Lok Sabha Question No. 2693 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: Remunerative Price for Agricultural Produce
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. 2693

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 14 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## REMUNERATIVE PRICE FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE

2693.  DR. AMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) whether farmers received remunerative price for their produce under the agricultural price policy keeping in view the COVID-19 crises during each of the last two years and current year:
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise,  especially  Punjab,  and  if  not,  the  reason therefor;
- (c) whether the Price Support Scheme (PSS) for procurement of oilseed, pulses and cotton has been implemented across the country;
- (d) if so, the details of procurement of farmers' produce under the said scheme when the  prices  of  the  products  fall  below  the  Minimum  Support  Price  (MSP)during  the  said period; and
- (e) the  details  of  alternate  corrective  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide 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): During the Covid-19 pandemic, the farmers of the country have proved that they  are  the  backbone  of  our  society.  During  the  lockdown,  the  agriculture  sector functioned smoothly. The lockdown was announced on 24.03.2020 and within three days, farming and  allied  activities  including  procurement  were  exempted  from  the  lock  down. The details of procurement of pulses, oilseeds & copra, wheat, paddy, coarse grains & cotton    at  Minimum  Support  Price  (MSP)  (including  Punjab)  since  2019-20  are  at Annexure-I,II,III,IV& V respectively.

(c) & (d):   Yes sir. Government of India implements Price Support Scheme (PSS) under the  umbrella  scheme  of  PM-AASHA  for  procurement  of  Fair  Average  Quality  (FAQ)  of pulses,  oilseeds&  copra  at  Minimum  Support  Price  (MSP)  through  Central  Nodal Agencies  after  proposals  are  received  from  the  State/UT  Government.The  detail  of procurement  of  pulses,  oilseeds  &  copra  at  MSP  under  PSS  since  2019-20  is  at annexure-I.

(e): Procurement centres are opened by respective State Government Agencies and Central  Nodal  Agencies  like  NAFED,  FCI  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.

| Details of Pulses, oilseeds & Copra were procured at MSP as per crop season since 2019-20 (as on 09.12.2021)   | Details of Pulses, oilseeds & Copra were procured at MSP as per crop season since 2019-20 (as on 09.12.2021)   | Details of Pulses, oilseeds & Copra were procured at MSP as per crop season since 2019-20 (as on 09.12.2021)   | Details of Pulses, oilseeds & Copra were procured at MSP as per crop season since 2019-20 (as on 09.12.2021)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year Commodity/State                                                                                           | 2019-20                                                                                                        | 2020-21                                                                                                        | 2021-22                                                                                                        |
| Oil seed                                                                                                       | 1,543,187.86                                                                                                   | 295,212.34                                                                                                     | 40,648.65                                                                                                      |
| COPRA                                                                                                          | 313.84                                                                                                         | 5,088.92                                                                                                       | 32.95                                                                                                          |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                                      | -                                                                                                              | 5,040.04                                                                                                       | -                                                                                                              |
| TAMILNADU                                                                                                      | 313.84                                                                                                         | 48.88                                                                                                          | 32.95                                                                                                          |
| GROUNDNUT                                                                                                      | 723,085.62                                                                                                     | 286,233.33                                                                                                     | 40,615.70                                                                                                      |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                 | 21,178.14                                                                                                      | 256.87                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                |
| GUJARAT                                                                                                        | 500,438.91                                                                                                     | 202,629.85                                                                                                     | 36,532.63                                                                                                      |
| HARYANA                                                                                                        | -                                                                                                              | 15.00                                                                                                          | -                                                                                                              |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                                      | 3,830.80                                                                                                       | 116.10                                                                                                         | -                                                                                                              |
| ODISHA                                                                                                         | 2,011.34                                                                                                       | 2,203.11                                                                                                       | -                                                                                                              |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                                                      | 193,080.23                                                                                                     | 74,511.43                                                                                                      | 3,642.35                                                                                                       |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                                  | 2,546.20                                                                                                       | 6,500.97                                                                                                       | 440.72                                                                                                         |
| MUSTARD SEED                                                                                                   | 803,843.64                                                                                                     | 0.68                                                                                                           | -                                                                                                              |
| GUJARAT                                                                                                        | 32,759.40                                                                                                      | -                                                                                                              | -                                                                                                              |
| HARYANA                                                                                                        | 308,700.65                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                              | -                                                                                                              |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                                 | 115,169.13                                                                                                     | 0.68                                                                                                           | -                                                                                                              |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                                                      | 346,895.26                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                              | -                                                                                                              |
| 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                                                                                                       | -                                                                                                              | -                                                                                                              |
| Pulses                                                                                                         | 3,040,166.51                                                                                                   | 916,407.05                                                                                                     | 29,786.53                                                                                                      |
| GRAM                                                                                                           | 2,158,434.06                                                                                                   | 636,905.98                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                              |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                 | 127,915.10                                                                                                     | 10,083.80                                                                                                      | -                                                                                                              |
| GUJARAT                                                                                                        | 124,031.55                                                                                                     | 151,427.70                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                              |
| HARYANA                                                                                                        | 10,636.46                                                                                                      | -                                                                                                              | -                                                                                                              |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                                      | 101,843.45                                                                                                     | 22,030.77                                                                                                      | -                                                                                                              |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                                 | 706,313.62                                                                                                     | 194,447.80                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                                | 385,878.82                                                                                                     | 224,721.70                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                              |

