Lok Sabha Question No. 2380 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Antyodaya Yojana in Rajasthan
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA

## MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD &  pUBLtC  DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOl( SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2380 TO BE ANSWERED  ON 3RD AUGUST, 2O2l

## ANTYODAYA  YOJANA IN RAJASTHAN

## t238O.  SHRr SUTilEDHANAND  SARASWATT:

lUil! the Minister of  CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD AitD PUBLtc DlsTRlBUTtoil  5cttrfir errd, ur<\_+ sit{ {rf,dfr{, trilsr d'* be pteased  to state:

- (a) the salient features and details of Antyodaya Yojana;
- (b)  the funded sanctioned,  allocation and utilized in Raiastan under the said scheme during the last three yearc;
- (c) the number of beneficiaries in each district of Raiasthan including Sikar, Jhunjhunu and Ghuru; and
- (d)  the details of the criteria fixed to receive the benefit of the said scheme?

## ANSWER

MII{ISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY  OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS,  FOOD & PUBLIG DISTRIBUTION (saDHvr NTRANJAN JYOTT)

- (a): The Antyodaya  Anna Yoiana(AAY)  was antroduced  by the Government in December,  2OOO, for { crore poorest of poor families across the country to be identified  from amongst the Below Poverty Line (BPL) famalies under the Targeted  Public Distribution System (TPDS) in all States/UTs at that time. Since then, the coverage under AAY has been expanded  three times i.e. during 2OO3.O4, 2OO4.O5 and 2OO5-O6,  covering additional  5O lakh households  each time. Thus, increasing  the total coverage under AAY up to 2.5O crore familiers. Presently, under the National Food Security Act,2O{3 (NFSA), the AAY families are entitled to receive 35kg of foodgrains  per family  per month at a highly subsidized  issue prices of Rs. 3/2/t- per kg tor rice, wheat and coarse  grains respectavely.

- (b): This Department allocates only subsidized foodgrains  to States/UTs for monthty distribution to al! NFSA ration card hotders, inctuding aly families, instead of allocation of funds. Details of foodgrains distributed  by States/UTs  under NFSA are shared with this Department for settlement, etc. Further, it is stated that Raiasthan has not submitted  any subsidy claims during the last three years.
- (c): As per information  available from the State, about 61251920  families are covered in  all  districts  of  Raiasthan. District wise number of beneficiaries  covered as on July, 2021 is annexed.
- (d): As per the guidelines issued by the Government for AAY scheme, the State/UT Governments  identify eligible households for inclusion  under AAY as per the foltowing identification criteria:
- (i) Landless agriculture labouterc,  marginal farmers, rural artisans /craftsmen, such as potters, tannens, weavens, blacksmiths,  carpenters, slum dwellers and persons earning their Iivelihood on daily basis in the informal sector like porters, coolies, rickshaw pullerc, hand cart pulterc, fruit and flower selters, snake charmers, riag pickers, cobblerc, destitute and other similar categories in both rural and urban areas;
- (ii) Households headed by widows percons/ persons aged 60 yeanB or subsistence  or societal  support; or terminally ill  percons/disabled more with no assured means of
- (aia) Widows or terminally ill persons or disabled' persons  or persons aged 6O yearc or more or single women or single men with no family or societat support or assured means of subslstencel
- (iv)  All primitive  tribal households;
- (v) All eligible  Below Poverty Line (BPL) families of HIV positive persons.

## ANNEX REFERRED TO lN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.238O DUE FOR ANSWER  ON 03.08.202{  IN THE LOK SABHA.

Statement indicating State/UT  -  wise number of Antyodaya family/Beneflciary under Nalional  Food Securitt/ Act, 2O{3 (NFSA) in Rajasthan  as on 16.O7.2O21

| S.No.             | District Name     | Antyodaya DRG   | Antyodaya Units   |
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
| 1                 | Aimer             | 18253           | 66s99             |
| 2.                | Alwar             | 20742           | 80985             |
| 3.                | Banswara          | 44994           | 169908            |
| 4.                | Earan             | 48040           | 176420            |
| 5.                | Barmer            | 23444           | 89481             |
| 6. Bharatpur      |                   | 1474A           | 64884             |
| 7                 | Bhilwara          | 25474           | 85002             |
| 8.                | Bikaner           | ,1806           | 4G541             |
| 9.                | Bundi             | 1278s           | 43731             |
| 10. Chittaurlrarh |                   | 24334           | 96406             |
| 11.               | Churu             | 23060           | 96744             |
| 12.               | Dausa             | { 0260          | 42433             |
| {3. Dhaulpul      |                   | 4713            | 34147             |
| Dungarpur 14.     |                   | 3{697           | 123291            |
| 15. Ganganagar    | I 1819            |                 | 36747             |
| 16. Hanumangarh   |                   | 13836           | 50729             |
| 17.               | { 3330            |                 | s0980             |
|                   | Jaipur Jaisalm€!r | 6400            | 24014             |
| t8. {9.           | Jalor             | 22304           | 95{67             |
| 20.               | Jhalawan          | 16102           | 5{730             |
| 21.               | Jhunihunun        | 9224            | 38626             |
| 22,               | Jodhpur           | 8846            | 35266             |
| Karauli 23.       |                   | 16642           | 67955             |
| 24.               | Kota              | 9852            | 33904             |
| 25                | Nagaur            | t6937           | 66099             |
| 26                | Pali              | 19546           | 76239             |
| 27 Pratapgarh     | {4080             |                 | 45030             |
| 2A                | Rajsamand         | {9645           | 74886             |
| Sawai 29.         | Madhopur          | 15579           | 50{28             |
| 30.               | Sikar             | 8557            | 33706             |
| 3{.               | Sirohi            | 10440           | 4't 099           |
| 32.               | Tonk              | .r 6896         | 65212             |
| 33                | Udaipur           | s3087           | 205892            |
|                   | Total             | 625920          | 2380032           |