Lok Sabha Question No. 2892 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-20
Subject: Food Subsidy
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Sarmistha Sethi

## INISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2892

## TO  BE ANSWERED  ON 20TH DECEMBERI  2023

## FOOD SUBSIDY

## 2892.  SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI:

Will the Minister of  CONSUMER AFFAIRS,  FOOD AND  PUBLIC

DiSTRiBUTiON aq€tnr qm&, vr©3it  tiT6rfqq fRaor IHt be pleased to  state:

- (a) the details of food subsidy released to States/ UTs in the last five
- years, year/State-wise;
- (b) whether the subsidy towards Odisha State Civil Supplies
- Corporation (OSCSC) is pending with the Government; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a): The details  of food subsidy released by the Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) to  States that  have opted for  the Decentralized Procurement (DCP) mode during last  five  years are enclosed at  Annexure-1. Further, details  of funds released by Food Corporation of India (FC:1) to States/Union Territories towards procurement of rice  and wheat  during last five  years are enclosed at Annexure-II  .

(b) to (c):  Payment of admissible amount to States for Central Pool procurement of food grains is made by Food Corporation of India (FCI)/ Department of  Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) based on the claims preferred by State Governments and their agencies as per the Cost Sheet, which  includes Minimum Support Price of the food grain and other incidentals. Further, the provisional food subsidy is released to  all  Decentralized Procurement (DCP) States  including Odisha  based on their quarterly food subsidy claims which is  an ongoing and continuous process. These claims are processed keeping in view the opening and closing balance of stocks, procurement, allocation and distribution of food grains, Food Corporation of India's reconciliation, Utilization Certificates  received, Economic Cost of food grains etc.

Despite pendency of  compliance to  certain  guidelines by the State, DFPD, Govt. of  India has been continuously releasing the admissible amount of food subsidy to the Government of  Odisha against their claims and the details of the same for the last five years including current financial year are as under:

| Year                         | Amount released (Rupees in Crore)   |
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Rs. 201 9-20                 | 5807.45                             |
| 2020.21                      | Rs. 8985.73                         |
| 2021 -22                     | 7,892.69                            |
| 2022-23                      | Rs. 7,600.05                        |
| 2023..24 (upto 30.1 1 .2023) | Rs. 6,205.02                        |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2892  FOR ANSWER ON 20.12.2023  IN THE LOK SABHA

## Statement indicating the  amount of  Food  Subsidy released to  DCP States during the last 5years (rupees in crore)

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| S. I No. 1   | Name of the State   | 201 9-201   |            | @gTI               |                    | iifs on 30.1 1 .23)   |
|--------------|---------------------|-------------|------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
| r            | Pradesh             | 7404.42     | 8424.72    | 1 9323.38          | 1 6635.97          | 3833.89               |
|              | HBihar              | 2535.71     | 1 4117.33  | 1                  | 7671.90ll0966.10   |                       |
| l            |                     | 4628.1 1    | 7          | 7                  |                    | 62.04                 |
| 4            | IGujarat            | 69.03       | 9.24       | 749.43             | 31 1 .54           |                       |
| a            |                     |             | 323.99     | 1 682.12           | 21 91 .75          | 784.33                |
| e            |                     |             | 1 214.98   | 1 777.86           | 1 544.89           | 299.56                |
| a            |                     |             | 1 1 946.44 | 1 4420.6:          | 9471 .50           | 1 2097.43             |
| a            |                     |             | 2555.74    | 4082.07            | 2725.75            | 1 004.60              |
| Mc           | 5807.45             |             | 8985.73    | 7892n69            | 7600.05            | 6205.02               |
| Punjab       | 1 61 2.09           |             | 1 761 .53  | 2047.53            | 1 202.49           | 304.98                |
| Tamil Nadu   | 3242.79             |             | 31 09.76   | 6250.93            | 8685.95            |                       |
| ITelangana   | 4858.89             |             | 6879.59    | 7665n02            | 5242.76            | 3526n91               |
| Uttarakhand  | 903.12              |             | 1 371 n33  | 1 554.43           | 1 212.25           | 514.78                |
| e            | 21 94.86            |             | 8792.03    | 5421 .34           | 6580.1 1           |                       |
| l            |                     |             | 3.66       |                    |                    |                       |
|              | ITripura            |             | 29.79      | 15.58              | 1 48.67            | 97.47                 |
|              | DBT to UTs          | 204.24      | 1 82.78    | 1 86.87            | 1 87.90            | 1 70.13               |
|              | mT                  | 44944.36    | 66901 n77  | 79789.5- 72,282.50 | 79789.5- 72,282.50 | 35403n92              |

