Lok Sabha Question No. 214 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-21
Subject: Restarting of Procurement Process
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: YERRAM VENKATA SUBBAREDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 214

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  JULY, 2015

## RESTARTING OF PROCUREMENT PROCESS

214.  SHRI Y.V. SUBBA REDDY:

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

- (a) whether the Food Corporation of India has restarted the procurement of foodgrains from farmers as it used to do earlier;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has extended the procurement process for six months only;
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the amount of foodgrains procured from various States during the last three years and the current year, year-wise and State-wise?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## (SHRI RAM  VILAS PASWAN)

- (a)  &  (b):  The  Food  Corporation  of  India  has  been  continuing  the procurement of foodgrains from the farmers ever since its inception with the  help  of  the  State  Governments/their  agencies.  The  procurement  of wheat  under  Central  Pool  in  Rabi  Marketing  Season  (RMS)  2015-16  has been 280.88 lakh MT as reported on 13.07.2015 and that of rice in ongoing Kharif Marketing  Season  (KMS)  2014-15  is  315.17  lakh  MT  as  on 15.07.2015.
- (c): No, Madam.
- (d): Does not arise.
- (e): The amount of wheat and rice procured from various States during the last three years and the current year, year-wise and State-wise are at Annex-I and Annex-II respectively.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART  (e)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 214  DUE FOR ANSWER ON 21.07.2015 IN THE LOK SABHA

Wheat  Procurement  for  Central  Pool  for  the  last  three  years  and  current  year (Marketing season wise)

(Figures in lakh tons)

| SL No   | STATES/UTs       |   RMS 2012-13 |   RMS 2013-14 | RMS 2014-15   |   RMS 2015-16* |
|---------|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
| 1       | Punjab           |        128.34 |        108.97 | 116.41        |         103.44 |
| 2.      | Haryana          |         86.65 |         58.73 | 64.95         |          67.78 |
| 3.      | Uttar Pradesh    |         50.63 |          6.83 | 6.28          |          22.78 |
| 4.      | Uttarakhand      |          1.39 |          0.05 | 0.01          |           0.04 |
| 5.      | Madhya Pradesh   |         84.93 |         63.55 | 70.94         |          73.09 |
| 6.      | Gujarat          |          1.56 |          0.00 |               |           0.73 |
| 7.      | Rajasthan        |         19.64 |         12.68 | 21.59         |          13.00 |
| 8.      | Bihar            |          7.72 |          0.00 | 0             |              0 |
| 9.      | Jharkhand        |             0 |          0.00 | 0             |              0 |
| 10.     | Karnataka        |             0 |             0 | 0             |              0 |
| 11.     | Delhi            |          0.31 |             0 | 0             |           0.02 |
| 12      | Jammu &Kashmir   |          0.09 |          0.00 | 0             |              0 |
| 13.     | Maharashtra      |          0.02 |          0.00 | 0             |              0 |
| 14.     | Orissa           |             0 |             0 | 0             |              0 |
| 15.     | Himachal Pradesh |          0.01 |             0 | 0             |              0 |
| 16.     | Chandigarh       |          0.17 |          0.00 | 0.05          |           0.11 |
| 17.     | West Bengal      |          0.02 |          0.02 | 0             |              0 |
| 18.     | Chhattisgarh     |             0 |          0.09 | 0             |              0 |
| 19.     | Andhra Pradesh   |             0 |             0 | 0             |              0 |
| 20.     | Assam            |             0 |             0 | 0             |              0 |
| 21.     | Others           |             0 |             0 | 0             |              0 |
|         | Total :          |        381.48 |        250.92 | 280.23        |         280.88 |

## ANNEXUR0  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 214 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 21.07.2015 IN THE LOK SABHA

The  State-wise  procurement  of  Rice  during  the  last  three  years  and  current year are as given below:

(in lakh tonnes)

| STATE/UT          |   2011-12 | 2012-13   |   2013-14 |   2014-15* |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| A&NISLANDS        |         0 | 0         |         0 |          0 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH    |     75.42 | 64.86     |     37.37 |      35.02 |
| TELANGANA         |         0 | 0         |     43.53 |      34.14 |
| ASSAM             |      0.23 | 0.20      |      0.00 |       0.11 |
| BIHAR             |     15.34 | 13.03     |      9.42 |      16.30 |
| CHANDIGARH        |      0.13 | 0.12      |      0.12 |       0.10 |
| CHHATISGARH       |     41.15 | 48.04     |     42.90 |      33.55 |
| DELHI             |      0.00 | 0.00      |         0 |       0.00 |
| GUJARAT           |      0.04 | neg       |         0 |       0.00 |
| HARYANA           |     20.07 | 26.09     |     24.06 |      20.13 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  |      0.01 | 0.01      |         0 |       0.00 |
| JAMMU& KASHMIR    |      0.09 | 0.02      |         0 |       0.00 |
| JHARKHAND         |      2.75 | 2.15      |         0 |       0.02 |
| KARNATAKA         |      3.56 | 0.59      |         0 |       0.83 |
| KERALA            |      3.76 | 2.40      |      3.59 |       3.74 |
| MADHYA PRADESH    |      6.34 | 8.98      |     10.45 |       8.07 |
| MAHARASHTRA       |      1.78 | 1.92      |      1.61 |       1.90 |
| NAGALAND          |         0 | 0.00      |         0 |       0.00 |
| ODISHA            |     28.66 | 36.15     |     28.01 |      34.86 |
| PDUCHERRY         |      0.05 | 0.00      |         0 |       0.00 |
| PUNJAB            |     77.31 | 85.58     |     81.06 |      77.82 |
| RAJASTHAN         |         0 | 0.00      |         0 |       0.00 |
| TAMIL NADU        |     15.96 | 4.81      |      6.84 |       9.43 |
| UTTAR PRADESH     |     33.57 | 22.86     |     11.27 |      16.82 |
| UTTARAKHAND       |      3.78 | 4.97      |      4.63 |       4.65 |
| WEST BENGAL       |     20.41 | 17.66     |     13.59 |      17.40 |
| Others            |         0 | 0.00      |         0 |       0.00 |
| ALL INDIA TOTAL : |    350.41 | 340.44    |    318.45 |     314.89 |