India 2018

278 India 2018
Post ost Harvest Management of Foodgrains
Quality Standard for Foodgrains
The government exercises due control over the quality of foodgrains procured
for the central pool. The Quality Control Cells of the Ministry at New Delhi
and the field offices at Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata,
Hyderabad, Lucknow, Pune, Guwahati, Chennai and Patna monitor the
quality of foodgrains procured, stored and issue for distribution by FCI and
state governments and their agencies. During 2016-17, 1200 Food Storage
Depots were inspected by the officers of quality control cells. 38 trainings for
1330 officials of state governments and their agencies were conducted.
Indian Grain Storage Management and Research Institute
Indian Grain Storage Management and Research Institute (IGMRI), Hapur
and its field stations at Ludhiana (Punjab) and Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)
are engaged in the training and applied Research and Development (R&D)
work relating to grain storage management. The IGMRI also conducts
various training courses on storage, inspection of foodgrains, pest control,
etc, for the officers of storages agencies and pest control operator, etc. 20
long/short term training courses on scientific storage of foodgrains were
conducted during 2016-17 by IGMRI and its field stations.
Central Grain Analysis Laboratory
The Central Grain Analysis Laboratory (CGAL) located in New Delhi assists
the Department in monitoring the quality of foodgrains at the time of
procurement, storage and distribution by analyzing samples collected by
quality control officers. A total number of 1655 foodgrain samples for
physical parameters, 536 for protein determination, 388 for presence of uric
acid in wheat samples were analyzed during 2016-17.
Export and Import of Foodgrains
Export Policy of Rice and Wheat
The Government has allowed free export of non-basmati rice by private
parties from privately held stocks from 2011. State Trading Enterprises
(STEs) including M/s NCCF and NAFED are also permitted to export
privately held stocks on non-basmati rice. Export of wheat was also allowed
from the same year. Export of non-basmati rice and wheat is permitted
through Custom EDI ports. Export is also permitted through the non-EDI
Land Custom Stations (LCS) on Indo-Bangladesh and Indo-Nepal Border
subject to registration of quantity with DGFT. Export of rice of seed quality
and other [rice in husk (paddy or rough) other than seed quality] is
permitted under licence.
Export of Wheat and Rice
A quantity of 68.00 lakh MT of non-basmati rice and 2.66 lakh MT of wheat
has been exported under "free export" category during 2016-17.