Lok Sabha Question No. 2395 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Procurement of Fortified Rice
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Bhartruhari Mahtab

## GOVERNMENT  OF tl,tDtA MtNtsTRy oF coNsuMER AFFAIRS, FOOD &  pUBLtC  DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  OUESTION NO.2395

## TO BE ANSWERED  ON 16TH MARGH,  2022

## PROCUREMENT  OF FORTIFIED RTCE

## 2395. SHRI BHARTRUHARI  MAHTAB:

Wilt the Minister of  GONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIG DtsrRIBUTloN scqttrrqr$i, vra *<erffirR-{rur{-+ be preased  to state:

- (a) whether the Govemment proposes to procure fortified  .ice from various States during Xharif and Rabi seasons;
- (b) if so, the details thereof  State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Goyemment has Iaunched any programme  for distribution of fortified  rice to chitdren  and tactating mothers ln the country; and
- (d) if so' the quantum of the said rice likery to be distributed arong with the number of States/UTs  proposed to be covered under the said programme?

## Ar{SWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINTSTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS,  FOOD & PUBLIC DTSTRIBUTION (sADHVt  N|RANJA!{  JYOTT)

- (a) and (b): Yesr sir. The state wise indicafive  estimates  for procurement  of fortified  rice for Kharif Marketing  Season (!{iMs,I2021-22  is at Annexure-!
- (c) and (d):  ln order to address anaemia and micro-nutrient deficiency  in the country, Government of tndia approved centrally sponsored  pilot  scheme on sFortitication  of Rice & its Distribution  under  public  Distribution system', for a period of 3 years from the year 2o19-2o with total ouflay of Rs.rz4.&  crore. The Pilot scheme is focussing on 15 states (t district per state). {{ states namely Andhra Pradesh,  Guiarat, Maharashtra,  Tamil l{adu, Ghhattisgarhn  Uttar  pradesh, odishar Telangana,  Madhya Pradesh, uttarakhand  and Jharkhand have started distrlbuting the fortifled rice ln their ldentifled distrlct under the pllot scheme. Nearly 3.91 Lakh Metric Tonns (LMT) of fortified rice has been distributed till February 2O22 sndet the Pilot Scheme.

Furtherr Department of Food and Public Distribution in assocaation with

Ministry of women & child Development and Department  of school Education  & Literacy has started dlstribution of Fortified Rice under tntegrated child Development Services (IGDS)  Scheme and PM  pOSHAit  (erst^rhite Mid Day Meat scheme) SchemGs respectively  across the country  during this year  12021-221 in an effort to scale up the distribution  of fortified rice in the country.

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Annexure.l

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY To PARTS (a) & (b} oF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2395 FOR ANSITER ON {6.03.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA

| sl. No.   | State             | tes for dellvery of fortllied rlce durlng I(MS2o2t-22 (Ilgures tn LMTI Indlcative Estima   | tes for dellvery of fortllied rlce durlng I(MS2o2t-22 (Ilgures tn LMTI Indlcative Estima   | tes for dellvery of fortllied rlce durlng I(MS2o2t-22 (Ilgures tn LMTI Indlcative Estima   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| sl. No.   | State             | For State's otrn requlrement                                                               | For supply to FCI (Raw fortllled rice only|                                           | Total target for the State                                                                 |
|           |                   | (Al                                                                                        | (Bl                                                                                        | (C=A+Bf                                                                                    |
| 1         | Bihar             | 30.00                                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                       | 30.00                                                                                      |
| 2         | Jharkhand         | 1.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | 1.00                                                                                       |
| .)        | Odisha            | 11.00                                                                                      | 10.00                                                                                      | 2t.oo                                                                                      |
| 4         | West Bengal       | 9.40                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | 9.40                                                                                       |
| 5         | Assam             | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       |
| 6         | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       |
| 7         | Tripura           | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       |
| I         | Nagaland          | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       |
| 9         | Manipur           | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       |
| 10        | Mizoram           | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       |
| 11        | Meghalaya         | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       |
| l2        | Haryana           | 0.00                                                                                       | 20.00                                                                                      | 20.00                                                                                      |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh  | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       |
| 74        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       |
| 15        | Punjab            | 0.00                                                                                       | 40.00                                                                                      | 40.00                                                                                      |
| 16        | asthan            | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.oo                                                                                       |
| t7        | Uttar Pradesh     | 37.70                                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                       | 37.70                                                                                      |
| 18        | Uttarakhand       | 7.20                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | t.20                                                                                       |
| 19        | Andhra Pradesh    | 8.60                                                                                       | 1s.00                                                                                      | 23.60                                                                                      |
| 20        | Telangana         | 2.20                                                                                       | 15.00                                                                                      | 17.20                                                                                      |
| 27        | Kerala            | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       |
| co        | Kamataka          | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        | 1.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | 1.00                                                                                       |
| 24        | Gujarat           | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       |
| 25        | Maharashtra       | 5.36                                                                                       | o.00                                                                                       | 5.36                                                                                       |
| 26        | Madhya Pradesh    | 5.60                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                       | 5.60                                                                                       |
| 27        | Chattishgarh      | 5.80                                                                                       | 11.00                                                                                      | 16.80                                                                                      |
|           | TOTAL             | 118.86                                                                                     | 11t.OO                                                                                     | 229,46                                                                                     |