Lok Sabha Question No. 3539 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-22
Subject: Procurement of Parboiled Rice
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Pinaki Misra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3539

## PROCUREMENT OF PARBOILED RICE

## 3539. SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC

- (a) whether the Government is procuring surplus parboiled rice from various State Government's for Kharif Marketing  Season 2022-23 and upcoming Rabi Marketing Season in 2023;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not; the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has any proposal to completely stop procurement of parboiled rice from the parboiled rice producing States;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the details of parboiled rice procured by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) between 2018-2022, State-wise?

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS; FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JyOTI)

(a) to (d): After meeting State's  requirement for Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) and Other Welfare Schemes (OWS), only the excesslsurplus stocks procured by the State Government lits agencies are handed over to Food Corporation of India (FCI) in Central Pool in the form of raw rice or parboiled rice to meet the overall consumption requirement of the country in terms of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Government of India and Decentralized Procurement (DCP) States.

Due to burgeoning stock level of parboiled rice in central pool, it was informed to the States that FCI may accept parboiled rice from surplus States to the extent of   requirement of parboiled rice by deficit Stated during Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2022-23 and Rabi Marketing Season in 2023. However, States can procure parboiled rice for consumption within the State:

State-wise details of parboiled rice procured by FCI 14.03.2023 for KMS 2022-23 is as under: upto

| State        |   Quantity of parboiled rice accepted by FCI (in Lakh Metric _Tonnes) |
|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Chhattisgarh |                                                                  5.39 |
| Odisha       |                                                                  4.92 |

(e): State-wise details of the parboiled rice procured by FCI from KMS 2018-19 to KMS 2022-23 is at Annexure.

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## ANNNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED To IN REPLY PART (e) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3539 FOR ANSWER ON 22.03.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA:

## Details of Parboiled Rice Received by FCI from KMS 2018-19 to KMS 2022-23

| STATEIUT.        |   KMS 2018- 19 |   KMS 2019- 20 |   KMS 2020- 21 |   KMS 2021-22 |   KMS 2022-23* |
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH   |           2.03 |           2.91 |           4.29 |          0.08 |           0    |
| TELANGANA        |          26.77 |          44.71 |          52.92 |         15.42 |           0    |
| ASSAM            |           0    |           0    |           0    |          0    |           0    |
| BIHAR            |           0    |           0    |           0    |          0    |           0    |
| CHANDIGARH       |           0    |           0    |           0    |          0    |           0    |
| CHHATTISGARH     |          23.92 |          26.38 |          15.95 |          3.56 |           5.39 |
| DELHI            |           0    |           0    |           0    |          0    |           0    |
| GUJARAT          |           0    |           0    |           0    |          0    |           0    |
| HARYANA          |           0    |           0    |           0.79 |          0    |           0    |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH |           0    |           0    |           0    |          0    |           0    |
| JHARKHAND        |           1.5  |           2.54 |           4.21 |          4.82 |           0    |
| JeK              |           0    |           0    |           0    |          0    |           0    |
| KARNATAKA        |           0    |           0    |           0    |          0    |           0    |
| KERALA           |           0    |           0    |           0    |          0    |           0    |
| MADHYA PRADESH   |           0.02 |           0    |           0    |          0    |           0    |
| MAHARASHTRA      |           0    |           0    |           0    |          0    |           0    |
| ODISHA           |          16.04 |          16.05 |          17.74 |          8.54 |           4.92 |
| PUDUCHERRY       |           0    |           0    |           0    |          0    |           0    |
| PUNJAB           |           0.39 |           0    |           0.34 |          0    |           0    |
| NEF (Tripura)    |           0    |           0    |           0    |          0    |           0    |
| TAMILNADU        |           0    |           0    |           0    |          0    |           0    |
| UTTAR PRADESH    |           0    |           0    |           0.06 |          0    |           0    |
| UTTRAKHAND       |           0    |           0    |           0    |          0    |           0    |
| WEST BENGAL      |           0.79 |           0.52 |           0.44 |          0    |           0    |
| RAJASTHAN        |           0    |           0    |           0    |          0    |           0    |
| TOTAL            |          71.46 |          93.12 |          96.74 |         32.42 |          10.31 |