| MAHARASHTRA        |                   |               |           |
|--------------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------|
| TELANGANA          | 47,600.00         | 16,743.84     | -         |
| UTTAR PRADESH      | 38,498.18         | -             | -         |
| MASOOR             | 1,433.88          | 18.35         | -         |
| MADHYA PRADESH     | 1,433.68          | 18.35         | -         |
| UTTAR PRADESH      | 0.20              | -             | -         |
|                    | 147,130.39        | 267,391.20    | 29,231.11 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH     | 1,193.30          | -             | 901.75    |
| MOONG              |                   |               | -         |
| DOCA               | -                 | 100,000.00    |           |
| KARNATAKA          | 5,874.21          | -             | 13,980.37 |
| MADHYA             |                   |               |           |
| PRADESH            | -                 | 147,250.00    | -         |
| MAHARASHTRA ODISHA | 4,272.23 7,011.38 | 559.74 862.35 | 660.34 -  |
| RAJASTHAN          | 121,669.07        | 12,024.46     | 12,404.95 |
| TAMILNADU          | 169.40            | 5,595.00      | -         |
| TELANGANA          | 5,874.90          | -             | -         |
| TOOR               | 733,035.87        | 11,004.46     | -         |
| ANDHRA PRADESH     | 50,223.18         | 184.55        | -         |
| DOCA               | 185,763.72        |               | -         |
| GUJARAT            | 13,140.25         | 572.15        | -         |
| KARNATAKA          | 227,500.00        | 8,969.05      | -         |
| MAHARASHTRA        | 204,183.13        | 1,246.76      | -         |
| ODISHA             | 98.34             | -             | -         |
| TAMILNADU          | 502.25            | 31.95         | -         |
| TELANGANA          | 51,625.00         | -             | -         |
| URAD               | 132.31            | 1,087.06      | 555.42    |
| GUJARAT            | 88.85             | -             | -         |
| MADHYA PRADESH     | -                 | 949.90        | -         |
| MAHARASHTRA        | 10.11             | 137.16        | 552.12    |
| RAJASTHAN          | 26.50             | -             | 3.30      |
| TAMILNADU          | 6.85              | -             | -         |
| Grand Total        | 4,583,354.37      | 1,211,619.39  | 70,435.18 |

