Lok Sabha Question No. 2771 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-03
Subject: Procurement of Food Grains
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta, Gaddam Ranjith Reddy, Kavitha Malothu, Dayakar Pasunoori

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2771

TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 RD  AUGUST, 2022

## PROCUREMENT OF FOOD GRAINS

## 2771. SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA:

DR. G. RANJITH REDDY: SHRIMATI KAVITHA MALOTHU: SHRI PASUNOORI DAYAKAR:

Will  the  Minister  of  CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD  AND  PUBLIC

DISTRIBUTION उपभोᲦा मामले , खा᳒ और सावᭅजिनक िवतरण मंᮢी be pleased to state:

- (a) the  policy  laid  down  for  the  procurement  of  foodgrains  and  public distribution system;
- (b) whether the Ministry is procuring and distributing foodgrains as per the above policy; and
- (c) if so, the details of procurement and distribution during the last five years, year-wise and State-wise?

## A N S W E R

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

(a) and (b): State Government agencies and Food Corporation of India (FCI) purchase wheat & paddy within the stipulated period with prescribed Fair Average Quality (FAQ) specification at Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Central Pool.  The estimates for procurement of wheat and paddy are finalized  by  Government of India in consultation with State Governments and  Food  Corporation  of  India,  before  the  commencement  of  each marketing  season  based  upon  estimated  production,  marketable  surplus and agricultural crop pattern.

Coarsegrains are procured at MSP by State Governments as per the procurement plan prepared in consultation with FCI and approved by the Central  Government,  subject to  its  distribution  by  the  State  Government under National Food Security Act (NFSA)/ Other Welfare Schemes (OWS).

Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) is implemented under the National  Security  Act  (NFSA),  2013  in  all  States/UTs.  The  Act  provides coverage  upto  75%  of  the  rural  population  an  upto  50%  of  the  urban population for receiving foodgrains (rice, wheat and coarsegrains) at highly subsidized  rates  of  Rs.3/2/1  per  kg  respectively.  Under  the  Act  eligible families  comprise  of  Priority  Households  (PHH)  and  Antyodaya  Anna Yojana (AAY) families. The Priority Households are entitled to receive 5 kg of  foodgrains  per  person  per  month  and  the  families  covered  under  the AAY  receive 35 kg of foodgrains per month per family at the same rate.

(c):   State-wise quantity of Wheat and Paddy (in terms of rice) procured by Government  agencies for Central Pool during the last five years is at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

State-wise foodgrains lifted by States for distribution under various schemes during the last five years is at Annexure III.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2771 FOR ANSWER ON 03.08.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## WHEAT PROCUREMENT FOR CENTRAL POOL

| SL No            | STATES/ UTs   |   RMS 2017-18 |   RMS 2018-19 |   RMS 2019-20 |   RMS 2020-21 | RMS 2021-22   |
|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| 1 Punjab         | 117.06        |        126.92 |        129.12 |        127.14 |        132.22 |               |
| Haryana          | 74.32         |         87.84 |         93.2  |         74    |         84.93 | 2             |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 36.99         |         52.94 |         37    |         35.77 |         56.41 | 3             |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 67.25         |         73.13 |         67.25 |        129.42 |        128.16 | 4             |
| Bihar            | 0.00          |          0.18 |          0.03 |          0.05 |          4.56 | 5             |
| Rajasthan        | 12.45         |         15.32 |         14.11 |         22.25 |         23.4  | 6             |
| Uttrakhand       | 0.02          |          1.1  |          0.42 |          0.38 |          1.44 | 7             |
| Chandigarh       | 0.08          |          0.14 |          0.13 |          0.11 |          0.17 | 8             |
| Delhi            | 0.00          |          0    |          0    |          0    |          0.06 | 9             |
| Gujarat          | 0.07          |          0.37 |          0.05 |          0.77 |          1.71 | 10            |
| Maharashtra      | 0.00          |          0    |          0    |          0    |          0.01 | 11            |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0.00          |          0.01 |          0.01 |          0.03 |          0.13 | 12            |
| Jammu &Kashmir   | 0.00          |          0    |          0    |          0    |          0.24 | 13            |
| West Bengal      | 0.00          |          0    |          0    |          0    |          0    | 14            |
| TOTAL            | TOTAL         |        308.24 |        357.95 |        341.32 |        389.92 | 433.44        |

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## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2771 FOR ANSWER ON 03.08.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## PADDY (IN TERMS OF RICE) PROCUREMENT FOR CENTRAL POOL

