Question : PROCUREMENT OF FOODGRAINS

(a) the estimated production of rice and wheat during the current year;

(b) the total quantity of the said commodities procured during the current year,year-wise and grain-wise;

(c) whether the said quantity is adequate to meet the requirement in the country; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

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(PROF. K.V. THOMAS)

(a): As per Second Advanced Estimates of Department of Agriculture & Cooperation issued on 12.2.2010, estimated production of rice and wheat is as under:


In lakh tonnes
Rice 

(Kharif Marketing Season 2009-10)	Kharif	728.7	Rabi	146.9	875.6

Wheat

(Rabi Marketing Season 2010-11)	802.8

The production of rice in Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2008-09 was 991.8 lakh tonnes. Production of wheat in crop year 2008-09 (marketed in Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) 2009-10) was 806.8 lakh tonnes.

(b): 253.82 lakh tonnes of wheat was procured in RMS 2009-10 and 336.84 lakh tonnes of rice was procured during KMS 2008-09. In the current KMS 2009-10, a total of 221.03 lakh tonnes of rice has been procured as on 18.2.2010.

(c)&(d): Record procurement of wheat in RMS 2008-09 and 2009-10 and of rice in KMS 2007-08 and 2008-09 has improved the buffer stocks of wheat and rice in the country. With the estimated procurement of 260.00 lakh tonnes of rice in KMS 2009-10, the stock of rice would be sufficient to meet the requirement of Targeted Pubic Distribution System and other welfare schemes at the present level of allocations.

Question : PROCUREMENT OF FOODGRAINS

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