Lok Sabha Question No. 1378 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-18
Subject: Beneficiaries under NFSA
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: KRISHN PRATAP SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1378 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 DECEMBER, 2018

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER NFSA

## 1378. DR. KRISHAN PRATAP:

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- (a) the details of the beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), State-wise;
- (b) the total  budget  allocated  to  States  by  the  Union  Government including the budget demanded by the States for this programme;
- (c) the  number  of  'ration  cards'  already  been  linked  with  the  AADHAAR and the number of ration cards found fake in this process along with the details thereof;
- (d) whether the State Food Commissions' in States have established any mechanism  for  the  redressal  of  grievances  related  to  distribution  of  ration under the guidelines of NFSA; and
- (e)
- if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

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

- (a): Based on identification of eligible households by State Governments/UT  Administrations,  80.72  crore  persons  are  presently  covered for  receiving  highly  subsidized  foodgrains  under  National  Food  Security  Act (NFSA). State/UT-wise details of beneficiaries is at Annexure - I.
- (b): Budgetary  allocation  for  implementation  of  NFSA  is  made  in  the budget of the Department of Food and Public Distribution, for making releases to Food Corporation of India (FCI) and States/UTs, as per provisions of relevant Rules/Guidelines. Under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013, foodgrains  at  subsidized  rates  prescribed  under  the  Act  are  allocated  to States/UTs for distribution among eligible households. Difference between the economic cost and the subsidized prices is released to FCI as food subsidy. However,  in  case  of  States  which  have  adopted  Decentralized  Procurement Scheme, food subsidy is directly released to States for quantity of foodgrains procured and distributed by them.  In  case  of  UTs  of  Chandigarh,  Puducherry and  urban  areas  of  Dadra  &  Nagar  Haveli,  which  are  implementing  Cash Transfer  of  Food  Subsidy  Scheme,  the  subsidy  is  released  to  the  agency designated by the UT Administrations for transfer of due amounts into the bank accounts  of  eligible  households.  The  details  of  food  subsidy  released  to  FCI and States/UTs are at Annexure - II.

In addition, Central Government also provides assistance to States/UTs  for  meeting  expenditure  incurred  on  intra-State  movement  & handling  of  foodgrains  and  fair  price  shop  dealers'  margin  and  operates schemes (i) Strengthening of PDS Operations and (ii) Integrated Management of PDS. Details are at Annexure - III.

- (c): As per the information received from States/UTs, out of total 23.04 crore ration cards, 19.78 crore ration cards have been seeded with Aadhaar of at least one member. Further, 2.75 crore ration cards have been reported to  be  deleted  since  2013  due  to  detection  of  Ghost/  fraudulent/  duplicate/ migration/ deaths etc. during the process of digitization, de-duplication and Aadhaar seeding.
- (d)  &  (e):  Sections  16-21  of  the  National  Food  Security  Act  (NFSA)  2013 provide that every State Government shall, by notification, constitute a State Food  Commission  (SFC)  for  the  purpose  of  monitoring  and  review  of implementation of the NFSA. So far 25 States/UTs have set up independent SFCs, while in the remaining States/UTs, designated agencies are performing the functions of the SFC under Section 21 of the Act. The SFCs monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Act, in relation to the State. In addition they  either  suo  motu  or  on  receipt  of  complaint  inquire  into  violations  of entitlements provided under the Act and give advice to the State Government on effective implementation of the Act to enable individuals to fully access their entitlements specified in the Act. The SFCs also hear appeals against orders of the District Grievance Redressal Officers.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  OF  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NUMBER 1378 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 18.12.2018.

Statement  indicating  State-Wise  number  of  Persons/families  Covered  under  National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA)

(In lakh)

| Sl. No.   | States/ UTs         | AAY             | AAY           | Priority       | Total persons   |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
| Sl. No.   | States/ UTs         | No. of families | No. of person | No. of persons | Total persons   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 9.09            | 23.52         | 244.71         | 268.23          |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 0.37            | 1.47          | 6.74           | 8.21            |
| 3         | Assam               | 7.03            | 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              | 5.96            | 25.59         | 129.21         | 154.80          |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh      | 13.98           | 50.20         | 496.22         | 546.42          |
| 16        | Maharashtra         | 25.05           | 108.01        | 592.16         | 700.17          |
| 17        | Manipur             | 0.64            | 2.01          | 21.39          | 23.39           |
| 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              | 12.40           | 41.78         | 281.82         | 323.60          |
| 22        | Punjab              | 1.79            | 7.71          | 133.74         | 141.45          |
| 23        | Rajasthan           | 9.32            | 37.00         | 409.62         | 446.62          |
| 24        | Sikkim              | 0.17            | 0.55          | 3.24           | 3.79            |
| 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           | 161.85        | 1335.98        | 1497.83         |
| 29        | Uttarakhand         | 1.84            | 7.92          | 54.04          | 61.96           |
| 30        | West Bengal         | 15.86           | 51.82         | 550.02         | 601.84          |
| 31        | A&N                 | 0.04            | 0.16          | 0.43           | 0.58            |
| 32        | Daman& Diu          | 0.01            | 0.05          | 0.83           | 0.88            |
| 33        | Dadra& Nagar Haveli | 0.04            | 0.23          | 1.91           | 2.14            |
| 34        | Lakshadweep         | 0.01            | 0.04          | 0.18           | 0.22            |
| 35        | Chandigarh          | 0.00            | 0.01          | 2.79           | 2.80            |
| 36        | Puducherry          | 0.26            | 0.85          | 5.32           | 6.16            |
| Total     | Total               | 237.81          | 942.83        | 7129.18        | 8072.01         |

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  OF  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NUMBER 1378 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 18.12.2018.

## Amount of food subsidy released

## (Rupees in crores)

| Year                      | Subsidy Released to FCI   |   Subsidy released to States/UTs (Under DCP and Cash Transfer of Food Subsidy Scheme) | Total food subsidy released   |
|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 2015-16                   | 112000.00                 |                                                                               22919   | 134919.00                     |
| 2016-17                   | 103334.61*                |                                                                               27338.3 | 130672.96*                    |
| 2017-18                   | 101981.69**               |                                                                               38000   | 139981.69**                   |
| 2018-19 (upto 11.12.2018) | 114324.00                 |                                                                               28107   | 142431.02                     |

## ANNEUXRE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NUMBER 1378 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 18.12.2018.

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

(Rupees in crore)

|   S. No. | Year    | Fund released   |
|----------|---------|-----------------|
|        1 | 2017-18 | 4500.00         |
|        2 | 2018-19 | 2575.96*        |

*As on 12.12.2018

## 2. Fund released under the scheme of Strengthening of PDS Operations

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(Rupees in crore)

|   S. No. | Year    | Fund released   |
|----------|---------|-----------------|
|        1 | 2017-18 | 20.85           |
|        2 | 2018-19 | 15.80**         |

3. Fund released under the scheme of Integrated Management of Public Distributon System (New scheme implemented in 2018-19)

(Rupees in crore)

|   S. No. | Year    | Fund released   |
|----------|---------|-----------------|
|        1 | 2018-19 | 6.44**          |