Lok Sabha Question No. 6397 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-04-02
Subject: Wastage of Food-grains
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri Arup Chakraborty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6397

ANSWERED ON 02 ND  APRIL, 2026

## WASTAGE OF FOOD-GRAINS

## 6397.  SHRI ARUP CHAKRABORTY:

Will the Minister of FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of wastage of food grains recorded during the last three years due to lack of godowns and storage facilities, State-wise; and
- (b) the details of wastage of perishable crops like sugarcane recorded during the last three years due to lack of godowns close to farms or processing units, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI RAVNEET SINGH)

- (a) & (b):  The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) estimates post-harvest losses from time to time for various agri-produces in the country through commissioning of studies based on primary surveys. Two studies were commissioned by the Ministry through (i) Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) -Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering & Technology (CIPHET), 2015 with reference year 2012-14 and (ii) NABARD Consultancy Service Pvt. Ltd (NABCONS), 2022 with reference year 2020-22. The available studies on post-harvest losses are periodic in nature and do not provide year-wise estimates. In the latest study conducted by NABCONS, 54 crops have been selected across the country based on production levels. Accordingly, the estimated percentage of post-harvest losses of various agricultural produce in India including food grains and perishable crops at different stages such as handling, storage, transportation, processing, etc., with reference to the crops selected in the State, is placed at Annexure .

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  6397  FOR  ANSWER  ON  02 ND  APRIL,  2026  ON 'WASTAGE OF FOOD-GRAINS'

State Wise Post-Harvest Losses of various agri-produce in India

| Andhra Pradesh   | Andhra Pradesh         |
|------------------|------------------------|
| Product          | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Bajra            | 5.07                   |
| Banana           | 9.33                   |
| Black gram       | 5.56                   |
| Cashew nut       | 4.82                   |
| Chickpea         | 5.71                   |
| Chilli           | 7.06                   |
| Citrus           | 7.97                   |
| Coconut          | 4.32                   |
| Cottonseed       | 3.03                   |
| Egg              | 5.47                   |
| Green gram       | 6.17                   |
| Groundnut        | 6.58                   |
| Inland fish      | 4.68                   |
| Maize            | 5.98                   |
| Mango            | 7.9                    |
| Marine fish      | 8.5                    |
| Milk             | 0.58                   |
| Muskmelon        | 7.42                   |
| Paddy            | 5.73                   |
| Papaya           | 6.58                   |
| Pomegranate      | 8.69                   |
| Poultry Meat     | 7.39                   |
| Sorghum          | 5.67                   |
| Tapioca          | N/A                    |
| Tomato           | 12.36                  |
| Turmeric         | 4.97                   |

|              | Assam                  |
|--------------|------------------------|
| Product      | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Cabbage      | 7.38                   |
| Egg          | 6.05                   |
| Meat         | 3.44                   |
| Mushroom     | 4.48                   |
| Paddy        | 6.07                   |
| Pineapple    | 7.11                   |
| Poultry Meat | 6.61                   |
| Radish       | 5.14                   |

| Andaman &Nicobar Islands   | Andaman &Nicobar Islands   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Product                    | Overall Total Loss (%)     |
| Areca nut                  | 6.44                       |
| Coconut                    | 4.25                       |

| Bihar       |                        |
|-------------|------------------------|
| Product     | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Bottlegourd | 7.35                   |
| Brinjal     | 7.52                   |
| Cabbage     | 8.7                    |
| Cauliflower | 6.76                   |
| Green gram  | 6.06                   |
| Guava       | 15.36                  |
| Inland fish | 5.99                   |
| Maize       | 5.83                   |
| Mango       | 10.1                   |
| Okra        | 6.27                   |
| Paddy       | 4.65                   |
| Pineapple   | 5.89                   |
| Potato      | 6.11                   |
| Radish      | 5.11                   |
| Sugarcane   | 8.99                   |
| Sunflower   | 5.18                   |

| Chhattisgarh   | Chhattisgarh           |
|----------------|------------------------|
| Product        | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Bottlegourd    | 6.77                   |
| Guava          | 13.79                  |
| Paddy          | 3.92                   |
| Radish         | 6.66                   |

| Gujarat     |               |
|-------------|---------------|
| Product     | Overall Total |
| Green gram  | 5.85          |
| Bajra       | 4.41          |
| Tomato      | 10.97         |
| Cottonseed  | 2.93          |
| Groundnut   | 5.31          |
| Okra        | 5.79          |
| Sapota      | 7.47          |
| Cabbage     | 8.39          |
| Cauliflower | 7.99          |
| Milk        | 0.5           |
| Onion       | 7.57          |
| Mustard     | 4.38          |
| Potato      | 5.18          |
| Wheat       | 5.18          |
| Maize       | 5.18          |
| Beans       | 6.65          |
| Brinjal     | 6.99          |
| Banana      | 7.59          |
| Black gram  | 4.8           |
| Papaya      | 5.81          |
| Paddy       | 4.54          |
| Pigeon Pea  | 4.27          |

