Lok Sabha Question No. 3320 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-23
Subject: Funds to Odisha under PMGKAY
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMEilT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY  OF GONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLTC DISTRTBUTION

## DEPARTME}IT  OF FOOD AND PUBLTG DISTRTBUTION

## LOK SAEHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.332O TO BE ANSWERED  ON 23Ro MARCH, 2022

## FUNDS TO ODISHA UNDER PMGKAY

## t332O.  SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

Will the Minister  of GONSUMER AFFA|RS, FOOD AND  pUBLtC DISTRIBUTION  sq+s,r  qr{+,  er* *< wffir ft-f,(ur q* be pteased  to state:

- (a)  the number of beneficiaries under the  pM  Garib Kalyan Anna
- Yoiana (PMGKAY) till date, state-wise including district-wise details in Odisha;
- (b) the amount of food grains in terms of metric tonnes allocated to Odisha; and
- the financial burden borne by the Ministry as wel as the State of
- (c) Odisha under the said scheme?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR ]IIIINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND coNsulutER AFFATRS, FOOD &  puBl.tc  DISTRIBUTION (sADHVt NIRANJAT{  JYOTT)

- (a): Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Katyan Anna  yoiana  (pM.GKAy),  the Department has allocated foodgrains  to alt States/UTs for additional free-of. cost distribution to around 8o Grore National Food security Act (NFSA) beneficiaries  in  the country. The State/UT  wise number of  NFSA beneficiaries also covered  under the PMGKAY scheme and the district wise details of Odisha are at Ann ure-l & ll respectively.
- (b): So far, under the Pill-GKAY  imptementation  phases I  to  V, the Department has allocated a total of about 3O.77 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) foodgrains  to the State of Odasha.
- (c): Hundred percent financia! burden of implementing  pMGKAy  scheme in all states/urs,  ancludang  odisha is borne by the centrat Government. Therefore,  there is no financial burden on the state Government  of odisha for implementation of PMGKAY ln the State.

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ANNEXURE  REFERREO TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.332O FOR ANSWER  ON23.03.2022IN  THE LOK SABHA.

## State/[JT  wise numbe  r of NFSA beneficiaries also covered under the PMGKAY  scheme

lakh

| SI   | States/ UTs        | Total Persons   |
|------|--------------------|-----------------|
| I    | Andhra Pradesh     | 268.22          |
| 2    | Arunachal Prarlesh | 8.4             |
| 3    | Assam              | 251.17          |
| 4    | Bihar              | 871.16          |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh       | 200.77          |
| 6    | Delhi              | 72.78           |
| 7    | Coa                | 5.32            |
| 8    | Gujarat            | 344.68          |
| 9    | Harvana            | t26.49          |
| l0   | Himachal Praclesh  | 28.64           |
| ll   | Jharkhand          | 263.7           |
| t2   | Kamataka           | 40r.93          |
| l3   | Kerala             | 154.8           |
| l4   | Madhya Pradesh     | 482.58          |
| l5   | Maharashtra        | 700.17          |
| lo   | lv[a1!pur          | 19.97           |
| t7   | Meghalaya          | 21.46           |
| l8   | Mizoram            | 6.68            |
| l9   | Nagaland           | 14.05           |
| 20   | Odisha             | 324.t5          |
| 2t   | Punjab             | l4l.5l          |
| 22   | Rajasthan          | 440.01          |
| 23   | Sikkim             | 3.79            |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu         | 364.69          |
| 25   | Telangana          | 191.62          |
| 26   | Tripura            | 24.83           |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh      | t487.44         |
| 28   | Uttarakhand        | 61.94           |
| 29   | West Bengal        | 601.84          |
| 30   | A&N                | 0.6 r           |
| 3l   | DNH&DD             | 3.02            |
| 32   | Lakhadweep         | 0.22            |
| 33   | Chandigarh (DBT)   | 2.75            |
| 34   | (DBT)              | 6.24            |
| 35   | J&K                | 72.41           |
| 36   | Ladakh             | t.44            |
| I    | Total              | 7971.48         |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.332O FOR ANSWER  ON23.O3.2O22IN  THE LOK SABHA.

