(a) the total production of Basmati rice in the country at present, State-wise;
(b) the names of the countries to whom Basmati rice is exported;
(c) whether the Union Government propose to formulate any scheme for increasing
the production of Basmati rice; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI AJIT SINGH)
(a) : The Government do not monitor the production of rice variety-wise. However, the
state-wise total production of rice in the country during 1999-2000 is given in Annexure-I.
(b) : The names of countries to which Basmati rice was exported in 1999-2000 from
India are given in Annexure-II.
(c ) & (d) : To increase the production of Basmati rice, the Government distributes Seed
Minikits (2 kg. size of each kit) at an assistance of Rs. 65/- per kit among the farmers of
the traditional Basmati rice growing areas of the country under Central Sector Rice
Seed Minikit Programme. Besides, under the said programme, Special Orientation
Programme on Rice Production Technology including Basmati Rice Production is also
organized for the training of State Government officials at an expenditure of Rs.
35,000/- per training.
Annexure - I
Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha unstarred question No. 4653 due for reply on 23.08.2001
State-wise Estimates of Production of Rice During 1999-2000
(`000` Tonnes) S.No. STATE Production
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 10489.6 2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 134.8 3 ASSAM 3860.7 4 BIHAR 7741.6 5 GOA 139.9 6 GUJARAT 984.9 7 HARYANA 2594.0 8 HIMACHAL PRADESH 120.4 9 JAMMU & KASHMIR 391.1 10 KARNATAKA 3635.0 11 KERALA 770.8 12 MADHYA PRADESH 6376.5 13 MAHARASHTRA 2535.9 14 MANIPUR 365.0 15 MEGHALAYA 156.9 16 MIZORAM 88.4 17 NAGALAND 220.0 18 ORISSA 5187.0 19 PUNJAB 8716.0 20 RAJASTHAN 252.6 21 SIKKIM 23.4 22 TAMIL NADU 7225.3 23 TRIPURA 491.5 24 UTTAR PRADESH 12912.0 25 WEST BENGAL 13951.0 26 A & N ISLAND 26.2 27 D & N HAVELI 17.0 28 DELHI 6.0 29 DAMAN & DIU 3.3 30 PONDICHERRY 58.3
ALL INDIA 89475.1
Annexure- II
Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 4653 due for reply on 23.8.20001.
Countries to which India exported Basmati rice in 1999-2000
S.No. Name of Country S.No. Name of Country S.No. Name of Country
1 Australia 28 Hong Kong 55 Russia 2 Austria 29 Israel 56 Saudi Arab 3 Azerbaijan 30 Italy 57 Seychelles 4 Baharain 31 Ivory coast 58 Singapore 5 Bangladesh 32 Japan 59 Slovenia 6 Belgium 33 Jordan 60 South Africa 7 Benin 34 Kenya 61 Spain 8 Botswana 35 Kuwait 62 Sri Lanka 9 Brazil 36 Lebanon 63 Sudan 10 Brunei 37 Malawi 64 Sweden 11 Canada 38 Malaysia 65 Switzerland 12 China Peoples Rep 39 Maldives 66 Syria 13 Colombia 40 Martinique 67 Tanzania 14 Congo Peoples Rep 41 Mauritius 68 Trinidad 15 Cyprus 42 Mayanmar 69 Tunisia 16 Czech Republic 43 Moldvia 70 Turkey 17 Denmark 44 Nepal 71 Uganda 18 Egypt 45 Netherland 72 United Arab Emirates 19 Estonia 46 New Zealand 73 U K 20 Finland 47 Nigeria 74 Ukraine 21 Fiji 48 Norway 75 U S A 22 France 49 Oman 76 Uzbekistan 23 German Fed. Rep 50 Philippines 77 Yemen Republc 24 Ghana 51 Poland 78 Zambia 25 Greece 52 Portugal 79 Zimbabwe 26 Guadeloupe 53 Qatar 27 Guinea 54 Reunion
Source : Monthly Statistics of the Foreign Trade of India (Annual Number for 1999-2000) Vol. I, Part - II, March 2000, DGCI & S, Kolkata.