Food-Grain based Alcohol

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Food-Grain based Alcohol

• Facts, Concerns and Action

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Facts - Policy (1 of 5)

• Government Policy Food Grain based liquid and
  integrated material Financial Aid - 2007
• Alcohol from food grains - wheat, rice, jawar,
  bajra and corn
• Policy to promote only potable alcohol (i.e.
  liquor ) NOT the industrial alcohol
• Sell of liquor is permitted within Maharashtra
  state only
• Purchase of grains - from Maharashtra state only
• Total permitted factories - 36

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Facts Policy (2 of 5)
Locations of Grain-Liquor Factories
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Facts - Subsidy (3 of 5)

• Rs. 10 for each liter of potable alcohol produced
• Subsidy upto 50 crores to each factory
• Already distributed 8.93 crores rupees to THREE
  factories
• Particulars
• In Marathwada and Vidharbha
• D Zone - Rs. 50 crores or 200 of capital cost
• D Zone - Rs 37.5 crores or 150 of capital cost
  (whichever is lowest)
• In rest of the Maharashtra
• D and D Zone - Rs. 25  crores or 100 of
  capital cost (whichever is lowest)

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Facts - Quantum of Alcohol (4 of 5)

• Annual alcohol production capacity - 50 crore
  liters
• One liter absolute alcohol 2.2 liters of liquor
• Liquor production - 110 crore liters per annum
• Liquor production - 30 lakh liters per day

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Facts - Grain Requirement (5 of 5)

• One liter of Alcohol needs 2.8 kg of grains
• 50 crore liters of alcohol will consume 14 lakh
  tons of grain per annum

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Vision of Government

• For better utilization of bad or rotten
  food-grains
• To offer better prices to food grains in the
  market and to support rain-fed farmers of Vidarbh
  and Marathwada
• To meet the demand of grain liquor in European
  countries
• Why subsidy?
• Process of manufacturing alcohol from grain is
  costlier than molasses by Rs. 6 to 7 per liter
• Hence Government have offered subsidy of Rs. 10
  per litter of alcohol produced

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Why Subsidy for Liquor?

• Subsidy - essential commodities like kerosene,
  cooking gas, chemical fertilizers, and fuel
• Is liquor essential?
• What is the source of the subsidy?

Why we common man should shell out for benefits
of few grain liquor producers?
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Grain Liquor and Food Security

• Procurement of food grains - from Maharashtra
  state only
• Annual food grain requirement - 14 lakh tons
• The total grain (includes Wheat, Rice, Maize,
  Jowar and Bajra) production in Maharashtra for
  year 2006-07 is 101 Lakh tons. (Directorate of
  Economics and Statistics, India)
• Total 14 produced food grains are diverted for
  grain-liquor production

Do we have rotten grains of 14 lakh tons per
annum?
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Self-sufficiency of State in Grains

• In year 2005-06
• Cereal production of Maharashtra - 97.46 lakh
  tons
• Cereal consumption of state - 122.8 lakh tons
• Maharashtra imported 25.34 lakh tones of cereals
  to fulfill the hunger of its people. (Economic
  Survey of Maharashtra 2007-08)
• Maharashtra had imported 20 cereals and now 14
  of our cereal production we are diverting for
  grain liquor.

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Per Capita Cereals Availability

• Per capita per year cereals availability in India
  - 154.6 kg (10 years average 1996-2006)
• Per capita per year cereals consumption in
  Maharashtra
• Urban area - 123 kg
• Rural area - 104 kg
• 14 lakh tones of grains yearly grain
  requirement of more than 1 crore population.

Instead of focusing on How to increase per
capita grain consumption? Why Government is
promoting grain liquor?
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Is India self reliant in food grains?

• Since April 2006 India is importing wheat
• In 2006-07 - 55 lakh tons
• In 2007-08 - 17.69 lakh tons

India ranks 65th out of 84 in the global hunger
index. It is even below the countries like
Keniya,Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Cambodia.
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Who are Factory Owners?

• Amit Deshmukh - son of ex CM Vilasrao Deshmukh
• Pankaja Palave - daughter of BJP leader Gopinath
  Munde
• Vimaltai Mundada (ex Health Minister)
• Govindrao Aadik (MLA - NCP)
• Sunil Birajdar (ex-Mayor Navi Mumbai, NCP)
• Dhaval Pratapsingh Mohite Patil (nephew of ex PWD
  minister)
• and many more

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Alternate Solution of PDS

• Maharashtra importing wheat and rice from Haryana
  and Punjab under PDS
• Government can procure jowar and bajara from
  farmers instead of huge import
• Impact
• Farmers will get good returns
• Poor people will get local grains to eat. No need
  to change food culture.

(000 tonnes) 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Wheat 1563 1381 1274 1518
Rice 947 1124 425 439
In India, 18 states already started procuring
local grains under Public distribution System
(PDS).
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Actions

• A state level Daru Virodhi Parishad held on 11th
  January at Chembur, Mumbai
• Arround 1200 women from 22 Social Organization
  were participated
• Action plan was decided against the policy

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How we can protest?

• Talk with the people
• Signature campaigning
• Postcard campaigning
• Write directly to CM
• Pass the resolution in Gram Sabha

We appeal to Youth, Youth Organizations,
Self-Help Group, Organizations of Senior
Citizens, Teacher Associations and individuals to
participate in this protest.
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Thank you!!!
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