December 16, 2025
Ritabrata Banerjee’s Supplementary Questions on pending dues to states for KMS and it it’s being used as leverage, and why India lacks adequate scientific storage capacities for rice and wheat

Sir, through you, I want to know from the hon. Minister whether he can provide us with the State-wise details of all pending procurement related dues from the Centre to the States for KMS 2023-24 and 2024-25 and whether the accumulating arrears are deliberately being used as leverage to restrict procurement targets for surplus producing States. Sir, I will be very happy if the hon. Minister supplies me the details. My second supplementary, Sir, is this. I would like to know hether the Government is aware that there is 207 per cent increase in storage losses of wheat and rice in FCI depots between 2024 and 2025 and 2025-2026 till October, 2025. Will the hon. Minister explain why a country like India, as the world’s largest producer of these two staples, still lacks adequate scientific storage capacity?