Parliament Question: Millet Procurement and Distribution under the Public Distribution System

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3926 TO BE ANSWERED ON j2TH AUGUST, 2026 MILLET PROCUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION UNDER THE PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM 3926 SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: SMT. KAMLESH JANGDE : SHRI LUMBARAM CHOUDHARY: SHRI RAMESH AWASTHI: SHRI DINESHBHAI MAKWANA: SMT. MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH: SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH: SHRI MANOJ TIWARI: DR. MANNA LAL RAWAT: SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO : SHRI VISHWESHWAR HEGDE KAGERI: SHRI P C MOHAN: SHRI MUKESHKUMAR CHANDFLAKAANT DALAL: SHRI TRIVENDRA SINGH RAWAT: SMT. SANJNA JATAV: SHRI BHOJRAJ NAG: SHRI CHAVD A VINOD LAKHAMSHI: SHRI GODAM NAGESH: DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI: Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION be pleased to state: (a) the details of coarse grains/Shree Anna procured by the Government at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for distribution under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) and other welfare schemes across the country including Gujarat during the last five years, year and State- W lse (b) whether the Government has taken any steps to promote the procurement and distribution of Shree Anna/millets under the Public Distribution System (PDS) across the country particularly Rajasthan, the largest producer of Shree Anna including Jalore-Sirohi districts, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh; (c) if so, the details thereof; (d) the details of the measures taken by the Government to promote procurement, storage, distribution and raise awareness among people across the country including Karnataka; (e) whether minor millets have also been included for procurement offoodgrains under the PDS in various States particularly Karnataka and Gujarat to promote the cultivation thereof; and (f) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA) (a): Details are at Annexure I. (b) to (d): Government of India has taken following steps to promote procurement and distribution of Shree Anna/m illets in the country: i. Distribution period/Shelf life ofmillets has been increased from earlier 3 months to 6-10 months. ii. Provision has been made for inter-state transportation of surplus millets through FCI. iii. Administrative charges on acquisition stage has been increased from 1% to 2% of MSP. (e) & (f): Government has expanded scope of procurement of millets by states/UTs by including minor millets: Foxtail Millet (Kangani/Kakun), Proso Millet (Cheena), Kodo IVlillet (Kodo), little millet (Kutki), Buck-wheat (kuttu) and Ameranthus (Chaulai) under MSP scheme on the MSP of Ragi upto KMS 2028-29. 888##Annexure I referred to in the reply to Part (a) ofUnstarred Question No. 3926 in the Lok Sabha on 12.08.2026. Ann exu re-I STATEMENT SHOWING PROCUREMENT OF COARSE(;RAINS (as on- 05.08.2026) (,)ty in Metric 'l'ons Andhra N'lad h va N’la ha ras ITtta r II I Total N'ISP MSP Value KMS COMMODITY Pradesh Gujarat IIa rya na Karnataka Pradesh h tra Pradesh Od isha and Nadu Procurement (Rs./q tI) (in crore) JOW AR 0 80722 29582 1 7784 0 128088 2620 335.59 .IOW AR(Rabi ) 0 0 0 1 8384 0 1 8384 2620 48.17 BAJRA 11515 1 50000 0 195351 5005 0 36 1 8@ 2 1 50 778.02 2020-2 1 MAIZE 4133 0 0 88283 1 064 1 3 1 98829 1 850 367.83 MAIZE(Rat>i) 0 0 6486 0 m 6486 1 850 12.00 RAG 474098 0 0 0 494350 3295 1628.88 1 Total 15648 150000 554820 224933 135942 1064 1 3 20252 1208008 IOW AR 1 03920 32393 20262 0 1 56575 2738 428.70 mRiTabi ) 0 0 0 0 0 2738 0.00 B AJ RA 7284 0 5400 567 0 1325 1 2250 29.81 202 1 _22 MAIZE 389 0 0 19615 2763 22767 1 870 42.57 MAIZE(Rabi ) 0 0 0 0 0 1 870 0.00 RAG 404784 0 253 0 32302 437339 3377 1476.89 1 Total 7673 508703 37793 40697 2763 32302 62993 1 .IOW AR 0 76897 258 1 378 0 78533 2970 233.24 mRI)i ) 362 1 685 0 0 2358 0 6664 2970 19.79 B AJ RA 766 81147 0 0 10 43437 1 25360 2350 294.60 -1= BA.IRA(Rabi ) 56645 0 0 0 56645 2350 133.12 2022_23 MAIZE 0 0 0 48 0 48 1 962 0.10 TiTR–T MAIZE( Ral)i ) 197 0 0 0 13074 1 962 25.65 RAGI 4 0 454404 0 636 0 1 456745 3578 1634.23 Total 3625 58293 81147 531301 258 17308 43437 1 737069 .IOW AR 24466 85'l02 462 1 3340 123670 3 1 80 393.27 nmTRXi ) 4903 2946 105019 86624,9 1 99493 3 1 80 634.39 2023-24 B AJ RA 33359 231334 355038 619731 2500 ] 549.33 B AJ RA(Rabi ) 76726 76726 2500 191.82MAIZE 445 1 4476 2090 9,35 m\IZE(Rabi) 56 56 2090 0.12 1 RAG I 376 0.75 226576 1 89 0.7 1889 1889 230920 3846 888.12 Total 29745 113032 231334 + 1 6997 87357 372830 8 1255073 JOW AR 27 115352 908 937 46942 164166 3371 553.40 .IOW AR(Rabi ) 35402 5300 78676 131311 250689 3371 845.07 BA.IRA 3818 156000 101311 261129 2625 685.46 BA.IRA(Rabi ) 82223 82223 2625 2 15.84 2024_25 MAIZE 1 1 927S 0.00 ml ZE(Rabi) 118 51 19312 19481 2225 43.35 RAG 1 205 5 346079 233 40000 3139 4050 393711 4290 1 689.02 RAGI (Rabi) 902 902 4290 3.87 Total m6 9 540107 908 132533 167565 40000 3139 4050 1172302 JOW AR 140199 390 5518 43562 189669 3699 701 .59 .TOW AR(Rabi ) 49852 7525 81620 142297 281294 3699 1040.51 BA .IRA 14472 233 213973 228678 2775 634.58 BA.TRA(Rabi ) 113796 113796 2775 315.78 2025-26 * MAIZE 564 1005 11 13209 114284 2400 274.28 MAIZE( Ral)i ) 11870 42467 22719 77056 2400 1 84.93 RAG I 13 569331 462 5386 8000 583192 4886 2849.48 RAGI (Rabi) 5322 5322 4886 26.00 Total 55174 8 791150 3 1 0 5386 8000 1593291 m6])r;curement is still going on 888+8