Lok Sabha Question No. 2977 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-20
Subject: Paddy Procurement
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2977 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20TH DECEMBERI 2023

## PADDY PROCUREMENT

## t2977.  SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

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- (a) the State-wise details of the amount of  paddy procured by the Government during the last  three  years, year-wise;
- (b) whether the  Government has any plans to  procure paddy from the
- farmers at production cost and MSP and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the manner in which the grievances of the farmers are likely to be addressed?

## ANSWER INISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRSI FOOD &  PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a):  The State-wise and  Year-wise details  of  paddy procured under Central Pool during the last three Years is enclosed at Annexure-1.
- (b) & (c): Government of India fixes Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) on the basis of the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), after considering the views of State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments concerned. The Union Budget for 2018-19 had announced the pre-determined principle to  keep MSPs at  levels of 1.5 times of the cost of production. Accordinglyl Government fixes MSPs for all mandated Kharif, Rabi and other  Commercial crops with  a minimum return of 50 percent over all  India weighted  average cost of production from year 201 8-1 9 onwards.

State  Government agencies and  Food Corporation of  India  (FCI) purchase paddy with  prescribed Fair Average Quality (FAQ) specifications at Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Central Pool to ensure that farmers get remunerative prices for their  produce and do not have to resort to distress sale. However, if farmers get better price in comparison to MSP, they are free to sell their produce in open market.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2977 FOR ANSWER ON 20.12.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## State wise details of Paddy procurement for the last three years

Procurement Fig. in LMT

| STATES/UTs       |   KMS 2020-21 |   KMS 2021-22 | KMS 2022-23   |
|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH   |         84.57 |         66.58 | 41.13         |
| TELANGANA        |        141.09 |        110.35 | 131.86        |
| ASSAM            |          2.12 |          5.66 | 5.98          |
| BIHAR            |         35.59 |         44.9  | 42.05         |
| CHANDIGARH       |          0.28 |          0.27 | 0.19          |
| CHHATISGARH      |         71.07 |         92.01 | 87.53         |
| GUJARAT          |          1.1  |          1.22 | 1.77          |
| HARYANA          |         56.55 |         55.32 | 59.36         |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH |          0    |          0.28 | 0.14          |
| JnARKHAND        |          6.29 |          7.53 | 1.72          |
| JAMMU& KASHMIR   |          0.38 |          0.41 | 0.34          |
| KARNATAKA        |          2.06 |          2.19 | 0.21          |
| KERALA           |          7.65 |          7.48 | 7.3 1         |
| MADHYA PRADESH   |         37.27 |         45.83 | 46.30         |
| MAUARASHTRA      |         18.99 |         18.32 | 18.47         |
| ODISHA           |         77.33 |         71.04 | 79. 16        |
| PUNJAB           |        202.82 |        187.28 | 182.11        |
| RAJASTHAN        |          0    |          0.07 | 0.00          |
| TRIPURA          |          0.24 |          0.58 | 0.45          |
| TAMIL NADU       |         44.9  |         27.58 | 33.83         |
| UTTAR PRADESH    |         66.84 |         65.53 | 65.50         |
| UTTRAKHAND       |         10.72 |         11.56 | 8.96          |
| WEST BENGAL      |         27.79 |         35.31 | 32.08         |
| TOTAL            |        895.65 |        857.3  | 846.45        |

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