(a) whether eight thousand metric tonnes of `Arwa` rice and three thousand metric tonnes
of `Usna` rice are lying in godowns of the Food Corporatin of India at Katihar in Bihar for more
than last one and half year;
(b) whether the rice stored there is rotting in the absence of proper upkeeping;
(c) if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether the Union Government has taken steps to protect the stock of rice from rotting; and
(e) if so, the details thereof?