Lok Sabha Question No. 10 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Quantity of Foodgrains Released to States under PDS
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Ramesh Chandra Majhi

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

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.10 To BE ANSWERED ON 7TH DECEMBER, 2022

## QUANTITY OF FOODGRAINS RELEASED TO STATES UNDER PDS

## *10. SHRI RAMESH CHANDRA MAJHI:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC

- (a) the total quantity of foodgrains released to the States under the Public Distribution System (PDS) during the last three years and the current year, State-wise particularly in Odisha;
- (b) the quantity of foodgrains that was actually distributed under the PDS;
- (c) the details of remaining quantity of the foodgrains left with each State during the said period, State-wise;
- (d) the manner in which it has been utilisedlproposed to be utilised, Statewise; and
- (e) whether any policy has been formulated for proper implementation of PDS in the country and if SO, the details thereof?

A NSWE R MINISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY, CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION AND TEXTILES (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (e): A statement is Iaid on the Table of the House:

STATEMENT REFERRED To IN REPLY To PARTS (a) To (e) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO.10 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 07.12.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA REG. QUANTITY FOODGRAINS RELEASED To STATES UNDER PDS.

- (a) A total quantity of about 1728 Lakh metric Tons(LMT) of foodgrains was released to all StatesIUT's put together under Targeted Public Distribution System(TPDS) during the last 3 years and the current year, 2022-23 (till October,2022) including Odisha: Details are in Annex-I(a):
- (b) A total quantity of about 1750 LMT of foodgrains was distributed by all States/UT's put together under TPDS during the said period mentioned in part(a) above.
- (c) Details are in Annexure-I(b):
- (d) Lifting and distribution offoodgrains under . TPDS is a continuous process: StateslUT's Lift foodgrains from Central Pool for distribution are also allowed to lift foodgrains in advance   (higher  quantity based on supply chain requirements) for distribution cycles, owing to their Iocal exigencies:
- (e) TPDS is operated under the joint responsibility of the Central and the StatelUT Governments. Central Government is responsible only for procurement, allocation as per National Food  Security Act,2013(NFSA) and transportation of such foodgrains upto the designated depots of the Food Corporation of India in the StatelUT. The operational responsibilities for lifting and distribution of foodgrains within the StatesIUTs, identification of eligible beneficiaries, issuance of ration cards to them; redressal of grievances ard supervision and monitoring of functioning of Fair Price Shops (FPSs) etc. rest with the concerned StatelUt Governments- Further as part of technological  reforms, the scheme of End-to-End Computerization of PDS has been implemented all over the country that ensures transparency and rightful targeting of NFSA beneficiaries in the country through Aadhar-biometric authentication. The One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) Plan provides portability of NFSAIPMGKAY ration benefits throughout the country for migrant beneficiaries in a seamless manner with the existing (old) ration card:

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO.10 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 07.12.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA REG. QUANTITY OF FOODGRAINS RELEASED TO STATES UNDER PDS

Offtake and Distribution of Foodgrains( wheat and rice) from 2019-20 to 2022-23 upto October; 2022) under TPDSINFSA