## District wise number of IIFSA beneficiaries under the PMGKAY  in Odisha

| SI   | District Namer   | Ration Cards   | Ration Cards   | Ration Cards   | Beneficiaries   | Beneficiaries   | Beneficiaries   |
|------|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|      |                  | AAY            | PHH            | Total          | AAY             | PHH             | Total           |
| I    | ANUGUL           | 29,423         | 2,43,740       | 2,73,163       | 1,00,528        | 8,61,116        | 9,6t,644        |
| 2    | BALANGIR         | 52,391         | 3,74,42t       | 4,26,812       | 1,39,846        | 12,4t,721       | 13,81,567       |
| 3    | BALESHWAR        | 82,618         | 4,15,661       | 4,98,279       | 2,84,077        | 15,71,359       | 18,55,436       |
| 4    | BARGARH          | 49,682         | 3,04,306       | 3,53,988       | 1,39,840        | 10,31,874       | 11,71,714       |
| 5    | BHADRAK          | 45,660         | 2,74,136       | 3,19,796       | 1,39,709        | 10,00,236       | 11,39,945       |
| 6    | BOUDH            | 16,602         | 90,915         | 1,07,517       | 51,286          | 3,08,714        | 3,60,000        |
| 7    | CUTTACK          | 48,376         | 4,54,616       | 5,02 992       | r,52,843        | 16,23,349       | 17,76,192       |
| 8    | DEOGARH          | 12,823         | 64,198         | 77,021         | 40,906          | 2,23,498        | 2,64,404        |
| 9    | DHENKANAL        | 35,464         | 2,43,733       | 2,79,197       | t,06,904        | 8,38,442        | 9,45,346        |
| 10   | GAJAPATI         | 20,727         | 1,20,569       | 1,41,296       | 55,092          | 4,36,441        | 4,91,533        |
| ll   | GANJAM           | 78,253         | 6,58,685       | 7,36,938       | 2,21,782        | 23,64,950       | 2s,86,732       |
| t2   | JAGATSINGHAPUR   | 24,866         | 2,08,841       | 2,33,707       | 86,948          | 7,7 t,543       | 8,58,491        |
| l3   | JAJAPUR          | 45,140         | 3,48,742       | 3,93,882       | 1,49,6',12      | 13,1 1,028      | 14,60,700       |
| 14   | JHARSUGUDA       | 8,386          | 1,04,313       | 1,12,699       | 23,008          | 3,65,943        | 3,88,951        |
| 15   | KALAHANDI        | 54,975         | 3,41,239       | 3,96,214       | 1,73,282        | 11,79,297       | 13,52,579       |
| 16   | KANDHAMAL        | 29,33s         | 1,48,694       | 1,78,029       | 82,832          | 5 59 064        | 6,4r,896        |
| t7   | KENDRAPARA       | 35,211         | 2,64,488       | 2,99,699       | 1,19,671        | 10,01,360       | 11,21,031       |
| l8   | KENDUJHAR        | 60,201         | 3,37,346       | 3,97,s47       | 1,80,472        | 12,2s,976       | 14,06,448       |
| 19   | KHORDHA          | 38,856         | 3,50,380       | 3,89,236       | 1,26,445        | 12,51,060       | 13,77,505       |
| 20   | KORAPUT          | 63,962         | 2,9t,430       | 1 55 lq)       | 1,73,786        | 9,96,715        | 11,70,501       |
| 21   | MALKANGIRI       | 24,790         | 1,22,425       | 1,47,215       | 67,t09          | 4,46,161        | 5,13,270        |
| 22   | MAYTJRBHANJ      | 99,275         | 5,06,106       | 6,05,381       | 2,92,584        | 18,30,730       | 21,23,314       |
| 23   | NABARANGPUR      | 51,108         | 2,60,473       | 3,11,581       | 1,55,647        | 9,44,077        | 10,99,724       |
| 24   | NAYAGARH         | 29,347         | 1,87,247       | 2,16,594       | 91,987          | 6,42,684        | 7,34,671        |
| 25   | NUAPADA          | 26,191         | 1,39,513       | 1,65,704       | 74,290          | 4,79,606        | 5,53,896        |
| 26   | PURI             | 40,750         | 3,07,956       | 3,48,706       | 1,35,165        | 11,t1,259       | 12,46,424       |
| 27   | RAYAGADA         | 44,980         | 2,03,843       | 2,48,823       | 1,29,728        | 6,94,095        | 8,23,823        |
| 28   | SAMBALPUR        | 28,057         | 1,96,73t       | 2,24,788       | 79,726          | 6,80,945        | 7,60,671        |
| 29   | SONEPUR          | 25,358         | 1,23,684       | 1,49,042       | 80,820          | 4,19,247        | s,00,067        |
| 30   | SUNDARGARH       | 46,557         | 3,80,400       | 4,26,957       | 1,30,3 l7       | 13,50,893       | 14,81,210       |