Lok Sabha Question No. 4564 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-30
Subject: Extension of PMGKAY
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4564 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30TH MARCH, 2022

## EXTENSION OF PMGKAY

4564. SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plans to extend PM Garib Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) till March 2024; Kalyan
- (b) if not, the reasons for the same; and
- the details of quantity of monthly grains being allotted to States under PMGKAY, State-wise?

A NSWE R MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JyOTI)

- (a) & (b): The Pradhan Yojana (PMGKAY) has been extended for a further period six months from April, 2022 to September, 2022 by the Government
- (c): State-wise details of quantity of monthly foodgrains being allotted to States/UTs under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) is at Annexure. Monthly quantity keeps on increasingldecreasing as per additionldeletion of Ration Cards due to various reasons

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED To IN REPLY PART (c) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION No.4564 FOR ANSWER ON 30.03.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA

Details of quantity of monthly foodgrains allotted to States/UTs under PMGKAY being

| SI No   | StatesfUTs                |   Quantity of monthly foodgrains (in MTs) |
|---------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                             304.31        |
|         | Andhra Pradesh            |                          134111           |
|         | Arunachal Pradesh         |                            4201.72        |
|         | Assam                     |                          125583           |
|         | Bihar                     |                          435582           |
| 6       | Chandigarh                |                            1331.76        |
|         | Chhattisgarh              |                          100385           |
| 8       | Daman & Diu DeNH          |                            1491.06        |
| 9       | Delhi                     |                           36390           |
| 10      | Goa                       |                            2660.91        |
| 11      | Gujarat                   |                          170857           |
| 12      | Haryana                   |                           63245           |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh          |                           14322.3         |
| 14      | Jammu And Kashmir         |                           36205.3         |
| 15      | Jharkhand                 |                          131850           |
| 16      | Karnataka                 |                          200965           |
| 17      | Kerala                    |                           77400.1         |
| 18      | Ladakh                    |                             719.47        |
| 19      | Lakshadweep               |                             109.04        |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh_           |                          241292           |
| 21      | Maharashtra               |                          350083           |
| 22      | Manipur                   |                            9984.64        |
| 23      | Meghalaya                 |                           10727.6         |
| 24      | Mizoram                   |                            3341.08        |
| 25      | Nagaland                  |                            7023.44        |
| 26      | Odisha                    |                          162073           |
| 27      | Puducherry                |                            3121.28        |
| 28      | Punjab                    |                           70756.5         |
| 29      | Rajasthan                 |                          220006           |
| 30      | Sikkim                    |                            1893.94        |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu                |                          182347           |
| 32      | Telangana                 |                           95810.9         |
| 33      | Tripura                   |                           12414.1         |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh             |                          735960           |
| 35      | Uttarakhand               |                           30970           |
| 36      | West Bengal               |                          300919           |
| Total   | Total                     |                               3.97644e+06 |

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