[Figures in LMT]

| S. No. STATES/ UTs   | KMS 2016- 17   | KMS 2017- 18   |   KMS 2018- 19 |   KMS 2019- 20 | KMS 2020- 21   |
|----------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh     | 37.24 40.00    | 48.06          |          55.33 |          56.66 |                |
| 2 Telangana          | 35.96          | 36.18          |          51.9  |          74.54 | 95.25          |
| 3 Assam              | 0.46           | 0.35           |           1.03 |           2.11 | 1.42           |
| 4 Bihar              | 12.34          | 7.93           |           9.49 |          13.41 | 23.84          |
| 5 Chandigarh         | 0.13           | 0.14           |           0.13 |           0.15 | 0.19           |
| 6 Chattisgarh        | 40.22          | 32.55          |          39.71 |          50.53 | 47.62          |
| 7 Delhi              | 0.00           | 0.00           |           0    |           0    | 0.00           |
| 8 Gujarat            | 0.01           | 0.01           |           0.09 |           0.14 | 0.74           |
| 9 Haryana            | 35.83          | 39.92          |          39.41 |          43.07 | 37.89          |
| 10 Jharkhand         | 1.39           | 1.43           |           1.53 |           2.55 | 4.28           |
| 11 Jammu &Kashmir    | 0.08           | 0.13           |           0.09 |           0.1  | 0.26           |
| 12 Karnataka         | 0.00           | 0.00           |           0.59 |           0.41 | 1.38           |
| 13 Kerala            | 3.08           | 3.29           |           4.65 |           4.83 | 5.20           |
| 14 Madhya Pradesh    | 13.14          | 10.96          |          13.95 |          17.4  | 24.97          |
| 15 Maharashtra       | 3.09           | 1.79           |           5.8  |          11.67 | 12.72          |
| 16 Odisha            | 36.30          | 32.87          |          44.47 |          47.98 | 52.58          |
| 17 Puducherry        | 0.00           | 0.00           |           0    |           0    | 0.00           |
| 18 Punjab            | 110.52         | 118.39         |         113.34 |         108.76 | 135.89         |
| 19 NEF (Tripura)     | -              | -              |           0.07 |           0.14 | 0.17           |
| 20 Tamilnadu         | 1.44           | 9.94           |          12.94 |          22.04 | 30.53          |
| 21 Uttar Pradesh     | 23.54          | 28.75          |          32.33 |          37.9  | 44.78          |
| 22 Uttrakhand        | 7.06           | 0.38           |           4.62 |           6.82 | 7.18           |
| 23 West Bengal       | 19.23          | 16.73          |          19.79 |          18.38 | 18.90          |
| Total                | 381.06         | 381.74         |         443.99 |         518.26 | 602.45         |

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## ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2771 FOR ANSWER ON 03.08.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## Statewise lifting of foodgrains during last 5 years (Based on DISFM)

Figs. In LMT

| YEAR        | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   |
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| STATE       | Wheat     | Rice      | Wheat     | Rice      | Wheat     | Rice      | Wheat     | Rice      | Wheat     | Rice      |
| BIHAR       | 21.54     | 35.68     | 20.93     | 34.10     | 21.57     | 34.93     | 28.75     | 59.50     | 38.90     | 59.29     |
| JHARKHAND   | 2.09      | 15.43     | 2.22      | 16.06     | 1.99      | 16.83     | 2.65      | 26.10     | 11.99     | 19.31     |
| ORISSA      | 4.03      | 22.36     | 3.49      | 19.57     | 3.37      | 20.59     | 4.54      | 31.46     | 5.66      | 36.08     |
| WEST BENGAL | 28.56     | 16.40     | 31.06     | 17.46     | 30.58     | 17.58     | 40.92     | 34.86     | 55.80     | 30.18     |
| SIKKIM      | 0.04      | 0.44      | 0.04      | 0.44      | 0.04      | 0.45      | 0.04      | 0.58      | 0.04      | 0.62      |
| TOTAL       | 56.25     | 90.30     | 57.73     | 87.64     | 57.56     | 90.36     | 76.90     | 152.50    | 112.39    | 145.47    |
| ASSAM       | 0.71      | 17.17     | 1.61      | 17.35     | 0.86      | 17.45     | 0.86      | 27.63     | 0.99      | 30.24     |
| ARUNACHAL   | 0.00      | 0.93      | 0.00      | 0.92      | 0.00      | 0.94      | 0.00      | 1.22      | 0.00      | 1.37      |
| TRIPURA     | 0.36      | 2.66      | 0.37      | 2.62      | 0.37      | 2.49      | 0.29      | 3.48      | 0.37      | 3.45      |
| MANIPUR     | 0.06      | 1.68      | 0.03      | 1.87      | 0.00      | 1.79      | 0.00      | 2.83      | 0.00      | 2.41      |
| NAGALAND    | 0.00      | 1.66      | 0.00      | 1.65      | 0.00      | 1.67      | 0.00      | 2.16      | 0.00      | 2.30      |
| MIZORAM     | 0.01      | 0.99      | 0.01      | 0.77      | 0.01      | 0.87      | 0.01      | 1.05      | 0.01      | 1.24      |
| MEGHALAYA   | 0.29      | 1.63      | 0.24      | 1.66      | 0.22      | 1.74      | 0.22      | 2.67      | 0.25      | 2.93      |
| TOTAL       | 1.43      | 26.71     | 2.25      | 26.85     | 1.46      | 26.96     | 1.38      | 41.06     | 1.62      | 43.93     |
| DELHI       | 3.64      | 1.07      | 3.40      | 0.97      | 3.74      | 1.31      | 6.35      | 1.97      | 6.97      | 1.90      |
| HARYANA     | 7.56      | 0.29      | 33.52     | 0.29      | 15.52     | 0.25      | 14.02     | 0.34      | 35.59     | 0.73      |
| HIMACHAL    | 3.17      | 2.08      | 3.33      | 2.01      | 3.34      | 2.04      | 3.75      | 2.75      | 4.26      | 2.67      |
| J & K       | 2.57      | 6.98      | 2.85      | 7.16      | 2.58      | 6.79      | 2.88      | 8.33      | 2.98      | 7.97      |
| LADAKH      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.11      | 0.19      | 0.14      | 0.25      |
| PUNJAB      | 13.91     | 0.31      | 19.72     | 0.34      | 17.40     | 0.31      | 17.30     | 0.53      | 34.49     | 1.39      |
| CHANDIGARH  | 0.26      | 0.03      | 1.15      | 0.03      | 0.37      | 0.02      | 0.10      | 0.00      | 0.14      | 0.03      |
| RAJASTHAN   | 22.86     | 0.41      | 26.67     | 0.44      | 29.05     | 0.48      | 47.81     | 1.07      | 50.51     | 1.35      |
| UTTAR PR    | 58.66     | 40.84     | 56.75     | 38.51     | 56.49     | 38.95     | 80.53     | 72.55     | 107.41    | 65.66     |
| UTTRANCHAL  | 2.17      | 3.15      | 2.19      | 2.98      | 2.60      | 2.81      | 3.12      | 4.39      | 4.26      | 5.50      |
| TOTAL       | 114.80    | 55.17     | 149.56    | 52.74     | 131.09    | 52.95     | 175.97    | 92.13     | 246.74    | 87.45     |
| ANDHRA PR   | 0.21      | 20.09     | 0.20      | 20.85     | 0.21      | 21.95     | 0.14      | 37.43     | 0.02      | 42.03     |
| TELANGANA   | 0.49      | 14.40     | 0.57      | 14.55     | 0.43      | 17.82     | 0.45      | 28.06     | 0.71      | 27.45     |
| KERALA      | 2.92      | 12.24     | 3.17      | 13.35     | 2.58      | 11.58     | 3.72      | 19.18     | 5.02      | 20.40     |
| KARNATAKA   | 2.25      | 31.39     | 0.85      | 35.18     | 0.66      | 36.52     | 3.28      | 43.26     | 6.43      | 46.42     |

