Lok Sabha Question No. 937 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-26
Subject: Revenue from Selling Rice for Ethanol
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.937 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26TH JULY, 2023

## REVENUE FROM SELLING RICE FOR ETHANOL

## 937.  SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD  AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION W+tnT qm&, vmsat WT&fRq fR7wr +ft  be  pleased to  state:

- (a) the kilograms of rice that have been sold under the Open Market Sale (OMS) scheme for edible purposes, year-wise, in the past five years;
- (b) the States  that  have purchased rice  under the OMS scheme in the past five years classified, year-wise;
- (c) the  revenue generated  by selling  rice  to  State  Governments under the OMS scheme, year-wise, in the past five years;
- (d) the kilograms of rice  that  have been sold under the Open Market Sale (OMS) scheme for  ethanol purposes, year-wise, in  the  past five years, classified, year-wise;
- (e) the largest buyers of ethanol for rice production in the past five years, classified, year-wise; and
- (f) the  revenue generated by the  Food Corporation of India (FC:1) by selling rice for ethanol production, year-wise, in the past five years?

## ANSWER

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

## (a): Sale of rice  under Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic) [OMSS(D)] during last 5 years is as under:

## (Figs. In Kilogram)

| Year     | Total            |
|----------|------------------|
| 201 8-19 | 846l080l000      |
| 201 9-20 | 1 ,61 1 ,680,000 |
| 2020-21  | 2,499,789,000    |
| 2021 -22 | 1 1002,366l000   |
| 2022-23  | 265l697l000      |

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- (b): States that  have purchased rice under the OMSS(D) Policy in the past five years is enclosed at Annexure-A.

## (c): Revenue generated by selling rice to  State Governments under the OMSS (D) Policy during last 5 years is as under:

| Year      | Quantity Sold to State Governments in Lakh M   | Revenue (in Rs. Crore)   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 201 8-1 9 | 8.44                                           | 2206aOO                  |
| 201 9-20  | 1 5.80                                         | 391 0.00                 |
| 2020-21   | 24.58                                          | 5495.00                  |
| 2021 -22  | 1 0.08                                         | 20 1 6aOO                |
| 2022-23   | 2.44                                           | 488aOO                   |

- (d): Supply of surplus stock of rice from central pool by FCI for conversion into ethanol was started in the year 2020-21, Lifted quantity of surplus stock of rice from central pool of Food Corporation of India (FOI) for the production  of ethanol  since  2020 is as under:

| Ethanol Supply Year (ESY)   | Lifting (in Kilogram)   |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
| 2020-21                     | 49,000,000              |
| 2021 -22                    | 1 1068l000l000          |
| 2022-23 (up to IO,07.2023)  | 1 1305,000l000          |

## (e): Largest buyer of rice for  production of ethanol since 2020 is as under:

| Ethanol Supply Year       | Name of the distillery                   | Lifting (in Lakh MT   |
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 2020-21                   | Bel Industries Ltd                       | 0.13                  |
| 2021 -22                  | Chandigarh Distillers & Bottlers Ltd,    | 1 .67                 |
| 2022-,23 up to IO.07.2023 | Bihar Distilleries and bottleres pvt ltd | 1 .53                 |

## (f): Revenue generated by FOI by selling surplus rice for production of ethanol is as under:

| Ethanol Supply Year       | Lifting in Lakh MT)   | Revenue (in Rs. Crore)   |
|---------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
| 2020-21                   | 0.49                  | 98.00                    |
| 2021 -22                  | 1 0.68                | 21 36.00                 |
| 2022-23 (up to IO,07.2023 | 1 3.05                | 261 0.00                 |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.937 FOR ANSWER ON 26.07.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## SALE OF RICE  TO STATE GOVERNMENTS UNDER OMSS(D) DURING 2018-19 to 2022-23

Figures in Metric Tonnes

| 2018-19        | 2018-19       |
|----------------|---------------|
| Nameof State   | Quantity Sold |
| Jammu& Kashmir | 135580        |
| Lakshadweep    | 1200          |
| a              | 704900        |
| Mizoram        | 3000          |
| TOTAL          | 844680        |

| 2019-20         | 2019-20       |
|-----------------|---------------|
| Nameof State    | Quantity Sold |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 134240        |
| Tarnilnadu      | 200000        |
| Kerala          | 3780          |
| Andhra Pradesh  | 270000        |
| Telangana       | 227200        |
| Lakshadweep     | m3            |
| Karnataka       | 734860        |
| Mizoram         | 9000          |
| TOTAL           | 1580430       |

| 2020-21           | 2020-21       |
|-------------------|---------------|
| Nameof State      | Quantity Sold |
| Delhi             | 9878          |
| Punjab            | 385           |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 55            |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 64393         |
| Tamilnadu         | 880000        |
| Lakshadweep       | 750           |
| Kerala            | 95730         |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 370000        |
| Telangana         | 714210        |
| Andaman& Nicobar  | 155           |
| Karnataka         | 196017        |
| West Bengal       | 12543         |
| Sikkim            | 1983          |
| Jharkhand         | 25436         |
| Assam             | 41341         |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2538          |
| Meghalaya         | 11727         |
| Tripura           | 5             |
| Mizoram           | 8502          |
| Manipur           | 12173         |
| Maharashtra       | 8938          |
| Goa               | 2100          |
| TOTAL             | 2458859       |

| 2021-22           | 2021-22       |
|-------------------|---------------|
| Name of State     | Quantity Sold |
| Delhi             | 4152          |
| Jammu& Kashmir    | 87071         |
| Tamilnadu         | 672030        |
| Kerala (R+B)      | 80000         |
| Andaman & Nicobar | 11            |
| Karnataka         | 77142         |
| West Bengal       | 9625          |
| Jharkhand         | 63510         |
| Assam             | 936           |
| Mizoram           | 12978         |
| Manipur           | 335           |
| Maharashtra       | 168           |
| Gujarat           | 473           |
| TOTAL             | 1008431       |

| 2022-23        | 2022-23       |
|----------------|---------------|
| Nameof State   | Quantity Sold |
| Jammu& Kashmir | 20563         |
| Tamilnadu      | 50000         |
| Karnataka      | 123402        |
| Jharkhand      | 31680         |
| Assam          | 19139         |
| TOTAL          | 244784        |

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