Provisional in metric tons

| Sr. No   |                           | 2019-20        | 2019-20        | 2020-21        | 2020-21        | 2021-22        | 2021-22       | 2022-23 (upto October, 2022)   | 2022-23 (upto October, 2022)   |
|----------|---------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Sr. No   | States/Uts                | Offtake        | Distributi on  | Offtake        | Distribut ion  | Offtake        | Distributi on | Offtake                        | Distribution                   |
|          | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1687           | 2934           | 2489           |                | 4090           | 3844          | 2361                           | 2429                           |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh            | 1849848        | 1760954        | 2005887        | 1724092        | 1750856        | 1722006       | 1079749                        | 1008296                        |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         | 57772          | 67015          | 55465          | 54634          | 52473          | 71717         |                                | 33072                          |
|          | Assam                     | 1632792        | 1692429        | 1484489        | 1653890        | 1549194        | 1490390       | 1015466                        | 931044                         |
| 5        | Bihar                     | 5403948        | 5559992        | 5183855        | 5045663        | 4890761        | 5208477       | 3058723                        | 3062969                        |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh              | 1374945        | 1374816        | 1375292        |                | 1376739        | 1369439       | 807380                         | 780680                         |
|          | Dadra & Haveli Nagar      | 11017          | 9944           | 14573          | 14594          | 14422          | 14707         | 8411                           | 8790                           |
| 8        | Daman diu                 | 4287           | 4254           |                |                |                | 0             | 0                              |                                |
| 9        | Delhi                     | 436490         | 411163         | 449472         | 400203         | 402235         | 443860        | 269747                         | 257267                         |
| 10       | Goa                       | 34398          | 33306          | 32461          | 33983          | 33008          | 34039         | 20783                          | 18020                          |
| 11       |                           | 1924613        | 1915400        | 2014139        | 2053472        | 2014515        | 2087143       | 1240908                        | 1231757                        |
| 12       | Haryana_                  | 594993         | 672166         |                | 714480         | 6440-130       | 715122        | 423787                         | 446162                         |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh          | 204300         | 191644         | 202290         | 183330         | 200852         | 185252        | 118439                         | 109445                         |
| 14       | Jammu And Kashmir         | 487839         | 425902         | 450948         | 418194         | 406126         | 400496        | 231567                         | 237383                         |
| 15       | Jharkhand                 | 1678827        | 1614337        | 1760584        | 1610410        | 1501655        | 1653756       | 1047762                        | 977762                         |
| 16       | Karnataka                 | 2630854        | 2082648        | 2370320        | 2510747        | 1839458        | 2461594       | 1120962                        | 1445761                        |
| 17       | Kerala                    | 927971         | 985909         | 996310         | 1008332        | 981656         | 985089        | 605975                         | 570658                         |
| 18       | Ladakh                    |                |                | 55628          | 2234           | 7873           | 5321          | 6971                           | 4347                           |
| 19       | Lakshadweep               | 1429           | 318            | 1016           | 595            | 1390           | 185           | 925                            | 315                            |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh            | 3394007        | 3035492        | 3184182        | 3021648        | 3064797        | 3044049       | 1597861                        | 1810551                        |
| 21       | Maharashtra               | 4029097        | 3951083        | 3988186        | 4114605        | 3515638        | 4092942       | 1780008                        | 2218927                        |
| 22       | Manipur                   | 155855         | 89061          | 158866         | 165819         | 121623         | 128324        | 78502                          | 83242                          |
| 23       | Meghalaya_                | 140624         | 135366         | 139155         | 133712         | 137734         | 142739        | 83847                          | 79806                          |
| 24       | Mizoram                   | 47517          | 37766          | 44841          | 45508          | 45100          | 44680         | 24579                          | 26592                          |
| 25       | Nagaland_                 | 89*774         | 89328          | 91689          | 79755          | 88528          | 66132         | 49110                          | 39485                          |
| 26       | Odisha                    | 2047239        | 2113791        | 2078529        | 2160641        | 1991198        | 2115773       | 1552022                        | 1231373                        |
| 27       | Punjab                    | 615082         | 780130         | 465276         | 845262         | 879690         | 859436        | 434898                         | 435060                         |
| 28       | Rajasthan                 | 2843387        | 2568516        | 2752219        | 2702496        | 2543827        | 2587805       | 1488062                        | 1499102                        |
| 29       | Sikkim                    | 26248          | 28143          | 25270          | 25559          | 24210          | 26020         | 15552                          | 15358                          |
| 30 31    | Tamil Nadu                | 2669677        | 2376757        | 2404391        | 2402172        | 2005951        | 2295047       | 1343596                        | 1361004                        |
|          |                           |                |                |                |                |                | 1198924       |                                |                                |
| 32       | Telangana Tripura         | 1342013 157758 | 1186038 156972 | 1240754 149097 | 1221316 158748 | 1269421 118005 | 161664        | 756030 76363                   | 700565 93727                   |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh             | 8959590        | 8845034        | 9003628        | 9301128        | 8529734        | 9353959       | 4593695                        | 4692832                        |
| 34       | Uttarakhand               | 402937         | 415591         | 362921         | 371163         | 469655         | 397138        |                                | 218437                         |
| 35       | West Bengal               | 3919510        | 3938481        | 3940655        | 3908901        | 3817032        | 3824566       | 2125787                        | 2183405                        |
|          | Grand Total               | 50098328       | 48552681       | 49101531       | 49462578       |                | 49191631      |                                | 27845622                       |

Offtake Source: FCI

Distribution source: taken from annavitran as reported by States. portal

## ANNEXURE REFERRED To IN REPLY To PART (c) OF THE STARRED QUESTION No.10 QUANTITY OF FOODGRAINS RELEASED TO STATES UNDER PDS

