(a) whether FCI has not paid the amount due to the farmers on account of maize procured form
them in Karnataka;
(b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the total quantity of maize procured in the State by FCI;
(c) whether the Union Government have issued directions to FCI to make payments to the farmers at the earliest;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) if not, the reasons therefor?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION ( SHRI SRIRAM CHAUHAN )
(a)& (b): The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has made full payments to the farmers to the
extent of procurement made by FCI. The FCI has also made payment for the stocks procured and
passed on by the Karnataka State Food & Civil Supplies Corporation to FCI upto 28.2.2001.
A total amount of Rs.109.07 crore has been paid to the farmers. Out of this, Rs. 58.42 crore
has been paid by FCI and Rs.52.65 crore has been paid by Karnataka State Food & Civil Supplies
Corporation.
As on 31.3.2001, the FCI and the Karnataka State Food & Civil Supplies Corporation, a sub-agent
of FCI, procured a quantity of 3.79 lakh MTs of maize in Karnataka.
(c),(d)&(e): FCI is releasing payments to the State Government on the submission of Bills
regarding release of the stocks to the tenderers.