separated  fr with effect  from O7.O4.2O2O. om Andhra Pradesh  with eff;ct from 01.04.2017  and Manipur  separat ed from N&M (Nagaland  & Manipur) 0 0 0 0 0 0

(-)  sign  indicates a storage/transit  gain;  ety:  euantity.

2OL5-77  to 2Or9-20 (Audited)  & 2020-21(provisiona[.

## (il)  Rice

| S.No.   | Region          | Quanti tn    | Quanti tn    | Quanti tn    | Quanti tn    | Quanti tn    | Quanti tn    | Quanti tn    | Quanti tn    | Quanti tn    | Quanti tn    |
|---------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| S.No.   | Region          | Storage Loss | Storage Loss | Storage Loss | Storage Loss | Storage Loss | Transit Loss | Transit Loss | Transit Loss | Transit Loss | Transit Loss |
| S.No.   | Region          | 2076-!7      | 2017-18      | 2018-19      | 20L9-20      | 2020-27      | 20L6-17      | 2017-78      |              |              |              |
| S.No.   | Region          | Qtv          | Qtv          | Qtv          | Qty          |              |              |              | 2018-19      | 2019-20      | 2020-27      |
| 1       | Pu njab         | 30394        | 26592        | 38503        |              | Qtv          | atv          | Qty          | Qtv          | Qtv          | Qty          |
| 2       | Haryana         | 189          | 922          | 4988         | 29233 524    | 43395 16604  | 79           | 136          | 112          | 65           | 0            |
|         | Uttar Pradesh   | 23096        | t7460        | t3t75        | 7770         | 70574        | 44 6L32      | 89 4847      | 83 3128      | 31 2464      | 0 9315       |
| 4       | Uttarakhand     | -136         | 408          | 749          | -156         | 224          |              |              |              |              |              |
| 5       | Rajasthan       | 190          | 221          | 287          | 265          | 393          | 9            | 3            | 72           | L7           | 6            |
| 5       | Jammu & Kashmir | 466          | 289          | 463          | 860          | 474          | 67 2007      | 25 7704      | 1980 43      | 130 1588     | 65 7046      |
| 7       | Delhi           | 299          | 406          | 334          | 352          | 686          | 78           | 7t           | 33           | 36           | 91           |

.........3/-

| 8   | Himachal Pradesh   | 18    | 57    | 61       | 54    | 79     | 29       | 26     | ))      | 27      | 0       |
|-----|--------------------|-------|-------|----------|-------|--------|----------|--------|---------|---------|---------|
| -9- | Maharashtra        | 12388 | 11504 | 8695     | 7849  | 8058   |          |        |         |         |         |
| 10  | Gujarat            | 2347  | 3073  | 2452     | 124a  | 1s05   | 70759    | 8685   | 8828    | 6704    | 11811   |
| TI  | Madhya Pradesh     | 704   | 68    | 2a       | 134   | 742    | 2503 287 | 2954 1 | 2495 27 | 2732 20 | 2579 2r |
| t2  | Chattishgarh       | 4547  | 29t0  | 1511     | 2825  | 3231   | 797      | 46     |         |         |         |
| 13  | Andhra Pradesh     | 1426  | -31   | -1783    | 3094  | 40L    | 538      | 44     | 78 327  | 63 99   | 0 0     |
| 74  | Karnataka          | 7428  | 4902  | 5964     | 5266  | 4376   |          |        |         |         |         |
| 15  | Tamil Nadu         | 5677  | 3772  | 3 339    | 3033  |        | 9723     | t2671  | L2196   | 9s33    | 1,3241  |
| 16  | Kera la            | L517  | 1483  | 1858     |       | 3r37   | 58s8     | 6288   | 5227    | 4654    | 5013    |
| L7  | Telangana          | 0     | -3s39 | 673      | L46L  | 1963   | 1515     | 2556   | 3557    | 2454    | 4759    |
| 18  | West Bengal        | 1275  | 957   | 655      | 3332  | -799   | 0        | 747    | r25     | -62     | 0       |
| 19  | Odisha             | 1666  | 990   | 318      | 550   | 439    | 661      | 913    | 672     | 252     | 6068    |
| 20  | Biha r             | 1511  | 1522  |          | -709  | -550   | 8        | 109    | 44      | 2       | 3       |
| 27  | Jharkhand          | 2407  | 1638  | 2388     | 1831  | L682   | 70702    | 10081  | 11813   | 11118   | L6345   |
| 22  | NEF Shillo         | 502   | 770   | 1803 483 | 1954  | 2727   | 5438     | 5901   | 5002    | 5220    | 8531    |
| 23  | Assam              | 252A  | 2706  | 3269     | 633   | 393    | 2036     | 2804   | 2694    | 2363    | 3388    |
| 24  | Nagaland           | 615   | 448   |          | 252a  | 2748   | 14803    | 14264  | 13064   | L1876   | 77312   |
| 25  | Arunachal          | 537   | 202   | 332 245  | 305   | 181    | 7442     | 232r   | 2232    | 2375    | 2774    |
| 26  | Pradesh M anipur   | 0     | 0     | 0        | 126 0 | 722 52 | 232 0    | 237 0  | 415 0   | 432 0   | 633 950 |

ffiliJ:trf:X;:%XlTtot'"' o"ohra Pradesh  with effect from 01.04.2017 and Manipur  separated  rrom N&M  (Nasarand  & Maniour)

(-)  sign Indicates  a storage/transit  gain;  ety:  euantity.

