Lok Sabha Question No. 3847 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-16
Subject: Beneficiaries under AAY
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Ganesan Selvam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3847

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  JULY, 2019

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER AAY

## 3847.  SHRI SELVAM. G.:

Will  the  Minister  of  CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD  AND  PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION उपभोक्ता त मल , ाखतद्ा औा तावर्ज�ाका्औता  मं be  pleased  to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  norms/guidelines  adopted  for  identification  of Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) families in the country;
- (b) the number of targeted and actual beneficiaries under AAY since its inception, State-wise including Tamil Nadu and year-wise as on date; and
- (c) whether the Government has received any request from Tamil Nadu for  increasing  the  number  of  beneficiaries  under  AAY,  if  so,  the  steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI   DANVE  RAOSAHEB   DADARAO)

- (a): As per the guidelines issued by the Government, the Antyodaya Anna Yojana  (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): AAY was launched in December'2000 in all States/Union Territories (UTs) for one crore families to be identified from the Below Poverty Line (BPL)  families.  Coverage  under  this  scheme  has  been  expanded  thrice since then i.e. during 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 covering additional 50 lakh households each time. Thus the total coverage under AAY was raised to  2.50  crore  AAY  families.  The  identification  of  AAY  families  within  the target of AAY families allocated to each State/UT is the responsibility of concerned  State/UT  Government.  Against  the  targeted  number  of  2.50 crore  AAY  families,  State/UT  Governments  have  reported  identification 2.38  crore  AAY  families.  A  State/UT  -  wise  statement  indicating  the number  of  targeted  and  actual  beneficiaries  including  Tamil  Nadu  is  at Annexure.

(c): No request has been received from State Government of Tamil Nadu in 2018 to increase the number of families covered under AAY. 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. 3847 DUE FOR ANSWERED ON 16.07.2019 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## Statement indicating State/UT - wise number of families covered under AAY under National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) as on 10.07.2019

(in lakh)

| S. No.   | State                         |   Coverage under AAY |   AAY families identified |
|----------|-------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pd आन् प्लद            |                9.586 |                      9.09 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pd अरतताम प्लद      |                0.38  |                      0.37 |
| 3        | Assam अ                       |                7.04  |                      7.03 |
| 4        | Bihar �बहतऔ                   |               25.01  |                     25.01 |
| 5        | Chattisgarh छत्ं सग           |                7.189 |                      7.19 |
| 6        | Delhi �्लमल                   |                1.568 |                      0.76 |
| 7        | Goa सोात                      |                0.184 |                      0.13 |
| 8        | Gujarat सुरऔत्                |                8.128 |                      8.12 |
| 9        | Haryana ह�औ्ततत               |                3.025 |                      2.68 |
| 10       | Himachal Pd �ह ताम प्लद       |                1.971 |                      1.82 |
| 11       | J & K रम एा �श ंऔ             |                2.822 |                      2.36 |
| 12       | Jharkhand झतऔखड               |                9.179 |                      9.17 |
| 13       | Karnataka �जतव्�              |               11.997 |                     10.97 |
| 14       | Kerala �ल औम                  |                5.958 |                      5.96 |
| 15       | Madhya Pd ध् प्लद             |               15.816 |                     13.98 |
| 16       | Maharashtra हतऔतष्            |               25.053 |                     25.05 |
| 17       | Manipur �तपुऔ                 |                0.636 |                      0.64 |
| 18       | Meghalaya लधतम्               |                0.702 |                      0.7  |
| 19       | Mizoram � रोऔ                 |                0.261 |                      0.26 |
| 20       | Nagaland जतसतम�ड              |                0.475 |                      0.48 |
| 21       | Odisha ओ�ड त                  |               12.645 |                     12.4  |
| 22       | Punjab परतब                   |                1.794 |                      1.79 |
| 23       | Rajasthan औतरस्तज             |                9.321 |                      9.32 |
| 24       | Sikkim � िक�                  |                0.165 |                      0.17 |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu ्� मजतडु           |               18.646 |                     17.17 |
| 26       | Telangana ्लमसतजत             |                5.992 |                      5.67 |
| 27       | Tripura �मपुऔत                |                1.131 |                      1.1  |
| 28       | Uttar Pd उत्औ प्लद            |               40.945 |                     40.94 |
| 29       | Uttarakhand उत्औतखड           |                1.909 |                      1.84 |
| 30       | West Bengal पिशा बसतम         |               19.857 |                     15.86 |
| 31       | A & N अणड तज एा ्ज�ोबतऔ दांप  |                0.107 |                      0.04 |
| 32       | Daman & Diu ् ज एा ्ला        |                0.015 |                      0.01 |
| 33       | D&N Haveli ्त्औत एा जसऔ हालमल |                0.069 |                      0.04 |
| 34       | Lakshdweep म�्दांप            |                0.012 |                      0.01 |
| 35       | Chandigarh ाडंसग              |                0.088 |                      0    |
| 36       | Puducherry पुड ालऔल           |                0.322 |                      0.26 |
|          | Total                         |              249.998 |                    238.35 |