Lok Sabha Question No. 3631 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-10
Subject: Beneficiaries under National Food Security Scheme
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan

## GOVERNITIENT  OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD &  pUBLtC  D|STRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOX SABHA

## U]{STARRED QUESTION NO. 363I

TO BE ANSWERED  Ot{ {OrH DECEUBER, 20{9

## BEilEFICIARIES  UNDER  NATIO]{AL FOOD SECURITY  SGHEME

## t363I.  SHRI NIHAL GHAND:

Will the Minister of GOIISUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DTSTRIBUTION  5lnlttril arrd, urq< sit{ {rdBftr fuilur d*  be pteased to state:

- (a)  the number of beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Scheme in the country, State/Union Territory-wise;
- (b)  whether the Union Government has fixed any target under the ational Food Security Scheme, if so, the present  status of the target and if not, whether any target is being considered for future; and
- (c)  the detalls of the amount allocated under the National Food
- Security Scheme in the country during the last two years, State/Union Territory-wise?

## AiISWER

M|NISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER  AFFA|RS, FOOD & PUBL!C DISTRIBUTTON

(sHRr DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)

- (a): A statement indicating the State/ Union Territory (UTFwise number of beneficiaries  covered under the ilational Food Security Act, 2O{3 (NFSA) is at Annexure-!.
- (b): The NFSA provides for coverage  uplo 75o/o of rura! population  and upto 50% of urban population  for receiving highly subsidized foodgrains under Targeted Public Distribution System  (TPDS), thus covering about two-thirds of the total population. Corresponding to the all lndia coverage ol 75o/o and 5O% in the rura! and urban areas, State-wase coverage was determined by the then Planning Gommission (now NITI Aayog) by using the 1{SSO Household Consumption Expenditure Survey data for 2011-12.

At present, against  the intended coverage of 8{.35 crore, about EO

crore beneficiaries are identified  by the States/UTs under the Act.

- (c):  Food Subsidy under the NFSA is not allocated  on the basis of States/UTs.  A statement indicating funds released  to States/UTs under I{FSA, during the last two years is at Annexure-ll.