| Haryana      | Haryana                |
|--------------|------------------------|
| Product      | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Bajra        | 3.77                   |
| Chickpea     | 5.66                   |
| Cottonseed   | 2.55                   |
| Egg          | 6.74                   |
| Meat         | 2.88                   |
| Milk         | 0.74                   |
| Mushroom     | 5.91                   |
| Mustard      | 4.52                   |
| Poultry Meat | 4.63                   |
| Radish       | 7.51                   |
| Sugarcane    | 6.34                   |
| Sunflower    | 4.44                   |
| Wheat        | 4.37                   |

| Himachal Pradesh   | Himachal Pradesh       |
|--------------------|------------------------|
| Product            | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Apple              | 9.2                    |
| Capsicum           | 5.74                   |
| Green Pea          | 6.35                   |
| Mushroom           | 6.01                   |
| Wheat              | 3.32                   |
| Maize              | 2.27                   |

| Jharkhand   | Jharkhand              |
|-------------|------------------------|
| Product     | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Papaya      | 6.73                   |

| Jammu &Kashmir   | Jammu &Kashmir         |
|------------------|------------------------|
| Product          | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Apple            | 9.51                   |
| Egg              | 6.08                   |
| Maize            | 3.92                   |

| Kerala       | Kerala                 |
|--------------|------------------------|
| Product      | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Areca nut    | 4.01                   |
| Black pepper | 1.26                   |
| Cashew nut   | 3.07                   |
| Coconut      | 3.61                   |
| Egg          | 5.53                   |
| Marine fish  | 8.75                   |
| Meat         | 2.2                    |
| Poultry Meat | 5.32                   |
| Tapioca      | 4.8                    |

| Karnataka    | Karnataka              |
|--------------|------------------------|
| Product      | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Areca nut    | 4.15                   |
| Bajra        | 5.03                   |
| Beans        | 7.33                   |
| Black pepper | 1.31                   |
| Capsicum     | 5.75                   |
| Cashew nut   | 3.17                   |
| Coconut      | 3.78                   |
| Egg          | 5.64                   |
| Grapes       | 8.02                   |
| Inland fish  | 4.82                   |
| Maize        | 4.41                   |
| Marine fish  | 8.97                   |
| Onion        | 8.7                    |
| Pigeon Pea   | 4.57                   |
| Pineapple    | 3.73                   |
| Pomegranate  | 8.19                   |
| Safflower    | 3.1                    |
| Sorghum      | 5.69                   |
| Soybean      | 6.63                   |
| Sugarcane    | 4.84                   |
| Sunflower    | 4.22                   |
| Tomato       | 9.97                   |
| Turmeric     | 4.63                   |

| Madhya Pradesh   | Madhya Pradesh         |
|------------------|------------------------|
| Product          | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Bajra            | 4.53                   |
| Black gram       | 6.73                   |
| Bottlegourd      | 7.46                   |
| Capsicum         | 4.33                   |
| Cauliflower      | 6.46                   |
| Chickpea         | 5.85                   |
| Chilli           | 6.29                   |
| Citrus           | 7.4                    |
| Coriander        | 6.01                   |
| Egg              | 6.33                   |
| Green Pea        | 6.27                   |
| Groundnut        | 6.11                   |
| Guava            | 14.93                  |
| Maize            | 6.3                    |
| Milk             | 0.53                   |
| Muskmelon        | 5.76                   |
| Mustard          | 4.86                   |
| Okra             | 5.84                   |
| Onion            | 8.11                   |
| Paddy            | 4.2                    |
| Pigeon Pea       | 6.43                   |
| Potato           | 7                      |
| Sorghum          | 6.76                   |
| Soybean          | 7.36                   |
| Tomato           | 11.85                  |
| Wheat            | 4.94                   |

| Maharashtra   | Maharashtra            |
|---------------|------------------------|
| Product       | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Bajra         | 4.21                   |
| Banana        | 6.06                   |
| Black gram    | 7.48                   |
| Chickpea      | 5.4                    |
| Citrus        | 8.79                   |
| Cottonseed    | 2.98                   |
| Eggs          | 5.55                   |
| Grapes        | 6.73                   |
| Green gram    | 5.9                    |
| Groundnut     | 6.16                   |
| Maize         | 5.3                    |
| Mango         | 8.61                   |
| Marine fish   | 8.8                    |
| Meat          | 2.78                   |
| Milk          | 0.65                   |
| Mushroom      | 9.24                   |
| Onion         | 6.78                   |
| Paddy         | 4.44                   |
| Pigeon Pea    | 6.9                    |
| Pomegranate   | 6.02                   |
| Poultry Meat  | 4.78                   |
| Safflower     | 3.02                   |
| Sorghum       | 6.16                   |
| Soybean       | 8.84                   |
| Sugarcane     | 8.61                   |
| Sunflower     | 4.93                   |

| Meghalaya   | Meghalaya              |
|-------------|------------------------|
| Product     | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Tapioca     | 4.99                   |
| Turmeric    | 5.64                   |
| Cashew nut  | 4.53                   |

