Lok Sabha Question No. 2845 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-15
Subject: Nutritious Food to Tribals
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Chinta Anuradha, Kotagiri Sridhar, Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UI{STARRED OUESTION NO.2845 TO BE ANSWERED  ON {srH DECEMBER,  2O2{

## NUTRITIOUS  FOOD TO TRIBALS

2845. SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA: SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGTRI: SHRI N. RIEDDEPPA:

Will the llllinister of  GONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD AND PUBLIC

DISTRIBUT|ON Tc$}fdr rrrd, ur<-+ git{  {rffif,{, Edlur d.+ be pteased  to state:

- (a)  whether the Government plans  to provide  nutritious food to tribal regions Iike YSR Sampooma  Poshana Scheme implemented by Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefo4 and
- (c)
- the details of steps taken by the Government to ensure availability of nutritious food apail from Bio-Fottification  of food grains?

## A]{SWE R

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MIITIISTRY  oF RURAL DEVELoPMENT  A}ID GONSUMER AFFAIRS,  FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTIOil (sADHVt  tItRAilJAN JYOT!)

(a) to (b): Under the scheme 'Uelfare tnstitutions and Hostels Scheme.., foodgrains (rice and wheat) are altocated to states/UTs  at Below  poverty Line (BPL) rates to meet the requirement of Government  owned and aided/sponsored  welfare institutions  and of alt the residents/students  of the Government owned and  aided/sponsored hostets having 2/3rd residents  belonging  to scheduted castes (sG)/scheduled rribes (ST)/Other  Backward Classes (OBC) category. The scale of issue of wheat and rice is as pe,r  the requirement of the residents, subiect to a maximum of {5 kg per resident per month. The foodgrains  ane allocated on the basis of requests received  from Statesi/UTs  and as per guidetines  of the scheme. ....2t-

(c):  The ational Food Security Act, 2Ol3 provides that pregnant women and lactating mothers and children in the age group of 6 months to {4 years are entitled to meals as per prescribed nutritionat norms under lntegrated Ghild Developmeint Services  (ICDS) and  pM poshan  (erstwhile MDM Scheme) schemes. Higher nutritional norrns are  prescribed for malnourished children upto 6 years of age"

To address anaemia and micro-nutrient deficiency in the country, Government of  lndia approved Centra[y Sponsored  pilot  Scheme on "Fortification  of lRice & its Distribution under  public  Distribution system" for a period  of 3 years beginning  in 2O19-2O  with totat ouflay of Rs. {74.64 Gr. The Pilot Scheme focuses on {5 dastricts across {5 states, preferably  { district  per State. Fifteen  State Governments  i.e. Andhra  pradesh,  Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha,  Gujarat, Uttar  pradesh,  Assam, Tamil Nadu, Telangana,  Puniab, Ghhattisgarh,  Jharkhand,  Uttarakhand&  Madhya Pradesh have consented and identafied  their respective  Districts (l District Per State) for inflplementation  of the Pilot Scheme. So far, eleven ({{) States namely  .  Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamit l{adu, Chhattisgarh,  Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, Madhya  pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand have repo*ed distrihution of fortified rice in their identified  diistricts  under the pilot scheme..so  far 3.{S Lakh Metric Ton (LMT) of fortified  rice has been distributed  under the  pilot  Scheme.