Question : EXPORT OF FOODGRAINS AT BPL RATES



(a) whether the Food Corporation of India has been exporting foodgrains at the rates below the Below Poverty Line rates resulting in loss of food subsidy to foreign importers;

(b) if so, details of the quantum, rate and value of foodgrains of various categories exported during the last three years; and

(c) the extent of loss suffered by the Government each year due to low export prices, year-wise?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SH. KANTI LAL BHURIA)

(a), (b) & (c): There has been no export/sale of wheat and rice for export purposes by the FCI for the last three years.