Lok Sabha Question No. 3556 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Nalin Kumar Kateel, Sumalatha Ambareesh, D.K. Suresh

## mtNrsTRy oF coNsuiltER AFFATRS,  FOOD &  pUBLtc  DtaTRtBUTtON DEPARTi|ENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIG DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNIIIENT  OF TNDIA LOK SABHA

UNATARRED  QUESTION NO. 3556 TO BE ANSWERED ON {OTH AUGUST,2O2I

## ATTA NIRBHAR BHARAT ABHIYA]I

3556. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL: EHRIMATI  SUMALATHA  AMBAREESH:

SHRI D.K.SURESH:

uuill the lUinlster of coNsutER AFFA|RE,  FooD AND  puBt.tc  DtsrRtBurtoN 5CStrfiI  arrr*, Uif-r  gtf grffiA fut{ur d* be pteased  to state:

- (a) whether the Govemment  ls dlstributing food grains undor the atma Nlrbhar Bharat Abhiyan (ANBA)  to migrant woi*ens,  if so, the detaits  thereof;
- (b) whether the Govenrment has any data of the nunrber of migrant wortarc ln
- the country,  if so, tha detaals thercof, State-wlse and district-waso;  and
- (c)
- the total quantity of food gralns dlstributed to migrant workers undor ANBA? AIiISUYER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TIIilISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPiiENT AND GONAUilER

AFFAIRS,  FOOD &  pUBLtC  DISTRIBUTION

(sADHVr NTRANJAN JYOTT)

(a) to (c):  Yes slr. !n the absence  of any exact data regardtng  the mlgratton of people during the covtD-{g  lockdown In the country  in 2020, the Govemment liberally  allocated free of  cost foodgrains  to  cater to  about E  Grore migrants/stranded migrants including  migrant labourers. Accordingty, during covlD'ig' 2o2o, as part of the Economic Measures  [Atma  Nlrbhar Bharat scheme (ANBS)I  ,  the Govemment altocated free foodgrainr @ 5 kg per person per month free of cost for the migrants/stranded  migrants, who are not covered under Nationat Food security Act (NFSA) or state scheme  pDS  Gards for trro months (tlay & June, 2o2o) to benefit approximately  E crore migranb/stranded  migrants to ensure avallability  of free foodgraln  to them. under this scheme,  Govt. of India had also declded to bear the entire cost on account of such dlstribution,  wtthout burdenlng  the states/urs. The states/urs were asked to assess the number  of migrants/stranded  mlgrants  during this crisis in their rcspecttve  jurisdictions.  All the Statcs/UTs put togethe\ altet their overa!! assessment on the ground, had estimated  a total of about 2.8 Grore such migrants/stranded  migrants,  who dld not posses any ration card for assistance  under the ANBS and it is worthwhlle to mention that provision  for 6 crore potential  migrants was far sufficient to actualty cater estimated number  of 2.8 crore migrants/stranded  migrants. The states/urs were given tlre responsibility of identifying the magrants/stranded  migrants.

Accordinglg the Government allocated about B.OO LMT foodgrains (2.44 LMT wheat and 5.56 LMT rice) under this scheme. Durlng the two months period of May. June 2020, States/UTs lifted a total of about 6.4{ LiiT forodgrains  and a tota! quantity  of about 2,74 LllT of foodgrains  were distributed to an average of about 2.74 Crore migrants/stranded  mlgrants (i.e. nearly  g8o/o  al the totat esfimated number  of migrants/stranded migrants). The State/UT-wise  dlstribution/utttlzation pattern  of the foodgralns  under ANBS of 2O2O is at Annexure t.

## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY To PART (a) to (c) oF UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3555 FOR ANSWER  ON {O.O8.2O2{ tN THE LoK SABHA

