Lok Sabha Question No. 1724 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: Free Ration to Migrants
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel

## GOVERNMENT OF TNDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

## U]{STARRED QUESTION NO.17 24 TO BE ANSWERED  ON 8TH DECEMBER,2O2l

## FREE RATION TO MIGRANTS

1724.DR. HEENA GAVIT:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

DR. SHRIKANT EK}IATH SHINDE:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL  SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

Will the Minister of GONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION  ltru}.mr erri, ur<,t sik srf,dfr+. fuflur t'+ be pleased  to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has provided free ration to the migrants under PMGKAY;
- if so, the the details of funds allocated, sanctioned and disbursed  in the past three years for the purpose, State/Union Teritory wiser specially Maharashtra,  Kamataka and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar
- (b) lslands;
- (c) the details of the steps being taken for implementation of 'One Nation One Ration Gardt scheme across all Statesr specially lUlaharashtra, Karnataka and Union Teritory of Andaman  and Nicobar lslands; and
- (d)  the number of petsons who have benefited under PMGKAY, State/ Union Territory-wise, specially  Maharashtra, Karnataka and Union Territory of Andaman  and Nicobar lslands?

## A1{SWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MIiIISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND coNsuMER aFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI  NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a):  Some mlgrant beneficiaries of PMGKAY havo avaaled their foodgrains through portability  under the One Natlon One R.tion Card (ONORC) plan. Also under the Atma Nldohar Bharat Scheme  (ANBS) in 2O2O, mlgrants / stranded migrants wlthout any ration card (NFSA or State PDS) were provided free of cost foodgralns for two months of lay..lune' 202O.

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- (b): State/UT-wise expenditure ancu]]ed  for PMGKAY including Maharashtra, Kamataka and UT of Andaman  & Nicobar lslands is enclosed at Annexure.l.
- (c):  So far, the One Natlon One Ration Gard (ONORG) plan is enablcd ln 34 States/UTs including the Statcs of aharashtrar Kamataka and the Unlon Terrltory of Andaman  and Nlcobar lslands.  For the imPlementatlon of ONORC plan, the Department has issued the implementatlon  guidcllnes and standard operating procedure  to the States/UTs besides  guidelines for advance  liftlng of foodgralns to meet any addltlonal demand of lnter-State  beneficlarles.  Gentral technical support was provided from Nationa! lnformatics Centre to  the States/UTs for enabling the facllity  ol portabilaty transactions in the electronlc Point of Sale (ePoS)  devices  software.  The Department also provided tralnings  to the State and district level offlcials' Fair Prlcc Shop dealers and field functlonaries  for the smooth operatlonallzatlon of the ONORC plan In the Statos/UTs  includtng Maharashtra, Kamataka  and Andaman  & Nicobar lslands.
- (d): As per the distribution reports  available from States/UTs so far' an avarage ot 74.71 Grore NFSA beneficlaries ln the country' lncluding Maharashtra' Kamataka and UT of Andaman & Nlcobar tslands have taken the beneflt of free foodgralns under the PMGXAY  Phases I to lV so far on a monthly basis. The State/UT wise number of NFSA bencficiaries  taking benetit  of PMGKAY  scheme on a monthty  basis during PMGXAY Phases I to tV are at Annexure'l!.

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## Statement showing State Wise expenditure incurred for PMGKAY