## ANNEXURE-II to PQ 2693

## WHEAT PROCUREMENT FOR CENTRAL POOL

Fig in LMT

| SL No       | STATES/ Uts   |   RMS 2019-20 | RMS 2020-21   | RMS 2021-22   |
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| 1           | 129.12        |        127.14 | 132.22        |               |
| Haryana     | 93.20         |         74    | 84.93         | 2             |
| UP          | 37.00         |         35.77 | 56.41         | 3             |
|             | 67.25         |        129.42 | 128.16        | 4             |
| 0.03        |               |          0.05 | 4.56          | 5             |
| 14.11       |               |         22.25 | 23.40         | 6             |
| 0.42        |               |          0.38 | 1.44          | 7 Uttrakhand  |
| 0.13        |               |          0.11 | 0.17          | 8             |
| Delhi       | 0.00          |          0    | 0.06          | 9             |
| Gujarat     | 0.05          |          0.77 | 1.71          | 10            |
| Jharkhand   | 0.00          |          0    | 0.00          | 11            |
| Maharashtra | 0.00          |          0    | 0.01          | 12            |
| H.P.        | 0.01          |          0.03 | 0.13          | 13            |
| J&K         | 0.00          |          0    | 0.24          | 14            |
| West Bengal | 0.00          |          0    | 0.00          | 15            |
| 341.32      |               |        389.92 | TOTAL 433.44  | TOTAL 433.44  |

ANNEXURE-III to PQ 2693

| STATEMENT SHOWING STATE WISE PADDY PROCUREMENT Procurement Fig. in LMT   | STATEMENT SHOWING STATE WISE PADDY PROCUREMENT Procurement Fig. in LMT   | STATEMENT SHOWING STATE WISE PADDY PROCUREMENT Procurement Fig. in LMT   | STATEMENT SHOWING STATE WISE PADDY PROCUREMENT Procurement Fig. in LMT   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| STATES                                                                   | KMS 2019-20                                                              | KMS 2020-21                                                              | KMS 2021-22*                                                             |
| STATES                                                                   | Procurement                                                              | Procurement                                                              | Procurement                                                              |
| A.P.                                                                     | 82.58                                                                    | 84.57                                                                    | 0.99                                                                     |
| TELANGANA                                                                | 111.26                                                                   | 141.09                                                                   | 26.15                                                                    |
| ASSAM                                                                    | 3.15                                                                     | 2.12                                                                     | 0.00                                                                     |
| BIHAR                                                                    | 20.02                                                                    | 35.59                                                                    | 1.25                                                                     |
| CHANDIGARH                                                               | 0.22                                                                     | 0.28                                                                     | 0.27                                                                     |
| CHHATISGARH                                                              | 74.86                                                                    | 69.74                                                                    | 3.04                                                                     |
| GUJARAT                                                                  | 0.21                                                                     | 1.10                                                                     | 0.26                                                                     |
| HARYANA                                                                  | 64.28                                                                    | 56.55                                                                    | 55.31                                                                    |
| H. P.                                                                    | 0.00                                                                     | 0.00                                                                     | 0.25                                                                     |
| JHARKHAND                                                                | 3.80                                                                     | 6.29                                                                     | 0.00                                                                     |
| J&K                                                                      | 0.15                                                                     | 0.38                                                                     | 0.29                                                                     |
| KARNATAKA                                                                | 0.61                                                                     | 2.06                                                                     | 0.00                                                                     |
| KERALA                                                                   | 7.10                                                                     | 7.65                                                                     | 1.14                                                                     |
| M. P                                                                     | 25.97                                                                    | 37.27                                                                    | 0.12                                                                     |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                              | 17.42                                                                    | 18.85                                                                    | 0.40                                                                     |
| ODISHA                                                                   | 70.57                                                                    | 77.33                                                                    | 0.37                                                                     |
| PUNJAB                                                                   | 162.33                                                                   | 202.82                                                                   | 186.86                                                                   |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                | 0.00                                                                     | 0.00                                                                     | 0.07                                                                     |
| NEF (Tripura)                                                            | 0.21                                                                     | 0.24                                                                     | 0.00                                                                     |
| TAMIL NADU                                                               | 32.41                                                                    | 44.90                                                                    | 6.29                                                                     |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                            | 56.57                                                                    | 66.84                                                                    | 16.87                                                                    |
| UTTRAKHAND                                                               | 10.18                                                                    | 10.72                                                                    | 11.55                                                                    |
| WEST BENGAL                                                              | 27.03                                                                    | 27.79                                                                    | 0.00                                                                     |
| TOTAL                                                                    | 770.93                                                                   | 894.18                                                                   | 311.48                                                                   |

