Lok Sabha Question No. 4434 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-20
Subject: Foodgrains Wastage under FCI
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri Tanuj Punia

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4434

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 20TH AUGUST, 2025

## FOOD(,RAINS WASTAGE UNDER FCI

## 4434  SHRI TANUJ PUNIA:

Will  the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of quantity offoodgrains  damaged, wasted or lost in transit and storage under Food Corporation of India (FCI) between April  2023 and March 2025, including the monetary value of such losses, State-wise;
- (b) whether they are recoverable under insurance  or through departmental accountability and if  so, the details thereoE
- (c) whether FCI stores its foodgrains in rented warehouses and if so, the details of amount being spent on this annually;
- (d) the details of the steps taken by the Government to modernise FCI godowns and introduce end-to-end digitisation of inventory; and
- (e) whether any FCI or State-level officials have been penalised for negligence in these losses and if  so, the details thereoP

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF STATE FOR MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS. FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)

- (a): The  Food Corporation of  India  (FCI)  procures, stores and handles huge quantities of foodgrains in  a scientific  manner. Despite handling of  crores of  tons of  foodgrains across the country in all climatic  zones, a negligible  quantity of  foodgrains accrue as damaged  mainly  due to natural calamities vb flood, cyclone, heavy rains etc.

The  details  on  the  State-wise storage and transit  losses of  foodgrains along  with  the monetary value  reported during  April 2023 to  March  2025  is enclosed at  Annexure A  &  B respectively.

- (b): Each  and every case  of loss beyond the norms is investigated and departmental actions/recoveries are initiated against the negligent officials  found responsible.
- (c): Yes. FCI  stores its  foodgrains  in  rented warehouses also. A  total  of  Rs. 348482.30 lakh (unaudited) has been paid by the FCI as warehouse rent during financial year 2024-25 .

(d): in order to keep its storage infrastructure robust and updated, the FCI is taking  various steps . for modernization.  The details are as under:

Implementation of Depot Darpan Platform: Depot Darpan is a digital self-assessment  and monitoring platform to enhance the infrastructure and operational efficiency of foodgrain storage depots

Upgradation  of FCI  owned godowns:  For upgradation ofFCI  owned godowns, the capital budget has been allocated under 'Transformation  ofFCI' initiative.

- (e): The region-wise details of  the number of disciplinary  cases initiated  against  the officials  of FCI for foodgrains damaged,  wasted or  lost in transit and storage in FCI  between  April  2023 and March 2025 are as under:

| Nameof Region     | [Number of disc llinary cases   | [Number of disc llinary cases   |
|-------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Nameof Region     | 2023-2024                       | O                               |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 35                              | 49                              |
| Punjab            | 37                              | 18                              |
| ma                | 3                               | 3                               |
| me                | 43                              | 14                              |
| Haryana           | 5                               | 7                               |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                                 | 0                               |
| ManiDur           |                                 | 0                               |
| ma                | 5                               | 5                               |
| a                 | 179                             | 103                             |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 17                              | 0                               |
|                   | 89                              | 28                              |
| r                 | 21                              | 7                               |
| erala             |                                 |                                 |
| Bihar             |                                 |                                 |
| Jharkhand         |                                 |                                 |
| Odisha            |                                 |                                 |
| West Bengal       |                                 |                                 |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4434 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 20.08.2025 IN LOK  SABHA

State wise details of Storage Losses (Wheat+Rice) reported during the year 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 are as under:

