Lok Sabha Question No. 4123 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-25
Subject: Centres to Procure Farmers' Crops at MSP Rates in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Ajendra Singh Lodhi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4123

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  MARCH, 2025

## CENTRES TO PROCURE FARMERS' CROPS AT MSP RATES IN UTTAR PRADESH

4123.  SHRI AJENDRA SINGH LODHI :

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान क̵  याण मंũी be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of centres that have been set up in the State of Uttar Pradesh to purchase farmers' crops at MSP rates, the details thereof, district-wise; and
- (b) the number of new centres targeted to be set up in Uttar Pradesh to purchase farmers' crops at MSP rates the details thereof, district-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ िष एवं िकसान क̵  याण राǛ मंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a) & (b) : The district-wise number of centres set up in the state of Uttar Pradesh to purchase farmers' crops at Minimum Support Price (MSP) is at Annexure-I.

For the making effective procurement at MSP by Government Agencies and providing maximum benefits of MSP to the farmers, procurement centers are opened by respective State Government Agencies and Central Nodal Agencies like NAFED, NCCF, FCI etc. after taking into  account the production, marketable surplus, convenience of farmers and availability of other logistics / infrastructure such as storage and transportation etc. In addition to the existing Mandis and Depots/Godowns, a large number of the procurement centres are also set up at key points for the convenience of farmers.

## Numbers of procurement centres for Wheat and Paddy

|   S. No. | Name of District   |   KMS 2024-25 |   RMS 2025-26 |
|----------|--------------------|---------------|---------------|
|        1 | Agra               |             2 |            51 |
|        2 | Aligarh            |            24 |           102 |
|        3 | Ambedkar Nagar     |            91 |            83 |
|        4 | Amethi             |            91 |            82 |
|        5 | Amroha             |            18 |            38 |
|        6 | Auraiya            |            26 |            61 |
|        7 | Ayodhya            |            58 |            61 |
|        8 | Azamgarh           |            69 |            79 |
|        9 | Badaun             |            48 |           113 |
|       10 | Bagpat             |             3 |            16 |
|       11 | Bahraich           |           130 |           181 |
|       12 | Ballia             |            68 |            67 |
|       13 | Balrampur          |            28 |            57 |
|       14 | Banda              |            33 |            67 |
|       15 | Barabanki          |            96 |            93 |
|       16 | Bareilly           |           129 |           131 |
|       17 | Basti              |            56 |            60 |
|       18 | Bijnor             |            30 |            44 |
|       19 | Bulandshahr        |            14 |           115 |
|       20 | Chandauli          |           112 |            77 |
|       21 | Chitrakoot         |            13 |            40 |
|       22 | Deoria             |           115 |            89 |
|       23 | Etah               |            22 |            77 |
|       24 | Etawah             |            32 |            79 |
|       25 | Farrukhabad        |            17 |            46 |
|       26 | Fatehpur           |            80 |            71 |
|       27 | Firozabad          |            11 |            60 |
|       28 | G B Nagar          |             3 |            26 |
|       29 | Ghaziabad          |             1 |            13 |
|       30 | Ghazipur           |           154 |            79 |
|       31 | Gonda              |           111 |           113 |
|       32 | Gorakhpur          |           142 |           112 |
|       33 | Hamirpur           |             3 |            42 |
|       34 | Hapur              |             4 |            32 |
|       35 | Hardoi             |           117 |           130 |
|       36 | Hathras            |            15 |            57 |
|       37 | Jalaun             |             4 |            66 |
|       38 | Jaunpur            |           148 |           134 |
|       39 | Jhansi             |             4 |            68 |
|       40 | Kannauj            |            24 |            40 |
|       41 | Kanpur Dehat       |            42 |            59 |
|       42 | Kanpur Nagar       |            38 |            67 |

## Annexure-I

| 43   | Kasganj            |   17 |   46 |
|------|--------------------|------|------|
| 44   | Kaushambi          |   25 |   41 |
| 45   | Kushinagar         |   74 |   84 |
| 46   | Kheri              |  147 |  159 |
| 47   | Lalitpur           |    0 |   52 |
| 48   | Lucknow            |   30 |   45 |
| 49   | Maharajganj        |  167 |  166 |
| 50   | Mahoba             |    0 |   48 |
| 51   | Mainpuri           |   18 |   72 |
| 52   | Mathura            |   18 |   88 |
| 53   | Mau                |   46 |   57 |
| 54   | Meerut             |    4 |   23 |
| 55   | Mirzapur           |   99 |  112 |
| 56   | Moradabad          |   60 |   66 |
| 57   | Muzaffarnagar      |    8 |   52 |
| 58   | Pilibhit           |  157 |  138 |
| 59   | Pratapgarh         |   75 |   67 |
| 60   | Prayagraj          |  131 |   52 |
| 61   | Rae Bareli         |  108 |  114 |
| 62   | Rampur             |  120 |  133 |
| 63   | Saharanpur         |   21 |   94 |
| 64   | Sant Kabir Nagar   |   76 |   48 |
| 65   | Sant Ravidas Nagar |   32 |   36 |
| 66   | Sambhal            |   40 |   71 |
| 67   | Shahjahanpur       |  202 |  197 |
| 68   | Shamli             |    5 |   30 |
| 69   | Shravasti          |   35 |   47 |
| 70   | Siddharthnagar     |   64 |   67 |
| 71   | Sitapur            |  130 |  170 |
| 72   | Sonbhadra          |   71 |   78 |
| 73   | Sultanpur          |   90 |   75 |
| 74   | Unnao              |   40 |   89 |
| 75   | Varanasi           |   36 |   36 |
|      | Total              | 4372 | 5731 |