## Alll{EXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED ouEsTloN No.363{ DUE FOR ANSWER ON  ,tO.{2.2019

## State.wlse  coverage under the National Food Securaty Act, 2Ol3

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| s. No.   | States/UTs           | Antyodaya Anna Yojana   | Antyodaya Anna Yojana   | No. of priority persons   | Total    |
|----------|----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|----------|
| s. No.   | States/UTs           | No. of family           | No. of person           | No. of priority persons   | persons  |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 9.O9                    | 23.s2                   | 244.71                    | 26A,23   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    | o.37                    | 1.47                    | 6.74                      | 4.21     |
| 3        | Assam                | 7.O3                    | 29.69                   | 221.94                    | 251.63   |
| 4        | Bihar                | 25.O1                   | { 16.5s                 | 74().57                   | 857.12   |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh         | 7.19                    | 20.42                   | r 80.35                   | 20().77  |
| 6        | Delhi                | o.75                    | 2.90                    | 69.83                     | 72.73    |
| 7        | Goa                  | 0.t 3                   | o.50                    | 4.42                      | 5.32     |
| 8        | Gujarat              | 4.12                    | 42.77                   | 339.77                    | 342.54   |
| I        | Haryana              | 2.64                    | { 't .35                | 115.14                    | 126.49   |
| {o       | Himacha! Pradesh     | 1.42                    | 7.67                    | zO.SA                     | 24.64    |
| 11       | J&K                  | 2.36                    | 11.04                   | es.os                     | lzets    |
| 12       | Jharkhand            | 9.17                    | 37.98                   | 225.72                    | 263.70   |
| {3       | Karnataka            | 10.97                   | 43.91                   | 358.O2                    | 40{.93   |
| 14       | Kerala               | 5.96                    | 25.59                   | 129.21                    | 154.80   |
| {5       | Madhya Pradesh       | { 3.98                  | 50.20                   | 496.22                    | 546.42   |
| {6       | Maharashtra          | 25.O5                   | 10a.o,l                 | 592.{ 6                   | 700.17   |
| 17       | Manipur              | o.64                    | 2.O1                    | 22.31                     | 24.31    |
| 1A       | Meghalaya            | o.70                    | 2.91                    | 14.54                     | 21.46    |
| {9       | Mizoram              | o.26                    | o.a2                    | s.86                      | 6.68     |
| 20       | Nagaland             | o.48                    | 2.11                    | 11,94                     | r4.05    |
| 21       | Odisha               | 12.40                   | 41.74                   | 2A1.82                    | 323.60   |
| 22       | Punjab               | 1.79                    | 7.71                    | 133.74                    | 141.45   |
| 23       | Raiasthan            | 9.32                    | 37.00                   | 409.62                    | 446.62   |
| 24       | Sikkim               | o.17                    | o.55                    | 3.24                      | 3.79     |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu           | 17.17                   | 73.27                   | 284.O7                    | 357.34   |
| 26       | Telangana            | 5.67                    | 15.29                   | 176.33                    | 191.62   |
| 27       | Tripura              | {.{o                    | 4.98                    | { 9.85                    | 24.43    |
| 2A       | Uttar Pradesh        | 40.94                   | 126.96                  | tZet.OZ                   | { 390.98 |
| 29       | Uttarakhand          | 1.44                    | 7.92                    | 54.O4                     | 61.96    |
| 30       | West Bengal          | 15.86                   | 51.42                   | 550.02                    | 601.84   |
| 3t       | A&N                  | 0.o4                    | o.14                    | o.46                      | o.6{     |
| 32       | Daman & Diu          | o.o{                    | o.04                    | o.72                      | o.76     |
| 33       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | o.04                    | o.23                    | 1.92                      | 2.15     |
| 34       | Lakshadweep          | o.ot                    | o.o4                    | o.{ 8                     | o.22     |
| 35       | Chandigarh           | o.oo                    | o.or                    | 2.79                      | 2.79     |
| 36       | Puduchery            | o.26                    | o.83                    | 5,32                      | 6.{5     |
|          | Total                | 234.34                  | 909.97                  | 7055.O5                   | 7966.O3  |

## Ai{NEXURE REFERRED TO lN PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED ouEsTtoN No.363{ DUE FOR ANSWER ON {O.{2.2019

## Food Subsidy released to Food corporation of lndia (FG!) during the last two years

| Financial Year             | Food Subsidy (Rupee in crore)   |
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 2017-18                    | { o1981 .69*                    |
| 2018-19                    | {40098**                        |
| 2O19-2O (As on O4.12.2O{9) | I 06000***                      |

- ***  lncludes ilSSF loan of Rs.TOOOO  crore to FCl.
- *r  lnclude NSSF Ioan of RS.4OOOO crore to FG!.

State/UT.wise breakup of Food Subsidy released to DCP States & UTs on O4.72.2O1 tn crores

| S. No.   | Name of the State   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | 6060.{7   | 4542.57   | 3471.O4   |
| 2        | Bi har              | 4535,11   | 2291.64   | 1004.47   |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh        | 4272.36   | 3303.r9   | 3625.44   |
| 4        | Gujarat             | o,oo      | 9.31      | o.o0      |
| 5        | Karnataka           | {66.95    | 417.53    | 205.79    |
| 6        | Kerala              | 782.06    | 620.23    | o.oo      |
| 7        | Madhya Pradesh      | 41{3.23   | 6026.97   | 5150.35   |
| 8        | Maharashtra         | 583.66    | o,oo      | 107.20    |
| 9        | Odisha              | 5{ 33.57  | 4651.O1   | 3290.19   |
| lo       | Puniab              | 796.33    | 1722.33   | 161 2.09  |
| 11       | Raiasthan           | o.oo      | o.00      | o.oo      |
| 12       | Tamil Nadu          | 651.70    | I { 36.61 | 896.5{    |
| t3       | Telangana           | 3853.7r   | 2559.31   | 4246.O7   |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh       |           |           |           |
| 14       | Uttarakhand         | 860.{ I   | 329.8     | 562.20    |
| {5       | West Bengal         | 2042.30   | 3279.69   | 1813.26   |
| l6       | DBT*                | 14E.74    | 139.2s    | 102.56    |
|          | qHrotal             | 38000.oo  | 3{029,485 | 260A7.25  |