GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

LOK SABHA 

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3852

TO BE ANSWERED ON 9TH AUGUST, 2016

INCREASE IN SUBSIDY

3852. SHRI ANANTKUMAR HEGDE:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the amount of Government subsidy being given on the foodgrains in the country has been increasing continuously during the last few years;

(b) if so, the amount of this subsidy given during the last three years and the current year;

(c) whether the economic cost price of wheat and paddy (rice) held by the Food Corporation of India has also increased during the said period; and

(d) if so, the details thereof, year-wise?

A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

(a) & (b): Yes, Madam. Amount of food subsidy released during last three years and current year is as under: (in Rs. crore) Year Subsidy released

2013-14 89740.02

2014-15 113171.16

2015-16 134919.00

2016-17* 61782.02

*As on 03.08.2016

(c) & (d): Yes, Madam. The economic cost of Food Corporation of India (FCI) for wheat and rice during last three years and current year is as under:

(in Rs./qtl) Year Wheat Rice

2013-14 1,908.32 2,615.51

2014-15 2,051.24 2,943.58

2015-16 2,199.95 3,093.73

2016-17 2,344.80 3,266.70