Question : FOODGRAINS UNDER SGRY



(a) the allotment and offtake of rice and wheat component under SGRY Schemes for different categories of beneficiaries State-wise; and

(b) The measures taken or proposed to take to improve the offtake of grains by the States ?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SURYAKANTA PATIL)

(a) Allotment of Rice and Wheat under the Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) are made at the beginning of the year and release is done on fulfillment of conditions of SGRY Guidelines. However, lifting of total foodgrains by the District authorities is monitored at the Centre. Statement showing State-wise allocation and release of Rice and Wheat under the SGRY and lifting of foodgrains during the year 2004-2005 is given in the Annexure.

(b) Unless lifting and utilization of foodgrains as prescribed in the SGRY Guidelines is fulfilled, the release of second instalment is withheld. Besides, review meetings are held with the State Officials as well as with the representatives of Food Corporation of India from time to time to facilitate availability of foodgrains at FCI godowns and easy access of the Implementing Agencies for lifting of foodgrains.

Annexure

Statement referred to in part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2442 due for reply on 18.3.2005

Alloocation of foodgrains and lifting under SGRY during 2004-05

S.No.	States/Uts	Allocation of foodgrains	Foodgrains authorised	Foodgrains lifted	(In MTs)	(In MTs)	(In MTs)
Wheat Rice Total Wheat Rice Total
1 ANDHRA PR. 0 261244 261244 0 248892 248892 144548 2 ARUNACHAL PR. 0 13870 13870 0 0 0 0 3 ASSAM 0 360024 360024 0 270019 270019 233965 4 BIHAR 0 517348 517348 0 516587 516587 240517 5 CHHATISGARH 0 145805 145805 0 138552 138552 202751 6 GOA 0 3746 3746 0 2809 2809 0 7 GUJARAT 114380 0 114380 134716 0 134716 132367 8 HARYANA 60257 0 60257 59855 0 59855 50294 9 HIMACHAL PRD. 10766 14611 25377 9117 10652 19769 30630.31 10 J. & KASHMIR 8296 21525 29821 7493 21114 28607 19502 11 JHARKHAND 100658 250196 350854 81166 201734 282900 8382 12 KARNATAKA 39018 156074 195092 37905 150301 188206 210810 13 KERALA 29182 58356 87538 25462 50920 76382 67841 14 MADHYA PRD. 224891 89982 314873 219671 84932 304603 403852 15 MAHARASHTRA 233373 152281 385654 204627 134711 339338 358951 16 MANIPUR 0 24164 24164 0 18911 18911 9406 17 MEGHALAYA 0 27070 27070 0 20304 20304 15992 18 MIZORAM 0 6264 6264 0 5266 5266 3 19 NAGALAND 9284 9284 18568 6602 6602 13204 4599 20 ORISSA 0 295504 295504 0 276058 276058 254594.21 21 PUNJAB 67022 0 67022 59187 0 59187 53864 22 RAJASTHAN 148141 0 148141 148140 0 148140 177265 23 SIKKIM 0 6935 6935 0 6935 6935 0 24 TAMIL NADU 0 228442 228442 0 228442 228442 225255 25 TRIPURA 0 43632 43632 0 43095 43095 35060.25 26 UTTARANCHAL 24762 33551 58313 24607 33096 57703 63315 27 UTTAR PRD. 604526 268563 873089 591415 262727 854142 650892 28 WEST BENGAL 0 328394 328394 0 259315 259315 280633 29 A&N ISLANDS 0 2457 2457 0 2457 2457 0 30 D&N HAVELI 0 1618 1618 0 1214 1214 0 31 DAMAN & DIU 0 784 784 0 0 0 0 32 LAKSHADWEEP 0 1229 1229 0 0 0 0 33 PONDICHERRY 0 2491 2491 0 2292 2292 160
ALL INDIA 1674556 3325444 5000000 1609963 2997937 4607900 3875448.77