Lok Sabha Question No. 7 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-21
Subject: Pilferage of Foodgrains
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU, INNOCENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 7 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  JULY, 2015

## PILFERAGE OF FOODGRAINS

7. SHRI P.K. BIJU:

SHRI INNOCENT:

Will  the  Minister  of  CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD  AND  PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the total quantity of foodgrains lost due to pilferage in transportation and storage along with the value thereof during the last three years;
- (b) the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  check  such  wasteful expenditure and loss of foodgrains;
- (c) whether any action has been taken against the defaulting officials of Food Corporation of India (FCI) including recovery of the losses; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof during the said period?

A N S W E R MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI RAM  VILAS PASWAN)

(a): The year-wise details of quantity of foodgrains lost due to theft/pilferage in    storage and value thereof during last three years in the Food Corporation of India  (FCI) are as under:-

| Year                                                                                | No. of Case                                                                         | Qty (In MT)                                                                         | Amount involved (In Rs)                                                             |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2012-13                                                                             | 02                                                                                  | 8.1                                                                                 | 1,52,800.00                                                                         |
| 2013-14                                                                             | 12                                                                                  | 39.75                                                                               | 8,60,768.00                                                                         |
| 2014-15                                                                             | 06                                                                                  | 91.65                                                                               | 10,96,180.00                                                                        |
| Information is being collected regarding pilferage in transportation of foodgrains. | Information is being collected regarding pilferage in transportation of foodgrains. | Information is being collected regarding pilferage in transportation of foodgrains. | Information is being collected regarding pilferage in transportation of foodgrains. |

- (b): The  following  remedial  steps  have  been  taken  to  curb/detect  theft and pilferage in storage: (1) Installation of CCTV cameras in 58 FCI depots has been done during 2013-14  for  surveillance  and  better  supervision  to  obviate  the  cases  of theft. Integrated Security Surveillance System (Electronic Surveillance and man guarding) has been put in place in 7 depots in 2014-15. (2) Installation  of  barbed  wires  fencing  of  boundary  walls,  provision  of street lights in the godowns/complexes and proper locking of the sheds are being ensured by the perspective field offices. (3) Security  staff  of  FCI  as  well  as  other  agencies  like  Home  Guards, Directorate  General  of  Resettlement  (DGR)  sponsored  agency  &  Special Police Officers and state armed police are deployed for safety of stocks. (4) 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. (5) FIRs have also been lodged with the Police where pilferage has come to notice.  Apart from this, departmental action including recovery of loss has been reported as a deterrent measure, wherever warranted. (c) & (d): Yes,  Madam. FIRs have been lodged and a total recovery of Rs. 13,10,900/-  has  been  effected  in  the  last  three  years.  Details  are  at Annexure- I.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS  (c) & (d) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 7 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 21.7.2015  IN THE LOK SABHA .

STATEMENT SHOWING THE DETAILS OF THEFT/PILFEREGE CASES PERIOD FROM 1.4.2012 to 31.03.2013

| Sl. No.   | Name of the Zone/ Region/Depot                               | Date of occurrence       | Nature of loss Commodity/Qu antity     | Amount involved (Rs.)   | Remarks.                                                                                                                                         |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           | North Zone / U.P. Region                                     | North Zone / U.P. Region |                                        |                         |                                                                                                                                                  |
| 1.        | Food Storage Depot, (FSD), Dhamaura (U.P.)                   | 14.08.2012               | Theft of 160 Katta(80 qtls.) of wheat. | 1,52,800/-              | An amount of Rs.1,52,800/- has been recovered from the bills of Homeguards informed vide letter dated 15.4.2014 by Regional Office (RO) Lucknow. |
| 2.        | Mandi Yard Ravla District Office (D.O.) Sriganganagar (Raj.) | 28.9.12                  | Theft of 2 katta of wheat              | Negligible              | Two home guards caught with two katas of wheat for which FIR against home guards has been lodged on 29.9.2012                                    |
|           |                                                              | 2 cases                  | 8.1 MT                                 | 1,52,800/-              | 1,52,800/- recovered                                                                                                                             |

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## ANNEXURE  REFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS    (c)  &  (d)  OF  THE UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  7  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  21.7.2015  IN  THE LOK SABHA.

