Lok Sabha Question No. 344 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Food Grains for Kerala during Covid-19 Pandemic
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Suresh Kodikunnil

## GOVERilMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY  OF GOilSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD & PUBLIG DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIG DISTRIBUTIOT{

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 344 TO BE ANSWERED  ON aOTHJULYt2O21

## FOOD GRAINS FOR KERALA DURING COVID.I9 PANDEMIG

## 344. SHRI KODIKUNNIL  SURESH:

will  the llllinister of  GONSUMER  AFFAIRS' FOOD AND PUBLIC

DI5TRIBUTI6N  5qsftrT arrd, urc alk {r{dfi-q' f{f,{q d* be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has distributed  of allocated  free food grains during the first and second wave of covid pandemic,  especially for state of the Kerala;
- (b) if so, the details  thereof and details of distributed items, state-wisel
- (c)  whether the Government  has received a proposal from Kerala state Government  for additional allocation  of food grainsl
- (d)  if so, the details thereof and action taken by the Government  in this regardl and
- (e)  whether the Government  has instructed the state for release  of food grains to the beneficiaries  on the basis of income, if so, the details
- thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND GONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIG DISTRIBUTION (sADHVr NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) to (d): Yes Sir, Under the Pradhan iiantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yolna (PiltGXAY),  it was decided by the Govt. to provide additlonat  allocation of food' grain (i.e. Rice, Wheat or combination  of both) @ 5 kg per pe6on per month  free of cost for all the beneliciaries  (of all the states/uTs  Including Kerala)  covered underTargettedPublicDistrlbutionsystem(AntyodayaAnnaYoina&Prloritll Households) including those covered under Direct Benefit Transfer  (DBT) for a period of 3 months i.e Aprit-rune,  2o2O  (PMGKAY.Phase-t), In this packager  about {2{ Lakh Metrlc Tons (LtilT) of food.gralns  were atlotted  to approximately  8o.96 crore NFSA beneficiaries entailing maximum financiat implications  of approximately  Rs. 4606{ Grore'

Later on' extension of PMGKAY was done for a ftrrthcr pcrlod of 5 months I.e. up to November 2o2O (PillcKAY.Phase-lt).  Accordingty, addltlonal  allocation of food€rain  of approx.  2O't LtT fot these tive months (l'c' Juty 2O2O to November  2O2O) was made for dlstribution  to approx' E0'4:l Crore NFSA beneflclaries.  The total flnanclal  implicatlon for these five months was eatlmated to be rnaximum  of Rs. 76O62.{'l Grore.

lnvlewofthe2ndwavoofGovid.lgPandemtc,GoYt.oflndladecldadto p?ovlde  additlonal foodglalns'  tree of cost @ 5 Kg per person per month to all th' beneficlaries covered under NFSA over and above NFSA foodgralns for turo monthst.e.ayandJune2o2l(PtGxAY.Phase.tIl).tnthisPhasc'addltional allocafion of food.graln  of approx. 79.39 LMT was made for distdbutlon  to around 80 Crors NFSA beneficiarles. The total fanancaat  impltcatlon for th6se 6i,o months was esttmatod  to be maxlmum of Rs. 2660252 Grote'

Fu]ther'theGovtoflndtahasdecldedtocontlnuethePMGKAYSchemetlll November,  202{  (Pi/IGKAY-Phase-lv).  In this Phase, additlonal  altocataon  of food' gralnofapProx.lgs.?SLMThasbocnmadefo]distributlontoapprox.E0c]o'. NFSA boneflclaries. Tho total flnanclal  lmpllcatlon for these flvc months I'e' Julyt 2o2ltoNovSmber'2o2|isestimatedtobeamaxlmum,9fR3.67266.4cforc. The quantitlr of foodgralns'  number of beneficlaries-qtc'  may vary ar  por actual ldentiflcation  of beneliclaries  done by States/UTs  frcm tlm;'to ttme'

ln respect of Kerata a quanttty of approx' {'l'6{ LtT of foodgralns have beenatlocatedunderPlf,GKAY(Phasel'lV)'Also,underAtmaNlrbharBharat Scheme(ANBS)Govtoflndlahadallocatedaquantttyofover8LlllTolfoodgralns to all thG States/UTa' includlng  approx l5t480 !5T to Kerala'

AStatementofstate.wisoprovlslonatallocatlonoffoodg]ainsundor PMGKAY.2o2o(April-Novembet,2o2o|andPMGxAY.2o2,l(May.Novembs]'2021) ls placad at Annexure'!.

(e):  l{o Slr

## AilNExURE REFERRED TO lN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 311.4 FOR AilSWER ON 2O.O7.2O21 lN THE LOK SABHA

State-wise  allocation  of foodgrains  under  PMGKAY-2020  (April-November,  2020) and PMGKAY-202 I (May-November,  202 I  ) [provisional]

in MTs)

| SN   | States/UTs                | Total Allocation under PMGKAY 2020 (April, 2020 to Novembcr, 2020)   | Total Allocation under PMGKAY 2021(May,202lto November, 2021)   |
|------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| I    | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 2434.48                                                              | 2130.17                                                         |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh            | 1072920.00                                                           | 938775.805                                                      |
| J    | Arunachal Pradesh         | 32844.84                                                             | 294t2.005                                                       |
| 4    | Assam                     | 1006116.96                                                           | 878654.56                                                       |
| 5    | Bihar                     | 3463588.53                                                           | 3049071.93s                                                     |
| 6    | Chandigarh                | 1l I12.95                                                            | 9780.225                                                        |
| 7    | Chhattisgarh              | 803080.00                                                            | 702695                                                          |
| 8    | Damarr & Diu D&NH         | 1t482.44                                                             | 9434.94                                                         |
| 9    | Delhi                     | 290932.96                                                            | 254729.825                                                      |
| l0   | Goa                       | 21279.76                                                             | 18626.335                                                       |
| ll   | Gujarat                   | r 530143.48                                                          | I 195998.825                                                    |
| 12   | Haryana                   | s0s960.00                                                            | 442715                                                          |
| l3   | Himachal Pradesh          | 114578.24                                                            | 10025s.96                                                       |
| t4   | Jammu And Kashmir         | 289 r 01.03                                                          | 253437.345                                                      |
| 15   | Jharkhand                 | 10s4800.92                                                           | 9229s0.805                                                      |
| l6   | lLamataka                 | 1607720.00                                                           | 1406755                                                         |
| t7   | Kerala                    | 619200.48                                                            | 541800.42                                                       |
| l8   | Ladakh                    | 575 5.80                                                             | 5036.29                                                         |
| l9   | Lakshadweep               | 880.00                                                               | 765.305                                                         |
| 20   | Pradesh Madhya            | 2185680.00                                                           | 1689043.93                                                      |
| 2l   | Maharashtra               | 2800680.00                                                           | 2450587.1                                                       |
| 22   | Manipur                   | 98526.02                                                             | 65 105.565                                                      |
| 23   | N{eghalaya                | 85820.68                                                             | 75093.095                                                       |
| 24   | lMizoram                  | 26728.60                                                             | 23387.52s                                                       |
| 25   | land 1.1                  | 56187.48                                                             | 49164.04s                                                       |
| 26   | Odisha                    | 1294384.64                                                           | I 135 157.4 r 5                                                 |
| 27   | Puducherry                | 25284.94                                                             | 21910.495                                                       |
| 28   | Punjab                    | 565800.00                                                            | 495295.57                                                       |
| 29   | Ilaj asthan               | 1786480.00                                                           | 1540043.575                                                     |
| 30   | Sikkim                    | l5l5 L52                                                             | 13257.58                                                        |
| 3t   | Tamil Nadu                | t429348.48                                                           | 1276427.775                                                     |
| 32   | 'I'elangana               | 766480.00                                                            | 670676.65                                                       |
| 33   | Tripura                   | 99788.02                                                             | 87088.655                                                       |
| 34   | Urlar Pradesh             | s91576s.97                                                           | 5151722.66                                                      |
| 35   | Utarakhand                | 247786.85                                                            | 2t6790                                                          |
| 36   | West Bengal               | 2407350.80                                                           | 2106431.95                                                      |
|      | Total                     | 32251176.85                                                          | 27830209.34                                                     |