| Nagaland   | Nagaland               |
|------------|------------------------|
| Product    | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Tapioca    | 5.42                   |

| Odisha       | Odisha                 |
|--------------|------------------------|
| Product      | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Bottle gourd | 7.57                   |
| Brinjal      | 7.3                    |
| Cabbage      | 8.08                   |
| Cauliflower  | 7.65                   |
| Chickpea     | 6.09                   |
| Egg          | 6.63                   |
| Green gram   | 6.11                   |
| Inland fish  | 5.68                   |
| Marine fish  | 9.89                   |
| Mushroom     | 13.64                  |
| Okra         | 6.25                   |
| Paddy        | 4.17                   |
| Tomato       | 13.19                  |

| Punjab    | Punjab                 |
|-----------|------------------------|
| Product   | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Capsicum  | 4.31                   |
| Citrus    | 5.4                    |
| Green Pea | 6.67                   |
| Maize     | 6.91                   |
| Milk      | 0.63                   |
| Mushroom  | 6.7                    |
| Muskmelon | 5.48                   |
| Paddy     |                        |
|           | 3.15                   |
| Potato    | 5.57                   |
| Sugarcane | 4.38                   |
| Wheat     | 4.55                   |

| Rajasthan   | Rajasthan              |
|-------------|------------------------|
| Product     | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Bajra       | 5.03                   |
| Black gram  | 5.74                   |
| Chickpea    | 5.83                   |
| Coriander   | 5.7                    |
| Cottonseed  | 2.53                   |
| Greengram   | 6.21                   |
| Groundnut   | 5.03                   |
| Maize       | 5.81                   |
| Milk        | 1.35                   |
| Mustard     | 4.75                   |
| Sorghum     | 6.01                   |
| Soybean     | 6.54                   |
| Wheat       | 6.25                   |

| Tamil Nadu   | Tamil Nadu             |
|--------------|------------------------|
| Product      | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Banana       | 7.47                   |
| Beans        | 7.82                   |
| Black gram   | 5.93                   |
| Egg          | 6.6                    |
| Groundnut    | 5.31                   |
| Maize        | 4.39                   |
| Marine fish  | 9.14                   |
| Meat         | 3.04                   |
| Mushroom     | 11.03                  |
| Paddy        | 5.98                   |
| Poultry Meat | 6.08                   |
| Sorghum      | 6.29                   |
| Sugarcane    | 8.65                   |

| Uttarakhand   | Uttarakhand            |
|---------------|------------------------|
| Product       | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Apple         | 11.5                   |
| Milk          | 1.16                   |
| Paddy         | 2.87                   |
| Sugarcane     | 5.46                   |
| Wheat         | 2.51                   |

| Telangana    | Telangana              |
|--------------|------------------------|
| Product      | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Chilli       | 6.06                   |
| Citrus       | 7.73                   |
| Cottonseed   | 3.04                   |
| Egg          | 5.36                   |
| Green gram   | 6.24                   |
| Groundnut    | 6.67                   |
| Maize        | 6.51                   |
| Meat         | 1.61                   |
| Pigeon Pea   | 5.01                   |
| Poultry Meat | 8.12                   |

| Uttar Pradesh   | Uttar Pradesh          |
|-----------------|------------------------|
| Product         | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Bajra           | 4.11                   |
| Black gram      | 6.11                   |
| Bottle gourd    | 6.43                   |
| Egg             | 6.06                   |
| Green Pea       | 6.34                   |
| Inland fish     | 4.99                   |
| Maize           | 5.77                   |
| Meat            | 2.8                    |
| Milk            | 1.12                   |
| Mushroom        | 2.74                   |
| Muskmelon       | 7.25                   |
| Mustard         | 5.97                   |
| Paddy           | 4                      |
| Potato          | 5.82                   |
| Poultry Meat    | 7.24                   |
| Sugarcane       | 6.91                   |
| Wheat           | 6.36                   |

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| West Bengal   | West Bengal            |
|---------------|------------------------|
| Product       | Overall Total Loss (%) |
| Beans         | 5.48                   |
| Brinjal       | 7.85                   |
| Cabbage       | 8.71                   |
| Cauliflower   | 7.26                   |
| Eggs          | 7.07                   |
| Green gram    | 6.24                   |
| Groundnut     | 7.24                   |
| Guava         |                        |
|               | 15.86                  |
| Inland fish   | 3.79                   |
| Maize         | 5.42                   |
| Marine fish   | 8.94                   |
| Meat          | 2.41                   |
| Milk          | 1.09                   |
| Mustard       |                        |
|               | 6.21                   |
| Okra          | 6.05                   |
| Paddy         | 5.14                   |
| Pineapple     | 5.66                   |
| Potato        | 5.71                   |
| Poultry       |                        |
| Meat          | 5.41                   |
| Radish        | 6.45                   |
| Sunflower     | 5.21                   |
| Wheat         | 6.13                   |