Lok Sabha Question No. 2483 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-09
Subject: Features of Antyodaya Anna Yojana
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Jaskaur Meena, Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Nihal Chand Chauhan

## MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIG DISTRIBUTIOil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIG DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED OUESTION NO. 2483 TO BE ANSWERED  ON 9tt'Marchr 2O2{

## I:EATURES OF ANTYODAYA ANNA YOJANA

t2483.  SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENAT SHR! JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR: SHRI NIHAL GHAND:

Will  the  Minister of  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION  5clfffr arr*, ur<-<  gt{ qrffid-fi  ffiur t'+ be pleased to state:

- (a)  the salient features and objectives of Antyodaya Anna Yojana;
- (b) the details of the fund sanctioned,  allocated and utilized in Raiasthan under the said scheme during the last three years;
- (c) the details of the number of beneficiaries covered in Dausa and Ganganagar  district of Raiasthan  under the scheme during the Iast three years;
- (d) whether the Govemment  has amended the scheme recently or proposes to amend it;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor and the time by which it is likely to be implemented;
- (fl the details of the criteria  fixed to identify the families for providing  the benefits  ofthe said schemel  and
- (g)  whether all the tribal families particularly the trabal families of Gujarat are being provaded the benefit of the scheme and if so, the details thereofi?

## AN SWE R

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (sHRt DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)

(a): The Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) was introduced by the Govemment in December  2OOO! for { Grore poorest  of poor families across the country to be identified  from amongst the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families under the Targeted  Public Distribution  System (TPDS) in all the States/UTs at that time. Since then, the coverage under AAY has been expanded  three times i.e. during 2O03-O4r 2OO+O5 and 2O05-06, covering additional  50 lakh households each time. Thus, increasing the total coverage under AAY up to 2.50 Grore families. Presently, under the National  Food Security Actr 20'13 (NFSA)' the AAY families are entitled to receive 35 Kg of foodgrains per family per month at a highly subsidized  issue prices of Rs.3/2/'l - per kg for r:ce, wheat and coarse  qrains  resDectivelv.

- (b): This Department allocates only subsidised foodgrains to States/UTs  for monthly distrlbution to all NFSA ration cards holdens, lncluding AAY familles, lnstead of allocation  of funds. Details of foodgrains  dlstributed  by States/UTs under NFSA are shared with thls Department for settlement, etc. Furthor, It is stated that Raiasthan has not submitted  any substdy settlement clatms during the last three years.
- (c): As per informatlon  available from the State, about 101862r,tor877  and lo,4ll AAY famalies  in Dausa and 12r47lr'121667 and 11,882 AAY families ln Ganganagar dlstricts are covered during the last three yeans as ln Januaty of 2019,2O2O and202'1.
- (d) & (e):  The scheme has not been amended recently and there i3 no proposa! under conslderation  in this Department to amend the current scheme.
- (0 & (S):  As per the guadelines lssued by the Govemment for AAY scheme, the State/UT  Governments identlfyrlng  eligible households for lncluslon under AAY as per the following  identiflcatlon  criteria:
- i) Landless agriculture  labourerc, marginal farmers, rural artisans /craftsmen, such as potters, tanners, weavers, blacksmiths,  calpenters, slum dwellers  and persons earning their livelihood  on daily basis in the anformal sector like porters, coolies, rickshaw  pullerc, hand cart pullers, fruit and flower sellers, snake charmens,  rag pickerc,  cobblers, destitute and other slmilar categories ln both rural and urban areasl
- ii) Households headed by widows or termlnally  ill persons/disabled  percons/ persons aged 60 years or more with no assured means of subsistence  or societal support;
- iii) Widows or terminally ill percons or disabled pensons or persons aged 6O years or more or single women or slngle men with no famaly or societal support or assured means of subsistence;
- Iv) All primltlve  tribal households;
- v) AII eligible  Below Poverty Line (BPL) families of HtV positive persons.

Further,  a8 per the informatlon  furnished by the Government  of Guiarat 8,{ 3,657 number of eligible families including  trlbal famllles have been covered for the benefit of Antyodaya Anna Yolana.

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