Lok Sabha Question No. 1663 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-10
Subject: Wheat Procurement
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri Gyaneshwar Patil, Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge, Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke, Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1663

TO BE ANSWERED ON IOTt1 DECEMBER, 2025

## WHEAT PROCUREMENT

t 1663. SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL: DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE: SHRI NILESH DNYANDEV LANKE: SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO ASARAM:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has procured more wheat in the current Rabi procurement season compared  to the previous season and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of  quantity of  wheat procured by the Government at Minimum Support Price (MSP) during the  last  five years  and  the  current year  particularly in  Maharashtra and  IVladhya Pradesh, State-wise; and
- (c) the number and details of  farmers benefited from  the said procurement during the last five years and the current year,  State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI  BAMBHANIYA)

- (a) : Wheat procurement during RMS 2025-26 is 300.35 LMT,  whereas procurement during RMS 2024-25 was 266.05 LN[T under the Central Pool.
- (b): State-wise quantity of wheat procured at Minimum  Support Price (MSP) under Central Pool during the last five  years and the current year, including  data for Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, is enclosed as Annexure-l.
- (c): The State-wise number of farmers benefited from wheat procurement at MSP during the last five years and the current year under Central Pool is enclosed as Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE-1

## State-wise quantity  of wheat procured at Minimum Support Price (MSP) under Central Pool during the last five years and the current year

| Pg. in LMT)   | Pg. in LMT)      | Pg. in LMT)   | Pg. in LMT)   | Pg. in LMT)   | Pg. in LMT)   | Pg. in LMT)   | Pg. in LMT)   |
|---------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| S.No.         | STATES/ UTs      | RMS 2020-21   | RMS 2021-22   | 1 RMS 2022-23 | ERMS 2023-24  | ERMS 2024-25  | RMS 2025-26   |
| 1             | Bihar            | 0.05          | 4.56          | 0.03          | 0.01          | 0.10          | 0.18          |
| 2             | Chandigarh       | 0.11          | 0.17          | 0.03          | 0.09          | 0.08          | 0.09          |
| 3             | Delhi            |               | 0.06          |               |               |               |               |
| 4             | Gujarat          | 0.77          | 1.71          |               |               |               | 0.04          |
| 5             | Haryana          | 74.00         | 84.93         | 41.86         | 63.17         | 71.50         | 71.43         |
| 6             | Himachal Pradesh | 0.03          | 0.13          | 0.03          | 0.03          | 0.03          | 0.03          |
| 7             | J&K              |               | 0.24          |               |               |               |               |
| 8             | Madhya Pradesh   | 129.42        | 128.16        | 46.04         | 70.97         | 48.39         | 77.74         |
| 9             | Maharashtra      |               | 0.01          |               |               |               |               |
| 10            | Punjab           | 127.14        | 132.22        | 96.45         | 121.12        | 124.57        | 119.19        |
| 11            | Rajasthan        | 22.25         | 23.40         | 0.10          | 4.38          | 12.05         | 21.37         |
| 12            | Uttar Pradesh    | 35.77         | 56.41         | 3.36          | 2.20          | 9.31          | 10.27         |
| 13            | Uttrakhand       | 0.38          | 1.44          | 0.02          |               | 0.02          | 0.01          |
| Total         | Total            | 389.92        | 433.44        | 1 187.92      | : 261.97      | 1 266.05      | 1 300.35      |

## State-wise number of farmers benefited from wheat procurement at MSP during the last five  years and the current  year

| S.No.   | STATES/ UTs    | RIVIS 2020- 21   | RIVIS 2021- 22   | RIVIS 2022- 23   | RMS 2023- 24   | RMS 2024- 25   | RIVIS 2025- 26   |
|---------|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
| 1       | Bihar          | 1,002            | 96,701           | 641              | 235            | 3,388          | 5,181            |
| 2       | Chandigarh     | 1,410            | 2,039            | 401              | 898            | 1,072          | 1,080            |
| 3       | Delhi          | 6                | 760              | 1                |                |                |                  |
| 4       | UL             | 18,824           | 34,959           | 3                |                |                | 892              |
| 5       | Haryana        | 780,962          | 760,636          | 313,847          | 410,237        | 449,441        | 449,019          |
|         |                | 1,061            | 3,258            | 1,033            | 813            | 771            | 593              |
|         | a&             | 3                | 4, 127           | 62               |                |                |                  |
| 8       | Madhya Pradesh | 1,594,383        | 1 1,725,133 1    | 591,185          | 796,692        | 616,287        | 900,534          |
| a       |                | -                | 496              |                  |                |                | E                |
| 10      | Punjab         | 1,049,982        | 887,521          | 793,449          | 841,258        | 930,543        | 839,203          |
| 11      | 1 Rajasthan    | 219,873          | E 227,090        | 941              | 36,409         | 94,713         | 172,682          |
| 12      | Uttar Pradesh  | 663,810          | 1,152,311        | 81,080           | 47,876         | 152,301        | 143,895          |
| r       |                | 4,656            | 1 24,860         | 549              | 40             | 209            | 64               |
| Total   | Total          | 4,335,972        | 4,919,891        | E 1,783,192      | 2,134,458      | 2,248,725      | 2,513,143        |