Lok Sabha Question No. 2931 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-15
Subject: Procurement Targets
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: SAKSHI SWAMI MAHARAJ, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2931

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 th  MARCH, 2016

## PROCUREMENT TARGETS

2931. DR. SWAMI SAKSHIJI MAHARAJ:

SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

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- (a) the targets fixed and achieved with regard to procurement of paddy by  Food  Corporation  of  India  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current year, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  procurement  during  the  current  season  has  increased despite lower production on account of failure of monsoon; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof indicating the production and procurement of paddy during the said period?

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

(a): The estimated targets and achievement with regard to procurement of paddy in terms of rice by Food Corporation of India (FCI)/State Agencies during the last three years and the current year, State-wise is at Annexure.

- (b)  &  (c):  Yes,  Madam. The procurement of paddy in terms of rice during the  current  Kharif  Marketing  Season  (KMS)  is  287.25  Lakh  MT  as  on 07.03.2016 in comparison to 229.76 Lakh MT for corresponding period of previous Season. The production and procurement of rice in the last three years and current year is as follows:-

## [figures in Lakh Metric Ton (LMT)]

| Year        | Paddy in terms of rice   | Paddy in terms of rice   |
|-------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|             | Production               | Procurement              |
| KMS 2012-13 | 1052.41                  | 340.44                   |
| KMS 2013-14 | 1066.45                  | 318.45                   |
| KMS 2014-15 | 1054.80                  | 320.40                   |
| KMS 2015-16 | 1036.10*                 | 287.25**                 |

KMS = Kharif Marketing Season spread between 1 st  October of a year to 30 th  September of next year.

* As per the 2nd  Advance estimates of Ministry of Agriculture dated 15.02.2016

** Reported as on 07.03.2016

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2931  DUE FOR ANSWER ON 15.03.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

## Target/Procurement of paddy in terms of Rice

| S.No.              | STATES/ UTs   | KMS 2012-13   | KMS 2012-13   | KMS 2013-14   | KMS 2013-14   | KMS 2014-15   | KMS 2014-15   | KMS 2015-16*       | KMS 2015-16*   |
|--------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|----------------|
|                    | Target        |               | Procurement   | Target        | Procurement   | Target        | Procurement   | Target Procurement |                |
| 1 Andhra Pradesh   |               |               | 94.60         |               | 37.37         | 30.00 35.96   | 36.70         | 27.58              |                |
| 2 Telangana        | 96.00         | 64.86         |               | 43.53         | 29.50         | 35.04         | 24.30         | 10.16              |                |
| 3 Assam            | 1.00          | 0.20          | 0.70          | 0.00          | 0.40          | 0.15          | 0.50          | 0.12               |                |
| 4 Bihar            | 20.10         | 13.03         | 10.00         | 9.42          | 13.40         | 16.14         | 20.00         | 5.36               |                |
| 5 Chattisgarh      | 43.50         | 48.04         | 39.25         | 42.90         | 43.55         | 34.23         | 36.00         | 39.72              |                |
| 6 Gujarat          |               | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | -             | 0.00               |                |
| 7 Himachal Pradesh |               | 0.01          |               | 0.00          | -             | 0.00          | -             | 0.00               |                |
| 8 Haryana          | 16.75         | 26.09         | 23.95         | 24.06         | 23.70         | 20.15         | 23.45         | 28.60              |                |
| 9 Jharkhand        | 3.40          | 2.15          | 2.68          | 0.00          | 0.67          | 0.06          | 3.00          | 0.81               |                |
| 10 J&K             |               | 0.02          |               | 0.00          | -             | 0.00          | -             | 0.07               |                |
| 11 Karnataka       | 3.50          | 0.59          |               | 0.00          | 2.00          | 0.88          | 0.95          | 0.41               |                |
| 12 Kerala          | 4.00          | 2.40          | 2.65          | 3.59          | 1.00          | 3.74          | 3.70          | 1.62               |                |
| 13 Madhya Pradesh  | 13.00         | 8.98          | 10.72         | 10.45         | 11.56         | 8.07          | 10.50         | 8.49               |                |
| 14 Maharashtra     | 3.00          | 1.92          | 2.14          | 1.61          | 1.72          | 1.99          | 2.10          | 1.45               |                |
| 15 Odisha          | 30.00         | 36.15         | 26.50         | 28.01         | 30.50         | 33.57         | 36.00         | 22.01              |                |
| 16 Punjab          | 85.00         | 85.58         | 83.00         | 81.06         | 82.00         | 77.86         | 82.00         | 93.50              |                |
| 17 Rajasthan       |               | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | -             | 0.00               |                |
| 18 Tamilnadu       | 17.00         | 4.81          | 15.00         | 6.84          | 10.50         | 10.51         | 13.50         | 7.26               |                |
| 19 Uttar Pradesh   | 41.00         | 22.86         | 27.00         | 11.27         | 41.00         | 16.98         | 27.50         | 27.20              |                |
| 20 Uttrakhand      | 4.00          | 4.97          | 4.00          | 4.63          | 4.00          | 4.65          | 4.70          | 5.97               |                |
| 21 West Bengal     | 20.00         | 17.66         | 22.00         | 13.59         | 26.00         | 20.32         | 24.80         | 6.76               |                |
| 22 Others          | 0.60          | 0.12          |               | 0.12          |               | 0.10          | 0.30          | 0.16               |                |
| Total              | 401.85        | 340.44        | 364.19        | 318.45        | 351.50        | 320.40        | 350.00        | 287.25             |                |

*KMS 2015-16 is under progress. Data reported as on 07.03.2016

Figures in Lakh MT

as on 07-03-2016