Lok Sabha Question No. 454 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Privatisation of Fair Price Shops
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Andimuthu Raja

## MtNtsTRy oF coNsuMER AFFAIRS, FOOD &  pUBLtC  DTSTRtBUTtOit

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED OUESTION NO. 454 TO BE ANSWERED  ON 4th FEBRUARY, 2O2O

## PRIVATISATION  OF FAIR PRIGE SHOPS

## 454. SHRI A. RAJA:

Will the Minister of  CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION  Jvart+.dl arr*, ur<.c $tt wdqfro fuilur d* be pteased to state:

- (a)  the details of the number of fair price shops operationalised  under PDS across the country including  Tamil Nadu;
- (b)  whether the Government is planning to privatise  the shops running under Public Distribution System across the country, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) whether the Government is aware that it has been opposed by al! the shop owners running fair price shops within the country, if so, the details thereof and the Government's stand thereon?

## ANSWER

IYIINISTER  OF STATE FOR MI}IISTRY OF CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD &

PUBLIG DISTRIBUTIOil (SHRI DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)

- (a): There are 5.39 lakh operational Fair Price Shops (FPSs) across the country including Tami! l{adu. A State-wise statement  showing the number of Fair Price Shops is Annexed.
- (b): No, Sir.
- (c):  Question does not arise.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO lN REPLY TO PART (a) oF THE UI{STARRED QUESTION NO.454 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 04.02.2020  IN THE LOK SABHA.

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| sl. F.s.   | States/UTs l|iil/ +q rrq qtdl     | Total No. ot Fair Price Shops sfud <r Ec'rdt *t ga i'wr   |
|------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1          | A&N tsland 3igfira 3tt{ ffi{R ('&c lT$ | 479                                                       |
| 2          | Andhra Pladesh gtiu ctar               | 28r936                                                    |
| 3          | Arunachal Pradesh 3{Tutrtl- Yerr       | 11943                                                     |
| 4          | Assam :lftlirT                         | 381237                                                    |
| 5          | Bihar frgfit                           | 46,800                                                    |
| 6          | Chandigarh ii*rl6                      | NA                                                        |
| 7          | Ghhattisgarh udgztE                    | 12,3O4                                                    |
| I          | D & N Haveti EL uti a. fi*             | 63                                                        |
| 9          | Daman & Diu (Eur qd fr{                | 51                                                        |
| 10         | Delhi fr;*                             | 2,254                                                     |
| 11         | Goa zrtgr                              | 456                                                       |
| 12         | Guiarat zERliI                         | 17,21O                                                    |
| 13         | Haryana 6t{Itott                       | 9,526                                                     |
| 14         | Himachat Pradesh F,fr{dr ctel          | 4,934                                                     |
| l5         | Jammu & l(ashmir ir5E-6e*{             | 6r411                                                     |
| l6         | Jharkhand Fr{S!'                       | 251532                                                    |
| 17         | Karnataka 6-itei6                      | ,19,935                                                   |
| 18         | Kerala *14                             | 14,374                                                    |
| 19         | Lakshadweep Er0r6$v                    | 39                                                        |
| 20         | Madhya Pradesh atzllel'I               | 24,732                                                    |
| 21         | Maharashtra e-iRlE                     | 52,532                                                    |
| 22         | Manipur ,rFI:{                         | 2,6a2                                                     |
| 23         | Meghalaya lsr c                        | 4r736                                                     |
| 24         | Mizoram ffi{q                          | 1,252                                                     |
| 25         | Nagaland ar|Trdt                  | .r,691                                                    |
| 26         | odisha 3f.irll                         | 121577                                                    |
| 27         | Pudducherry qsgtt                      | NA                                                        |
| 28         | Puniab !llIr..                         | 17l-525                                                   |
| 29         | Rajasthan {lErgFI                      | 25,682                                                    |
| 30         | 6'ftH?r                                | 11362                                                     |
| 3l         | ""**'- Tamil Nadu ilanrarg             | 34t776                                                    |
| 32         | Telangana dtizmr                       | 17,17O                                                    |
| 33         | Tripura Bgv                            | 1,806                                                     |
| 34         | Uttar Pradesh 5fr{ qerr                | 80,493                                                    |
| 35         | Uttrakhand 3tar(rE!t                   | 9,908                                                     |
| 36         | West Bengal tL -4f                     | 2O,806                                                    |
| Totat atg  | Totat atg                              | 5,39,214                                                  |