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69 rail rakes loaded today, total 477 rakes moved carrying about 13.36 LMT food grains since lockdown began on 24th March
Food Corporation of India (FCI) is ensuring uninterrupted supply of wheat and rice throughout the country during the lockdown period. FCI is fully prepared to meet not only the food grain requirement under National Food Security Act (NFSA) @5 KG/Month/Beneficiary but also any additional demand including supply of 5Kg/Person for next 3 months to 81.35 Crore people under PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana. As on 02.04.2020, FCI has 56.24 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) of Food Grains (30.64 MMT Rice and 24.6 MMT Wheat).
FCI is able to meet the increasing demand of food grains by gearing up the pace of supply of wheat and rice throughout the country mostly by Rail. A total of 69 Rakes are being loaded today i.e. 03.04.2020 carrying about 1.93 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) food grain stock. Since the day of lockdown i.e. 24.03.2020 FCI has moved 477 rakes carrying an approximate quantity of 13.36 LMT from the states.
S.No State Rice Wheat Total No. of Rakes Quantity (in LMT) No. of Rakes Quantity (in LMT) No. of Rakes Quantity (in LMT) 1 Punjab 114 3.19 108 3.02 222 6.22 2 Haryana 34 0.95 59 1.65 93 2.60 3 Uttarakhand 6 0.17 0 0 6 0.17 4 Andhra Pradesh 15 0.42 0 0 15 0.42 5 Telengana 53 1.48 0 0 53 1.48 6 Madhya Pradesh 0 0 33 0.92 33 0.92 7 Chattisgarh 28 0.78 0 0 28 0.78 8 Odisha 27 0.76 0 0 27 0.76 Total 277 7.76 200 5.60 477 13.36
The State wise details of the induction of food grains done during the period of lockdown is as under:-
S.No State Rice Wheat Total No. of Rakes Quantity (in LMT) No. of Rakes Quantity (in LMT) No. of Rakes Quantity (in LMT) 1 Bihar 47.5 0.38 13.5 1.33 61 1.71 2 Jharkhand 6 0.71 25.5 0.17 31.5 0.88 3 Odisha 1 0 0 0.03 1 0.03 4 West Bengal 48 0.08 3 1.34 51 1.43 5 North East 2.75 0.93 33.25 0.08 36 1.01 6 J&K 0 0.08 3 0 3 0.08 7 Rajasthan 1 0 0 0.03 1 0.03 8 U.P. 49 0.31 11 1.37 60 1.68 9 Uttarakhand 2 0 0 0.06 2 0.06 10 Telangana 2 0 0 0.06 2 0.06 11 Karnataka 6 1.04 37 0.17 43 1.20 12 Kerala 5 0.56 20 0.14 25 0.70 13 Tamil Nadu 2 0.67 24 0.06 26 0.73 14 Gujarat 13 0.48 17 0.36 30 0.84 15 Maharastra 8 0.50 18 0.22 26 0.73 Total 193.3 5.75 205.3 5.41 398.5 11.16
FCI is conducting e-auctions under Open Market Sales Scheme (OMSS) for providing Wheat to the empanelled Roller Flour Mills/State Government to ease the supply constraint in the market. In the last e-auction held on 31.03.2020, bids for 1.44 LMT wheat have been received.
In view of outbreak of COVID-19, apart from regular e-auction, District Magistrates/Collectors have been authorized to lift directly from FCI depots at OMSS reserve price to cater to the needs of Roller Flour Mills and other wheat product manufactures. Till now, 100147 MT Wheat has been allotted in the following states through this route:
Sr. No. State Quantity (in MT) i Uttar Pradesh 35675 ii Bihar 23880 iii Punjab 19746 iv Himachal Pradesh 11500 v Haryana 4859 vi Jharkhand 1850 vii Goa 1100 viii Uttarakhand 813 ix Rajasthan 684 x Chhattisgarh 40
Further, e-auction for rice is also conducted. In the last e-auction on 31.03.2020, bids for 77000 MT rice have been received from the state of Telangana, Tamil Nadu, J&K etc.
In addition, considering the emergent situation, States have been allowed to take rice under OMSS @ Rs. 22.50/kg without participating in E-auction to meet any requirement over and above the NFSA allotment and additional allocation done under PM Garib Kalyan Yojana Allocation. So far, 94767 Metric Tonnes (MT) Rice has been allotted to the following 7 states as per their requests:
Sr. No. State Quantity (in MT) i Telangana 50000 ii Assam 16160 iii Meghalaya 11727 iv Manipur 10000 v Goa 4500 vi Kerala 1380 vii Arunachal Pradesh 1000
