(a) the quantity of foodgrains and the rate at which it is procured from the farmers
directly in the country and particularly in Madhya Pradesh during the last three years and
the current financial year;
(b) the quantity of foodgrains stored in Government and non-Government
godowns during the said period;
(c) the quantity of foodgrains rotted out of this or submerged in water during rainy
season and could not be utilised for consumption; and
(d) the action taken against the guilty persons?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(PROF. K.V. THOMAS)
(a) Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) of paddy and wheat and their quantities procured at these
MSPs from farmers in Madhya Pradesh and the country as a whole during the last three years
and the current year are given at Annexure.
(b) The total quantities of rice (including paddy in terms of rice) and wheat available in the Central Pool as on 01.04.2009, 01.04.2010, 01.04.2011, 01.04.2012 were as under:As on 01.11.2012, the total stock of rice and wheat available in Central Pool was 695.29 lakh tons, including 405.75 lakh tons of rice and 289.54 lakh tons of wheat.
(in lakh tons) As on Rice Wheat Total 01.04.09 216.04 134.29 350.33 01.04.10 267.13 161.25 428.38 01.04.11 288.20 153.64 441.84 01.04.12 333.50 199.52 533.02
(c) The quantity of foodgrains in Food Corporation of India (FCI) accrued as damaged/ non-issuable during the last three years and current year are as under:(d) The departmental action taken against the officials of FCI held responsible for damage/rotting of foodgrains due to various reasons including submerged in water during rainy season, during the last three years and current year are as under:-
(in tons) Year Quantity of foodgrains accrued as damaged/ non-issuable 2009-10 6702 2010-11 6346 2011-12 3338 2012-13 1364 (as on 01.11.2012)
Year No. of Officials against whom action has been taken 2009-10 28 2010-11 20 2011-12 59 2012-13 10 (upto 30.9.12)