(Figures in MT,  Values in Rs. Crore)

| Name of Region    | 2023-2024     | 2023-2024   | 2024-25       | 2024-25   |
|-------------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|-----------|
| Name of Region    | Quantity Loss | Value       | Quantity Loss | Value     |
| Punjab            | -55799        | - 126.62    | -23274        | -33.81    |
| Haryana           | -46544        | -110.10     | -33216        | -75.85    |
| Uttar Pradesh     | -7958         | -11.32      | -3506         | 2.37      |
| a                 | -449          | -0.83       | -244          | -0.27     |
| Rajasthan         | -5436         | -12.65      | -6829         | -16.94    |
| J&K               | 687           | 2.72        | 791           | 3.17      |
| Delhi             | -280          | -0.16       | 192           | 1.24      |
| HP                | -273          | -0.58       | -28 1         | -0.61     |
| Maharashtra       | 5145          | 19.17       | 5608          | 21.60     |
| Gujarat           | -234          | 3.41        | 1053          | 6.95      |
| MP                | -75257        | - 177.40    | -14271        | -33.84    |
| Chhattisgarh      | 4635          | 17.05       | 5094          | 19.16     |
| Andhra Pradesh    | -242          | -0.68       | 2260          | 8.69      |
| Karnataka         | 1840          | 7.00        | 1757          | 7.19      |
| Tamil Nadu        | 470           | 2.28        | 66            | 1.18      |
| Kerala            | -924          | -1.92       | -848          | -1.73     |
| Telangana         | -4367         | -15.66      | -3420         | -12.61    |
| WestBengal        | -2759         | -5.89       | -290          | 1.28      |
| Odisha            | -1570         | -5.10       | 155           | 0.92      |
| Bihar             | 142           | 1.58        | 779           | 4.33      |
| Jharkhand         | 654           | 2.81        | 1112          | 4.59      |
| NEF               | 222           | 0.83        | 185           | 0.75      |
| Assam             | 856           | 3.17        | 349           | 1.39      |
| Nagaland          | 165           | 0.60        | 150           | 0.56      |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 48            | 0.18        | 33            | 0.12      |
| Manipur           | 31            | 0.11        | 43            | 0.16      |

Remark: (-) indicates Gain.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4434 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 20.08.2025 IN LOK  SABHA

State-wise details on the 2024-2025 are as under: Transit Losses (Wheat+Rice) reported during the year 2023-2024 and

(Figures in MT, Values in Rs. Crore) 1 2024-2025

| Name of Region    | 2023-2024   | 2023-2024   | 2024-2025   | 2024-2025   |
|-------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Name of Region    | (           | (           | 1 L         |             |
| DI njab           |             |             |             |             |
| Haryana           |             |             |             |             |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 16850       | 48.37       | 14289       | 42.82       |
| Uttarakhand       | 645         | 1.53        | 274         | 0.70        |
| Rajasthan         | 1686        | 4.09        | 1695        | 4.35        |
| J&K               | 1152        | 3.70        | 1032        | 3.65        |
| Delhi             | 216         | 0.57        | 868         | 2.98        |
| HP                | 79          | 0.22        | 205         | 0.63        |
| Maharashtra       | 7912        | 24.78       | 10853       | 35.07       |
| Mt                | 4322        | 14.00       | 6278        | 20.52       |
| MP                | 6           | 0.02        | 22          | 0.08        |
| Chhattisgarh      | 297         | 0.70        | 302         | 0.76        |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 439         | 1.28        | 218         | 0.71        |
| Karnataka         | 3278        | 11.50'      | 5022        | 18.56       |
| Tamil Nadu        | 455         | 1.82        | 1059        | 4.02        |
| Kerala            | 811         | 2.88        | 1018        | 3.77        |
| Telangana         | 266         | 0.63        | 199         | 0.50        |
| We engal          | 7653        | 21.79       | 5740        | 16.10       |
| Odisha            | 890         | 2.11        | 534         | 1.34        |
| Bihar             | 8879        | 27.59       | 8741        | 27.84       |
| Jharkhand         | 5250        | 17.30       | 4995        | 17.11       |
| NEF               | 1687        | 5.92        | 1863        | 6.85        |
| Assam             | 6270        | 20.73       | 6185        | 22.59       |
| Nagaland          | 808         | 2.95        | 873         | 3.28        |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 246         | 0.90        | 318         | 1.19        |
| ba                | 506         | 1.85        | 465         | 1.75        |