2OL6-77 to 2Or9-20  (Audited)  & 2O2O\_21(provisioal).

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B: Region'wrse  and  yrear-wise  detafls on the rosses  of foodgrains  due to pirferage  for past  five years:

(Quantity  ln MT)

| sl No.          | Name of Region    | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 20t7-ta   | 20t7-ta   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 20t9-20   | 20t9-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   |
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| sl No.          | Name of Region    | Wheat     | Rice      | Wheat     | Rice      | Wheat     | Rice      | Wheat     | Rice      | Wheat     | Rice      |
| Punjab 1        | 0                 | 25.4      |           | 0         | 93.98     | 115.39    | 57.07     | 80.87     | 0         | 171.30    | 0         |
| 2               | Rajasthan         | 1         | 0         | 2.65      | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | o         | 0         |
| Delhi           |                   | 0         | 0         | 0.09      | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 4 Haryana LJ    |                   | 0         | 0         | 4.75      | o         | 0         | 0.11      | 2L.70     | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 5 Uttar Pradesh | 0                 |           | 0         | 2.2       | 0         | 4.44      | 0.04      | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 6 Gujarat       | 0                 |           | 0         | 0.39      | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 14.58     | 0.05      |
| 7 Chhattisgarh  |                   | 0         | 0         | 0,6s      | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 8               | Arunachal Pradesh | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0.68      | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 9 Bihar         | 0                 |           | 0         | 0         | 0         | 5.21      | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 10              | Karnataka         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 63.39     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 11              | Madhya Pradesh    | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 60.54     | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 72              | Odisha            | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1.11      | 10        |
| 13 West         | Bengal            | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 2         | 0         |
| !4 Assam        |                   | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0.14      | 5.5       |
| 15 Tamil        | Nadu              | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | t44       |
| 16              | Telangana         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 4.28      |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO tN REpLy TO  pART  (b)&(c) OF QUESTION NO. '54 FOR ANSWER  ON O2.O2.2O22  tN LOK SABHA UNSTARRED

The details on the stetrrs taken by the Govemment  to curb the storage and transit  losses  are as under:

## Storage  Loss:

* The position  of storage Iosses  is reviewed in Monthry  performance Review Meetings  (MpR)  at HQ tevet  and EDs (Zone)/GMs(R)  are instructed  i"'r**"ry'ir.p"il#ffi;i;t; lr o.pos showing higher storage  & transit  losses.
- '3'  covered storage  capacity  has been  augmented  to avoid  covered  and plinth (cAp) storage  of food gralns.
- . :illX..:fi:::Hffi., a month are inr.rtigut"o-ui  tie r"uer or uo  lzones), GM  @egions)  and
* Periodical  prophylactic  and curative  treatment  of food grains  stocks  is undertaken  to keep  them ^ free\_  from  pests/infestations  i.e. to minimize  tor.",  Ju"iJiiotic factors.
* Security  staffofFCl,  Home Guards  and other  extemal  agencies  are being deployed  at FCI depots to ensure safety  and security  ofthe stock.
- 't Physical me.rsur:es  like installation  or ri.u.a  lrir. ir*ing or the boundary wa s, provision  of street  lights  for i[umination  of godowns  and proper  locking  or the sheds are takcn  to secure the godowns.
*  ccrv cameras are instared in orvned depots for better sun eirance and supervision.
- l' Disciplinary  action is initiated  a8ainst  delinquents  wherever  abnormauuljustified  losses are reported  after due investigation.

## Transit  Loss:-

* The concemed EDs (Zonel  GMs (Region)\_  are being continuously pursued  to closely  monitor  the trend and take elrective  steps  to control  the trend -of losses.  Region-wir"  t "no-oi iii, u"ing -reviewed  in every  MpR  meeiing  and monitored  ,.*,f uifr.--
- {' Depots  incurring  high level losses  in a month are inspected  at  the revel  of EDs (Zone),  GMs (Region)  and other senior officers.
* Joint verification  is being  unditake,  to n* tr," ,.lpoiiibirity rvherever  transit ross  is reported  to be more than 0.'15%o,  Moreover,  GMs have u""n urtt orir"u  to get the JV conducted  wherever losses  are betwee n 0.50%o and0.75%0.
* special Squad  checking  at selected  rail heads and destination/  dispatch  centers  is being undertaken by the field office,s.
- '!'  Deployment  of irrdependent  consignment  certification  Squad  (ICCS)  at the time  of loading  and unloading  ofrakes.
* Disciplinary  action is being  initiated against  delinquents  wherever abnormal,/unjustified  transit losses  are reported.  '
- . mi:fi:: has been laid on proper weighment  and accounring  of the stocks at the time of receipt