Lok Sabha Question No. 2508 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-04
Subject: Loss of Foodgrains
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR, ARJUN RAM  MEGHWAL, BHAGWANT MANN, LAXMAN GILUWA, ANOOP MISHRA, ASHWINI KUMAR, K. ASHOK KUMAR, M. CHANDRAKASI, DEVAJIBHAI GOVINDBHAI FATEPARA, J. JAYASINGH THIYAGARAJ NATTERJEE, DILIP PATEL, AJAY (TENI) MISRA, KUNWAR SARVESH  KUMAR, NANDI YELLAIAH, SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI, FEROZE VARUN GANDHI, CHANDRAKANT RAGHUNATH PATIL, MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN, BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL), CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE, RAKESH SINGH, FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE, RAJESH RANJAN  (PAPPU  YADAV), ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT, KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, P. C. MOHAN, POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2508

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04 TH  AUGUST, 2015

## LOSS OF FOODGRAINS

2508. ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR:

SHRI J.J.T. NATTERJEE:

SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

SHRI BHAGWANT MANN:

SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA:

SHRI RAKESH SINGH:

SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:

SHRI P.C. MOHAN:

SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR:

SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN:

SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

SHRI M. CHANDRAKASI:

SHRI ARJUN MEGHWAL:

SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE:

SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR:

SHRI RAJESH RANJAN:

SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

KUNWAR SARVESH KUMAR:

SHRI NANDI YELLAIAH:

SHRI DEVAJIBHAI G. FATEPARA:

SHRI C.R. PATIL:

SHRI DILIP PATEL:

SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

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- (a) the details of the losses suffered by Food Corporation of India (FCI) during the last three years and the current year on account of damage and pilferage  of  foodgrains  in  transit  and  storage  along  with  the  reasons therefor and the corrective action taken thereon, State-wise;

- (b)  whether  the  availability  of  storage  space  has  kept  pace  with  the increasing  production  and  procurement  of  foodgrains  particularly  for  the implementation  of  National  Food  Security  Act  (NFSA),  if  so,  the  details thereof and if not, the corrective steps proposed in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government has sought assistance from other countries and international organisations for expansion and modernisation of godowns, if so, the details thereof and the response received thereon; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to put in place an online system to automate the operations at FCI depots in order to minimise losses, if so, the details thereof and the steps taken thereon?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI RAM  VILAS PASWAN)

- (a): Some  quantity  of  foodgrains  get  damaged/become  non-issuable during  storage  due  to  various  reasons  such  as  storage  pest's  attack, leakages  in  godowns,  procurement  of  poor  quality  stocks,  exposure  to rains, floods etc.

State-wise  quantity  of  the  foodgrains  accrued  as  damaged/nonissuable during transit and storage for the last three years & current year in  FCI  is  at  Annex-I.  In  order  to  preserve  the  quality  of  procured foodgrains  and  to  avoid  damage,  instructions  with  precautionary  and remedial  steps  to  be  followed  by  FCI  and  State  agencies  have  been issued.

State-wise number  of cases of pilferage/theft and quantity of foodgrains  lost  during  last  three  years  and  current  year  in  FCI  are  at Annex-II. Steps taken to curb/detect the theft/pilferage of foodgrain in FCI are as under:

- (i)
- Only covered rail wagons are used for movement of    foodgrains.
- (ii) Installation of CCTV Camera in the depots and barbed wires fencing of boundary  walls,  provision  of  street  lights  in  the  godowns/complexes and proper locking of the sheds.
- (iii) Security staff of FCI as well as other agencies like Home Guards and Special  Police  Officers  are  deployed  for  safety  of  stocks.  Electronic surveillance in 7 depots of FCI has been installed during 2014-15.
- Deployment of State Armed Police has been done at vulnerable depots/
- (iv) godowns in the prone area.
- (v) Security  Inspection  as  well  as  surprise  checks  of  the  depots  are  being conducted from time to time at various levels to detect and plug any security lapses.

(b): Yes Madam, there is sufficient storage capacity to meet increased procurement  of  foodgrains  and  for  implementation  of  the  NFSA.  As  on 30.6.2015, approx.75 million tons of storage capacity was available with FCI and State agencies whereas total allocation under NFSA is approx. 62 million tons.