## ANNEXU RE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2892  FOR ANSWER ON 20.12.2023  IN THE LOK SABHA

| S. No.   | Name             | 2           | 2             | 2        | 2         | 2          | 2         | 2            | 2             | 2         |           |                |           | 2018-19   | 2018-19    | 2018-19   |
|----------|------------------|-------------|---------------|----------|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| S. No.   | of State/ UT     |             |               |          |           |            |           |              |               |           |           |                |           |           | Wheat      | Total     |
| 1        | Jharkhand        | 1 ,252.23   |               | 1252.23  | 1 ,058.06 |            | 1058.06   | 686. 1 8     |               | 686. 18   | 294.59    |                | m9        | 244.38    |            | 244.38    |
| 2        | Odisha           | 4,243.93    |               | 4243.93  | m5        |            | 4551.87   | m2           |               | 5281.84   | 5,654.45  |                | 5654.45   | 3,299. 12 |            | 3299. 12  |
|          | West Bengal      |             |               | 0        |           |            | 0         |              |               | 0         | 211.33    |                | 211.33    | 426.29    |            | m2        |
|          | Assari           | 1 , 1 77.62 |               | 1177.62  | 269.63    |            | 269.63    | 206.50       |               | 206,5     | 144.85    |                | 144.85    | 25.63     |            | 25.63     |
| 5        | Haryana          | 13,428.28   | Mgf=4         |          | 13,284.25 | 25, 162.14 | 38zH6.39  | 14,483.19    |               | 34129.47  | 11,042.52 |                | 26955.02  | 10,818.40 | 16,686.6 2 | 27505.02  |
|          | Himachal Pradesh |             | 6.12          | 6.12     |           | 27. 1      | 27.1      |              | 19,646.28 6.2 | 62        |           | 15,912.50 1.66 | 1.66      |           | 1.46       | 1.46      |
|          | J&K              |             | 0.61          | 061      |           | m9         | 49.04     |              | 0.02          | no        |           |                | 0         |           |            | 0         |
| i-       |                  | 52,398.38   | 25,828.32     | 78226.7  | 50,036.18 |            | 89469.81  | 41 , 1 80.32 |               | 73335.31  | 27,767.14 | 21 ,828.04     | 49595.18  | 33,987.00 | 18,671.5 2 | 52658.52  |
| a        |                  |             |               | 21.67    |           | 39,433.63  | 4855.69   |              | 32, 154.99    | 4572.19   |           |                | 2739.51   |           |            | 2788.72   |
|          | mma Pradesh      | 16,244.61   | 21 .67 762.70 | 17007.31 | 13,937.21 | 4,855.69   | 26012.01  | 13,947.49    | 4,572.19      | 21471.43  | 10,350.71 | 2,739.51       | 17841.12  | 8,665.76  | IO.116,2 7 | 18782.03  |
| 11       | Uttrakhand       | 635.41      |               | 635.41   | 623.41    | 12,074.80  | 623.41    | 1 ,030.53    | 7,523.94      | 1030.53   | 1 ,063.12 | 7,490.41       | 1063.12   | 312.73    |            | 312.73    |
|          | Andhra Pradesh   | 3,005.16    |               | 3005.16  | 2,548.32  |            | 2548.32   | 6,870.88     |               | 6870.88   | 6, 159.57 |                | 6159.57   | 4,846.92  |            | 4846.92   |
|          | Telangana        | 12,521.64   |               | 12521.64 | 16,713.70 |            | 16713.7   | 15,522.12    |               | 15522. 12 | 11,017.31 |                | 11017.31  | 6,244.80  |            | 6244.8    |
| 14       | Maharashtr a     |             |               |          |           |            |           |              |               |           | 3.52      |                | 3.52      |           |            |           |
|          | Madhya Pradesh   | 120.50      | 17,856.77     | r-7      |           |            | 14857.34  | 112.02       |               | 1381 1.98 | 259.42    |                | 5165.36   | 26.06     | 9,525.31   | 955 1 .37 |
|          | Chhatisgarh      | 13, 174.35  |               | 1        |           |            | 10713.63  | 8,779.95     |               | 8779.95   | 5,993.48  |                | 5993.48   | 4,965.45  |            | 4965.45   |
|          | Grand Total      | 1,18,202.10 | 55459.32      | 1        |           | 94727.07   | 210196.01 | 108101.03    | 77603.58      | 185704.6  | 79,962.00 | 2              | 132840.06 | 73,862.52 | 57789.9    | 131652.42 |