Question : Loss of Foodgrains

(a) the details of the quantity of wheat and rice lost due to storage, transit, and pilferage during the past five years, State-wise;

(b) whether the Ministry has considered the recommendation of the Standing Committee report for revising standards and guidelines for reducing food losses in storage, transit and avoiding pilferage losses;

(c) if so, the details of the revised standards and guidelines;

(d) if not, the reasons therefor;

(e) whether technologies such as blockchain can be integrated so as to monitor and ensure that food losses can be brought down; and

(f) if so, the details of technological solutions piloted or implemented?

A N S W E R
THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND
PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a): The details are enclosed at Annexure-I.

(b) & (c): Yes Sir. The steps taken to curb the storage and transit losses are at Annexure-II. In addition to this, a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) regarding Joint Verification of High Transit Loss (TL) cases has also been formulated.

(d): Does not arise in view of (b) & (c) above.

(e) & (f): The department is yet to explore this option.
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ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 154 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 02.02.2022 IN LOK SABHA

A: Region-wise and year-wise details on the storage and transit losses of wheat and rice for past five years:

(i) Wheat
(Quantity in MT)
S. No. Region Storage Loss Transit Loss
2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Qty Qty Qty Qty Qty Qty Qty Qty Qty Qty
1 Punjab -110227 -73005 -70213 -68052 -87833 855 586 558 299 0
2 Haryana -65474 -52112 -64076 -61210 -63248 676 -25 345 -7 0
3 Uttar Pradesh -6085 -22989 -29587 -25340 -21563 15199 5152 -159 3390 12506
4 Uttarakhand -320 -279 -240 -196 -148 47 29 17 87 222
5 Rajasthan -9752 -14235 -12133 -12265 -11765 1209 -1127 31 -495 1850
6 Jammu & Kashmir 117 -30 -36 -71 62 999 469 426 206 242
7 Delhi -304 -354 141 234 505 1275 424 189 116 378
8 Himachal Pradesh -135 -195 -197 -136 -153 10 30 27 33 0
9 Maharashtra 4622 194 483 1018 838 7986 7026 6631 6252 7664
10 Gujarat -212 -2525 -1109 -2467 -3099 2926 2044 3026 2299 1790
11 Madhya Pradesh -12327 -20706 -41769 -21059 -55367 11 -76 -583 -13 0
12 Chattishgarh -8 -209 -103 -162 -117 141 228 49 44 107
13 Andhra Pradesh 35 -155 -183 -193 -82 308 91 51 19 43
14 Karnataka -76 -278 -136 -69 -192 1397 301 152 222 487
15 Tamil Nadu -378 -265 -286 -244 -711 338 20 -104 4 160
16 Kerala -622 -1032 -1293 -600 -1139 408 192 200 381 573
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17 Telangana 0 -14 -128 -63 -38 0 106 152 42 66
18 West Bengal -68 -1074 -657 -398 -2144 11883 9274 8359 8909 8729
19 Odisha -34 -53 -69 -131 -397 2243 1719 1409 1057 1494
20 Bihar 161 -401 75 -194 -101 7512 7306 6798 6749 9606
21 Jharkhand 105 7 -1 -34 -63 909 626 612 494 618
22 NEF Shillong 0 -5 -5 -8 0 105 210 224 160 210
23 Assam 50 -48 -72 -8 32 1903 420 767 613 503
24 Nagaland 8 12 6 2 0 126 12 0 0 0
25 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Manipur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Note: Telangana separated from Andhra Pradesh with effect from 01.04.2017 and Manipur separated from N&M (Nagaland & Manipur)
with effect from 01.04.2020.
(-) sign indicates a storage/transit gain; Qty: Quantity.
2016-17 to 2019-20 (Audited) & 2020-21(Provisional).