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| Sr.                                                            | StatefuT                                                       | Total Allocatio n                                              | Total lifted quantity from FCI                                 | Total Distributed Quantity under ANB                           | Total migrants covered per month                               |
|                                                                |                                                                | (in MTs)                                                       | (in MTs)                                                       | (in MTs)                                                       |                                                                |
| I                                                              | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                      | 6l                                                             | 6l                                                             | 60                                                             | 5,950                                                          |
| 2                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                 | 26,823                                                         | 26,823                                                         | 7                                                              | 680                                                            |
| 3                                                              | Arunachal Pradesh                                              | 820                                                            | 8r9                                                            | 799                                                            | 79,879                                                         |
| 4                                                              | Assam                                                          | 25,153                                                         | 21,582                                                         | 15,712                                                         | 15,71,190                                                      |
| 5                                                              | Bihar                                                          | 86,450                                                         | 86,450                                                         | 86,449                                                         | 86,44,945                                                      |
| 6                                                              | Chandigarh                                                     | )1<                                                            | 275                                                            | 146                                                            | 14,580                                                         |
| 7                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                   | 20,077                                                         | 2 I08                                                          | t,964                                                          | 1,96,430                                                       |
| 8                                                              | Daman & Diu D&NN                                               | 285                                                            | 285                                                            | t59                                                            | 15,900                                                         |
| 9                                                              | Delhi                                                          | 7,273                                                          | 7 )77                                                          | 4,544                                                          | 4,54,440                                                       |
| l0                                                             | Coa                                                            | 532                                                            | 532                                                            | 22                                                             | 2,160                                                          |
| ll                                                             | Gujarat                                                        | 38,254                                                         | 33,581                                                         | 287                                                            | 28,656                                                         |
| t2                                                             | Haryana                                                        | 12,649                                                         | 8,337                                                          | 7,959                                                          | 7,95,885                                                       |
| l3                                                             | Himachal Pradesh                                               | 2,864                                                          | 2,864                                                          | 2,028                                                          | 2,02,758                                                       |
| l4                                                             | Jammu And Kashmir                                              | 7,241                                                          | 3,035                                                          | 1,958                                                          | 1,95,800                                                       |
| l5                                                             | Jharkhand                                                      | 26,370                                                         | 26,370                                                         | 717.2                                                          | 71,718                                                         |
| 16                                                             | Kamataka                                                       | 40,193                                                         | 40,193                                                         | I I 600                                                        | 11,60,007                                                      |
| 17                                                             | Kerala                                                         | 15,480                                                         | 15,480                                                         | 2,142                                                          | 2,14,150                                                       |
| 18                                                             | Ladakh                                                         | 144                                                            | 34                                                             | 33                                                             | 3,274                                                          |
| t9                                                             | Lakshadweep                                                    | 22                                                             | 22                                                             | l5                                                             | 1,450                                                          |
| )n                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                 | 54,642                                                         | 1,963                                                          | 1,754                                                          | 1,75,399                                                       |
| 2l                                                             | Maharashtra                                                    | 70,0t7                                                         | 34,509                                                         | 17,315                                                         | 17,31,500                                                      |
| 22                                                             | Manipur                                                        | 2,4s7                                                          | 2,457                                                          | 676                                                            | 67,600                                                         |
| 23                                                             | Meghalaya                                                      | 2,t46                                                          | 2,145                                                          | 2,145                                                          | 2,14,500                                                       |
| 24                                                             | Mizoram                                                        | 668                                                            | 668                                                            | 250                                                            | 25,000                                                         |
| 25                                                             | Nagaland                                                       | I,405                                                          | 1,405                                                          | 1,405                                                          | 1,40,463                                                       |
| 26                                                             | Odisha                                                         | 32,360                                                         | 630                                                            | 630                                                            | 63,000                                                         |
| 27                                                             | Puducherry                                                     | 628                                                            | 628                                                            | 73                                                             | 7,340                                                          |
| 28                                                             | Punjab                                                         | 14,145                                                         | 14,145                                                         | 10,902                                                         | 10,90,200                                                      |

| 29          | Rajasthan     | 44,662   | 44,600   | 42,478   | 42,47,800    |
|-------------|---------------|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
| 30          | Sikkim        | 379      | 378      | 315      | 31,500       |
| 3l          | Tamil Nadu    | 35,734   | 35,734   | 1,449    | 1,44,944     |
| 32          | Telangana     | 19,162   | t9,162   | 180      | 17,995       |
| 33          | Tripura       | 2,483    | 2,483    | 22       | 2,193        |
| 34          | Uttar Pradesh | 1,42,033 | 1,40,637 | ll 809   | n,80,924     |
| 35          | Uttarakhand   | 6,t96    | 2,905    | 383      | 38,277       |
| 36          | West Bengal   | 60,184   | 60,1 84  | 45,894   | 45,89,400    |
| Grand Total | Grand Total   | 8,00,267 | 6,40,757 | 2,74,279 | 2,,74,27,887 |