Lok Sabha Question No. 6040 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-11
Subject: Available Foodgrain in Stores
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: HARI NARAYAN RAJBHAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6040 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  APRIL, 2017 AVAILABLE FOODGRAIN IN STORES

## 6040. SHRI HARINARAYAN RAJBHAR:

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- (a) the quantum of foodgrains that was available in the stores of Union and State Governments till 1 April, 2016;
- (b) the  scheme  of  the  Government  to  distribute  the  said  foodgrains  at cheaper rates; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  State  Governments  which  have  not  lifted  their quotas  of  foodgrains  from  these  stores  till  now  under  Public  Distribution System?

## A N S W E R

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

- (a):  The  stock  of  foodgrains  in  the  Central  Pool  as  on  1  April,  2016  was 366.99 lakh tons comprising of 221.61 lakh tons of rice and 145.38 lakh tons of wheat.
- (b)  Government  enacted  National  Food  Security  Act  (NFSA)  in  July,  2013 which gives legal entitlement to 67% of the population (75% in rural areas and 50% in urban areas) to receive highly subsidized foodgrains. Under the Act,  foodgrains  is  distributed  @  5  kg  per  person  per  month  for  priority households category and @ 35 kg per family per month for AAY families at highly subsidized prices of Rs. 1/-, Rs. 2/- and Rs. 3/- per kg for coarse grains, wheat  and  rice  respectively.  Coverage  under  the  Act  is  based  on  the population figures of Census, 2011. The Act is now being implemented in all the States/UTs and covers more than 80 crore persons.
- (c): The State-wise details of foodgrains allocated by the Government of India and  lifted  by  the  States/  Union  Territories  (UTs)  for  distribution  under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) during 2016-17 is at Annex- I.

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## ANNEX-I

## ANNEXURE REFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6040 DUE ON 11.04.2017 IN THE  LOK SABHA

## Allocation & Offtake of Foodgrains for 2016-17 under TPDS

(in thousand tons)

| S.No.   | States/ Uts       |   Allocation |   Offtake |   %Offtake |
|---------|-------------------|--------------|-----------|------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |     1871.84  |  1845.79  |      98.61 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |       88.992 |    87.048 |      97.82 |
| 3       | Assam             |     1686.86  |  1564.72  |      92.76 |
| 4       | Bihar             |     5493.86  |  5246.76  |      95.5  |
| 5       | Chhatisgarh       |     1384.06  |  1268.72  |      91.67 |
| 6       | Delhi             |      450.59  |   442.669 |      98.24 |
| 7       | Goa               |       59.016 |    58.115 |      98.47 |
| 8       | Gujarat           |     2179.37  |  2174.73  |      99.79 |
| 9       | Haryana           |      795     |   756.152 |      95.11 |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  |      508.024 |   504.691 |      99.34 |
| 11      | Jammu &Kashmir    |      751.08  |   748.255 |      99.62 |
| 12      | Jharkhand         |     1675.88  |  1637.78  |      97.73 |
| 13      | Karnataka         |     2608.84  |  2222.9   |      85.21 |
| 14      | Kerala            |     1400.6   |  1397.29  |      99.76 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    |     3472.03  |  3163.44  |      91.11 |
| 16      | Maharashtra       |     4605.19  |  4238.05  |      92.03 |
| 17      | Manipur           |      141.564 |   133.058 |      93.99 |
| 18      | Meghalaya         |      176     |   175.396 |      99.66 |
| 19      | Mizoram           |       65.757 |    63.632 |      96.77 |
| 20      | Nagaland          |      128.961 |   116.44  |      90.29 |
| 21      | Odisha            |     2097.82  |  2267.37  |     108.08 |
| 22      | Punjab            |      870.12  |   885.548 |     101.77 |
| 23      | Rajasthan         |     2791.57  |  2566.23  |      91.93 |
| 24      | Sikkim            |       44.328 |    45.276 |     102.14 |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu        |     3797.28  |  3868.34  |     101.87 |
| 26      | Telengana         |     1338     |  1335.15  |      99.79 |
| 27      | Tripura           |      279.016 |   261.211 |      93.62 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     |     9352.31  |  9172.5   |      98.08 |
| 29      | Uttrakhand        |      502.996 |   495.443 |      98.5  |
| 30      | West Bengal       |     3792.07  |  3516.47  |      92.73 |
| 31      | A &NIsland        |       29.563 |    12.48  |      42.21 |
| 32      | Chandigarh (DBT)  |        0     |     0     |       0    |
| 33      | D&NHaveli         |        9.157 |     8.887 |      97.05 |
| 34      | Daman &Diu        |        6.121 |     5.227 |      85.39 |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       |        4.62  |     4.543 |      98.33 |
| 36      | Pudducherry (DBT) |        0     |     0     |       0    |
|         | Total             |    54458.5   | 52290.3   |      96.02 |

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