Lok Sabha Question No. 1400 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: Beneficiaries under National Food Security Scheme
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Balak Nath, Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED OUESTION ilO. {4OO TO BE ANSWERED  ON 20th SEPTEMBER, 2O2O

## BENEFICI'\R!ES UNDER NATIONAL FOOD SEGURITY SCHEME

t{40o. SHRI BALAK NATH:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND  SARASWATI:

YUill the Minister of  GOI{SUMER AFFAIRS,  FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTIoN  sqeirrin err&, urc-+ aik grffit+ fufrror t'+ be pteased to state:

- (a)  the number of beneficiaries  under the National Food Security Scheme in the country including Alwar and Sikar, districts of Raiasthan and other districts during the last two yearsl
- (b)  whether the Government has set any target under the National Food Security Scheme or proposes to set any target in future; and
- (c) if so, the details of funds allocated under the National Food Security Scheme in the country since lst Januaryr 2O2O LL date, State'wise?

ANSWER iIINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER  AFFAIRS' FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)

- (a): A Statement indicating the State/Union  Territory (UT)-wise number of beneficiaries covered under the Nationat Food Security Actr 2Ol3 (NFSA)  is at Annexure.l and a statement indicating the district wise (including alwar and sikar Districts) number of beneficiaries  in Raiasthan covered under the Act is at Annexure-ll.
- (b): The NFSA provides  for coverage uplo 75"/" of rural population and upto SDo/o ol urban poputation  for receiving highly subsidized  foodgrains  under Targeted Public Distribution system (TPDS), thus covering  about two-thirds of the total poputation. corresponding to the all India coverage ol 75o/o and 5O% in the rural and urban areas, state-wise  coverage was determined by the then Planning Gommission  (now NlTl Aayog) by using the l{ational sample survey organization (Nsso) Household Gonsumption  Expenditure Survey data for 2(J11-12.

At present, against the intended  coverage of  g{.35  crore, about  gO.6O crore beneficiaries  are identified by the states/urs under the Act. No proposa!  for revision in state/UT-wise coverage is under consideration of the Government.

- (c):  Foodgrains at subsidized  prices  is made available  by Food corporation of lndia (Fcl) to the states/UTs under the NFSA, for which food subsidy is released to FGl. only in the case of states participating in the Decentralized Procurement (DGP), under which state Government take responsibility of procurement  of foodgrains and its distribution to the eligible households, that food subsidy is reteased direcfly to state Governments. Ministry  of Finance allocates  scheme-wise  fund as a whole. There is no state-wise  fund allocation for Food subsidy. a statement  indicating the fund attocated and released to FGI and DCP States under this scheme is at Annexure-lll.

Gentral Government also provides  central assistance  to states/urs under NFSA for meeting expenditure on intra-state movement and handling of foodgrains and fair price shop deaters, margin as per approved  norms. A statement  indicating the funds released  to states/UTs  under this scheme is at Annexure.lv.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN PART (A) OF THE UNSTARRED OUESTION NO. {4OO FOR ANSWER ON 2O.O9.2O20  !N THE LOK SAB}IA

