MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION ( DR. AKHILESH PRASAD SINGH )
(a) & (b): The State-wise details of paddy and levy rice procured by FCI during the last three Kharif Marketing Season(KMS) is indicated in the Annexure.
(c): No, Sir.
(d): Does not arise.
(e) & (f): A proposal for the Food Corporation of India to take up procurement of paddy in the State has been received and the same is under examination.
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1655 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 19th JULY, 2004 IN THE LOK SABHA
QUANTITY OF PADDY/LEVY RICE PROCURED BY FCI DURING KHARIF MARKETING SEASON (KMS) 2001-02 TO 2003-04
(in lakh tonnes)
STATE/U.T. Quantity of Paddy/Levy Rice procured by FCI
KMS 2001-02 KMS 2002-03 KMS 2003-04#
Paddy Levy Rice Paddy Levy Rice Paddy Levy Rice
A & N Islands - - - - - -
Andhra Pradesh 0.74 62.22 0.04 26.29 0.99 38.16
Arunchal Pradesh - - - - - -
Assam - - - - - 0.17
Bihar 0.15 - 0.22 - 1.64 -
Chandigrg - - - - - -
Chhatisgarh - 6.58 3.03 - 4.56
Delhi - - - - - -
Gujarat - - - - - -
Haryana 1.95 4.29 1.15 2.92 0.41 6.50
Himachal Pradesh Neg 0.12 - 0.07 - 0.03
Jammu & Kashmir - - - - - -
Jharkhand - - 0.03 -
Karnataka 1.37 - - - -
Madhya Pradesh 0.37 0.95 0.01 0.93 0.84 0.1
Maharashtra 0.3 - 0.6 - 1.5
Orissa - 12.53 0.01 8.87 0.44 10.68
Pondicherry - 0.11 - - - -
Punjab 23.87 9.61 26.18 10.06 16.30 20.53
Rajasthan 0.17 0.28 0.42 0.13 0.20 0.28
Tamil Nadu - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh - - - - - -
Uttranchal - 2.09 - - - 1.96
West Bengal - - - 1.26 - 6.17
Total 27.25 100.45 28.03 54.16 20.85 90.64
Neg - Below 500 tonnes. # - Position as on 15/07/2004