(c): No Madam.

(d): Yes  Madam,  Government  has  approved  implementation  of  depot online project in FCI with the objective of automating the operations of FCI  at  the  depot  level  and  this  includes  procurement,  storage  and movement  of  foodgrains  with  an  objective  to  bring  in  efficiency  and reliability  in  the  operations.  The  Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  for  the project has been completed along with process engineering for improving the identified processes to be automated.

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## ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2508 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  AUGUST, 2015 IN LOK SABHA.

## STATE-WISE  QUANTITY  OF  CENTRAL  POOL  FOODGRAINS  ACCRUED  AS DAMAGE/  NON-ISSUABLE  IN  STORAGE  WITH  FCI  DURING  LAST  THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR

(Figure in tons)

| S.No.   | Region                 |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 (upto 01.07.2015) |
|---------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
| 1       | Bihar                  |     997.3 |  3909.408 |    703.65 |                           0 |
| 2       | Jharkhand              |      3.43 |   622.092 |      2.67 |                           0 |
| 3       | Orissa                 |         1 |   1084.79 |  7108.817 |                      23.354 |
| 4       | West Bengal            |        45 |  12539.85 |    120.49 |                        3.71 |
| 5       | Assam                  |     51.54 |   180.738 |    96.622 |                           0 |
| 6       | North Eastern Frontier |       195 |  1827.768 |    95.416 |                      22.973 |
| 7       | Arunachal Pradesh      |         0 |       3.3 |         0 |                           0 |
| 8       | Nagaland &Manipur      |         0 |    32.258 |        38 |                           0 |
| 9       | Delhi                  |     39.86 |    34.328 |     2.591 |                           0 |
| 10      | Haryana                |    148.04 |         0 |         0 |                           0 |
| 11      | Jammu &Kashmir         |         0 |         0 |      6120 |                           0 |
| 12      | Punjab                 |       123 |    72.631 |    44.593 |                         3.7 |
| 13      | Rajasthan              |    120.83 |    13.019 |     2.761 |                           0 |
| 14      | Uttar Pradesh          |      18.3 |  1109.572 |   322.034 |                           0 |
| 15      | Uttarakhand            |       221 |    90.021 |     7.531 |                           0 |
| 16      | Andhra Pradesh         |     24.72 |   475.509 |  2262.124 |                    2142.444 |
| 17      | Kerala                 |         0 |       355 |   397.685 |                           0 |
| 18      | Karnataka              |    141.76 |    45.636 |   747.825 |                           0 |
| 19      | Tamil Nadu             |    749.66 |   293.786 |   376.986 |                        18.7 |
| 20      | Gujarat                |       195 |   443.958 |   195.246 |                        8.73 |
| 21      | Maharashtra            |        61 |    1234.1 |   103.981 |                       3.368 |
| 22      | Madhya Pradesh         |      3.02 |    76.942 |    80.183 |                           0 |
| 23      | Chhattisgarh           |      8.98 |   250.749 |    18.021 |                       0.635 |
|         | Total                  |   3148.44 | 24695.455 | 18847.226 |                    2227.614 |

## ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2508 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  AUGUST, 2015 IN LOK SABHA.

## STATE-WISE NO. OF CASES AND QUANTITY OF FOODGRAINS LOST DUE TO PILFERAGE/THEFT DURING LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR IN FCI

| Year    | State          | No. of cases   | Quantity of foodgrains (fig. in tons)   |
|---------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 2012-13 | Uttar Pradesh  | 1              | 8.00                                    |
| 2012-13 | Rajasthan      | 1              | 0.10                                    |
| 2012-13 | Total          | 2              | 8.10                                    |
| 2013-14 | Madhya Pradesh | 2              | 6.10                                    |
| 2013-14 | West Bengal    | 1              | 6.30                                    |
| 2013-14 | Punjab         | 9              | 27.40                                   |
| 2013-14 | Total          | 12             | 39.80                                   |
| 2014-15 | Punjab         | 4              | 33.40                                   |
| 2014-15 | Haryana        | 1              | 6.15                                    |
| 2014-15 | Rajasthan      | 1              | 5.05                                    |
| 2014-15 | Total          | 6              | 44.60                                   |
| 2015-16 | -              | Nil            | Nil                                     |

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