| s.L.   | State/F.Y                   | 2020'-2021                                                      | 2020'-2021                      | 2021-2022                                                       | 2021-2022                       | Tota! (in Rs crore)   |
|--------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
| s.L.   | State/F.Y                   | ExpenditurG lncurred by FGI on account of supPly of food grain3 | Food SuDsldy releared under DCP | Exponditure lncurred by FGI on account of supPly of food grains | Food Subsidy released under DGP | Tota! (in Rs crore)   |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh              | 30.76                                                           | 2764,05                         | 1576.14                                                         | r,329.40                        | 5,700.3s              |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh           | 131.64                                                          |                                 | 123,57                                                          |                                 | 255.2',1              |
| 3      | Assam                       | 3912.74                                                         |                                 | 3423.A2                                                         |                                 | 7,336.60              |
| 4      | Bihar                       | 10320.'t7                                                       | 737.37                          | 5027.5                                                          | 1,,197.90                       | 17,242.94             |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh                | 0                                                               | 2367.O3                         | 0                                                               | 819.s2                          | 3,186,55              |
| 6      | Goa                         | 83,24                                                           |                                 | 78.76                                                           |                                 | t 62.00               |
| ?      | Guiarat                     | 4't1o.76                                                        |                                 | 3533.15                                                         |                                 | 7r61l:l.91            |
| I      | llaryana                    | 1263.21                                                         |                                 | r0t9,05                                                         |                                 | 2,2A2.26              |
| 9      | Himacha! Pradesh            | 398,3                                                           |                                 | 335.5                                                           |                                 | 733.80                |
| 10     | Jammu and l(ashmit          | { 089.89                                                        |                                 | 815.32                                                          |                                 | 1,905.21              |
| 11     | Jharkhand                   | 3909.69                                                         |                                 | 3004.28                                                         |                                 | 6,913.97              |
| 12     | Karnataka                   | 6324.62                                                         |                                 | 5760.37                                                         |                                 | 12,O84.99             |
| {3     | Kerala                      | 2311,26                                                         |                                 | 2't36,24                                                        |                                 | 4,447.5O              |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh              | 9.37                                                            | 3202.55                         | o                                                               | ,t 35.98                        | 3,347.90              |
| l5     | Maharashtra                 | 7426.4                                                          | 981.6                           | 4612,94                                                         |                                 | {3,O2O.98             |
| t6     | Manipur                     | 390.78                                                          |                                 | 279,O7                                                          |                                 | 669.85                |
| 17     | Meghalaya                   | 346.46                                                          |                                 | 317,51                                                          |                                 | 663.97                |
| 18     | Mizoram                     | r03.14                                                          |                                 | 98.89                                                           |                                 | 202.O3                |
| .t9    | Nagaland                    | 222,49                                                          |                                 | 207.48                                                          |                                 | 430.37                |
| 20     | Odisha                      | 42.31                                                           | 3263,95                         | 415,7                                                           | 797.20                          | 4,9{9.16              |
| 21     | Punjab                      | {344.15                                                         | 63.O6                           | ,034.48                                                         |                                 | 2t445,69              |
| 22     | Raiasthan                   | 4942,79                                                         |                                 | 3573.O9                                                         |                                 | 8,5{5.88              |
| 23     | Sikkim                      | 49.49                                                           |                                 | 52,06                                                           |                                 | , or.95               |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu                  | s161.85                                                         |                                 | s{2{.96                                                         |                                 | 10,283.81             |
| 25     | Telangana                   | 0                                                               | 2357.64                         | o                                                               | 603.21                          | 2,960.85              |
| 26     | Tripura                     | 347,52                                                          |                                 | 357.54                                                          |                                 | 755.06                |
| 27     | Uttarakhand                 | 248.56                                                          | 492,97                          | 193.25                                                          | 186.7f                          | 1,121.49              |
| 2A     | Uttar Pradesh               | 19828.69                                                        |                                 | 16229.3'l                                                       |                                 | 36,058.0O             |
| 29     | West Eengal                 | 8513.54                                                         |                                 | 6598,63                                                         |                                 | 15,112.17             |
| 30     | Andaman &                   | 9.55                                                            |                                 | 4.66                                                            |                                 | 14.21                 |
| 31     | llicober lslands Chandigarh | o                                                               |                                 | 0                                                               |                                 |                       |
| 32     | Dadra and Nagar l{avell     | 32.O9                                                           |                                 | 27.37                                                           |                                 | 59.46                 |
| 33     | Oaman and Diu               | .to.05                                                          |                                 | 8.76                                                            |                                 | 18.81                 |
| 34     | Delhi                       | 86{.17                                                          |                                 | 673.33                                                          |                                 | {,534.50              |
| 35     | Lakshadweep                 | 3,5?                                                            |                                 | 3,24                                                            |                                 | 6,76                  |
| 36     | Puducherry                  | 92,3                                                            |                                 | 47.64                                                           |                                 | 179.94                |
| 37     | Ladakh                      | o                                                               |                                 | 0                                                               |                                 |                       |
|        | Total                       | E4316.98                                                        | 16230.22                        | 66741.O1                                                        | 5069.92                         | 1r72135'l,13          |

## AI{NEXURE REFERRED  rg !I REpLy ro  pARr  (d) oF THE UNSTARRED  QUErtoN NO.1724  FOR ANSTTER  ON O8.r2.202{  rN THE  r-ii  saexa

statement  showing  state/ur wise number  of NFSA beneficiaries  taking  benefit  of  pMGKAy scheme on a monthly  basis during  pMGKAy ptrases t  to tV:

| sl.   | State/UT                   | Beneficiaraes   |
|-------|----------------------------|-----------------|
| I     | & Ntc obar lslands Andaman |                 |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh             | o.s9            |
| 3     | Arunacha! P radesh         | 251.25          |
| 4     | Assam                      | 7.62            |
| 5     | Bihar                      | 243.91          |
| 6     | Ghandi                     | 802.85          |
| 7     | Chhattisgarlr              | 2.54            |
| 8     | Dadta & NH and Daman D & u | {96.99          |
| I     | Delhi                      | 2.60            |
| 10    | Goa                        | 69.49           |
| 11    | Gujarat                    | 5.{ 8           |
| 12    | Haryana                    | 323.49          |
| 13    | Himachal Pmdesh            | 112.77          |
| 14    | Jammu And lKashmir         | 27.32           |
| t5    | Jharkhand                  | 66.62           |
| {6    | Kamataka                   | 239.87          |
| 17    | Kerala                     | 382.{0          |
| E8    | Ladakh                     | 144.8A          |
| {9    | Lakshadwee                 | 1.29            |
| 20    | t, lliad Prad,gsh          | o.22            |
| 21    | Maharashtra                | 463.93          |
| 22    | Manipur                    | 626.65          |
| 23    | Meghalaya                  | {9.49           |
| 24    | Mizoram                    | 20.61           |
| 25    | Nagaland                   | 6.50            |
| 26    | Odisha                     | 12.51           |
| 27    | Puduch erry                | 304.9{          |
| 2A    | Punjab                     | 5.75            |
| 29    | han                        | 135.00          |
| 30    |                            | 425.69          |
|       | Sikkim                     | 3.72            |
| 3{    | Tamil Nadu                 | 3{ 4.88         |
| 32    | Telangana                  | {80.{ {         |
| 33    | Tripura                    | 23.9s           |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh              | 1,4O7.59        |
| 35    | Uttarakhand                | 54.11           |
| 36    | West Ben 9al               | 584.46          |
|       | Total                      | 7,471.44        |