| Consolidated Offtake and Distribution of Foodgrains under TPDSINFSA from 2019-20 to 2022-23 upto October, 2022)   | Consolidated Offtake and Distribution of Foodgrains under TPDSINFSA from 2019-20 to 2022-23 upto October, 2022)   | Consolidated Offtake and Distribution of Foodgrains under TPDSINFSA from 2019-20 to 2022-23 upto October, 2022)   | Consolidated Offtake and Distribution of Foodgrains under TPDSINFSA from 2019-20 to 2022-23 upto October, 2022)   | Consolidated Offtake and Distribution of Foodgrains under TPDSINFSA from 2019-20 to 2022-23 upto October, 2022)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S No.                                                                                                             | States/Uts                                                                                                        | Offtake                                                                                                           | Provisional Distribution                                                                                          | in metric tons Difference                                                                                         |
| 1                                                                                                                 | Andaman & Nicobar [slands                                                                                         | 10627                                                                                                             | 11020                                                                                                             | 393                                                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                    | 6686340                                                                                                           | 6215348                                                                                                           | 470992                                                                                                            |
| 3                                                                                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                 | 200714                                                                                                            | 226438                                                                                                            | -25724                                                                                                            |
| 4                                                                                                                 | Assam                                                                                                             | 5681941                                                                                                           | 5767753                                                                                                           | -85812                                                                                                            |
| 5                                                                                                                 | Bihar                                                                                                             | 18537287                                                                                                          | 18877101                                                                                                          | 339814                                                                                                            |
| 6                                                                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                      | 4934356                                                                                                           | 4898412                                                                                                           | 35944                                                                                                             |
| 7                                                                                                                 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli,                                                                                             | 48423                                                                                                             | 48035                                                                                                             | 388                                                                                                               |
| 8                                                                                                                 | Daman & Diu                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                   | 4254                                                                                                              | 33                                                                                                                |
| 9                                                                                                                 | Delhi                                                                                                             | 4287 1557944                                                                                                      | 1512493                                                                                                           | 45451                                                                                                             |
| 10                                                                                                                | Goa                                                                                                               | 120650                                                                                                            | 119348                                                                                                            | 1301                                                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                                                | Gujarat                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                   | 7287773                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                   |
| 12                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                   | 7191176 2278867                                                                                                   | 2547930                                                                                                           | -96598                                                                                                            |
| 13                                                                                                                | Haryana_ Himachal Pradesh                                                                                         | 725881                                                                                                            | 669670                                                                                                            | -269063                                                                                                           |
| 14                                                                                                                | Jammu And Kashmir                                                                                                 | 1576480                                                                                                           | 1481976                                                                                                           | 56211 94505                                                                                                       |
| 15                                                                                                                | Jharkhand                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   |
|                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | 5988828                                                                                                           | 5856265                                                                                                           | 132563                                                                                                            |
| 17                                                                                                                | Kerala                                                                                                            | 3511912                                                                                                           | 3549988                                                                                                           | -38076                                                                                                            |
| 18                                                                                                                | Ladakh                                                                                                            | 70473                                                                                                             | [1902                                                                                                             | 58571                                                                                                             |
| 19                                                                                                                | Lakshadweep                                                                                                       | 4759                                                                                                              | 1413                                                                                                              | 3346                                                                                                              |
| 20                                                                                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                    | 11240847                                                                                                          | 10911740                                                                                                          | 329107                                                                                                            |
| 21                                                                                                                | Maharashtra                                                                                                       | 13312929                                                                                                          | 14377556                                                                                                          | 1064627                                                                                                           |
| 22                                                                                                                | Manipur                                                                                                           | 514846                                                                                                            | 466446                                                                                                            | 48400                                                                                                             |
| 23                                                                                                                | Meghalaya                                                                                                         | 501359                                                                                                            | 491624                                                                                                            | 9735                                                                                                              |
| 24                                                                                                                | Mizoram                                                                                                           | 162037                                                                                                            | 154546                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   |
| 25                                                                                                                | Nagaland                                                                                                          | 319102                                                                                                            | 274699                                                                                                            | 44403                                                                                                             |
| 26                                                                                                                | Odisha                                                                                                            | 7668988                                                                                                           | 7621578                                                                                                           | 47410                                                                                                             |
| 27                                                                                                                | Punjab                                                                                                            | 2394946                                                                                                           | 2919889                                                                                                           | 524943                                                                                                            |
| 28                                                                                                                | Rajasthan                                                                                                         | 9627495                                                                                                           | 9357920                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                   |
| 29                                                                                                                | Sikkim                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                   | 95080                                                                                                             | 269575                                                                                                            |
| 30                                                                                                                | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                        | 8423615                                                                                                           | 8434981                                                                                                           | 3799 -11366                                                                                                       |
| 31                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   |
|                                                                                                                   | Telangana                                                                                                         | 4608218                                                                                                           | 4306843                                                                                                           | 301375                                                                                                            |
| 32 33                                                                                                             | Tripura Uttar Pradesh                                                                                             | 501223 31086646                                                                                                   | 57111 32192953                                                                                                    | -69888 -1106307                                                                                                   |
| 34                                                                                                                | Uttarakhand                                                                                                       | 1468264                                                                                                           | 1402329                                                                                                           | 65935                                                                                                             |
| 35                                                                                                                | West Bengal                                                                                                       | 13802984                                                                                                          | 13855352                                                                                                          | 32368                                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                                   | Total                                                                                                             | 172817315                                                                                                         | 175022512                                                                                                         | -2205197                                                                                                          |

Offtake Source: FCI

Distribution source: taken from annavitran portal as reported by States.