Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution (DFPD), under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, chaired a meeting of State Food Secretaries and Food Corporation of India (FCI) through Video Conference here today, to discuss the procurement arrangements for ensuing Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) 2022-23 and Rabi crop of Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-22.

A quantity of 444 LMT wheat has been estimated for procurement during the forthcoming RMS 2022-23, which is more than procurement estimate of previous year RMS 2021-22. 

Also, a quantity of 42.92 LMT rice (rabi crop) has been estimated for procurement during the forthcoming rabi crop of current KMS 2021-22 from seven rice (rabi crop) procuring States. Estimate of procurement of rice (rabi crop) from State Governments of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana is awaited.

During the meeting, promotion of coarse grains, implementation of minimum threshold parameters for online procurement operations, supply of jute bags & packaging material, storage space, improving efficiency & transparency in procurement operations and online settlement of food subsidy claims were also discussed.

 

Annexure

 

State-wise PROCUREMENT ESTIMATE of Wheat during RMS 2022-23

S.No.	State	Procurement Estimate(in LMT)
1.	Punjab	132.00
2.	Madhya Pradesh	129.00
3.	Haryana	85.00
4.	Uttar Pradesh	60.00
5.	Rajasthan	23.00
6.	Bihar	10.00
7.	Uttarakhand	2.20
8.	Gujarat	2.00
9.	Himachal Pradesh	0.27
10.	Jammu & Kashmir	0.35
11.	Delhi	0.18
	Total	444

 

State-wise PROCUREMENT ESTIMATE of Rice against the Rabi crop during KMS 2021-22

Sl. No.	State	Procurement Estimate In terms of rice(in LMT)
1.	Andhra Pradesh	25.00
2.	Odisha	10.00
3.	West Bengal	3.00
4.	Kerala	2.55
5.	Assam	2.00
6.	Tripura	0.25
7.	Karnataka	0.12
8.	Telangana	Awaited
9.	Tamil Nadu	Awaited
10	Maharashtra	Awaited
	Total	42.92

 

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