Lok Sabha Question No. 5278 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Essential Commodities Sought by Kerala
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5278 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH  MARCH, 2018

## ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES SOUGHT BY KERALA

5278. SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER:

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- (a) the details of allocation of rice, wheat, etc., sought by the State of Kerala and made available to it in the last five years and the current year, for distribution among BPL, APL and AAY families year-wise; and
- (b) the details of pulses sought by the State of Kerala and released by the Ministry during the above period, year-wise?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

(a) & (b): Kerala implemented National Food Security Act, 2013 with effect from 1-Nov-2016. Allocation of foodgrain to Kerala under TPDS and under NFSA is as given below:

|   S.No. | Year                              | Normal TPDS/NFSA Foodgrain allocation (Qty. MT)                                                                                             |
|---------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | 2012-13 - TPDS                    | 12.26 lakh tons (that includes 10.02 lakh tons of rice and 2.25 lakh tons of wheat)                                                         |
|       2 | 2013-14 - TPDS                    | 12.26 lakh tons (that includes 10.02 lakh tons of rice and 2.25 lakh tons of wheat)                                                         |
|       3 | 2014-15 - TPDS                    | 12.26 lakh tons (that includes 10.02 lakh tons of rice and 2.25 lakh tons of wheat)                                                         |
|       4 | 2015-16 - TPDS                    | 12.26 lakh tons (that includes 10.02 lakh tons of rice and 2.25 lakh tons of wheat)                                                         |
|       5 | 2016-17 - TPDS (April-Oct)        | 7.16 lakh tons (that includes 5.84 lakh tons of rice and 1.31 lakh tons of wheat) (proportionate of 12.27 lakh tons per annum for 7 months) |
|       6 | 2016-17 - NFSA (Nov'16- March'17) | 5.94 lakh tons (that includes 4.78 lakh tons of rice and 1.15 lakh tons of wheat) (proportionate of 14.25 lakh tons per annum for 5 months) |
|       7 | 2017-18- NFSA                     | 14.25 lakh tons (that includes 11.49 lakh tons of rice and 2.76 lakh tons of wheat)                                                         |

In addition to the above, in view of surplus availability of foodgrains in the Central Pool, Government of India also made additional ad hoc allocation of foodgrain to Kerala to the tune of 5.52 lakh tons, 4.50 lakh tons, 3.69 lakh tons, 3.65 lakh tons and 0.91 lakh tons in 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 respectively (which includes 4.03 lakh tons, 3.31 lakh tons, 3.45 lakh tons, 2.70 lakh tons and 0.67 lakh tons of rice and 1.49 lakh tons, 1.19 lakh  tons,  0.24  lakh  tons,  0.95  lakh  tons  and  0.24  lakh  tons  of  wheat respectively during these three years).

The  Central  Government  has  decontrolled  the  sugar  sector  by removing  the  levy  obligation  on  sugar  mills  from  2012-13  sugar  seasons. After  deregulation  of  sugar  sector,  a  new  dispensation  for  distribution  of sugar under PDS was  put in place w.e.f. 01.06.2013 wherein State Government/UT  Administrations  were  required  to  procure  sugar  from  the open market through transparent system. The sugar distributed in PDS under sugar subsidy scheme by the Government of Kerala from the FY 2013-14 to 2016-17 is as under-

|   Sl.No | Financial Year   |   Sugar distributed (In MT) |
|---------|------------------|-----------------------------|
|       1 | 2013-14          |                     37645.4 |
|       2 | 2014-15          |                     52836   |
|       3 | 2015-16          |                     52836   |
|       4 | 2016-17          |                     52836   |

The National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 is now being universally implemented  in  the  entire  country.  There  is  no  identified  category  of  BPL under the NFSA, 2013. However, the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) beneficiaries are clearly identified. The Government has reviewed the sugar subsidy  scheme  in  May  2017  and  has  decided  to  continue  it  only  for  AAY families.  The  revised  guidelines  for  reimbursement  of  sugar  subsidy  to State/UTs for distribution of sugar under Public Distribution System (PDS) for Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) families has been issued to all States/UTs vide letter  dated  02.06.2017.  The  Government  of  Kerala  has  not  yet  given  its consent towards participation in the sugar subsidy scheme in AAY families. The  annual  admissible  quota  of  sugar  of  Kerala  state  under  the sugar subsidy scheme for AAY families will be 7150 MT.

The allocation of kerosene to the Government of Kerala from the FY 2013-14 to 2017-18 is as under-

|   Sl.No | Financial Year   |   Kerosene (in KL) |
|---------|------------------|--------------------|
|       1 | 2013-14          |             120192 |
|       2 | 2014-15          |             120180 |
|       3 | 2015-16          |             117780 |
|       4 | 2016-17          |              88344 |
|       5 | 2017-18          |              58728 |

No demand for pulses has been received from Kerala.

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