## State-wise  number of beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security  Act, 2O{3

|                 | Name of istates/UTs   | Number of beneficiaries covered under ITIFSA (In lakh)   | Number of beneficiaries covered under ITIFSA (In lakh)   | Number of beneficiaries covered under ITIFSA (In lakh)   |
|-----------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.           |                       | September,2018                                           | September,2019                                           | September,2020                                           |
| I               | Andhra Pradesh        | 268.23                                                   | 268.23                                                   | 268.23                                                   |
| 2               | Arunachal Pradesh     | 8.21                                                     | 8.21                                                     | 8.21                                                     |
| 3               | Assam                 | 2s1.63                                                   | 25t.63                                                   | 251.53                                                   |
| 4               | B ihar                | 857.12                                                   | 857.12                                                   | 871 . 1634                                               |
| 5               | Chhattisgarh          | 200.77                                                   | 200.77                                                   | 200.77                                                   |
| 6               | ttelhi                | 72.73                                                    | 72.73                                                    | 72.73                                                    |
| 7               | (loa                  | 5.32                                                     | 5.32                                                     | 5.32                                                     |
| 8               | Gujarat               | 382.54                                                   | 382.54                                                   | 382.54                                                   |
| 9               | Haryana               | 126.49                                                   | 126.49                                                   | 126.49                                                   |
| l0              | Himachal Pradesh      | 28.64                                                    | 28.64                                                    | 28.64                                                    |
| l1              | Jharkhand             | 263.70                                                   | 263.70                                                   | 263.70                                                   |
| t2              | Karnataka             | 401 .93                                                  | 401.93                                                   | 401.93                                                   |
| 13              | K:rala                | 154.80                                                   | 154.80                                                   | 154.80                                                   |
| t4              | Madhya Pradesh        | 546.42                                                   | s46.42                                                   | 546.42                                                   |
| l5              | Mah;lrashtra          | 700.17                                                   | 700.17                                                   | 700.r7                                                   |
| t6              | MeLnipur              | 22.44                                                    | 24.31                                                    | 24.67                                                    |
| t7              | Mep;halaya            | 21.40                                                    | 21.46                                                    | 21.46                                                    |
| l8              | Mi;roram              | 6.68                                                     | 6.68                                                     | 6.68                                                     |
| l9              | Nagaland              | 14.05                                                    | 14.05                                                    | 14.05                                                    |
| 20              | Odisha                | 323.60                                                   | 323.60                                                   | 323.60                                                   |
| 21              | Punjab                | t4t.4s                                                   | 141.45                                                   | 141.45                                                   |
| 22              | Ra.i asthan           | 446.62                                                   | 446.62                                                   | 446.62                                                   |
|                 | Sil<kim               | 3.79                                                     | 3.79                                                     | 3.79                                                     |
| 24              | Tamil Nadu            | 357.34                                                   | 357.34                                                   | 364.69                                                   |
| 25              | Telangana             | 191.62                                                   | 191.62                                                   | 19r.62                                                   |
| 26              | Tripura               | 24.83                                                    | 24.83                                                    | 24.83                                                    |
| 27              | Uttar Pradesh         | 1499.83                                                  | 1390.98                                                  | 1464.28                                                  |
| 28              | Uttarakhand           | 61.96                                                    | | 61.e6                                             | 61.94                                                    |
| 29              | West Bengal           | 60r.84                                                   | 601.84                                                   | 601.84                                                   |
| 30              | A&N                   | 0.59                                                     | 0.58                                                     | 0.61                                                     |
| 3l              | DNI.I&DD              | 3.00                                                     | 2.91                                                     | 2.52                                                     |
| 32              | Lakstradweep          | 0.22                                                     | 0.22                                                     | 0.22                                                     |
| 33              | Chandigarh (DBT)      | 2.80                                                     | 2.79                                                     | 2.79                                                     |
| 34              | Puducherry (DBT)      | 6.16                                                     | 6. l5                                                    | 6.30                                                     |
| 35              | J.&K                  | 74.13                                                    | 74.13                                                    | 72.41 t.44                                               |
| 36 Ladakh Total | 36 Ladakh Total       | 8073.04                                                  | 7966,01                                                  | 8060.4s                                                  |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO lN PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. {4OO FOR ANSWER ON 2O.O9.2O2O IN T}IE LOK SABHA

