Lok Sabha Question No. 3608 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-08
Subject: AAY Card Holders
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: JANAK RAM, VISHNU DAYAL RAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3608

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 th  AUGUST, 2017

## AAY CARD HOLDERS

3608.

SHRI JANAK RAM:

SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

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

- (a) whether any Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) card holders have been brought with-in the ambit of Food Security Law;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) if not, the various categories brought under the Food Security Law at present; and
- (d) the  number  and  details  of  APL,  BPL  and  AAY  card  holders  in  the country at present, State/UT-wise?

## A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE FOR  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a)  to  (d):  The  National  Food  Security  Act,  2013  (NFSA)  provides  for coverage of upto 75% of rural and 50% of urban population for receiving highly  subsidized  foodgrains.  Coverage  under  the  Act  is  under  two categories-  households  covered  under  Antyodaya  Anna  Yojana  (AAY)  to the  extent  specified  by  the  Central  Government  and  the  remaining households as priority households.  There are no APL and BPL categories under NFSA.

Households  covered  under  AAY  are  entitled  to  receive  35  kg  of foodgrains per household per month at Rs. 1/2/3 per kg for coarsegrains/ wheat/  rice  respectively,  under  the  Act.  The  priority  households  are entitled to receive 5 kg of foodgrains per person per month at the above prices. State/UT-wise details of coverage under NFSA is at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NUMBER 3608 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 08.08.2017 IN LOK SABHA.

State-wise number of beneficiaries covered under National Food Security Act, 2013

| S.No.   | Name of the       | Number of beneficiaries covered under NFSA   | Number of beneficiaries covered under NFSA   | Number of beneficiaries covered under NFSA   | Number of beneficiaries covered under NFSA   |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | Name of the       | AAY                                          | AAY                                          | Priority                                     | Total persons                                |
| S.No.   | States/UTs        | No. of families                              | No. of persons                               | No. of persons                               | Total persons                                |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 9.08                                         | 23.51                                        | 244.70                                       | 268.21                                       |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.37                                         | 1.47                                         | 6.74                                         | 8.21                                         |
| 3       | Assam             | 7.00                                         | 29.69                                        | 221.94                                       | 251.63                                       |
| 4       | Bihar             | 25.01                                        | 116.55                                       | 740.57                                       | 857.12                                       |
| 5       | Chattisgarh       | 7.19                                         | 20.42                                        | 180.35                                       | 200.77                                       |
| 6       | Delhi             | 0.76                                         | 2.90                                         | 69.83                                        | 72.73                                        |
| 7       | Goa               | 0.13                                         | 0.50                                         | 4.82                                         | 5.32                                         |
| 8       | Gujarat           | 8.12                                         | 42.77                                        | 339.77                                       | 382.54                                       |
| 9       | Haryana           | 2.68                                         | 11.35                                        | 115.14                                       | 126.49                                       |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  | 1.82                                         | 7.67                                         | 20.98                                        | 28.64                                        |
| 11      | J & K             | 2.36                                         | 11.04                                        | 63.09                                        | 74.13                                        |
| 12      | Jharkhand         | 9.17                                         | 37.98                                        | 225.72                                       | 263.70                                       |
| 13      | Karnataka         | 10.97                                        | 43.91                                        | 358.02                                       | 401.93                                       |
| 14      | Kerala            | 5.95799                                      | 25.59                                        | 129.21                                       | 154.80                                       |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    | 14.32                                        | 51.17                                        | 478.44                                       | 529.61                                       |
| 16      | Maharashtra       | 25.05                                        | 108.01                                       | 592.16                                       | 700.17                                       |
| 17      | Manipur           | 0.64                                         | 1.97                                         | 19.61                                        | 21.58                                        |
| 18      | Meghalaya         | 0.15                                         | 0.85                                         | 20.55                                        | 21.40                                        |
| 19      | Mizoram           | 0.26                                         | 0.82                                         | 5.86                                         | 6.68                                         |
| 20      | Nagaland          | 0.48                                         | 2.11                                         | 11.94                                        | 14.05                                        |
| 21      | Odisha            | 10.48                                        | 37.58                                        | 285.64                                       | 323.22                                       |
| 22      | Punjab            | 1.79                                         | 7.71                                         | 133.74                                       | 141.45                                       |
| 23      | Rajasthan         | 9.32                                         | 37                                           | 409.62                                       | 446.62                                       |
| 24      | Sikkim            | 0.16                                         | 0.54                                         | 3.24                                         | 3.78                                         |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu        | 17.17                                        | 73.27                                        | 284.07                                       | 357.34                                       |
| 26      | Telangana         | 5.67                                         | 15.29                                        | 176.33                                       | 191.62                                       |
| 27      | Tripura           | 1.10                                         | 4.98                                         | 19.85                                        | 24.83                                        |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     | 40.95                                        | 162.85                                       | 1336.98                                      | 1499.83                                      |
| 29      | Uttarakhand       | 1.84                                         | 7.92                                         | 54.02                                        | 61.94                                        |
| 30      | West Bengal       | 15.86                                        | 51.82                                        | 550.02                                       | 601.84                                       |
| 31      | A&N               | 0.04                                         | 0.17                                         | 0.38                                         | 0.55                                         |
| 32      | Daman & Diu       | 0.01                                         | 0.05                                         | 0.83                                         | 0.88                                         |
| 33      | Dadra & Nagar     | 0.04                                         | 0.23                                         | 1.92                                         | 2.16                                         |
| 34      | Lakshadweep       | 0.01                                         | 0.04                                         | 0.18                                         | 0.22                                         |
| 35      | Chandigarh        | 0.00                                         | 0.01                                         | 2.73                                         | 2.74                                         |
| 36      | Puduchery         | 0.25                                         | 0.83                                         | 5.00                                         | 5.83                                         |
|         | Total             | 236.18                                       | 940.53                                       | 7114.00                                      | 8054.54                                      |