Lok Sabha Question No. 3678 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-11
Subject: MSP for Agricultural Produce
Ministry: AGRICULTURE
Asked by: SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & COOPERATION

**LOK  SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3678**

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  11 TH AUGUST, 2015

**MSP FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE**

3678. 	SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE 	      ‡ãðŠãäÓã ½ãâ¨ããè

be pleased to state:

(a) 	whether the farmers have received remunerative price of their produce under the agricultural price policy keeping in view the high inflation during each of the last three years and the current year, if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Odisha and if not, the reasons therefor;

(b) 	whether the Price Support Scheme (PSS) for procurement of oilseeds, pulses and cotton has been implemented across the country, if so, the details of procurement of farmers produce under the said scheme when the prices of the produce fell below the Minimum Support Price (MSP) during the said period; and

(c) 	the other corrective steps taken by the Government to provide adequate price to farmers for their produce?

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### ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

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(a) & (b):	Government ensures remunerative price to the growers by offering to procure their produce at Minimum Support Price (MSP) fixed by the Government. However, farmers are free to sell it to Government agencies or in the open market as is advantageous to them.

Procurement undertaken by the Government agencies for the major agricultural crops namely paddy from 2012-13 to 2014-15 kharif marketing season and of wheat from 2013-14 to 2015-16 rabi marketing season is at Annexure – I.

Price Support Scheme is applicable across the country. Procurement of pulses, oilseeds and cotton from 2012-13 to 2014-15 is at Annexure –II.

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(c):	To ensure that farmers get adequate price for their produce, States/UTs have been advised to amend their respective State APMC Acts on the lines of Model Act, 2003. The Model Act provides for direct marketing, contract farming, farmers/consumer markets, setting up of markets in private and cooperative sectors, e-trading etc. Further, in order to encourage investment in marketing infrastructure development, Government is, interalia, implementing capital investment subsidy schemes such as development/strengthening Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure, Grading and Standardization (AMIGS) and Gramin Bhandaran Yojana (GBY). In addition, Government is also implementing Marketing Research and Information Network (MRIN) with the objective to collect and disseminate prices and arrival data for the benefit of farmers and other stakeholders to facilitate the farmers in taking better production and marketing decisions to get more remunerative prices for their produce.

In addition, the Government has approved the Central Sector Scheme for promotion of National Agriculture market through Agri-Tech Infrastructure fund (A-ITF). The Scheme provides for a pan-India electronic training portal which seeks to network the existing Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees (APMC) and other market yards to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.

Food Corporation of India (FCI) has also been included as an additional agency for procurement of pulses and oilseeds.

***ANNEXURE I***

**Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3678 for answer on 11.08.2015 regarding “MSP for Agricultural Produce”**

**PROCUREMENT OF RICE**

(Kharif Marketing Season)

*(‘000 tonnes)*

| **States/UTs**   | **2012-13**   | **2013-14**   | **2014-15***   |
|------------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
| Andhra Pradesh   | 6471          | 3738          | 3531           |
| Assam            | 20            | 0             | 15             |
| Bihar            | 1303          | 942           | 1630           |
| Chandigarh       | 12            | 12            | 10             |
| Chhattisgarh     | 4804          | 4290          | 3355           |
| Haryana          | 2609          | 2406          | 2013           |
| Jharkhand        | 215           | 0             | 2              |
| Karnataka        | 59            | 0             | 83             |
| Kerala           | 240           | 359           | 374            |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 898           | 1044          | 807            |
| Maharashtra      | 192           | 161           | 199            |
| Odisha           | 3613          | 2820          | 3486           |
| Punjab           | 8558          | 8106          | 7786           |
| Tamil Nadu       | 481           | 684           | 951            |
| Telengana        | -             | 4353          | 3491           |
| Uttarakhand      | 497           | 463           | 465            |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 2286          | 1127          | 1698           |
| West Bengal      | 1766          | 1359          | 1907           |
| **Total**        | **34028**     | **31864**     | **31804**      |

Source : Department of Food & Public Distribution.

* As on 06.08.2015

**PROCUREMENT OF WHEAT**

(Rabi Marketing Season)

*(‘000 tonnes)*

| **States/UTs**   | **2013-14**   | **2014-15**   | **2015-16***   |
|------------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
| Chandigarh       | 8             | 5             | 11             |
| Gujarat          | 0             | 0             | 73             |
| Haryana          | 5873          | 6495          | 6778           |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 6355          | 7094          | 7309           |
| Punjab           | 10897         | 11641         | 10344          |
| Rajasthan        | 1268          | 2159          | 1300           |
| Uttarakhand      | 5             | 1             | 4              |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 683           | 628           | 2267           |
| Others           | 3             | 0             | 2              |
| **Total**        | **25092**     | **28023**     | **28088**      |

Source : Department of Food & Public Distribution.

* As on 13.07.2015

***ANNEXURE II***

**Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3678 for answer on 11.08.2015 regarding “MSP for Agricultural Produce”**

**Procurement of Pulses, Oilseeds and Cotton**

*(in MetricTonnes)*

| **Commodity**      | **2012-13**   | **2013-14**   | **2014-15**   |
|--------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| **Pulses**         |               |               |               |
| Arhar (Tur)        | 16004.84      | -             | -             |
| Gram               | -             | -             | 314785.67     |
| Urad               | 79856.41      | 4648.25       | -             |
| **Oilseeds**       |               |               |               |
| Rapeseed/Mustard   | -             | -             | 1714.86       |
| Sunflowerseed      | 1499.10       | 4382.78       | 4153.21       |
| Groundnut          | -             | 334097.89     | 6229.81       |
| Milling Copra      | 66454.15      | 4328.71       | -             |
| Milling Copra (AP) | 49.45         | -             | -             |
| Ball Copra         | 9229.84       | 29535.28      | -             |
| **Cotton**         |               |               |               |
| By NAFED           | 181510.35     | -             | -             |
| By CCI             | 1210444.30    | 22736.40      | 4504620.80    |

Source : NAFED & Cotton Corporation of India (CCI).

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