Lok Sabha Question No. 1206 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-09
Subject: Quality of Foodgrains
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Aparupa  Poddar, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD &  pUBLtc  DISTRIBUTTON DEPAR MENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTTON

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.{2O6 TOI BE ANSUVERED ON  gTHFEBRUARY,2022

## QUALITY OF FOODGRAINS

{206. SHRIMATI  APARUPA  PODDAR:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATTL!

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA  VIKHE PATIL:

DR, HEENA GAVIT:

SHR! RAJEIIDRA DHEDYA GAVIT:

DR. SHRIKA,NT EKilATH SHINDE:

DR. KREHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister  of GONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND  pUBLtc

DISTR|BUTIoN stBrlrdr arr*, urc.a aik srtqfrr fuag 4X be pteased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has carried out any sunyey to ascertain the quality  of foodgrains  distributed by shops under  public  Distribution Scheme (PDS) schreme;
- (b) ifso, the details thereofl
- (c) the steps taken to ensure that quality does not deteriorate during the lockdown period;
- (d) if so, the details  thereof;
- (e)  the number of PDS shop ownerc who have been caught distributing adulterated/low qualiQl  foodgrains  since last year, State-wise;
- (0 the action taken against such shop ownersl and
- (g)  the steps befing taken to ensure  that the quality  offoodgrains is not compromised, especially when free ration is provided to the poor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINTSTER OF STATE CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTIOil

(sHR! ASt{WtNt  XUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) & (b): To monitor the implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2O{3 and to evaluate its impact among targeted beneficiaries, Government  of lnrdia has engaged {3 reputed institutes  as Monitoring lnstitutions (Mls) lbr concurrent evaluation of NFSA in States/UTs across the country. The reports have been shared with the concerned States/UTs  for further necessary action.

(c) to (g): To ensure the availabiliQl of safe and wholesome food for human consumption,  which includes quality and saiety parameters  of various food products, Food Safety and Standards  Authority of lndia (FSSAI)  has specified  the standards of food products  under Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations,  2011. All  food business operators  including Food Gorporation of lndia (FGl), Food & Supply Departments  and Fair Price Shops are required to adhere to the specilled standards.

Regular surveillance, monitoring,  inspection and random sampling of food products are being carried out by the machinery of Food Safety Departments  of tflre respective States/UTs  to check compliance of the standards laid down under Food Safety and Standards Act 2O06, Rules and Regulations made there under. In cases, where the food samples are found to be non.conforming, penal action is initiated against the defaulting  Food Business  Operators  as per provisions of FSS Act, Rules and Regulations  made there under. Further, in order to ensure the availability for sale and supply of safe and wholesome food, FSSA! adyises Commissioners of Food Safety of States/UTs from time to time to keep a strict vigil by regularly drawing food samples and to take appropriate  action against the offenders under the provlsions of FSS Act, 2006. State /UTs-'wise  details of all food samples analysed, found nonconforming and actlon taken during 2O2O-21 is enclosed at Annexure. Howeyer, no separate data ls maintalned by the FSSAI with respect to enforcement activities carried out by the States/UTs  ln respect of food grains distrlbuted  under PDS

Moreover, Government has also issued following  instructions to State GovernmenUUTs  and Food Gorporation of lndia (FCl) to ensure the supply of good quality foodgrains  under PDS:

- (i) Only good quality foodgrains  free from insect infestation and conforming to Food Safety Standards are to be lssued under TPDS and other welfare schemes.
- (iD  Ample opportunities  are to be provided to the State GovemmenUUT Administratlon  to inspect the stocks prior to llfting from FGI godowns. State/UTs may ensure that officers not below the rank of lnspector are deputed for inspection  of the foodgrains before their Iifting from FGI godowns'

- (iii)  samples of foodgrains are to be cottected  and seared from the stocks of foodgrains  to be issued under the TpDs joinfly  by FGt and state GovernmenUUT Administration.
- (iv)  An officer not betow the rank of Inspector is to be deputed from State Govemment to take the derivery of foodgrains stocks from FG! godowns.
- (v) Regular  inspection  to check the quaraty  of foodgrains  is to be carried out by the oflicers of State Government.
- (vi) lt  is the responsibility  of the concerned  state GovernmenuUT Administration  to ensure that during transportataon and storage at different  stages in the distribution  chain, the foodgrains retaii ttre required quality specift cations.
- (vii) The state Government,  where the decentralized  procurement  is in operation, shourd ensure that the quarity  of foodgrains  issued under TPDS and other werfare schemes  shoutd meet the desired standards under the Food Safety and Standards Authority  of tndia (FSSAI).

ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IT{ REPLY To PART (c) to (g) oF UNSTARRED  QUESTToN No, 1206 DUE FoR ANswER  oN 09.02.2022 IN LoK SAB}IA

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| s. No.                                                                            | Name of StateruT                                                                  | No. of Samples Analysed                                                           | No. of Samples found non- conforming                                              | Non Conformi s                                                                    | Non Conformi s                                                                    | Non Conformi s                                                                    | Civil Cases                                                                       | Civil Cases                                                                       | Civil Cases                                                                       | Civil Cases                                                                       | Criminal                                                                          | Criminal                                                                          | Criminal                                                                          | Criminal                                                                          |
| s. No.                                                                            | Name of StateruT                                                                  | No. of Samples Analysed                                                           | No. of Samples found non- conforming                                              | Unsafe                                                                            | Sub Standard                                                                      | Labelling defectV Misleading/                                                     | No. of Cases Launched                                                             | No. of Cases decided                                                              | No. of Cases Conyicted                                                            | Penalties Raised (Rs.)                                                            | No. of Cases Launched                                                             | No. of Cases decided                                                              | Cases No. of Cases Convicted                                                      | Penalties Raised (Rs.)                                                            |
| I                                                                                 | A&N Islands                                                                       | 700                                                                               | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | Miscellaneous 0                                                                   | l6                                                                                | t6                                                                                | l6                                                                                | 321500                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                 | Andhm Pradesh                                                                     | 2329                                                                              | 383                                                                               | 45                                                                                | 168                                                                               | t70                                                                               | 223                                                                               | 291                                                                               | 2t6                                                                               | 2173000                                                                           | 31                                                                                | 8                                                                                 | 3                                                                                 | 75000                                                                             |
| 3                                                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                 | t69                                                                               | l5                                                                                | I                                                                                 | 4                                                                                 | l0                                                                                | I                                                                                 | l5                                                                                | I                                                                                 | 173000                                                                            | l                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 4                                                                                 | Assam                                                                             | 672                                                                               | 109                                                                               | 19                                                                                | 77                                                                                | t3                                                                                | 39                                                                                | 46                                                                                | 46                                                                                | 682000                                                                            | 2                                                                                 |                                                                                   | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 5                                                                                 | Bihar                                                                             | 1224                                                                              | t44                                                                               | 66                                                                                |                                                                                   | 52                                                                                | 100                                                                               | 55                                                                                | 55                                                                                | 615000                                                                            | t2                                                                                | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 6                                                                                 | Chandigarh                                                                        | 292                                                                               |                                                                                   | 6                                                                                 | i8                                                                                | 8                                                                                 | 42                                                                                | 54                                                                                | 54                                                                                | 740000                                                                            | 15                                                                                | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 7                                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                                      | 834                                                                               | 165                                                                               | 32                                                                                | 92                                                                                | 4t                                                                                | 246                                                                               | 159                                                                               | 149                                                                               | 3844000                                                                           | 28                                                                                | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| t-                                                                                | D&N H D&D                                                                         | 75                                                                                | I                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |                                                                                   | ll                                                                                | 0                                                                                 | 38500                                                                             | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 9                                                                                 | Delhi                                                                             | 1509                                                                              | 214                                                                               | 46                                                                                | 49                                                                                | ll9                                                                               | 213                                                                               | 30                                                                                | 28                                                                                | 1294000                                                                           | 66                                                                                | 58                                                                                | 58                                                                                | 1470000                                                                           |
| 10                                                                                | Goa                                                                               | 329                                                                               | 3l                                                                                | 8                                                                                 | 22                                                                                | I                                                                                 | I                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 | 1742000                                                                           | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| ll                                                                                | Gujarat                                                                           | 13284                                                                             | 1056                                                                              | 7t                                                                                | 688                                                                               | 297                                                                               | 899                                                                               | 543                                                                               | 402                                                                               | 40041000                                                                          | 4t                                                                                | ll                                                                                | ll                                                                                | 30001                                                                             |
| t2                                                                                | Haryana                                                                           | 2596                                                                              | 696                                                                               | 97                                                                                | 363                                                                               | 236                                                                               | 651                                                                               | 481                                                                               | 358                                                                               | 5040028                                                                           | 103                                                                               | I                                                                                 | I                                                                                 | 500                                                                               |
| l3                                                                                | Himachal Pradesh                                                                  | 1568                                                                              | 420                                                                               | t7                                                                                | 99                                                                                | 304                                                                               | 204                                                                               | 34                                                                                | t6                                                                                | 1068025                                                                           | t4                                                                                | 5                                                                                 | 5                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| t4                                                                                | J&K                                                                               | 4094                                                                              | 87t                                                                               | 49                                                                                | nia                                                                               |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |                                                                                   | )13                                                                               | 4595E00                                                                           | 32                                                                                | 2                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| l5                                                                                | Jharkhand                                                                         | 581                                                                               | 2t6                                                                               | g',t                                                                              | 43                                                                                | 76                                                                                | 204                                                                               | 122                                                                               | 94                                                                                | 1350200                                                                           | 65                                                                                | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| t6                                                                                | Kamataka                                                                          | 5217                                                                              | 319                                                                               | 77                                                                                | l0l                                                                               | t4t                                                                               | 151                                                                               | 2t                                                                                |                                                                                   | 168200                                                                            | 47                                                                                | 4                                                                                 | 4                                                                                 | 6l100                                                                             |
| 17                                                                                | Kerala                                                                            | 6971                                                                              | 1020                                                                              | 543                                                                               | 216                                                                               | 261                                                                               | 422                                                                               | 445                                                                               | 389                                                                               | 5914800                                                                           | 274                                                                               | 7                                                                                 | 7                                                                                 | 55000                                                                             |
| l8                                                                                | Ladakh                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | l8                                                                                | l8                                                                                | 15                                                                                | t7 4ta0                                                                           | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| l9                                                                                | Lakshadweep                                                                       | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |

| 20   | Madhya Pradesh   | 10886   | 2162    | 92   | tt24   | 946   | 2228   | 1896   | 1887   | 84565980   | 126   | 29   | 29   | I t50000   |
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| 2l   | Maharashtra      | 4733    | 874     | 227  | 527    | t20   | 9l I   | 307    | 269    | 9213800    | '195  | 80   | 80   | 26000      |
| 22   | Manipur          | 235     | t9      | t7   | I      | I     | 4      | 5      | 4      | 240000     | 0     | 0    | 0    | 0          |
| ,1   | Meghalaya        | 48      | 0       | 0    | 0      | 0     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0          | 0     | 0    | 0    | 0          |
| 24   | Mizoram          | 23      | 2       | 0    | I      | I     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0          | 0     | 0    | 0    | 0          |
| 25   | Nagaland         | 60      | I       | 0    | I      | 0     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0          | 0     | 0    | 0    | 0          |
| 26   | Odisha           | 1037    | 2'72    | 53   | 164    | 55    | l3l    | 96     | 32     | 679500     | 33    | 0    | 0    | 0          |
| )1   | Puducherrv       | 5       | I       | I    | 0      | 0     | 22     | 20     |        | 142000     | 0     | 0    | 0    | 0          |
| 28   | Punjab           | 6721    | 873     | '17  | 582    | 2t4   | 966    | 972    | 8'7 5  | 15220500   | 64    | 7    | 2    | 103 000    |
| 29   | Rajasthan        | 7343    | 2054    | 339  | I 100  | 615   | 584    | 337    |        | 6963600    | s6    | 0    | 0    | 0          |
| 30   | Sikkim           | 32      | 0       | 0    | 0      | 0     | 0      | C)     | 0      | 0          | 0     | 0    | 0    | 0          |
| 3l   | Tamil Nadu       | t0'166  | 3443    | t22t | 651    | l5 7l | 1463   | l3 68  | r363   | 16273500   | 557   | 235  | 231  | 47 69500   |
| 32   | Telangana        | 894     | 98      | 16   | 47     | 35    | 44     | 22     | 22     | 205000     | 14    |      | 0    |            |
| 33   | Tripura          | t7      | 6       | I    | 4      | I     | 0      | 0      |        |            |       |      |      |            |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh    | 20613   | 124',79 | t92l | 65r 3  | 4045  | 12514  | 7810   | 7810   | 291410300  | I486  | 'i2  | 72   | 483500     |
| 35   | Uttarakhand      | 905     | 255     | 9    | 239    | 7     | 285    | 118    | I t8   | 4101000    | 6     | 0    | 0    | 0          |
| 36   | West Bcngal      | 106',1  | ll6     | 73   | 30     | l3    | l8     | 7      | 3      | 233000     | I     | I    | I    | 100000     |