## STATEMENT SHOWING PROCUREMENT OF COARSEGRAINS

## Annexure-IV to PQ 2693

Fig in MTs, As on 07.12.2021

| COMMODITY      |   GUJARAT | HARYANA   |   KARNATAKA |   MADHYA PRADESH |   MAHARASHTRA |   RAJASTHAN |   UTTAR PRADESH |   TOTAL |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|------------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|---------|
| JOWAR (Kharif) |         0 | 0         |         838 |             5469 |          1468 |           0 |               0 |    7775 |
| JOWAR (Rabi)   |         0 | 0         |        8418 |                0 |          7145 |           0 |               0 |   15563 |
| BAJRA          |         0 | 100000    |           0 |               76 |             0 |           0 |               0 |  100076 |
| MAIZE (Kharif) |         0 | 0         |           0 |                0 |            19 |           0 |              25 |      44 |
| MAIZE (Rabi)   |         0 | 0         |           0 |                0 |        115094 |           0 |               0 |  115094 |
| RAGI           |         0 | 0         |      193243 |                0 |             0 |           0 |               0 |  193243 |
| Total          |         0 | 100000    |      202499 |             5545 |        123726 |           0 |              25 |  431795 |
| JOWAR(Kharif)  |         0 | 0         |       80722 |            29582 |         17784 |           0 |               0 |  128088 |
| JOWAR(Rabi)    |         0 | 0         |           0 |                0 |         18384 |           0 |               0 |   18384 |
| BAJRA          |     11515 | 150000    |           0 |           195351 |          5005 |           0 |               0 |  361871 |
| MAIZE(Kharif)  |      4133 | 0         |           0 |                0 |         88283 |           0 |          106413 |  198829 |
| MAIZE(Rabi)    |         0 | 0         |           0 |                0 |          6486 |           0 |               0 |    6486 |
| RAGI           |         0 | 0         |      474098 |                0 |             0 |           0 |               0 |  474098 |
| Total          |     15648 | 150000    |      554820 |           224933 |        135942 |           0 |          106413 | 1187756 |
| JOWAR(Kharif)  |         0 | 0         |           0 |             4606 |             0 |           0 |               0 |    4606 |
| JOWAR(Rabi)    |         0 | 0         |           0 |                0 |             0 |           0 |               0 |       0 |
| BAJRA          |      1747 | 267       |           0 |             6130 |             0 |           0 |               0 |    8144 |
| MAIZE(Kharif)  |       288 | 0         |           0 |                0 |             0 |           0 |            1406 |    1694 |
| MAIZE(Rabi)    |         0 | 0         |           0 |                0 |             0 |           0 |               0 |       0 |
| RAGI           |         0 | 0         |           0 |                0 |             0 |           0 |               0 |       0 |
| Total          |      2035 | 267*      |           0 |            10736 |             0 |           0 |            1406 |   14444 |

*State Govt. is not procuring for TPDS/OWS.

| ANNEXURE-V to PQ 2693                         | ANNEXURE-V to PQ 2693                         | ANNEXURE-V to PQ 2693                         |
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| Procurement details of Cotton procured at MSP | Procurement details of Cotton procured at MSP | Procurement details of Cotton procured at MSP |
|                                               | 2019-20                                       | 2020-21                                       |
| State                                         | Qty (in lakh Bales)                           | Qty (in Bales)                                |
| Punjab                                        | 3.56                                          | 5.36                                          |
| Haryana                                       | 6.23                                          | 10.57                                         |
| Rajasthan                                     | 3.76                                          | 9.11                                          |
| Gujarat                                       | 11.05                                         | 4.15                                          |
| Maharashtra                                   | 26.26                                         | 17.52                                         |
| Madhya Pradesh                                | 4.42                                          | 4.44                                          |
| Andhra Pradesh                                | 2.69                                          | 3.42                                          |
| Telangana                                     | 41.8                                          | 34.01                                         |
| Karnataka                                     | 3.49                                          | 1.26                                          |
| Tamil Nadu                                    | 0.232                                         | -                                             |
| West Bengal                                   | 0.0003                                        | -                                             |
| Odisha                                        | 1.61                                          | 2.05                                          |
| Total                                         | 105.10                                        | 91.89                                         |

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