Lok Sabha Question No. 2374 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Allocation of Foodgrains to Maharashtra under PMGKY
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2374

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15TH MARCH, 2023

## ALLOCATION OF FOODGRAINS TO MAHARASHTRA UNDER PMGKY

+2374. SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR: SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

SHRI SANJAY JADHAV:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER FOOD AND

AFFAIRS, PUBLIC be pleased to state:

- (a) the year-wise details of the share of the Union and State Governments in distribution of ration through Public Distribution System (PDS) during the last five years in Maharashtra;
- the year-wise details of the ration allocated to Maharashtra by the Government under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) so far
- (b) since April 2020;
- (c) the district-wise details of the beneficiaries of PMGKY ration scheme in Maharashtra particularly in Osmanabad (Dharashiv) Parliamentary constituency;
- (d) whether the Government has carried out or proposes to carry out of the Public Distribution System (PDS) in Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg,
- audits Osmanabad districts and Parbhani parliamentary constituency;
- (e)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- if not, the reasons therefor?

## A NSWER

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

(a): Under National Food Security Act (NFSA); 2013, Central Government is responsible for allocation of required foodgrains to StateslUTs; transportation of foodgrains up to designated depots in each StatelUT; and providing central assistance to StatesIUTs for meeting expenditure on intra-State transportation & handling of foodgrains and FPS Dealers marginfor distribution of foodgrains: Under PMGKAY, total expenditure of foodgrain distribution was borne by the Central Government:

In this regard, following are the expenditure details of regular foodgrain distribution under NFSA (excluding subsidy claims):-

| Financial Year   |   Share of State Govt: in expenditure towards intra- State transportation & handling of foodgrains and FPS Dealers' margin |   Share of Central Govt: in expenditure towards intra-State transportation & handling of foodgrains and FPS Dealers |
|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2017-18          |                                                                                                                     298.71 |                                                                                                              298.71 |
| 2018-19          |                                                                                                                     298.86 |                                                                                                              298.86 |
| 2019-20          |                                                                                                                     299.54 |                                                                                                              299.54 |
| 2020-21          |                                                                                                                     311.48 |                                                                                                              311.48 |
| 2021-22          |                                                                                                                     312.04 |                                                                                                              312.04 |

in Rs. Crore) (Fig

Following are the expenditure details of free foodgrain distribution under PMGKAY-

Fig\_in Rs: Crores)

| Financial Year   | Share of State Govt: in expenditure towards intra- State transportation & handling of foodgrains and FPS Dealers" margin   |   Share of Central Govt: in expenditure towards intra-State transportation & handling of foodgrains and FPS Dealers margin |
|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2020-21          |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                     379.81 |
| 2021-22          |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                     517.81 |
| 2022-23          |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                     314.22 |

## (b): The year-wise details of allocation of foodgrains under PM-GKAY to the State of Maharashtra are as follows

|         | Foodgrains allocated to Maharashtra   | Foodgrains allocated to Maharashtra   | Foodgrains allocated to Maharashtra   |
|---------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| FY      | (Quantity in Thousand Tons)           | (Quantity in Thousand Tons)           | (Quantity in Thousand Tons)           |
|         | Rice                                  | Wheat                                 | Total                                 |
| 2020-21 | 1818.517                              | 982.163                               | 2800.68                               |
| 2021-22 | 1690.169                              | 2160.751                              | 3850.92                               |
| 2022-23 | 2254.152                              | 896.599                               | 3150.751                              |

(c): The district-wise details of beneficiaries in the State of Maharashtra along with Osmanabad Parliamentary Constituency is attached as Annexure-I.

(d) to (f): The Department has issued advisories to StateslUTs to conduct social audit as provisioned under NFSA Act 2013 on regular basis:

In this regard, the State Government of Maharashtra has conveyed that to improve efficiency and to bring the transparency in Targeted Public Distribution System; the Maharashtra Government has issued instructions to carry out social audits in the State vide G.R dated 30.07.2016 and the instructions have been given to all districts to submit their report to Government in every three months:

