Lok Sabha Question No. 1685 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-06
Subject: People who Benefited from AAY
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1685

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 TH  MARCH, 2018

## PEOPLE WHO BENEFITED FROM AAY

## 1685.   SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of people benefited from the scheme of Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) during the last two years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) the  quantum  of  foodgrains  lifted  under  the  scheme  during  the  said period;
- (c) whether any study has been conducted or proposed to be conducted to ensure that the foodgrains earmarked for the targeted groups are actually reaching them or not;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF STATE FOR  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a): The State/UT-wise number of Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households during the last two years and the current year is at Annexure-I.
- (b): the last two years and the current year is as under -

|            | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18 (Up to Jan 2018)   |
|------------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|
| Allocation | 523.4 LMT | 543.0 LMT | 460.6 LMT                  |
| Offtake    | 495.9 LMT | 521.7 LMT | 450.3 LMT                  |

(c)  to  (e):        An  evaluation  study  on  the  functioning  of  TPDS/NFSA  in  six selected  States  i.e.    Assam,  Bihar,  Chhattisgarh,  Karnataka,  Uttar  Pradesh and  West  Bengal  was  got  conducted  through  National  Council  of  Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in 2014-15. The study revealed certain shortcomings/deficiencies in the functioning of TPDS/NFSA such as inclusion/exclusion errors in identification of households and leakages/diversion of foodgrains, details of which are at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) to (e) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1685 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 06.03.2018 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## Inclusion/Exclusion errors and %age leakage indicated in NCAER Report:

|   Sl. No. | State         |   Inclusion Error (in %) |   Exclusion Error (in %) |   Leakage (in %) |
|-----------|---------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------|
|         1 | Assam         |                    28.49 |                    70.84 |            39.86 |
|         2 | Bihar         |                    18.38 |                    30.45 |            16.28 |
|         3 | Chhattisgarh  |                    22.09 |                     1.93 |             6.95 |
|         4 | Karnataka     |                    31.24 |                    16.02 |            17.34 |
|         5 | Uttar Pradesh |                    22.16 |                    63.12 |            24.43 |
|         6 | West Bengal   |                    46.6  |                    29.77 |            25.84 |

