Lok Sabha Question No. 461 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-06
Subject: Release of pending amount for Paddy Procurement
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Anto  Antony

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.461

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 6TH DECEMBER, 2023

## RELEASE OF PENDING AMOUNT FOR PADDY PROCUREI IENT

## 461.  SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD  AND PUBLIC

DISTRIBUTION W+tnT qm&, umar IIT#gfRqi fqtru  ++  be pleased  to state:

- (a) whether the  Government is  providing financial assistance for procurement of  paddy under the  National Food Security  Mission or any other schemes;
- (b) if  so, the details of such assistance given to various States during
- the last IO years, year and State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has received requests from the State Governments to  release the pending amounts including request from the
- State Government of Kerala; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the response of the Union Government thereto?

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

- (a):  As per information received from Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, no financial assistance is  being provided for  procurement of paddy under National Food Security  Mission. However, the expenditure on distribution  of foodgrains for  Central Schemes under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) to  ensure food security to the targeted beneficiaries under National Food Security Act,  2013 and other welfare schemes,is being re-imbursed on the  basis of Cost Sheets, which  include Minimum Support Price (MSP) of the food grain and other incidentals.  The funds are released by Department of Food and Public Distribution  (DFPD) to Food Corporation of  India  (F(;1) and  States, who  have opted for Decentralized Procurement (DCP) mode, through the  following two schemes:

- (i)  Food Subsidy  to  Fei;  and
- (ii) Food Subsidy  to  Dep  States..

(b)  to (d): Payments  are released  to the States for procurement/ distribution of food grains for Central Pool by FCI/DFPD. Upto 100% of the fixed and 95% of the variable cost of the incidentals are reimbursed to the Dep States for distribution  of food grains under Central Schemes on the basis of Provisional Cost Sheet (PCS), which  includes MSP component also among other  incidentals. The  provisional quarterly claims of  State Governments are processed as per prevalent guidelines.. This is an ongoing and continuous process and Government of  India has been continuously releasing quarterly  admissible amount of food subsidy to  all  DCP States including Government of Kerala.Details of the food subsidy re-imbursed by the Department to States are at Annexure-1. Details of estimated value of MSP paid to farmers in  the  States during the  last  IO  years are at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 461 FOR ANSWER ON 6.12.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA

## Statement indicating the subsidy released by DFPD to DCP States during the last ]Oyears  :

## (Rs in Qrores)

| IS.No.1 Name oftheState   | 2013_14   | 12014_15   | 2015-16   | 20      |                  | 2018'19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   |
|---------------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|---------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andhra Pradesh            | 1554.83   | 1 2254.42  | 1 1364.25 |         | mTmmR/®m2T33-2:a |           |           |           |           | 6635.97   |
| Hi                        | To        | nm4        | m         | 4Dm6    |                  |           | nl        | rm        |           | 10966.10  |
| nlm                       | 7         | 7          |           | 8       | D3               | n9        | ml        |           |           | 7574.81   |
| 7-1eiaiii                 | 0         |            |           | 46.21   | o                | n60       |           |           | 749.43    | 311.54    |
| a                         | 492.95    |            |           | 0.00    | 1                | a2        |           | n323.99   | 1682.12   | 219] .75  |
| He                        | 4         |            | 834.42    | 419.25  | 7                |           | =3-mn8    |           |           | 1544.89   |
| mm%(ii;T                  | 3         |            | 5737.29   | 5354.g  | 3                |           | 2m-n8m6   |           |           | 9471.53   |
| a                         | 0         |            | 0         | 0       | ono              |           | mI        | 7         |           | 2725.75   |
| mc                        | 3         |            | 3331.39   | 3847.72 | 3                | ml        | m4        | 7         |           | 7600.05   |
| HunT                      |           | 75         | 300.00    | 2877.68 | mn3              | D3        |           | no3m7T5   | Ram       | 1202.49   |
| a                         | 67.50     | 90.97      | 155.11    |         |                  |           |           |           |           |           |
| BITlinn                   | 1007.49   | 914.55     | 936.89    | 2303.76 | mm               |           |           |           |           | 8685.95   |
| 'elangana                 | Ta2       |            | n7        |         | B7               | m3        | m8        | r7m       |           | 5242.76   |

| 14   | IUttar Pradesh   | 1 5.18 5.18   | - 1 - 1   | - -   |    |        |        |     |    |    |           |
|------|------------------|---------------|-----------|-------|----|--------|--------|-----|----|----|-----------|
| a    | =1               | 3             | 4         |       | 3  |        | n-m.n8 | T33 |    |    | 1212.25   |
|      | nY               | 1             | 3         |       | 2  | no     | m6     | m8  | no | m  | 6580.11   |
| 1    |                  |               |           |       |    | TTT3r6 |        |     |    | T  |           |
| Mr   |                  |               |           |       |    | TT=779 |        |     |    |    | 148.67    |
| Dr   | ITransfer to UTs |               | T6=6      |       | D9 | D7     | l2     | a2  | 8  |    | 187.90    |
|      | r120             |               | 5         |       | 2  |        | omm9   | m4  | 1  |    | 72,282.50 |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 461 FOR ANSWER ON 6.12.2023 iN THE LOK SABHA

