Lok Sabha Question No. 398 (STARRED), answered on 2022-03-30
Subject: Allocation of Rice to Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Midhun Reddy, Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, Pocha Brahmananda Reddy

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

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.398 To BE ANSWERED ON 30TH MARCH, 2022

## ALLOCATION OF RICE TO ANDHRA PRADESH

398. SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY: SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY:

Will the Minister CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC

- (a) whether the Government is aware that presently the State of Andhra Pradesh is being allotted 87,674 metric tonnes of rice per month under the Public Distribution System (PDS) against the requirement of 3,24,797 metric tonnes to the BPL families;
- (b) if s0, whether any steps have been taken to increase the allocation of rice and subsequently meet the requirement; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

A NSWER MINISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY, CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION AND TEXTILES (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House:

STATEMENT REFERRED To IN REPLY To PARTS (a) To (c) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO.398 FOR ANSWER ON 30.03.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA.

(a) to (c): Government of India enacted National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 which provides for coverage of upto 75% of the rural population and upto 50% of the urban population thus covering the bottom 67% of the population, which at Census 2011 is at a maximum limit 81.35 crore persons: Identification of beneficiaries under the Act is under two categories- households covered under Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and Priority Households (PHH): Priority Households are entitled to receive 5 Kg per person per month and AAY households are entitled to receive 35 Kg of foodgrains per household per month at highly subsidized central issue prices of Rs 1/2/3 per kg for coarsegrainslwheatlrice respectively There is no Below Poverty Line (BPL) category under the Act: However, the coverage under the Act is substantially high to ensure that all the vulnerable and needy sections of the society its benefit: get

Allocation of foodgrains(rice, wheat and coarsegrains) to Statesl UTs under the Act is made on the basis of StatelUT-wise coverage of population determined by the then Planning Commission, identification of beneficiaries by within the coverage, and foodgrains entitlement prescribed under the Act: The Act further provides that if on the above basis; annual foodgrains allocation to any StatelUt is lower than the average annual offtake during 2010-11 to 2012-13 under erstwhile normal Targeted Public Distribution' System (TPDS), the same shall bc protected:

The Act provides for coverage of 60.96% of rural and 41.14% of the urban population of the Andhra Pradesh which at Census 2011 comes to 268.23 Iakh persons: Under the Act, the State is entitled to 18,71,847.468 MT of foodgrains per annum (1,55,987.289 MT per 1,53,460.332 MT of foodgrains per annum under the "tide over" allocation:

At monthly of  foodgrains (including as tide over allocation) to the State Government present, the allocation of  1,55,987 MT 1838.970 MT of Andhra Pradesh, is as per provisions of the Act: