Lok Sabha Question No. 5562 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Beneficiaries of NFSA
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Sumalatha Ambareesh, D.K. Suresh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## MInISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5562 To BE ANSWERED ON 6Th APRIL, 2022

## BENEFICIARIES OF NFSA

5562. SHRIMATI SUMALATHA AMBAREESH:

SHRI D.K.SURESH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has prepared a separate list of National Food Security Act (NFSA) beneficiaries entitled for food grains from any
- Fair Price Shop (FPS);
- (b) if the total number of NFSA beneficiaries identified in the country, State and district-wise with special reference to State; Karnataka
- (c) beneficiaries
- whether the Government has taken note that a large number of are not getting the benefits of the scheme;
- (d) if so, whether the Government has conducted that the targeted beneficiaries any to ensure are receiving the benefits of the scheme; and study
- (e) if the details thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS; FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a): The Government is implementing One Nation One Ration (CNORC) syster which empowers about 80 Crore National Food Gecurity Act, 2013 (NFSA) beneficiaries in the country, beneficiaries, to seamlessly access their particularly migrant food security entitlements anywhere in the country through nation-wide portability of their existinglsame ration cards from any electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) enabled Fair Price (FPS) of their   choice with authentication at the time of the biometric/Aadhaar foodgrains: Thus, no separate list 8f beneficiaries under NFSA is prepared for lifting of foodgrains from FPS under the ONORC system: any Shop lifting

- (b): At present; 79.73 crore beneficiaries are covered under details of beneficiaries the Act. The covered under the Act, in State of Karnataka are as follows:

| (In lakh)                   | (In lakh)                   | (In lakh)           | (In lakh)       |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
| Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) | Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) | Number of           | Total number of |
| Number of                   | Number of                   | beneficiaries in    | beneficiaries   |
| households                  | persons                     | priority households |                 |
|                             | 43.91                       | 358.02              | 401.93          |

A statement indicating the StateUT-wise number of covered under the Act is at Annexure: District wise beneficiaries data is not maintained by the Union Government:

- (c): The Act provides for coverage of upto 75% of the rural and of the urban population for receiving upto 50% highly subsidized foodgrains under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), thus covering about twothirds of the total population which at Census 2011 comes to 81.35 crore: The Coverage under the Act is substantially high to ensure that all the vulnerable and needy sections of the society get its benefit.
- (d) & (e): To monitor the implementation of the NFSA and to evaluate its impact among targeted beneficiaries, Government of India has reputed institutions as Monitoring Institutions engaged (MIs) for concurrent evaluation of NFSA in States/UTs. The findings of the beneficiaries reports indicate that continue to receive their monthly entitlements in quantity and at right price: The reports appreciated right have been undertaken that various reforms by the Government of India to improve the public distribution system: The Department regularly shares the evaluation report with StateslUTs for concurrent the monitoring necessary action as suggested by institutions:

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5562 FOR ANSWER ON 06.04.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA

## STATE/UT-WISE NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES COVERED UNDER THE NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ACT, 2013

|     |                   | No. of families/persons identified under NFSA (in lakh)   | No. of families/persons identified under NFSA (in lakh)   | No. of families/persons identified under NFSA (in lakh)   | No. of families/persons identified under NFSA (in lakh)   |
|-----|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| No. | States/ UTs       | AAY                                                       | AAY                                                       | No. of persons in priority                                | Total persons                                             |
|     |                   | No. of families                                           | No. of person                                             | households                                                |                                                           |
| L   | Andhra Pradesh    | 9.08                                                      | 23.52                                                     | 244.70                                                    | 268.22                                                    |
| 2   | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.38                                                      | 1.50                                                      | 6.90                                                      | 8.40                                                      |
| 3   | Assam             | 6.92                                                      | 28.08                                                     | 223.08                                                    | 251.17                                                    |
| 4   | Bihar             | 25.01                                                     | 125.05                                                    | 746.11                                                    | 871.16                                                    |
| 5   | Chhattisgarh      | 7.19                                                      | 20.42                                                     | 180.35                                                    | 200.77                                                    |
| 6   | Delhi             | 0.69                                                      | 2.81                                                      | 69.97                                                     | 72.78                                                     |
| 7   | Goa               | 0.12                                                      | 0.46                                                      | 4.86                                                      | 5.32                                                      |
| 8   | Gujarat           | 7.98                                                      | 36.19                                                     | 308.96                                                    | 345.15                                                    |
| 9   | Haryana           | 2.68                                                      | 11.35                                                     | 115.14                                                    | 126.49                                                    |
| 10  | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                           | 7.67                                                      | 20.98                                                     | 28.64                                                     |
| 11  | Jharkhand         | 9.18                                                      | 45.90                                                     | 218.36                                                    | 264.25                                                    |
| 12  | Karnataka         | 10.97                                                     | 43.91                                                     | 358.02                                                    | 401.93                                                    |
| 13  | Kerala            | 5.96                                                      |                                                           | 129.21                                                    | 154.80                                                    |
| 14  | Madhya Pradesh    | 14.81                                                     | 57.28                                                     | 425.31                                                    | 482.58                                                    |
| 15  | Maharashtra       | 25.05                                                     | 108.01                                                    | 592.16                                                    | 700.17                                                    |
| 16  | Manipur           | 0.64                                                      | 1.82                                                      | 18.15                                                     | 19.97                                                     |
| 17  | Meghalaya         | 0.70                                                      | 2.91                                                      | 18.54                                                     | 21.46                                                     |
| 18  | Mizoram           | 0.26                                                      | 0.82                                                      | 5.86                                                      | 6.68                                                      |

| 19    | Nagaland         | 0.48   |   2.11 | 11.94   |   14.05 |
|-------|------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------|
| 20    | Odisha           | 12.58  |  38.08 | 286.07  |  324.15 |
|       | Punjab           | 1.79   |   7.71 | 133.80  |  141.51 |
| 22    | Rajasthan        | 6.29   |  22.29 | 417.72  |  440.01 |
| 23    | Sikkim           |        |   0.55 | 3.24    |    3.79 |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu       | 18.65  |  68.6  | 296.10  |  364.69 |
| 25    | Telangana        | 5.67   |  15.29 | 176.33  |  191.62 |
|       | Tripura          | 1.10   |   4.98 | 19.85   |   24.83 |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh    | 40.91  | 131.16 | 1356.28 | 1487.44 |
| 28    | Uttarakhand      | 1.84   |   7.92 | 54.02   |   61.94 |
| 29    | West Bengal      | 16.42  |  54.99 |         |  601.84 |
| 30    | A&N              | 0.04   |   0.14 | 0.46    |    0.61 |
| 31    | DNH&DD           | 0.05   |   0.24 | 2.78    |    3.02 |
| 32    | Lakshadweep      | 0.01   |   0.04 | 0.18    |    0.22 |
| 33    | Chandigarh (DBT) | 0.00   |   0.01 | 2.74    |    2.75 |
| 34    | Puduchery (DBT)  | 0.25   |   0.81 | 5.42    |    6.24 |
| 35    | J&K              | 2.33   |  10.61 | 61.80   |   72.41 |
| 36    | Ladakh           | 0.06   |   0.29 | 1.15    |    1.44 |
| Total | Total            | 238.05 | 909.09 | 7063.41 | 7972.5  |