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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2751
TO BE ANSWERED ON 17Tll MARCH, 2026
ALLOCATION AND SALE OF RICE AND BROKEN RICE BY FCI
2751 DR. JOHN BRITTAS:
Will the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution be pleased to
state
(a) : the quantity of rice and broken rice allocated or sold by the Food Corporation of India
(FCI) in open market as well as for ethanol production for biofuel during the last five years,
year-wIse;
(b): the average annual price per kilogram for such sales to States, open market and for
ethanol production, category-wise;
(c): the total revenue generated from these sales during last five years, category-wise; and
(d): the details of States that have requested permission to utilise surplus/unutilised portion
of allocated rice or to increase the tide over allocation offoodgrains during the last five years?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS,
FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)
(a): The year-wise details of the quantity of rice and broken rice sold by Food Corporation of
India (FCI) in open market as well as for ethanol production for biofuel during the last five years,
under OMSS (D) is at Annexure-l.
(b): The details of the average annual price per kilogram for such sales to States, open market
and for ethanol production, category-wise is at Annexure-II.
(c): The details of the total revenue generated from these sales during last five years, category-
wise is at Annexure-III.
(d): As and when requests are received from States/UTs for revision of foodgrains allocation
under the National Food Security Act and Tide -Over Category on account of addition/deletion
of new beneficiaries, within the ceiling of beneficiaries determined for that State/UT, the same
are examined and revised allocation orders are issued as per the extant policy.
##888ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION
NO. 2751 FOR ANSWER ON 17.03.2026 IN THE RAJYA SABHA.
Details of the quantity of rice and broken rice sold by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) in
open market as well as for ethanol production for biofuel during the last five years, year-wise
under OMSS (D):
Fig. in LIVIT
2025-26 (till
1
Category 11.03.2026) 2024-25 2023-24 1 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21
E-auction 14.37 19.63 1.91 0.82 0.014 0.41
State
Govt 37.56 10.08 24.59
Ethanol 48.00 1.69 0.08
Broken
Rice 2.39 0 0
Total 102.32 11.78 25.08ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION
NO. 2751 FOR ANSWER ON 17.03.2026 IN THE RAJYA SABHA.
Details of average annual price per kilogram for such sales to States, open market and for
ethanol production, category-wise:
Price in Rs /Kg
1
Category 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21
E-auction 28.90 28.00 3 1.00 22.50 22.00 22.50
State
Govt 23 .20 34.00 20.00 20.00 20.00
Ethanol 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00
Broken
RiceANNEXURE-III
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO (c) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION
NO. 2751 FOR ANSWER ON 17.03.2026 IN THE RAJYA SABHA.
Details of total revenue generated from these sales during last five years, category-wise:
Rs. in crores
1 1 1 1
Category 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21
6 T9 =66
E-auction 3983.36
State
1 1 1
Govt. 8713.92 2538 326.40 366.oo 2016.oo 4918.oo
7 O
Ethanol 11136.00 567.00 O
Broken 1 1 1 1
Rice 554.48 - - - - -
Total 24.387.76 1 8,869.76 1 2655.39 1 3,443.25 1 2,360.6 1 5.028.02