(a) the amont of subsidy provided to the States for procurement of foodgrains during the last
three years and in current year, State-wise details thereof;
(b) whether the Union Government have made payment of the amount to Maharashtra State for
2000-2001 to be given under the support price for procurement of paddy;
(c) if so, the details thereof;
(d) if not, the reasons therefor; and
(e) the criteria for providing subsidy to the States for procurement of paddy under the
minimum support price?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION ( SHRI ASHOK PRADHAN)
(a): For States which have adopted the scheme of decentralised procurement and distribution
of foodgrains, subsidy (representing the difference between the economic costs and the Central
Issue Prices) asre directly released by the Union Government. So far, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh and West Bengal have adopted the scheme. For other States no subsidy is directly
released by the Government of India for procurement of foodgrains.
The amount of food subsidy released to the FCI and the States which have adopted
decentralised procurement and distribution of foodgrains during the last three years and in
the current year is at the Annexure.
(b),(c),(d)&(e): Subsidy is not provided to the States (including Maharashtra) for the
procurement of paddy at the Minimum Support Price by the Union Govt./FCI. However, for the
quantities of rice delivered to FCI, payments are released to the States/agencies based on the
rates of Customs Milled Rice (CMR) as fixed by the Government from season to season.
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4058 DUE
FOR ANSWER ON 14-12-2001 IN THE LOK SABHA.
SUBSIDY RELEASED TO FCI AND STATE GOVERNMENTS FROM 1998-99 ONWARDS.
(Rs. Crores)
Year FCI Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Total
1998-99 8,46.000 - - 54.00 8,700.000 1999-00 8,856.360 93.00 194.00 56.64 9,200.000 2000-01 11,462.000 85.000 398.00 65.00 12,010.000 2001-02
(as on 10,278.658 64.32 180.13 32.16 10,555.268
712.2001