Lok Sabha Question No. 617 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-06
Subject: Procurement of Rice
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Deepak Baij

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRSI FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.617

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 6TH DECEMBER, 2023

## PROCUREMENT OF RICE

t617.  SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD  AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION a+tm qm+, vrw at  WT8rfqq R?wr IHt be pleased  to state:

- (a) the names of the States and the quantity of rice procured there from for Central Pool during the last five years, State, year and rate-wise;
- (b) the names of the States which procure paddy from farmers at a rate higher than the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy procurement;
- (c) whether  Chhattisgarh is giving  additional  price on paddy procurement;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the  Government proposes to  suggest additional price for paddy procurement to  other  States on the  lines  of  Chhattisgarh in  the interest of farmers, if so, the details in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The details  of State wise, year wise rice  procured for  Central Pool during  the  last  five  years  is at Annexure-1.

The Minimum Support Price (MSP) announced for paddy procurement for the last five years is tabulated below

(in  Rsn/Quintal)

| Year      | Paddy (Common)   | Paddy (Grade 'A')   |
|-----------|------------------|---------------------|
| 201 8-1 9 | 1 750            | 1 770               |
| 201 9-20  | 1815             | 1 835               |
| 2020-21   | 1 868            | 1 888               |
| 2021 -22  | 1 940            | 1 960               |
| 2022-23   | 2040             | 2060                |

- (b): Paddy  is  procured by  the State Government or  its  agencies at  MSP declared by Government of  India, from time to  time. MSP amount and incidentals are reimbursed to the State Governments or its agencies as per the  Cost  Sheet  approved by  the  Government  of India.  However,  any financial assistance declared by the State Government above the MSP is borne by the State Government.
- (c) & (d): The State  Government of Chhattisgarh is procuring  paddy from farmers at MSP  declared by  Gol.  The  State government is  providing financial assistance towards input cost for  paddy farmers under a State Schemes
- (e): 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. Accordingly, Government had increased 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 8-19 onwards. On the basis of  above mentioned principle, Government had increased the MSPs for all  mandated Kharif crops for marketing season 2023-24 on 7th June, 2023 and for all  mandated Rabi crops for the year 2023-24 on 18tt' October, 2023

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.617  FOR ANSWER ON 06.12.2023  IN THE LOK SABHAn

## RICE PADDY  IN TERMS OF RICE) PROCUREMENT FOR CENTRAL POOL (MARKETING SEASON WISE)

[Figures in LMT]

| S.No.   | 1STATES/ UTs   | KMS 2018-19   | KMS 2019-20   |   KMS 2020-21 |   KMS 2021-22 | 1 KMS 1 2022-23   |
|---------|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
| 1       | A.P.           | 48.06         | 55.33         |         56.66 |         44.61 | 27.55             |
| 2       | Telangana      | 5 1.90        | 74.54         |         95.25 |         73.94 | 88.35             |
| 3       | Assam          | 1.03          | 2.11          |          1.42 |          3.79 | 4.00              |
| 4       | Bihar          | 9.49          | 13.41         |         23.84 |         30.09 | 28.17             |
| 5       | Chandjgarh     | 0.13          | 0.15          |          0.19 |          0.18 | 0.13              |
| 6       | a              | 39.71         | 50.53         |         47.62 |         61.65 | 58.65             |
| 7       | Delhi          | 0.00          | 0.00          |          0    |          0    | 0.00              |
| 8       | gujarat        | 0.09          | 0.14          |          0.74 |          0.82 | 1.18              |
| 9       | a              | 39.41         | 43.07         |         37.89 |         37.06 | 39.77             |
| 10      | H.P.           | 0.00          | 0.00          |          0    |          0.18 | 0.09              |
| 11      | Jharkhand      | 1.53          | 2.55          |          4.28 |          5.12 | 1.17              |
| 12      | J&K            | 0.09          | 0.10          |          0.26 |          0.27 | 0.23              |
| 13      | Karnataka      | 0.59          | 0.41          |          1.38 |          1.46 | 0.14              |
| 14      | Kerala         | 4.65          | 4.83          |          5.2  |          5.09 | 4.97              |
| 15      | M.P.           | 13.95         | 17.40         |         24.97 |         30.7  | 31.02             |
| 16      | Maharashtra-   | 5.80          | 11.67         |         12.72 |         12.27 | 12.38             |
| 17      | Ollisha        | 44.47         | 47.98         |         52.58 |         48.31 | 53.83             |
| 18      | Puducherry     | 0.00          | 0.00          |          0    |          0    | 0.00              |
|         | Punjab         | 113.34        | 108.76        |        135.89 |        125.48 | 122.01            |
|         | a              |               |               |          0    |          0.05 | 0.00              |
| 21      | Mr             | 0.07          | 0.14          |          0.17 |          0.39 | 0.30              |
| 22      | Tamilnadu      | 12.94         | 22.04         |         30.53 |         18.76 | 23.01             |
| 23      | U.P.           | 32.33         | 37.90         |         44.78 |         43.91 | 43.89             |
| 24      | Uttrakhand     | 4.62          | 6.82          |          7.18 |          7.74 | 6.00              |
| 25      | WestBengal     | 19.79         | 18.38         |         18.9  |         24.01 | 1 21.82           |
| Total   | Total          | 4             |               |        602.45 |          5    |                   |

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