Statement indicating the estimated value of MSP of paddy paid to the farmers in the States during the last 10 years (Rupees in Crore) :

| STATES      | 1 KMS 2013-14   | 1 KMS E2014-15   | 1 KMS 1 2015-16   | 1 KMS 1 2016-17   | 1 KMS 1 2017-18   | 1 KMS 1 2018-19   | 1 KMS 1 2019-20   | 1 KMS 1 1 2020-21 1   | KMS 2021-22   |   KMS 2022-23 |
|-------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|---------------|---------------|
|             |                 |                  |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                       | 12916.52      |       8629.2  |
| TELANGANA   | 3               |                  | 3                 | 4                 |                   | 1                 | 3                 |                       | 21407.90      |      26899.4  |
| ASSAM       | O               |                  | 8                 | 4                 |                   | 2                 | 7                 |                       | 1098.04       |       1217.88 |
| BIHAR       | 1               |                  | 2                 | 7                 |                   | 2                 | 6                 |                       | 8710.60       |       8578.2  |
| CHANDIGARH  | 2               |                  | 3                 |                   | m                 | 3                 | 9                 |                       | 52.38         |         38.76 |
| CHnATISGARH | 8               |                  | 2                 | 4                 |                   | 1                 | 7                 |                       | 17849.94      |      17856.1  |
| GUJARAT     | rHo             |                  | 1                 | 7                 | 5                 | 5                 | 1                 | 4                     |               |        361.08 |

| STATES           |   KMS 2013-14 | 1 KMS 1 2014-15   | KMS 2015-16   |   1 KMS 12016-17 | 1 KMS 2017-18   |   KMS 2018-19 |   KMS 2019-20 | 1 KMS 1 2020-21   |   KMS 2021-22 | KMS 2022-23   |
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|
| HARYANA          |          4    |                   | 6             |             5    |                 |           1   |          6    |                   |      10732.1  | 12109.44      |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH |          0    |                   | 0             |             0    |                 |           0   |          0    |                   |         54.32 | 28.56         |
| JHARKHAND        |          0    |                   | 2             |             5    |                 |           3   |          7    |                   |       1460.82 | 350.88        |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR  |          0    |                   | 0             |             6    |                 |           2   |          3    |                   |         79.54 | 69.36         |
| KARNATAKA        |          0    | 178.16            | 114.21        |             0    | 0.00            |         154   |        110.72 | 384.81            |        424.86 | 42.84         |
| KERALA           |        702.16 | 748.00            | 792.42        |           665.91 | 750.20          |        1214.5 |       1288.65 | 1429.02           |       1451.12 | 1491 .24      |
| MADHYA PRADESH   |       2042.29 | 1637.44           | 1786.47       |          2882.67 | 2534.25         |        3643.5 |       4713.56 | 6962.04           |       8891.02 | 9445.20       |
| MAFIARASHTRA     |        314.4  | 403.92            | 483.63        |           677.67 | 413.85          |        1515.5 |       3161.73 | 3547.33           |       3554.08 | 3767.88       |
| ODISHA           |       5469.25 | 6812.24           | 7090.89       |          7964.46 | 7604.30         |       11446.8 |      12808.5  | 14445.24          |      13781.8  | 16148.64      |
| PUNJAB           |      15848.4  | 15804.56          | 19677,96      |         24249.1  | 27388.50        |       29603   |      29462.9  | 37886.78          |      36334.3  | 37150.44      |

| STATES        |   KMS 2013-14 | 1 KMS 1 2014-15   | KMS 20r5-16   | E KMS E20r6-17   | ! KMS 1 20r7-18   | KMS 2018-19   | ! KMS 1 2019-20   | 1 KMS 1 2020-21   |   KMS 2021-22 |   KMS 2022-23 |
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|
| RAJASTHAN     |          0    | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00             | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00              |         13.58 |          0    |
| TRIPURA       |          0    | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00             | 0.00              | 17.50         | 38.12             | 44.83             |        112.52 |         91.8  |
| TAMILNADU     |       1336.2  | 2133.84           | 2508.39       | 310.17           | 2266.10           | 3330.25       | 5882.42           | 8387.32           |       5350.52 |       6903.36 |
| UTTAR PRADESH |       1188.17 | 2472.48           | 6043.26       | 4989.18          | 6430.95           | 8443.75       | 10267.46          | 12485.71          |      12712.8  |      13362    |
| UTrRAKHAND    |         61.57 | 832.32            | 1259.13       | 1549.38          | 88.35             | 1205.75       | 1847.67           | 2002.50           |       2240.7  |       1827.84 |
| WEST BENGAL   |       1391.22 | 3108.96           | 3176.73       | 4074.84          | 3806.80           | 5094.25       | 4905..95          | 5191.17           |       6850.14 |       6552.48 |
| TOTAL         |          6    |                   | BlmD8         |                  | m9                |               | 3                 |                   |     166316    |     172923    |

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