## Numbers of procurement centres for Coarsegrain

|   S. No. | Name of District   |   KMS 2024- 25 | S. No.   | Name of District   |   KMS 2024-25 |
|----------|--------------------|----------------|----------|--------------------|---------------|
|        1 | Agra               |             16 | 29       | Jalaun             |            15 |
|        2 | Aligarh            |             19 | 30       | Jaunpur            |             9 |
|        3 | Amroha             |              2 | 31       | Kanpur Dehat       |            24 |
|        4 | Amthi              |              3 | 32       | Kanpur Nagar       |            18 |
|        5 | Auraiya            |             14 | 33       | Kasganj            |            16 |
|        6 | Azamgrah           |              1 | 34       | Kaushambi          |            11 |
|        7 | Ayodhya            |              3 | 35       | Kannauj            |             9 |
|        8 | Behraich           |              3 | 36       | Kheri              |             1 |
|        9 | Banda              |             14 | 37       | Lalitpur           |             2 |
|       10 | Bareilly           |              9 | 38       | Mahoba             |             3 |
|       11 | Badaun             |             15 | 39       | Mainpuri           |            14 |
|       12 | Bulandshahar       |             11 | 40       | Mathura            |            12 |
|       13 | Baliyan            |              7 | 41       | Mirzapur           |            19 |
|       14 | Chitrakoot         |             11 | 42       | Moradabad          |             5 |
|       15 | Chandauli          |              3 | 43       | Prayagraj          |            10 |
|       16 | Deoria             |              1 | 44       | Pratapgrah         |             6 |
|       17 | Etah               |             15 | 45       | Rampur             |             5 |
|       18 | Etawha             |             14 | 46       | Sambhal            |             9 |
|       19 | Fatehpur           |              9 | 47       | Sant Rabidas Nagar |             3 |
|       20 | Firozabad          |             17 | 48       | Shahranpur         |             1 |
|       21 | Farrukhbad         |             11 | 49       | Shravasti          |             1 |
|       22 | Gazipur            |              9 | 50       | Shahjahanpur       |             5 |
|       23 | GB Nagar           |              2 | 51       | Sitapur            |             7 |
|       24 | Gonda              |              2 | 52       | Sonebhadra         |             2 |
|       25 | Hamirpur           |              9 | 53       | Sultanpur          |             4 |
|       26 | Hapur              |              1 | 54       | Unnao              |            14 |
|       27 | Hardoi             |             13 | 55       | Varanasi           |             6 |
|       28 | Hathras            |             10 |          | Total              |           475 |

## Numbers of procurement centres for oilseeds and pulses

| SN    | Name of District   | Rabi 2023-24   | Summer 2024   | Kharif 2024-25   |
|-------|--------------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|
| 1     | Agra               | 3              | -             | -                |
| 2     | Aligarh            | 8              | 1             | 3                |
| 3     | Ambedkarnagar      | 1              | -             | -                |
| 4     | Auraiya            | 3              | -             | -                |
| 5     | Behraich           | 4              | -             | -                |
| 6     | Banda              | 3              | -             | -                |
| 7     | Barabanki          | 1              | -             | -                |
| 8     | Bareilly           | 2              | -             | -                |
| 9     | Badaun             | 5              | -             | 3                |
| 10    | Bulandshahar       | 5              | -             | -                |
| 11    | Bhadohi            | -              | -             | 2                |
| 12    | Chitrakoot         | 2              | -             | -                |
| 13    | Etah               | 2              | -             | -                |
| 14    | Etawha             | 10             | -             | 1                |
| 15    | Fatehpur           | 1              | -             | -                |
| 16    | Firozabad          | 1              | -             | -                |
| 17    | Gazipur            | 2              | -             | -                |
| 18    | Gonda              | 4              | -             | -                |
| 19    | Hamirpur           | 7              | -             | 16               |
| 20    | Hapur              | 1              | -             | -                |
| 21    | Hardoi             | 5              | 1             | 4                |
| 22    | Hathras            | 2              | -             | 1                |
| 23    | Jalaun             | 4              | 1             | 8                |
| 24    | Jhansi             | 32             | 11            | 60               |
| 25    | Kanpur Dehat       | 5              | -             | -                |
| 26    | Kanpur Nagar       | 6              | -             | 1                |
| 27    | Kasganj            | 1              | -             | -                |
| 28    | Kaushambi          | 1              | -             | -                |
| 29    | Lalitpur           | 12             | 7             | 33               |
| 30    | Lucknow            | 4              | -             | 2                |
| 31    | Mahoba             | 5              | -             | 8                |
| 32    | Mainpuri           | 3              | -             | -                |
| 33    | Mathura            | 2              | -             | -                |
| 34    | Mirzapur           | 5              | -             | -                |
| 35    | Moradabad          | 3              | -             | -                |
| 36    | Prayagraj          | 5              | 1             | -                |
| 37    | Sambhal            | 3              | -             | -                |
| 38    | Shamli             | 1              | -             | -                |
| 39    | Sitapur            | 3              | -             | -                |
| 40    | Sonebhadra         | 4              | -             | -                |
| 41    | Unnao              | 3              | -             | -                |
| Total | Total              | 174            | 22            | 142              |

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