Lok Sabha Question No. 1380 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-18
Subject: Antyodaya Anna Yojana
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1380

## 18 DECEMBER, 2018

## ANTYODAYA ANNA YOJANA

## 1380.   SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA:

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- (a) the  norms/guidelines  adopted  for  identification  of  Antyodaya  Anna Yojana (AAY) families in the country;
- (b) the  total  number  of  beneficiaries  covered  under  the  AAY,  State/UTwise;
- (c) whether the  Government has received  any  request  from  the  States for increasing the number of beneficiaries under AAY; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government in this regard?

A N S W E R MINISTER OF STATE FOR  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a): `As  per  the  guidelines  issued  by  the  Government,  the  AAY  families are  to  be  identified  by  States/Union  Territories  (UTs)  as  per  the  following criteria:
- (i) Landless agriculture labourers, marginal farmers, rural artisans /craftsmen, such as potters, tanners, weavers, blacksmiths, carpenters, slum dwellers and persons earning their livelihood on daily basis in the informal sector  like porters, coolies, rickshaw  pullers,  hand  cart pullers, fruit and flower sellers, snake charmers, rag pickers, cobblers, destitute and other similar categories in both  rural and  urban areas;
- (ii) Households headed by widows or terminally ill persons/disabled persons/  persons  aged  60  years  or  more  with  no  assured  means  of subsistence or societal support;

- (iii) Widows or terminally ill persons or disabled persons or persons aged 60 years or more or single women or single men with no family or societal support or assured means of subsistence;
- (iv) All primitive tribal households;
- (v) All eligible Below Poverty Line (BPL) families of HIV positive persons.
- (b): Foodgrains under Antodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) are given family wise, hence, a statement giving States/UTs wise number of families covered under AAY are at Annexure-I.
- (c) & (d): Requests  have  been  received  from  few  State  Governments  to increase  the  number  of  families  covered  under  AAY,  but  it  could  not  be acceded to as the number is fixed for every State/UT. However, States/UTs are advised from time-to-time to review the existing list of AAY families and remove the ineligible households so as to include only the most eligible.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART ( b ) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1380  DUE FOR ANSWER ON 18.12.2018 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## Statement indicating State/UT - wise number of families covered under AAY under National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) as on 12.12.2018 (in lakh)

| S.No.   | State                          |   Coverage under AAY |   AAY families identified |
|---------|--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pd आन् प्रद             |                9.586 |                      9.09 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pd अरुणाच प्रद       |                0.38  |                      0.37 |
| 3       | Assam असम                      |                7.04  |                      7.03 |
| 4       | Bihar �बहणर                    |               25.01  |                     25.01 |
| 5       | Chattisgarh छत्तससग            |                7.189 |                      7.19 |
| 6       | Delhi �्लचल                    |                1.568 |                      0.76 |
| 7       | Goa सोवण                       |                0.184 |                      0.13 |
| 8       | Gujarat सुजरण्                 |                8.128 |                      8.12 |
| 9       | Haryana ह�रयणुण                |                3.025 |                      2.68 |
| 10      | Himachal Pd �हमणाच प्रद        |                1.971 |                      1.82 |
| 11      | J & K जममु एवं कशमतर           |                2.822 |                      2.36 |
| 12      | Jharkhand झणरखंड               |                9.179 |                      9.17 |
| 13      | Karnataka कनणर्क               |               11.997 |                     10.97 |
| 14      | Kerala कर रच                   |                5.958 |                      5.96 |
| 15      | Madhya Pd मधय प्रद             |               15.816 |                     13.98 |
| 16      | Maharashtra महणरणष्            |               25.053 |                     25.05 |
| 17      | Manipur म�ुपुर                 |                0.636 |                      0.64 |
| 18      | Meghalaya मरधणचय               |                0.702 |                      0.15 |
| 19      | Mizoram �मजोरम                 |                0.261 |                      0.26 |
| 20      | Nagaland नणसणच�ड               |                0.475 |                      0.48 |
| 21      | Odisha ओ�डसण                   |               12.645 |                     12.4  |
| 22      | Punjab पंजणब                   |                1.794 |                      1.79 |
| 23      | Rajasthan रणजस्णन              |                9.321 |                      9.32 |
| 24      | Sikkim �सिककम                  |                0.165 |                      0.17 |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu ्�मचनणडु            |               18.646 |                     17.17 |
| 26      | Telangana ्रचंसणनण             |                5.992 |                      5.67 |
| 27      | Tripura �तपुरण                 |                1.131 |                      1.1  |
| 28      | Uttar Pd उत्र प्रद             |               40.945 |                     40.95 |
| 29      | Uttarakhand उत्रणखंड           |                1.909 |                      1.84 |
| 30      | West Bengal पिशा म बंसणच       |               19.857 |                     15.86 |
| 31      | A & N अणडमणन एवं �नकोबणर दवतप  |                0.107 |                      0.04 |
| 32      | Daman & Diu ्मन एवं ्लव        |                0.015 |                      0.01 |
| 33      | D&N Haveli ्ण्रण एवं नसर हवरचल |                0.069 |                      0    |
| 34      | Lakshdweep च�यदवतप             |                0.012 |                      0.01 |
| 35      | Chandigarh ांडतसग              |                0.088 |                      0    |
| 36      | Puducherry पुड ाररल            |                0.322 |                      0.26 |
|         | Total                          |              249.998 |                    237.76 |