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2374 FOR ANSWER ON 15.03.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA

| S: No.   | District           | AAY        | AAY           | PHH           | PHH             | Total         | Total           |
|----------|--------------------|------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
| S: No.   | District           | Cards      | Members       | Cards         | Members         | Cards         | Members         |
|          | Nandurbar          | 104925     | 515670        | 177477        | 736416          | 282402        | 1252086         |
| 2        | Dhule              | 75247      | 360490        | 229621        | 1102244         | 304868        | 1462734         |
| 3        | Jalgaon            | 134019     | 572112        | 491018        | 2130283         | 625037        | 2702395         |
| 4        | Buldana            | 62519      | 269216        | 346613        | 1462620         | 409132        | 1731836         |
| 5        | Akola              | 44752      | 163071        | 254932        | 1024689         | 299684        | 1187760         |
| 6        | Washim             | 48096      | 197114        | 192202        | 758403          | 240298        | 955517          |
|          | Amravati           | 125632     | 469954        | 345210        | 1405205         | 470842        | 1875159         |
| 8        | Wardha             | 48798      | 171616        | 229390        | 915248          | 278188        | 1086864         |
| 9        | Nagpur DSQ         | 79049      | 300975        | 341341        | 1356242         | 420390        | 1657217         |
| 10       | Nagpur FDO         | 45116      | 180623        | 350494        | 1390310         | 395610        | 1570933         |
| 11       | Bhandara           | 65204      | 247962        | 168452        | 714769          | 233656        | 962731          |
| 12       | Gondiya            | 79556      | 332962        | 154997        | 678464          | 234553        | 1011426         |
| 13       | Gadchiroli         | 100151     | 399273        | 115123        | 453649          | 215274        | 852922          |
| 14       | Chandrapur         | 138493     | 497059        | 273162        | 1058904         | 411655        | 1555963         |
| 15       | Yavatmal           | 125945     | 465525        | 358890        | 1362731         | 484835        | 1828256         |
| 16       | Nanded             | 78176      | 328144        | 440548        | 1911704         | 518724        | 2239848         |
| 17       | Hingoli            | 29645      | 128257        | 155500        | 687142          | 185145        | 815399          |
| 18       | Parbhani           | 42230      | 184848        | 224043        | 1004682         | 266273        | 1189530         |
| 19       | Jalna              | 43390      | 202691        | 287035        | 1290484         | 330425        | 1493175         |
| 20       | Aurangabad         | 66116      | 296585        | 426764        | 1943265         | 492880        | 2239850         |
| 21       | Nashik             | 173962     | 793984        | 625312        | 2821417         | 799274        | 3615401         |
| 22       | Thane              | 48115      | 171773        | 108601        | 490178          | 156716        | 661951          |
| 23       | F Region Thane     | 10935      | 36832         | 652510        | 2533970         | 663445        | 2570802         |
| 24       | D Region Andheri   | 166        | 627           | 201381        | 848905          | 201547        | 849532          |
|          | E Region Wadala    | 1986       | 6951          | 447576        | 1863806         | 449562        | 1870757         |
| 26       | G Region Kandivali | 1591       | 6279          | 244550        | 987147          | 246141        | 993426          |
| 27       | A Region Parel     | 732        | 2886          | 153234        | 634835          | 153966        | 637721          |
| 28       | Raigarh            | 82227      | 260356        | 368770        | 1494543         | 450997        | 1754899         |
| 29       | Pune DSO           | 47996      | 195272        | 525316        | 2252750         | 573312        | 2448022         |
| 30       | Pune FDO           | 7331       | 27752         | 317917        | 1193027         | 325248        | 1220779         |
| 31       | Ahmadnagar         | 87444      | 397669        | 608315        | 2498779         | 695759        | 2896448         |
| 32       | Beed               | 38640      | 158427        | 345031        | 1484120         | 383671        | 1642547         |
| 33       | Latur              | 42138      | 206025        | 328848        | 1556852         | 370986        | 1762877         |
| 34       | Osmanabad          | 38411      | 181585 208118 | 213802        | 947245          | 252213 385591 | 1128830 1653457 |
| 35 36    | Solapur DSO        | 50146      | 23764         | 335445 141384 | 1445339 472399  | 117423        | 496163          |
| 37       | Solapur FDO Satara | 6039 26441 | 114038        | 371774        | 1524123         | 398215        | 1638161         |
| 38       | Ratnagiri          | 38514      | 135048        | 237183        | 984998          | 275697        | 1120046         |
| 39       | Sindhudurg         | 21646      |               | 142654        |                 | 164300        | 643637          |
| 40       | Kolhapur           | 51859      | 215943        | 520211        | 2152783         | 572070        | 2368726         |
|          | Sangli             | 30522      | 118862        |               |                 |               | 1751886         |
| 41 42    | PALGHAR            | 96183      | 463763        | 380874 316237 | 1633024 1444084 | 411396 412420 | 1907847         |
|          | Total              | 2440083    | 10086513      | 13119737      | 55219003        | 15559820      | 65305516        |

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