Question : EXPORT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS



(a) the details of grant given to the exporters for import-export during each of the last three years and the current year;

(b) the grant given for import-export of sugar, food grains including wheat and rice, edible oils and oil-cake separately along with the names and addresses of the companies which got grant of more than Rs. five crore during the said period;

(c) the food items imported/exported during each of the last three years and the current year along with the rate at which the same has been procured/exported/imported;

(d) whether the Government has been purchasing/importing the goods at higher rates and exporting them at concessional rates or rates much less than their prevalent international prices;

(e) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the total estimated loss incurred on such transactions during the said period; and

(f) the number of companies against whom cases have been filed with regard to irregularities committed by them and the details of the action taken against those found guilty?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (DR. D. PURANDESWARI)

(a)to (f): Information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.