(ii) Rice
(Quantity in MT)
S.No. Region Storage Loss Transit Loss
2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Qty Qty Qty Qty Qty Qty Qty Qty Qty Qty
1 Punjab 30394 26592 38503 29233 43395 79 136 112 65 0
2 Haryana 189 922 4988 524 16604 44 89 83 31 0
3 Uttar Pradesh 23096 17460 13175 7770 10574 6132 4841 3128 2464 9315
4 Uttarakhand -136 408 149 -156 224 9 3 72 17 6
5 Rajasthan 190 221 287 265 393 67 25 43 130 66
6 Jammu & Kashmir 466 289 463 860 414 2007 1704 1980 1588 1046
7 Delhi 299 406 334 352 686 78 71 33 36 91
………3/-
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8 Himachal Pradesh 18 57 61 54 79 29 26 22 21 0
9 Maharashtra 12388 11504 8695 7849 8058 10759 8686 8828 6704 11811
10 Gujarat 2341 3073 2452 1248 1505 2503 2954 2495 2132 2579
11 Madhya Pradesh 104 68 28 134 182 287 1 21 20 21
12 Chattishgarh 4547 2910 1511 2825 3231 197 46 78 63 0
13 Andhra Pradesh 1426 -31 -1783 3094 401 538 44 327 99 0
14 Karnataka 7428 4902 5964 5266 4376 9123 12671 12196 9533 13241
15 Tamil Nadu 5677 3712 3339 3033 3137 5858 6288 5221 4654 6013
16 Kerala 1517 1483 1858 1461 1963 1515 2556 3557 2454 4759
17 Telangana 0 -3539 673 3332 -799 0 741 125 -62 0
18 West Bengal 1275 957 665 550 439 661 913 612 252 6068
19 Odisha 1666 990 318 -709 -550 8 109 44 2 3
20 Bihar 1511 1522 2388 1831 1682 10102 10081 11813 11118 16345
21 Jharkhand 2407 1638 1803 1954 2121 5438 5901 5002 5220 8531
22 NEF Shillong 602 770 483 633 393 2036 2804 2694 2363 3388
23 Assam 2528 2706 3269 2528 2748 14803 14264 13064 11876 17312
24 Nagaland 615 448 332 305 181 1442 2321 2232 2315 2174
25 Arunachal Pradesh 537 202 245 126 122 232 237 415 432 633
26 Manipur 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 950

Note: Telangana separated from Andhra Pradesh with effect from 01.04.2017 and Manipur separated from N&M (Nagaland & Manipur)
with effect from 01.04.2020.
(-) sign indicates a storage/transit gain; Qty: Quantity.
2016-17 to 2019-20 (Audited) & 2020-21(Provisioal).

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B: Region-wise and year-wise details on the losses of foodgrains due to pilferage for past five years:
(Quantity in MT)
Sl No. Name of Region 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Wheat Rice Wheat Rice Wheat Rice Wheat Rice Wheat Rice
1 Punjab 0 25.4 0 93.98 115.39 67.07 80.87 0 171.30 0
2 Rajasthan 1 0 2.65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Delhi 0 0 0.09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Haryana 0 0 4.75 0 0 0.11 21.70 0 0 0
5 Uttar Pradesh 0 0 2.2 0 4.44 0.04 0 0 0 0
6 Gujarat 0 0 0.39 0 0 0 0 0 14.58 0.05
7 Chhattisgarh 0 0 0.65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0.68 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Bihar 0 0 0 0 5.21 0 0 0 0 0
10 Karnataka 0 0 0 0 0 63.39 0 0 0 0
11 Madhya Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 60.54 0 0 0
12 Odisha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.11 10
13 West Bengal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
14 Assam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.14 5.5
15 Tamil Nadu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144
16 Telangana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.28
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ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b)&(c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 154 FOR ANSWER ON 02.02.2022 IN LOK SABHA

The details on the steps taken by the Government to curb the storage and transit losses are as under:

Storage Loss:

? The position of storage losses is reviewed in Monthly Performance Review Meetings (MPR) at HQ level and EDs (Zone)/GMs(R) are instructed to intensify inspections/monitoring of depots showing higher storage & transit losses.
? Covered storage capacity has been augmented to avoid covered and plinth (CAP) storage of food grains.
? Periodical prophylactic and curative treatment of food grains stocks is undertaken to keep them free from pests/infestations i.e. to minimize losses due to biotic factors.
? High storage losses in a month are investigated at the level of ED (Zones), GM (Regions) and other senior officers.
? Security staff of FCI, Home Guards and other external agencies are being deployed at FCI depots to ensure safety and security of the stock.
? CCTV cameras are installed in owned depots for better surveillance and supervision.
? Physical measures like installation of barbed wire fencing of the boundary walls, provision of street lights for illumination of godowns and proper locking of the sheds are taken to secure the godowns.
? Disciplinary action is initiated against delinquents wherever abnormal/unjustified losses are reported after due investigation.
Transit Loss:-
? The concerned EDs (Zone)/ GMs (Region) are being continuously pursued to closely monitor the trend and take effective steps to control the trend of losses. Region-wise trend of TL is being reviewed in every MPR meeting and monitored regularly.
? Joint Verification is being undertaken to fix the responsibility wherever transit loss is reported to be more than 0.75%. Moreover, GMs have been authorized to get the JV conducted wherever losses are between 0.50% and 0.75%.
? Depots incurring high level losses in a month are inspected at the level of EDs (Zone), GMs (Region) and other senior officers.
? Special Squad checking at selected rail heads and destination/ dispatch centers is being undertaken by the field offices.
? Deployment of independent Consignment Certification Squad (ICCS) at the time of loading and unloading of rakes.
? Emphasis has been laid on proper weighment and accounting of the stocks at the time of receipt and issue.
? Disciplinary action is being initiated against delinquents wherever abnormal/unjustified transit losses are reported.
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