| TAMILNADU    |   2.03 |   40.13 |   3.12 |   37.24 |   2.38 |   40.47 |   4.06 |   58.43 | 9.09   | 54.72   |
|--------------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|
| PONDICHERRY  |   0    |    0.01 |   0.01 |    0.01 |   0.01 |    0.01 |   0    |    0.28 | 0.09   | 0.32    |
| A&NISLANDS   |   0.07 |    0.1  |   0.07 |    0.11 |   0.05 |    0.09 |   0.06 |    0.18 | 0.05   | 0.18    |
| LAKSHADWEEP  |   0    |    0.06 |   0    |    0.05 |   0    |    0.05 |   0    |    0.04 | 0.00   | 0.06    |
| TOTAL        |   7.96 |  118.41 |   8    |  121.33 |   6.32 |  128.49 |  11.71 |  186.87 | 21.40  | 191.59  |
| GUJARAT      |  17.98 |    7.81 |  15.53 |    6.96 |  15.36 |    6.53 |  26.2  |   10.9  | 30.86  | 13.33   |
| MAHARASHTRA  |  26.85 |   23.12 |  24.9  |   21.56 |  24.99 |   21.27 |  34.27 |   39.77 | 44.88  | 28.97   |
| GOA          |   0.12 |    0.54 |   0.27 |    0.54 |   0.15 |    0.52 |   0.09 |    0.77 | 0.33   | 0.81    |
| MADHYAPR     |  27.03 |    9.57 |  57.83 |    9.68 |  34.62 |    9.5  |  37.01 |   18.14 | 46.83  | 13.63   |
| CHHATTISGARH |   0.53 |   14.88 |   0.35 |   14.9  |   0.3  |   14.63 |   0.33 |   22.48 | 0.43   | 25.27   |
| DAMAN &DIU   |   0.03 |    0.03 |   0.02 |    0.03 |   0.02 |    0.03 |   0.01 |    0.12 | 0.05   | 0.27    |
| D&NHAVELI    |   0.01 |    0.11 |   0.01 |    0.1  |   0.01 |    0.11 |   0.02 |    0.15 |        |         |
| TOTAL        |  72.55 |   56.07 |  98.92 |   53.76 |  75.46 |   52.59 |  97.94 |   92.33 | 123.38 | 82.28   |
| GRAND TOTAL  | 253    |  346.66 | 316.47 |  342.31 | 271.89 |  351.35 | 363.9  |  564.88 | 505.55 | 550.73  |

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