## STATEMENT SHOWING THE DETAILS OF THEFT/PILFEREGE CASES PERIOD FROM 1.4.2013 to 31.03.2014

| Sl. No.   | Name of the Zone/ Region/Depot                                     | Date of occurrence      | Nature of loss Commodity/ Quantity          | Amount involved (Rs.)   | Remarks.                                                                                                                      |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           | West Zone / M.P. Region                                            | West Zone / M.P. Region |                                             |                         |                                                                                                                               |
| 1.        | FSD, Itarsi (DO Bhopal)                                            | 09.05.2013              | Theft of 27 qtls. of wheat.                 | 42390.00                | Investigation has been initiated. Theft 60 bags recovered out of 114 bags nearby depot and only 54 gunnies (empty) recovered. |
| 2.        | FSD, Itarsi (DO Bhopal)                                            | 09.06.2013              | Theft of 68 bags of wheat (34 qtls)         | 53380.00                | Complaint filed. FIR not lodged with police.                                                                                  |
|           | East Zone / W.Bengal                                               |                         |                                             |                         |                                                                                                                               |
| 3.        | FSD, Adra                                                          | 30.05.2013              | Theft of 132 bags of rice (62.98 qtls)      | 185808.00               | Complaint filed.                                                                                                              |
|           | North Zone / Punjab                                                |                         |                                             |                         |                                                                                                                               |
| 4.        | Agricultural Research and Development Corporation (ARDC),Kartarpur | 7/8.5.2013              | Theft of 160 bags wheat (80 qtls.)          | Rs.170000/- Rs.75438/-  | FIR lodged & amount recovered from the Home guards bills.                                                                     |
| 5.        | Atwal open plint, Kartarpur                                        | 31.8.2013               | Theft of 71 kattas wheat (35.50 qtls.)      | Rs.170000/- Rs.75438/-  | FIR lodged. Loss recovered from Punjab Home Guard (PHG). Police investigation and joint investigation report awaited.         |
| 6.        | Buffer Godown (BG) Malout                                          | 9/10.7.2013             | Theft of 42 kattaswheat(21 qtls.)           | Rs.44625/-              | FIR lodged Loss recovered from PHG.                                                                                           |
| 7.        | Hired Godown (HG) Jaitu                                            | 11/12.8.2013            | Theft of 78 bags wheat (39 Qtls.)           | Rs.82875/-              | FIR lodged. Loss recovered from PHG.                                                                                          |
| 8.        | FSD Balachaur Open plinth                                          | 8.8.2013                | Theft of 109 bags wheat (54.50 qtls.)       | Rs.109557/-             | FIR lodged. Loss recovered from PHG.                                                                                          |
| 9.        | BG Malout, Open complex                                            | ½.10.2013               | Theft of 14 kattas of rice (7.0 0qtls)      | Rs.19257/-              | FIR lodged. Loss recovered from PHG.                                                                                          |
| 10.       | BG Malout, Open complex                                            | -                       | Theft of 22 kattas wheat (11.00qtls.)       | Rs.22375/-              | FIR lodged. Loss recovered from PHG.                                                                                          |
| 11.       | BG Malout, Open complex                                            | 31.10.13 / 01.11.2013   | Theft of 25 kattas wheat (12.05 (qtls.)     | Rs.26563/-              | FIR lodged. Loss recovered from PHG.                                                                                          |
| 12.       | Buffer Complex, Patiala                                            | 20.11.2013              | 26 wheat bags and 1 rice bags. (13.50 Qtl.) | Rs.28500/-              | FIR lodged. Loss recovered from PHG.                                                                                          |
|           |                                                                    | Total                   | 397.53 Qtl. ( 39.75 MTs)                    | Rs.860768/-             | Rs.579190/- recovered.                                                                                                        |

## ANNEXURE  REFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS    (c)  &  (d)  OF  THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 7 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 21.7.2015 IN THE LOK SABHA.

STATEMENT SHOWING THE DETAILS OF THEFT/PILFEREGE CASES PERIOD FROM 01.04.2014  to 31.03.2015.

| Sl. No.   | Name of the Zone/ Region/Depot                                               | Date of occurrence                                   | Nature of loss Commodity/Quantity              | Amount involved (Rs.)   | Remarks.                                                                                        |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | FSD Doraha (Punjab)                                                          | 19/20.3.2014 (Detail of Case reported in Sept. 2014) | 336 Rice katta (168 Qtl.)                      | 5,00,808/-              | FIR lodged                                                                                      |
| 2.        | Bihla Open Complex Barnala-2                                                 | 10.3.2014 (Detail of Case reported in 2014)          | 241 Wheat bags (120.5 Qtl.)                    | 2,56,063/-              | Rs.2,56,063/- has been recovered from Punjab Home Guards reimbursement bill                     |
| 3.        | Rohtak/BG Narwana (Haryana)                                                  | 25.5.2014                                            | 123 wheat bags (61.5 Qtl.)                     | 1,07,010/-              | . Rs.1,07,010/- has been with-held from the wage bills of Home Guards volunteers by D.O.Rohtak. |
| 4.        | FSD MogaPlingth No.1                                                         | 5/6.9.2014                                           | 75 wheat bags (37.5 Qtl.)                      | 65,250/-                | Investigation has been initiated                                                                |
| 5.        | FSD N.Pannuwan                                                               | 6/7.2.2015                                           | 91 wheat bags (45.5 Qtl.)                      | 97,179/-                | Investigation has been initiated                                                                |
|           | JAIPUR                                                                       |                                                      |                                                |                         |                                                                                                 |
| 1.        | Rajsthan State Warehousing Corporation(RSWC), Goluwala Godown Shriganganagar | 10.01.2015                                           | wheat bags --- 50.50 Qtl. 101 Gunnies Bags --- | 2,08,868/- 6,969/-      | Rs.2,15,837/- has been recovered fromRSWC Goluwala.                                             |
|           |                                                                              | Total                                                | 916.5 Qtl. (91.65 MT)                          | 12,42,147/-             | 5,78,910.00                                                                                     |

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