Lok Sabha Question No. 2289 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-02
Subject: Excess Stock of Wheat and Rice in FCI Godowns
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Kishan Kapoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2289 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2ND AUGUST, 2023

## EXCESS STOCK OF WHEAT AND RICE IN FCI GODOWNS

12289.  SHRI KISHAN KAPOOR:

Will the Minister of  CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD  AND  PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION wgtaT qm+, @r© at  fIT#rf+% f+vor IHt be pleased  to  state:

- (a) the quantity of wheat and rice stocked in excess of the buffer stock standard lying in FCI godowns in the Country; and
- (b) the number of States who have already lifted their quota of wheat and rice allocated for this year, State-wise?

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

- (a): The total  stock  of Rice and Wheat available in central  pool as on Of.07.2023 is 253.49 Lakh Metric Tons (1,MT)  and  301.45  LMT respectively against food grains stocking norms of  135.40 LMT for  Rice and 275.80 LMT for Wheat.
- (b): State/ Union Territory wise details of allocation and lifting of food9rains during 2023-24 (upto June, 23) under the  Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan  Anna  Yojana (PMGKAY) as  per  entitlements under  the  National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 are given at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF  THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2289 DUE ON 02.08.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA

## Allocation &  Lifting  of foodgrains during 2023-24( upto June,23) under NFSA/TPDS

In thousand tons

| S. No.   | States/UTs            | ALLOCATION   | ALLOCATION   | ALLOCATION   |           |         |          |
|----------|-----------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|---------|----------|
| S. No.   | States/UTs            | Rice         | Wheat        | 1 Total      | Rice      | Wheat   | 1 Total  |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh        | 462.44       | 5.52         | 467.96       | 355.52    | 4.14    | 359.65   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh     | 22.25        | 0.00         | 22.25        | 26.33     | 0.00    | 26.33    |
| 3        | Assam                 | 407.23       | 16.55        | 423.78       | 372.6d    | 16.61   | 389.21   |
| 4        | Bihar                 | 1105.42      | 276.36       | 1381.78      | 1106.16   | 276.53  | 1382.68  |
| 5        | Chhatjsgarh           | 346.01       | 0.00         | 346.0]       | 346.0 1   | 0.00    | 346.01   |
| 6        | Delhi                 | 30.33        | 81.85        | 112.18       | 57.61     | 8530    | 142.68   |
| 7        | Goa                   | 12.41        | 2.35         | 14.76        | 6.61      | 0.46    | 7.07     |
| 8        | Guiarat               | 300.01       | 245.47       | 545.48       | 284.53    | 209.61  | 494. 13  |
| 9        | Haryana               | 0.00         | 198.75       | 198.75       | 0.00      | 223.40  | 223.40   |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh      | 46.35        | 80.66        | 127.0 1      | 45.10     | 82.90   | 128.00   |
| 11       | Jharkhand             | 349.62       | 87.40        | 437.02       | 392.00    | 92.60   | 484.60   |
| 12       | Karnataka             | 446.21       | 0.00         | 446.21       | 501.01    | 0.00    | 501.01   |
| 13       | Kerala                | 309.37       | 46.89        | 356.26       | 248.13    | 49.62   | 297.75   |
| 14       | Wa ihya Pradesh       | 501.85       | 334.57       | 836.42       | 471.36    | 352.96  | 824.3 1  |
| 15       | Maharashtra           | 736.83       | 414.47       | 1151.30      | 589.10    | 385.33  | 974.42   |
| 16       | ManiDur               | 34.07        | 0.00         | 34.07        | 40.41     | 0.00    | 40.41    |
| 17       | Meghalaya             | 38.59        | 5.49         | 44.07        | 4 1 .42   | 6.15    | 47.57    |
| 18       | MizM                  | 16.44        | 0.00         | 16.44        | 16.02     | 0.00    | 16.02    |
| 19       | Nagaland              | 34.51        | 0.00         | 34.5 1       | 34.24     | 0.00    | 34.24    |
| 20       | Odial                 | 562.43       | 0.00         | 562.43       | 82 1 .25  | 0.00    | 821.25   |
| 21       | Punjab                | 0.00         | 217.53       | 217.53       | 0.00      | 1.21    | 1.21     |
| 22       | Rajasthan             | 0.00         | 692.65       | 692.65       | 0.00      | 673.08  | 673.08   |
| 2 3      | Sikkim                | 10.19        | 0.89         | 11.08        | 10.71     | 0.89    | 11.60    |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu            | 893.84       | 25.60        | 91 9.44      | 754. 17   | 23.76   | 777.94   |
| 25       | Telengana             | 324.01       | 10.49        | 334.50       | 324.01    | 10.84   | 334.85   |
| 26       | mt                    | 58.28        | 9.52         | 67.81        | 42.77     | 10.01   | 52.78    |
| 27       | Uttrakhand            | 87.61        | 38.14        | 125.75       | 84.57     | 37.94   | 122.5 1  |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh         | 1486.25      | 990.84       | 2477.09      | 1502.76   | 1072.89 | 2575.65  |
| 29       | West Bengal Andaman & | 595.59       | 397.06       | 992.65       | 482.35    | 450.52  | 932.87   |
| 30       | Nicobar Islands       | 4.95         | 2.44         | 7.39         | 4.13      | 2.34    | 6.47     |
| 31       | a D&N H&eli and       | 0.00         | 0.00         | 0.00         | 0.00      | 0.00    | 0.00     |
| 32       | Daman & Diu           | 3.43         | 0.36         | 3.78         | 3.10      | 0.28    | 3.39     |
| '1'1 JJ  | Jammu & Kashmir       | 128.97       | 54.69        | 183.66       | 92.42     | 35.3 1  | 127.73   |
| 34       | Ladakh                | 1.75         | 2.35         | 4.11         | 1.15      | 1.62    | 2.77     |
| 35 36    | Lakshadwee1           | 1.16         | 0.00         | 1.16         | 0.54      | 0.00    | 0.54     |
|          |                       | 0.00 9358.43 | 0.00         | 0.00         | 0.00      | 0.00    | 0.00     |
|          | Total                 | 1            | 4238.87      |              | 9058.11 1 | 4106.05 | 13164.16 |