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1685

## DUE FOR ANSWER ON 06.03.2018 IN THE LOK SABHA.

| STATUS OF IDENTIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLDS UNDER AAY   | STATUS OF IDENTIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLDS UNDER AAY   | STATUS OF IDENTIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLDS UNDER AAY   | (Fig. in lakh)                                                                                            | (Fig. in lakh)                                                                                            | (Fig. in lakh)                                                                                            |
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No. क्रमसंख                                      | States/UTs रखजं/क न् शख�मतरप्ेश                    | Accepted No. of AAY families                       | AAY families identified & Ration Cards issued अन्ं््ंरअनअ ं्जअखरप�रवखर�रक�रपहचखअर एवरजखर�रक�रगईररखशअरकखडर | AAY families identified & Ration Cards issued अन्ं््ंरअनअ ं्जअखरप�रवखर�रक�रपहचखअर एवरजखर�रक�रगईररखशअरकखडर | AAY families identified & Ration Cards issued अन्ं््ंरअनअ ं्जअखरप�रवखर�रक�रपहचखअर एवरजखर�रक�रगईररखशअरकखडर |
| S.No. क्रमसंख                                      | States/UTs रखजं/क न् शख�मतरप्ेश                    | Accepted No. of AAY families                       | as on 02.12.2016                                                                                          | as on 01.12.2017                                                                                          | as on 28.02.2018                                                                                          |
| 1                                                  | Andhra Pd आन्प्ेश                                  | 9.59                                               | 9.08                                                                                                      | 9.09                                                                                                      | 9.09                                                                                                      |
| 2                                                  | Arunachal Pd अरुखचच प्ेश                           | 0.38                                               | 0.37                                                                                                      | 0.37                                                                                                      | 0.37                                                                                                      |
| 3                                                  | Assam अम्                                          | 7.04                                               | 7.00                                                                                                      | 7.00                                                                                                      | 7.03                                                                                                      |
| 4                                                  | Bihar �बहखर                                        | 25.01                                              | 25.01                                                                                                     | 25.01                                                                                                     | 25.01                                                                                                     |
| 5                                                  | Chattisgarh छ्ततमगग                                | 7.19                                               | 7.19                                                                                                      | 7.19                                                                                                      | 7.19                                                                                                      |
| 6                                                  | Delhi �्लच�                                        | 1.57                                               | 0.76                                                                                                      | 0.76                                                                                                      | 0.76                                                                                                      |
| 7                                                  | Goa ग्वख                                           | 0.18                                               | 0.13                                                                                                      | 0.13                                                                                                      | 0.13                                                                                                      |
| 8                                                  | Gujarat गुजरखत                                     | 8.13                                               | 8.02                                                                                                      | 8.12                                                                                                      | 8.12                                                                                                      |
| 9                                                  | Haryana ह�रंखुख                                    | 3.03                                               | 2.68                                                                                                      | 2.68                                                                                                      | 2.68                                                                                                      |
| 10                                                 | Himachal Pd �ह्खचच प्ेश                            | 1.97                                               | 1.82                                                                                                      | 1.82                                                                                                      | 1.82                                                                                                      |
| 11                                                 | J& K जम्ुरएव कश्तर                                 | 2.82                                               | 2.36                                                                                                      | 2.36                                                                                                      | 2.36                                                                                                      |
| 12                                                 | Jharkhand झखरखड                                    | 9.18                                               | 9.17                                                                                                      | 9.17                                                                                                      | 9.17                                                                                                      |
| 13                                                 | Karnataka कअखर्क                                   | 12.00                                              | 10.97                                                                                                     | 10.97                                                                                                     | 10.97                                                                                                     |
| 14                                                 | Kerala के रच                                       | 5.96                                               | 5.96                                                                                                      | 5.96                                                                                                      | 5.96                                                                                                      |
| 15                                                 | Madhya Pd ्धं प्ेश                                 | 15.82                                              | 14.32                                                                                                     | 13.98                                                                                                     | 13.98                                                                                                     |
| 16                                                 | Maharashtra ्हखरखष्                                | 25.05                                              | 25.05                                                                                                     | 25.05                                                                                                     | 25.05                                                                                                     |
| 17                                                 | Manipur ्�ुपुर                                     | 0.64                                               | 0.63                                                                                                      | 0.64                                                                                                      | 0.64                                                                                                      |
| 18                                                 | Meghalaya ्ेधखचं                                   | 0.70                                               | 0.15                                                                                                      | 0.15                                                                                                      | 0.15                                                                                                      |
| 19                                                 | Mizoram �्ज्र्                                     | 0.26                                               | 0.26                                                                                                      | 0.26                                                                                                      | 0.26                                                                                                      |
| 20                                                 | Nagaland अखगखच�ड                                   | 0.48                                               | 0.48                                                                                                      | 0.48                                                                                                      | 0.48                                                                                                      |
| 21                                                 | Odisha ओ�डमख                                       | 12.65                                              | 10.40                                                                                                     | 10.61                                                                                                     | 10.61                                                                                                     |
| 22                                                 | Punjab पजखब                                        | 1.79                                               | 1.79                                                                                                      | 1.79                                                                                                      | 1.79                                                                                                      |
| 23                                                 | Rajasthan रखजस्खअ                                  | 9.32                                               | 9.32                                                                                                      | 9.32                                                                                                      | 9.32                                                                                                      |
| 24                                                 | Sikkim �मिकक्                                      | 0.17                                               | 0.16                                                                                                      | 0.16                                                                                                      | 0.17                                                                                                      |
| 25                                                 | Tamil Nadu त�्चअखडु                                | 18.65                                              | 17.17                                                                                                     | 17.17                                                                                                     | 17.17                                                                                                     |
| 26                                                 | Tripura �तपुरख                                     | 1.13                                               | 1.11                                                                                                      | 1.10                                                                                                      | 1.10                                                                                                      |
| 27                                                 | Uttar Pd उ्तर प्ेश                                 | 40.95                                              | 40.95                                                                                                     | 40.95                                                                                                     | 40.95                                                                                                     |
| 28                                                 | Uttarakhand उ्तरखखड                                | 1.91                                               | 1.84                                                                                                      | 1.84                                                                                                      | 1.84                                                                                                      |
| 29                                                 | West Bengal पिशचर ्बगखच                            | 19.86                                              | 15.86                                                                                                     | 15.86                                                                                                     | 15.86                                                                                                     |
| 30                                                 | A & N अणड्खअरएव �अक्बखररदवतप                       | 0.11                                               | 0.04                                                                                                      | 0.04                                                                                                      | 0.04                                                                                                      |
| 31                                                 | Chandigarh चडतगग                                   | 0.09                                               | 0.00                                                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                                      |
| 32                                                 | D&N Haveli ्ख्रख एवरअगररहवेच�                      | 0.07                                               | 0.03                                                                                                      | 0.04                                                                                                      | 0.04                                                                                                      |
| 33                                                 | Daman & Diu ््अ एवर्�व                             | 0.02                                               | 0.01                                                                                                      | 0.01                                                                                                      | 0.01                                                                                                      |
| 34                                                 | Lakshdweep च�ंदवतप                                 | 0.01                                               | 0.01                                                                                                      | 0.01                                                                                                      | 0.01                                                                                                      |
| 35                                                 | Puducherry पुड चेर�                                | 0.32                                               | 0.25                                                                                                      | 0.26                                                                                                      | 0.26                                                                                                      |
| 36                                                 | Telangana तेचगखअख                                  | 5.99                                               | 5.67                                                                                                      | 5.67                                                                                                      | 5.67                                                                                                      |
|                                                    | Total कु च                                         | 250.00                                             | 236.01                                                                                                    | 236.01                                                                                                    | 236.02                                                                                                    |