## District wise nunnber of beneficiaries covered under NFSA in Raiasthan

| Sr. No           |           | NFSA Beneficiary                  | NFSA Beneficiary   | NFSA Beneficiary   |
|------------------|-----------|-----------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| District         |           | As on 01.09.2018 As on 01.09.2019 | As on 01.O9.2O20   |                    |
| 1 Ajmer          | 1 686253  | 1768050                           | 1735920            |                    |
| 2 AIwar          | 2717527   | 2431766                           | 2898553            |                    |
| 3 Banswara       | 1726344   | 1727317                           | t6a177A            |                    |
| 4 Baran          | 981395    | 1042968                           | 1062359            |                    |
| 5 Barmer         | {906357   | 19493A2                           | 1943147            |                    |
| 6 Bharatpur      | 1651 056  | 1714361                           | { 718056           |                    |
| 7 Bhilwara       | 1560574   | t 661 519                         | 1704530            |                    |
| E Bikaner        | 1424336   | 145A471                           | 1462611            |                    |
| I Bundi          | 711163    | aoo220                            | 424470             |                    |
| Chattaurgarh ,10 | 1o41470   | 1063446                           | 1014762            |                    |
| Ghuru 11         | 1395050   | {455594                           | 1475008            |                    |
| 12 Dausa         | 11794lJ0  | 124A554                           | 1252970            |                    |
| t3 Dhalpur       | 888357    | 942096                            | 949630,            |                    |
| 14 Dungarpur     | 1373209   | 1384619                           | 1366271            |                    |
| t5 Ganganaga r   | 1144137   | 12i73l,7                          | 1243297            |                    |
| {6 Hanumangarh   | 1011244   | 1086035                           | { 088677           |                    |
| 17 Jaipur        | 3055847   | 32176A7                           | 34{ 6895           |                    |
| {8 Jaisalmer     | 425006    | 4so228                            | 457073             |                    |
| {9 Jalor         | 1211531   | 1242909                           | 1247975            |                    |
| 20 Jhalawar      | 1{5t913   | 120239s                           | 1202301            |                    |
| 21 Jhunihunun    | 1164992   | 1329224                           | 1434186            |                    |
| 22 Jodhpur       | 2043621   | 2262312                           | 239o423            |                    |
| 23 Karau li      | 103r 097  | 1054529                           | r060954            |                    |
| 24 Kota          | 1012439   | '1055579                          | to8t795            |                    |
| 25 Nagaur        | 2395751   | 2563060                           | 2573246            |                    |
| 26 Pali          | 1374352   | 1442943                           | 1435801            |                    |
| Paratapgarlh 27  | 773233    | 789154                            | 774420             |                    |
| 28 Raisamandl    | 860700    | 926052                            | 964174             |                    |
| 29 SawaiMadhopur | 479734    | 915840                            | 924267             |                    |
| Sikar 30         | 1804020   | 1900646                           | {93{332            |                    |
| 3{ Sirohi        | 831249    | 8485s4                            | 855564             |                    |
| 32 Tonk          | t 009r 73 | ,t 084904                         | 1091204            |                    |
| 33 Udaipur       | 2609342   | 2580200                           | 2545920            |                    |

## AI{]{EXURE  REFERRED To lN PART (c) oF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. I4OO FOR AilSWER ON 2O.O9.2O2O !N THE LOK SABHA

## Fund allocatecl  and subsidy released during  financial  year 2019-20 & 2020-Zl

(Rs. in crores)

*Over  & Above ,  Rs 44.164.02 crores in FY 201 9-20 released from food subsidy has been adjusted for repayment  ofNational  Small Saving Fund(NSSF)  Ioan.

|                             | Food Corporation of India   | Food Corporation of India   | Decentralized   | Procurement States   |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
| Year                        | Fund Allocated              | subsidy released            | Fund Allocated  | Subsidy released     |
| 2019-20                     | 75000                       | 75000                       | 33508.35        | 44944.35*            |
| 2020-21 (upto 14. 09.2020). | 77982.54                    | 48000                       | 37337.14        | 33013.36**           |

## State/UT-wise  breakup  of Food Subsidy released to DCP States and UTs during financial year2019-20  &2020-21

ln crores

* Under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme, w.e.f. 2015-16 subsidy is released to UTs of Chandigarh, Puducherry, Dadra&  Nagar Haveli.

