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Official TranscriptGOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3563 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24TFI MARCH, 2026 TRANSIT LOSS OF FOODGRAINS 3563 SHRI SANJAY SINGH: Will the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution be pleased to state (a) : whether the Food Corporation of India (FCI) lost about...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3563 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24TFI MARCH, 2026 TRANSIT LOSS OF FOODGRAINS 3563 SHRI SANJAY SINGH:
Will the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution be pleased to state
(a) : whether the Food Corporation of India (FCI) lost about 50,000 tonnes offoodgrains during transit between April–December Financial Year 2025-26, the resulting monetary loss to the exchequer;
(b): the details of such transit losses, including losses attributed to spillage, theft, poor infrastructure and handling deficiencies, State-wise and route-wise;
(C): whether transit losses stood at 73,000 tonnes in Financial Year 2024-25 ;
(d): how many beneficiary families under NFS A could have been fed with the quantity lost; and
(e) : whether any accountability has been fixed in cases of abnormal losses and the details thereoP ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)
(a): The Food Corporation of India (FCI) dispatched around 306.35 LMT of foodgrains from surplus to deficit states between April to December 2025-2026. During this movement, 50,454 MT of foodgrains (0.16% of the total quantity) was lost in transit, amounting to a monetary loss of ?178.03 crore.
(b) The State-wise details on the Transit Losses (Wheat+Rice) reported during April to December 2025 including losses attributed to spillage, theft, poor infrastructure and
handling deficiencies are as under:(Operational Figures. Quantit: in MT) Region Wheat + Rice Quantity Moved Quantity Loss % of loss Uttar Pradesh 5034165 10624 0,21 Uttarakhand 286667 282 0.10 Rajasthan 2556385 351 0.01 J&K 1021309 579 0.06 Delhi 1077459 783 0.07 HP 489775 69 0.01 Maharashtra 2862589 6853 0.24 Gujarat 1696317 3210 0.19 MP 2737 0.11 Chhattisgarh 44065 74 0.17 Andhra Pradesh 134853 166 0.12 Karnataka 4104064 6782 0.17 Tamil Nadu 1428580 544 0.04 Kerala 917191 494 0.05 Telangana 40474 43 0.11 West Bengal 2328695 3823 0.16 Odisha 48688 86 0.18 Bihar 2135287 4556 0.21 Jharkhand 1589810 3836 0.24 NEF Shillong 6393 1 6 1845 0.29 Assam 1678076 4225 0.25 Nagaland 174822 514 0.29 AP 123564 218 0.18 Manipur 220659 495 0.22
(c): There is a transit loss of 73,047.94 MT of foodgrains reported during Financial Year 2024-2025, which is 0.17% of the total dispatched quantity of 423.83 LMT.
(d): Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, households covered under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) receive 35 kg of foodgrains per household per month, while Priority households (PHH) are entitled to 5 kg offoodgrains per person per month.
(e): Each case of transit loss is investigated and based on the merits of the cases, losses are categorized as justified or unjustified. Accordingly, the recoveries are effected or disciplinary action is taken wherever necessary. During the period from 01.04.2025 to 31.12.2025, a total of 38 disciplinary cases have been initiated against the officers/officials of FCI in connection with the transit losses 88888