Question : AVAILABILITY OF FOODGRAINS

(a) whether there has been a 3.3 percent annual increase in the availability of foodgrains during the 11th Five Year Plan;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the benefits of this increased availability of foodgrains have reached the common consumer; and

(d) if not, the reasons therefor and the Government`s reaction thereto?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI TARIQ ANWAR)

(a) & (b): The per capita net availability of foodgrains since 2007 is given below:


(Grams per day)
Year	Per capita net availability of	foodgrains
2007	442.8
2008	436.0
2009	444.0
2010	437.1
2011(P)	462.9
P-Provisional

(c) & (d): As per the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (various rounds) carried out by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), between 2004-05 and 2009-10 while the per capita consumption of cereals and pulses and pulse products have declined in both rural and urban households, the consumption of fruits and vegetables, milk, eggs, fish etc. has increased both in rural and urban households.

Question : AVAILABILITY OF FOODGRAINS

Answer given by the minister

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