Lok Sabha Question No. 3018 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-19
Subject: Utilization of Funds under PSF Scheme
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Shri Rajesh Verma, Shri Ravindra Dattaram Waikar, Smt. Shambhavi, Shri Naresh Ganpat Mhaske

## Government of India

## Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Department of Consumer Affairs

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3018

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2025

## UTILIZATION OF FUNDS UNDER PSF SCHEME

## 3018.  SMT. SHAMBHAVI:

SHRI RAVINDRA DATTARAM WAIKAR:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI NARESH GANPAT MHASKE:

SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

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

- (a) the  year-wise  allocation  and  utilization  of  funds  under  the  Price  Stabilization  Fund  (PSF)  scheme from 2014 - March, 2025 for Maharashtra and Bihar;
- (b) the  details  of  price  stabilization  operations  conducted  in  the  above  States  during  the  said  period including the commodities involved;
- (c) the quantity of pulses and onions procured and disposed of under the PSF buffer stock by Central and State agencies in these States during the last five years;
- (d) the  role  and  contribution  of  the  State-level  PSF  Management  Committees  in  enhancing  market interventions including details of interest-free advances provided; and
- (e) the Government's plans to expand the buffer stock of pulses or onions and strengthen PSF-related operations in the future?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI B.L.VERMA)

- (a) to (c) :  The quantity of pulses procured from Maharashtra and Bihar along with amount of funds utilised for the procurement under Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) since its inception till March, 2025 are given at Annexure . Apart from pulses, the annual procurement of onions under PSF have been made majorly from Maharashtra since 2017-18. During 2024-25, a quantity of 4.65 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of Onion worth Rs.1033 crore has been procured by Central Agencies from Maharashtra during Rabi 2024 season.
- (d) :    The  State-level  Price  Stabilization  Fund  (SLPSF)  has  been  introduced  for  States  to  undertake market interventions to maintain price stability in agri-horticultural commodities. The SLPF is managed by the State-level PSF Management Committees set up by respective States and the Committee is responsible for  decisions  pertaining  to  the  procurement,  storage  and  disposal  of  the  agri-horticultural  commodities  to protect  the  consumers  from  extreme  price  volatility.  SLPSF  Corpus  is  created  on  50:50  sharing  basis between the Central and State (75:25 for North Eastern States). The 7 States which have set up SLPSF and the amount of Central share released are: Andhra Pradesh (Rs.50 crore), Telangana (Rs.9.15 crore), West Bengal  (Rs.2.50  crore),  Odisha  (Rs.25  crore),  Assam  (Rs.75  crore),  Tamil  Nadu  (Rs.2.50  crore)  and Nagaland (Rs.37.50 crore).
- (e)  : The size of buffer stock of pulses and onion being maintained for market intervention are dynamic as per requirement of the price stabilisation intervention.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c)   OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3018  FOR  19.03.2025  REGARDING  UTILIZATION  OF  FUNDS  UNDER  PSF SCHEME.

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| Pulses procured under PSF in Maharashtra and Bihar during different seasons   | Pulses procured under PSF in Maharashtra and Bihar during different seasons   | Pulses procured under PSF in Maharashtra and Bihar during different seasons   | Pulses procured under PSF in Maharashtra and Bihar during different seasons   |
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| COMMODITY &SEASON                                                             | STATE                                                                         | Quantity procured (in MT)                                                     | Amount Rs. in crore                                                           |
| Tur Kharif 2015                                                               | Maharashtra                                                                   | 22,247.64                                                                     | 196.31                                                                        |
| Urad Kharif 2015                                                              | Maharashtra                                                                   | 54.42                                                                         | 0.59                                                                          |
| Gram R-16                                                                     | Maharashtra                                                                   | 4,911.03                                                                      | 30.91                                                                         |
| Masur R-16                                                                    | Bihar                                                                         | 16.15                                                                         | 0.11                                                                          |
| Moong K-16                                                                    | Maharashtra                                                                   | 297.56                                                                        | 1.55                                                                          |
| Urad K-16                                                                     | Maharashtra                                                                   | 15,591.62                                                                     | 110.33                                                                        |
| Tur Kharif 2016                                                               | Maharashtra                                                                   | 3,14,007.45                                                                   | 1585.74                                                                       |
| Tur MSP K-16                                                                  | Maharastra                                                                    | 90,207.50                                                                     | 455.54                                                                        |
| Masoor R-21                                                                   | Bihar                                                                         | 47.48                                                                         | 0.32                                                                          |
| URAD K-21                                                                     | Maharashtra                                                                   | 8.98                                                                          | 0.06                                                                          |
| Tur K-21                                                                      | Maharashtra                                                                   | 1,105.04                                                                      | 6.96                                                                          |
| Tur K-22                                                                      | Maharashtra                                                                   | 3,998.05                                                                      | 33.34                                                                         |
| Tur K-23                                                                      | Maharashtra                                                                   | 775.46                                                                        | 7.75                                                                          |
| Chana R-23                                                                    | Maharashtra                                                                   | 16,251.91                                                                     | 86.7                                                                          |
| Chana R- 24                                                                   | Maharashtra                                                                   | 103.86                                                                        | 0.56                                                                          |
| Total                                                                         | Total                                                                         | 4,69,624.15                                                                   | 2,516.77                                                                      |

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