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Scheme for Estimation of Marketable Surplus and Post-Harvest Losses
of Food grains in the country 
| Title |
Scheme for
Estimation of Marketable Surplus and Post-Harvest Losses of Food
grains in the country. |
| Type |
Central
Sector Scheme |
| Objectives
|
a)
To revise and update the estimation of marketable surplus of
foodgrains. b) To compile the latest data on
farm retention for consumption, seed, feed, wages and other payments
in kind, etc. and c) To estimate the
post-harvest losses at the producers’ level |
| Salient
features |
The survey
was taken up for the crop year 1996-97, 97-98 and 98-99, covering
Cereals, viz. Paddy, Wheat, Jowar, Bajra, Maize, Ragi & Barley
and Pulses, viz. Red Gram (Arhar or Tur), Gram (Chana), Green Gram
(Moong). 15,000 Cultivator Households were selected from 100
selected Districts of 25 States. The field survey was
conducted by the Field Investigators of Designated State Agencies
(DSAs) under the supervision & guidance of Officers of the
Directorate of Marketing & Inspection posted at State H.Qs. A
Technical Committee was set up under the Chairmanship of the
Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Govt. of India, to monitor the
survey. For the purpose of field survey, Six Schedules were
designed. Schedule I & II were one time Schedules and
information on village profile was collected by the field
investigators only once. Information in Schedules III to VI
was collected by the field investigators on quaterly basis over a
period of three years (1996-97, 97-98 and 98-99). The National
Informatics Centre (NIC) provided technical support by designing
data entry module for computer data entry and development of
software for data analysis. The Regional Computer Centre,
Calcutta, provided the services for data entry in view of the
shortage of manpower with the DMI. The methodology for “Estimation
of Marketable Surplus” has been finalised in consultation with
the IASRI, New Delhi. The data analysis of schedule I & II
has since been completed and Part I of the Survey Report based on
these two schedules has been prepared. Copies are being made
for circulation. |
| Pattern of
Assistance |
The Ministry
sanctioned grant-in-aid @ Rs.1.50 lakhs per district per year to the
Designated State Agencies for conducting the field survey. The
field survey has since been completed and the data processing is in
progress. |
| Eligibility
|
The
grant-in-aid was sanctioned to the Designated State Agencies of the
25 States who gave their consent to undertake the survey. |
| Date of
start/ Duration |
1996-97,
1997-98 and 1998-99 |
| Implementation
Status |
The scheme
is implemented by the Directorate of Marketing & Inspection.
|
| Procedure to
apply |
Not
applicable |
| Person to
contact |
Agricultural
Marketing Adviser to the Govt. of India |
| Status of
Implementation |
The field
survey is over. Part I (Schedule I & II) of the Survey
Report has been prepared and action is being taken for its
circulation. The data in schedule III to VI are in process at
National Informatics Centre. The report on estimation of
marketable surplus & post harvest losses will be drafted
thereafter for submission to the Competent Authority. |
| Additional
Information |
The survey
report when finalised and approved by the Competent Authority will
be circulated to all the users at National level & International
level. The data will extensively be used in framing
estimates of ‘Net National Product’ for compilation of ‘All
India Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices’ for planning,
procurement etc. |
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