| S. No.   | Name of the State   | 2019-20    | 2020-21 (as on 14.09.2020)   |
|----------|---------------------|------------|------------------------------|
| I        | Andhra Pradesh      | 7404.42    | 3802.08                      |
| 2        | B ihar              | 2535.7 I   | 1079.21                      |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh        | 4628.1I    | 2579.23                      |
| 4        | Cujarat             | 69.03      | 9.24                         |
| 5        | Karnataka           | 205.79     | 0.16                         |
| 6        | Kerala              | 469.30     | 696.61                       |
| 7        | Madhya Pradesh      | 8888.39    | 6825.26                      |
| 8        | Maharashtr,r        | 1920.t7    | 3s 8.92                      |
| 9        | Odisha              | 5807.45    | 5700.56                      |
| l0       | Punjab              | 1612.09    | 670.03                       |
| lt       | Tamil Nadu.         | 3242.79    | 476.58                       |
| t2       | Telangana           | 4858.89    | 4490.5t                      |
| r3       | Uttarakhand         | 903.12     | 673.65                       |
| t4       | West Bengal         | 2194.86    | 5596.91                      |
| l5       | Jharkhand           |            | 3.66                         |
| t6       | DBT*                | 204.24     | 50.74                        |
|          | qlrl Total          | 44944.35** | 33013.36                     |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED To tN PART (c) OF THE UiTSTARRED OUESTTON ito. 1400 FoR ANSWER Oit 20.09.2020  !1{ THE LOK SABHA.

Fund released to states/UTs under the scheme  "Assistance  to state Agencies for meeting expenditure  on intra State movement  & handling of foodgrains and fair price shop dealers, margin under the National Food Security Act,2013 during 2019-20 and 2020-21.

(Rupee  in crore)

| S. t{o.   | States/UTs        | zotg-zo   | 2020-2t   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|
| ,|   | Andhra Pradesh    | 62,52     | 15.29     |
| 2         | Arunachat Pradesh | o.oo      | 0.80      |
| 3         | Assam             | o.o0      | 368.08    |
| 4         | Bihar             | 342.43    | 444.74    |
| 5         | Ghhattisgarh      | 31.28     | 124.07    |
| 6         | Delhi             | 136.83    | 4.,,t5    |
| 7         | Goa               | 1,8{      | 0.30      |
| I         | Gujarat           | 146.47    | s8.14     |
| 9         | Haryana           | 6,70      | o.oo      |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 29,18     | 2,79      |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 317.72    | {5.03     |
| 12        | X,arnataka        | o,oo      | 46.21     |
| 13        | Kerala            | 0.00      | 23.53     |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 0.00      | 146.24    |
| t5        | Maharashtra       | 30s.83    | 39.9{     |
| 16        | Manipur           | o.oo      | 2.40      |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | o.oo      | 2.09      |
| t8        | Mizoram           | 14.60     | 0.65      |
| l9        | llagaland         | o.oo      | 3.65      |
| 20        | Odisha            | o.oo      | 14.4      |
| 21        | Punjab            | 9,30      | 8.06      |
| 22        | Rlaiasthan        | 95,85     | 68.29     |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 4.92      | s.09      |
| 24        | T:rmil Nadu       | 0.o0      | 20.37     |
| 25        | Telangana         | 0.00      | 10.92     |
| 26        | Tripura           | 32,28     | 6.49      |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 141.Os    | 86.67     |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | o.oo      | 6.04      |
| 2S        | IYr:st Bengal     | o.oo      | 91.47     |
| 30        | A&N               | o.oo      | o.o6      |
| 31        | Chandigarh        | o,oo      | o.l6      |
|           | D&NH              | o.oo      | 0.{6      |
| 32        | DD                | 0.00      | 0.oo      |
| 33        | Lakshadweep       | 0.00      | o.00      |
| 34        | Pud ucherry       | 0.00      | 0.36      |
| 35        | J&K               |           | 135.75    |
| 36        | Ladakh            | o.oo      | 0.o0      |
|           | Total             | 1674.74   | 1800      |