Lok Sabha Question No. 1725 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: Food Grains under ANBA
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

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## ANSWER

ilIINISTER OF STATE FOR f,IINISTRY  OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND GONSUi|ER AFFA|RS, FOOD &  pUBLtC  O|STRIBUTION (sADHVt  NIRANJAN JYOTD

- (a): During the initial GOVID-{9 sltuation  In the country an 2O2O and pursuant to the announcement of Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan (ANBA)  in May 2O2O, the Department  had allocated 8 LiiT foodgrains to all States/UTs under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Scheme (ANBS) for free of cost dlstrlbution  to mlgrank/ strandod magrant persons  including those without ration cards, either under the Natlonal Food Security Act (NFSA) or under any other State PDS scheme at the scale of 5 kg per person per month for th6 peraod  of two months of May and June, 2020.
- (b)r A Statement showing State/UT.wise  number of persons who moved in for work t  employment as per Census.2Oll  (ll[igrant  ]Yorkers) as maintalned  by the ltlinistry of Labour  and Employment as at Annexure.
- (c): Agalnst the Inatial llberal allocations,  under ANBS  in 2O2O, the States/UTs collectlvely estlmated a maxlmum population  of about 2.8 Grore mlgrants/ strandcd  magrant  ponBons  and otter such percons in need of freo foodgralns. The Statos/UTs  fudhcr reported a total distributlon  of about 2.74 LMT toodgrains, covedng an avcrage of about 2.14 Crore persons  (98% of the estimated populatlon) for the months of May and June, 2020.

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## GOVERN!f,ENT OF INDIA

## MtNtsTRy  oF coNsuMER AFFA|RS, FOOD &  pUBLtC  DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTiiENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED SUESTION NO.I725

## TO BE ANSWERED  01{ 8T}' DEGEiIBER,2O2I

## FOOD GRAINS UNDER ANBA

## 1725. SHR! B.B.Pi[TIL:

Wil!  the  Minlster of  CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD AND  pUBLtc DISTRIBUTION  5ctif6r rnr*, urr.r ,tr lTr&ofro  Fr{ur d* bo pteased  to state:

- (a) whether the Govemment  is distributing  food grains under the Atman:rbhar Bharat Abhiyan (ANBA)  to mlgrant workers  and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Govemment has any data of the number of mlgrant  workers in the country  and lf so, the details thcreof, State.wise  and dlstrlct.wlse; and
- (c) the total quantity of food gralns dlstrlbuted  to migrant  workerB  under
- ANBA?

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.{725 FOR ANSWER ON O8.12.2O2'I IN THE LOK SABHA.

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## State wise Number of persons who moved in for worl< & Employment as per Gensus.2O{{  (I[igrant Wofiers)

| S. No.    | State/UT                  | Persons     | Males       | Females    |
|-----------|---------------------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
| 1         | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS | 52,129      | 471229      | 4,900      |
| 2         | ANDHRA PRADESH            | 37r37,316   | 30,51,E{ I  | 6,85,5O5   |
| 3         | ARUNAG!{AL PRADESH        | 1,19,2t4    | 93,41       | 25,803     |
| 4         | ASSAM                     | 5172,064    | 4,93,E77    | 78,187     |
| 5         | B!HAR                     | 7,06,557    | 5r39,{76    | 1167138,1  |
| 6         | CHANDIGARH                | 2,06..642   | {,91,668    | .14,974    |
| 7         | GHHATTI]SGARH             | 1Or21rO77   | 8,65,E97    | {,55,180   |
| I DADRA & | NAGAR HAVELI              | 63t779      | 60,588      | 3,19{      |
| 9         | DAMAN & DlU               | 731782      | 7O..592     | 3,190      |
| {o        | GOA                       | 1,15,470    | 99,913      | 15,9!i7    |
| l1        | GUJARAT                   | 30,41,779   | 26,85,190   | 3,56,589   |
| 12        | HARYANIT                  | 131331644   | 11r47r374   | 1,86,270   |
| 13        | HIMACHAL PRADESH          | 2,96,268    | 21361454    | 59,8{4     |
| 14        | JAMMU & KASHMIR           | 1r22r597    | {,0o,680    | 21,9O7     |
| {5        | JHARKHAND                 | 4,24,2s9    | 7,24,065    | 1po,1g4    |
| {6        | KARNATAKA                 | 29,97,216   | 23167rg01   | 5,l g,3l 5 |
| 17        | KERALA                    | 7,13,934    | 5,59,263    | 1F4,671    |
| {E        | LAKSHADWEEP               | 6,135       | 5,375       | 760        |
| t9 MADHYA | I'RADESH                  | 24115,635   | 20)271884   | 31871751   |
| 20        | MAHARASHTRA               | 79,01,819   | 68,19,9t 5  | { 0,8{,904 |
| 21        | ilIANIPUR                 | 22,750      | 16,41       | 6,309      |
| 22        | MEGHALAYA                 | 52,797      | 38,769      | 14,028     |
| 23        | MIZORAM                   | 62,828      | 45,68E      | 1714O      |
| 24        | NAGALANID                 | 1rlor779    | 88,923      | 21,E56     |
| 25        | NCT OF DI:LHI             | 20,29,489   | {8,98,8E4   | I,30,605   |
| 2G        | ODISHA                    | 8,5{,363    | 71141603    | I,36,760   |
| 27        | PUDUCHEIIRY               | 7O,721      | 60,366      | {0,355     |
| 2A        | PUNJAB                    | 12,4,056    | {0,60,487   | {,83,569   |
| 29        | RAJASTHIiN                | 17,,09,602  | 14,45$41    | 21631755   |
| 30        | SIKKIM                    | 46,554      | 3E,703      | 7,851      |
| 3l        | TAMIL NA]'U               | 34187r974   | 27,74,046   | 7,13,988   |
| 32        | TR!PURA                   | 92,O97      | 74,594      | {7,503     |
| 33 UTTAR  | PR/IDESH                  | 31,561125   | 251!,11421  | 51641704   |
| 34        | UTTARAK}IAND              | ql7,o94     | 5,50,465    | 66,629     |
| 35        | WEST BENGAL               | 16,56,952   | 14,29,130   | 2,27,822   |
|           | INDIA                     | 4r141221917 | 3,50,l617OO | 64,06,217  |