Lok Sabha Question No. 5933 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-03
Subject: Funds Released under NFSA
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY, RAJESH PANDEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5933 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd  APRIL 2018

## FUNDS RELEASED UNDER NFSA

5933. SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY: SHRI RAJESH PANDEY:

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 details of funds releas ed under the central share for distribution of foodgrains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) during each of the last two years, State-wise;
- (b) whether the  Government has received any proposal  from  the  State
- Government of Jharkhand to release the amount under NFSA; and
- (c) f so, the action take n thereon?

## A N S W E R

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

- (a):  Details of Central assistance released to States/Union Territories (UTs) for meeting expenditure on intra-State movement and handling of foodgrains and  fair  price  shop  dealers  margin  under  the  National  Food  Security  Act, 2013 (NFSA) in 2016-17 & 2017-18, is at Annexure.
- (b) & (c):  Claims have been received from the Government of Jharkhand for release of Central assistance for meeting expenditure on intra-State movement  &  handling  of  foodgrains  and fair  price  shops  (FPS)  dealers' margin  and  food  subsidy  for  transferring  the  subsidy  amount    into  bank accounts of beneficiaries, as part of pilot project in Direct Benefit Transfer in Public Distribution System, on the pattern of PAHAL, in  the Nagri Block of Ranchi District in Jharkhand. Based on examination of claims received from the State Government, Rs 125.84 crore has been released to Government of Jharkhand for  the financial year 2015-16 and 2016-17 (upto December, 2016) as  Central  assistance  for  meeting  expenditure  on  intra-State  movement, handling  of  foodgrains  and  FPS  dealers'  margin  under  NFSA.  Further,  an amount  of  Rs.  97.13  lakh  was  released  to  Jharkhand  State  Food  &  Civil Supplies  Corporation  for  implementation  of  the  Pilot  Project  in  DBT  in  the Nagri Block.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5933 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 03.04.2018 IN THE LOK SABHA.

Central  assistance  released  to  States/UTs  for  meeting  expenditure  on  intra-State movement & handling of foodgrains and fair price shop dealers' margin.

| S.No.   | States/UTs                | Fund Released (In crore)   | Fund Released (In crore)   |
|---------|---------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh            | 2016-17 0.00               | 2017-18 213.51             |
| 2       | Arunachal pradesh         | 0.00                       | 17.70                      |
| 3       | Assam                     | 174.20                     | 397.38                     |
| 4       | Bihar                     | 501.39                     | 618.30                     |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh              | 0.00                       | 174.72                     |
| 6       | Delhi                     | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
| 7       | Goa                       | 0.00                       | 2.39                       |
| 8       | Gujarat                   | 34.98                      | 219.12                     |
| 9       | Haryana                   | 122.81                     | 0.00                       |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh          | 0.00                       | 38.35                      |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir           | 0.00                       | 53.76                      |
| 12      | Jharkhand                 | 0.00                       | 125.84                     |
| 13      | Karnataka                 | 328.41                     | 285.19                     |
| 14      | Kerala                    | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh            | 380.97                     | 198.41                     |
| 16      | Maharashtra               | 593.00                     | 425.88                     |
| 17      | Manipur                   | 0.00                       | 25.43                      |
| 18      | Meghalaya                 | 0.00                       | 0.98                       |
| 19      | Mizoram                   | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
| 20      | Nagaland                  | 0.00                       | 11.54                      |
| 21      | Odisha                    | 0.00                       | 147.60                     |
| 22      | Punjab                    | 0.00                       | 67.01                      |
| 23      | Rajasthan                 | 333.33                     | 10.05                      |
| 24      | Sikkim                    | 2.30                       | 2.80                       |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu                | 0.00                       | 191.00                     |
| 26      | Telangana                 | 0.00                       | 129.13                     |
| 27      | Tripura                   | 28.62                      | 29.18                      |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh             | 0.00                       | 662.98                     |
| 29      | Uttarakhand               | 0.00                       | 109.75                     |
| 30      | West Bengal               | 0.00                       | 341.53                     |
| 31      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 0.00                       | 0.16                       |
| 32      | Chandigarh*               | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
| 33      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli*     | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
| 34      | Daman & Diu               | 0.00                       | 0.36                       |
| 35      | Lakshadweep               | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
| 36      | Puducherry*               | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
|         | Total                     | 2500.00                    | 4500.00                    |

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