Lok Sabha Question No. 2378 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-21
Subject: Coverage under NFSA
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Ritesh Pandey, Imtiaz Jaleel Syed, Tirath Singh Rawat

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

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2378 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21sT DECEMBER, 2022

## COVERAGE UNDER NFSA

2378. SHRI RITESH PANDEY: SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL: SHRI TIRATH SINGH RAWAT:

Will the Minister of FOOD AND

CONSUMER AFFAIRS, PUBLIC be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the has undertaken any assessment of the number of individualslfamilies eligible forlin need of subsidised food but are currently not covered under National Food Security Act (NFSA) and if
- Government the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Government has taken any steps to provide subsidized foodgrains to these people;
- (c) if SO, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the number of   familieslindividuals covered under NFSA currently, State-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government is contemplating to increase the population growth in the country between 2011 and 2021 and if the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

The National Food  Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) provides coverage of upto 75% of the rural and upto 50% of the urban population for receiving highly subsidized foodgrains under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), which at Census 2011 comes to about 81.35 crore: The Coverage under the Act is substantially high to ensure that all the vulnerable and needy sections of the society its benefit. for get

Identification of beneficiaries under the Act is under two categorieshouseholds covered under Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) which constitute poorest of the poor, to the extent  specified by the Central Government and the remaining households as priority households (PHH) to be identified by the State Governmentsl UT Administrations as per criteria evolved by them, within the coverage determined for the StatelUt.

Thus, the criteria for identification of priority households may vary from State to State depending upon their Iocal requirement:

The Central Government has issued an advisory to all the StatesIUnion Territories to identify all eligible and poor personsl households including vulnerable Sections of the Society for inclusion under the NFSA. States are undertaking  updation of their  beneficiary database so that ineligible ration cards deleted and better targeting of rightful beneficiaries is ensured. Thus, deletion of ineligible beneficiaries and addition beneficiaries under the Act is a continuous processget

(d): A statement indicating the StatelUT-wise number of persons presently covered under the National Food Security Act, 2013 is at Annexure.

(e): Section 9 of the Act provides that the total number of persons to be covered in rural and urban areas of the State shall be calculated on the basis of the population estimates as per the Census of which the relevant figures have been published:

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO\_ 2378 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 21.12.2022 REGARDING "COVERAGE UNDER NFSA"

State / UT-wise number of beneficiaries presently covered under the National Food Security Act, 2013.

| S: No.   | Name of the States[UTs   | Number of beneficiaries covered NFSA (As on 15.12.2022)   |
|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|          | Andhra Pradesh           | 268.22                                                    |
|          | Arunachal Pradesh        | 8.40                                                      |
|          | Assam                    | 251.17                                                    |
|          | Delhi                    | 72.78                                                     |
|          | Goa                      |                                                           |
| 8        | Gujarat                  | 344.15                                                    |
| 9        | Haryana                  | 126.49                                                    |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh         | 28.64                                                     |
| 11       | Jharkhand                | 264.12                                                    |
|          | Karnataka                |                                                           |
| 13       | Kerala                   | 154.80                                                    |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh           | 511.32                                                    |
| 15       | Maharashtra              | 700.17                                                    |
| 16       | Manipur                  | 20.08                                                     |
| 17       | Meghalaya                | 21.46                                                     |
| 18       | Mizoram                  | 6.68                                                      |
| 19       | Nagaland                 | 14.05                                                     |
| 20       | Odisha                   | 325.03                                                    |
| 21       | Punjab                   | 141.1                                                     |
| 22       | Rajasthan                | 440.01                                                    |
| 23       | Sikkim                   | 3.79                                                      |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu               | 364.69                                                    |
| 25       | Telangana                | 191.62                                                    |
| 26       | Tripura                  | 24.32                                                     |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh            | 1490.71                                                   |
| 28       | Uttarakhand              | 61.94                                                     |
| 29       | West Bengal              | 601.84                                                    |
| 30       | A&N                      | 0.61                                                      |
| 31       | DNH&DD                   | 2.73                                                      |
| 32       | Lakshadweep              | 0.22                                                      |
| 33       | Chandigarh (DBT)         | 2.76                                                      |
| 34       | Puducherry (DBT)         | 6.34                                                      |
| 35       | JeK                      | 72.41                                                     |
| 36       | Ladakh                   | 1.44                                                      |
| Total    |                          | 8003.69                                                   |

(In lakh)