Lok Sabha Question No. 3435 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-09
Subject: Increasing CIP of Foodgrains
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: D. Ravikumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3435 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9TH AUGUSTI 2023

## INCREASING CIP OF FOODGRAINS

## 3435.  SHRI RAVIKUMAR D.:

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- (a) whether  the Government has any intention  to  increase Central Issue Price (CIP) of foodgrains, if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) the details of food subsidy amount released to States, State and year-wise; and
- (c) whether there is any plan to include more items of cereals in the PDS, 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 National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) provides for coverage of upto 75% of the rural and upto 50% of the urban population for receiving foodgrains at Central Issue Prices (CIP)  specified in  Schedule-1 of the Act. The  Central Government, in order to remove the financial burden of the poor beneficiaries and to ensure nationwide uniformity and effective implementation of the Act, is providing food grains free of cost to  NFSA beneficiaries  i.e. AAY households and PHH beneficiaries, for a period of one year beginning from 1 st January 2023 under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY). At present, no proposal for increasing the CIP under the Act is under consideration  of the Government.
- (b): States are allocated food grains at  subsidized rates under the  NFSA and Other Welfare Schemes. Difference between Economic Cost and Central Issue Price (CIP)  at  which foodgrains are  issued to States are reimbursed to  Food Corporation of India (FC:1) and States participating in the Decentralized Procurement (DCP), as food subsidy. Funds are also released to  FCI for maintenance of buffer stocks.

A statement  indicating  the amount of food subsidy released to DCP States, during the last five years is at Annexure.

- (c): Under the Act,  the term 'foodgrains' is defined as rice, wheat or coarse grains or any combination thereof conforming to such quality norms as may be determined, by order, by the Central Government from time to time. At present, no proposal to include more items of cereals under the Act is under consideration of the  Government.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 3435 DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  09.08.2023 REGARDING 'INCREASING CIP OF FOODGRAINS'.

The amount of food subsidy released to States/UTs participating  in  the Decentralized Procurement (DCP), during the last five years

(in crore)

| S. No.   | IName of the 1State   | 2018-19   | 12019-20   | 12020-21   | 12021-22   | 1 2022-23   | 2023-24 (As on 31.07023)   |
|----------|-----------------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|-------------|----------------------------|
| I        | Lndhra Pradesh        | 4542.57   | 7          | 7          |            | 6635.97     | 2121.34                    |
| 2        | ;ihar                 | 2291.68   | 2          | 7          |            | 10966. 10   | 697.80                     |
| 3        | l                     | 3303. 19  | 6          | 3          |            | 7574.81     | 62.04                      |
| 4        | tujarat               | 9.31      | mT3        | 9          |            | 311.54      |                            |
| 5        | :arnataka             | 417.53    | 2          | 3          |            | 2191.75     |                            |
| 6        | =erala                | 620.23    | 4          | 9          |            | 1544.89     |                            |
| 7        | [adhya Pradesh        | 6026.97   | 8          | 6          |            | 9471.50     | 5147.32                    |
| 8        | [aharashtra           | 0.00      | 1          | 5          |            | 2725.75     | 1004.60                    |
| 9        | m(                    | 4651.01   | 5          | 57         |            | 7600.05     | 6205.02                    |
| 10       | ML                    | 1722.33   | 1          | 1          |            | 1202.49     | 304.98                     |
| 11       | a                     |           |            |            |            |             |                            |
| 12       | 'ama Nadu             | 1         | D2         | 9          |            | 8685.95     |                            |
| 13       | 'elangana             | 2         | m8         | 9          |            | 5242.76     | 2311.68                    |
| 14       | a                     |           |            |            |            |             |                            |
| 15       | a                     | 3         | 3          |            | I          |             |                            |
| 16       | lest Bengal           | 3         | 4          |            | 5          |             |                            |
| 17       | Fharkhand ##          |           |            | 3.66       |            |             |                            |
| 18       | \rlpura               |           |            | 29.79      | 1          |             | 59.78                      |
| 19       | DBT *                 | 139.251   | 204.241    | 182.78     | 186.87     | 187.24+0.66 | 104.58+.27 = 104.85        |
|          |                       | 3         | m3         | nI         | 9          |             | 18019.41                   |

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