Lok Sabha Question No. 505 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Coconut procured by NAFED at MSP Price
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: A.K.P. Chinraj

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 505

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024

## COCONUT PROCURED BY NAFED AT MSP PRICE

## 505. SHRI A.K.P.CHINRAJ :

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Coconut (Copra) procured by National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) at Minimum Support Price (MSP) Price from 2017 to till date, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government is selling the Coconut (Copra) in the open market much less than the MSP price which was procured, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government is procuring only 20 per cent of copra at MSP in the State of Tamil Nadu for the year 2022-2023 and if so, the reasons for the same?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI ARJUN MUNDA)

- (a):  The  state-wise  details  of  Copra  (Milling  &  Ball)  procured  by  National  Agricultural  Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) under Price Support Scheme (PSS) at Minimum Support Price (MSP) from 2017 to till date, are at Annexure-I.
- (b): As  per  PSS  guidelines,  Central  Nodal  Agencies  (CNAs)  have  to  dispose  off  the  procured commodities under PSS through competitive bidding like e-auctions, open auction, using multiple online platforms etc. The disposal shall be carried out in most transparent and competitive manner well within the biological life of the procured stock and in the off season when the prices of the produced are usually high to secure highest price and minimum loss.

NAFED sells the procured copra under PSS through four online portals that undertake online auction  for  price  discovery.  The  bidders  quote  their  offer  price  based  on  the  prevailing  market  rate. Accordingly, the market discovers the rate through a price discovery mechanism which is based on the prevailing market rates.

- (c): As per the provision of PSS guidelines, the overall quantity of procurement by central government will  be  restricted  to  25%  of  the  actual  production  of  the  commodity for that  particular  season.  During procurement  season  2022,  out  of  sanction  quantity  of  50,000  MT,  NAFED  procured  a  quantity  of 40,644.85 MT of Milling Copra under PSS at an MSP of      Rs. 10,590 per quintal benefitting 18,782 farmers in Tamil Nadu. Similarly, during procurement season 2023, out of sanction quantity of 88,000 MT, NAFED procured a quantity of 79,003.03 MT of Milling Copra under PSS at an MSP of Rs. 10,860 per quintal benefitting 47,025 farmers in Tamil Nadu.

Annexure-I State-wise details of Copra procured by NAFED under PSS at MSP from 2017 to till

## date

| Year    | State          | Commodity     | Quantity Procured (in MTS)   | MSP Value (Rs in lakh)   | Number of Farmers benefitted   |
|---------|----------------|---------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 2017-18 | -              | -             | -                            | -                        | -                              |
| 2018-19 | -              | -             | -                            | -                        | -                              |
| 2019-20 | Tamil Nadu     | Ball Copra    | 0.18                         | 0.17                     | 5                              |
|         |                | Milling Copra | 310.32                       | 298.64                   | 930                            |
| 2020-21 | Karnataka      | Ball Copra    | 5,030.00                     | 5,191.24                 | 3,905                          |
| 2020-21 |                | Ball Copra    | 13.31                        | 13.70                    | 10                             |
| 2020-21 | Tamil Nadu     | Milling Copra | 29.75                        | 35.44                    | 46                             |
| 2021-22 | Tamil Nadu     | Milling Copra | 32.95                        | 34.05                    | 115                            |
| 2022-23 | Kerala         | Milling Copra | 256.57                       | 270.95                   | 631                            |
| 2022-23 | Tamil Nadu     | Milling Copra | 40,644.85                    | 42,988.53                | 18,782                         |
| 2023-24 | Karnataka      | Ball Copra    | 50,184.08                    | 58,966.29                | 35,235                         |
| 2023-24 | A& N Islands   | Milling Copra | 80.00                        | 86.88                    | 40                             |
| 2023-24 | Andhra Pradesh | Milling Copra | 4,035.95                     | 4,383.04                 | 2,562                          |
| 2023-24 | Kerala         | Milling Copra | 1,121.56                     | 1,218.01                 | 6,209                          |
| 2023-24 | Tamil Nadu     | Milling Copra | 79,003.03                    | 85,797.29                | 47,025                         |

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