Lok Sabha Question No. 4665 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: Beneficiaries under NFSA
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy, Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4665 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH, 2023 29th

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER NFSA

4665. SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY: SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC

- (a) whether the Government proposes to provide free foodgrains to all the 81 crore beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) for one more year; and
- (b) if the details thereof, State-wise along with the beneficiary families, criteria being adopted and budgetary allocations made in this regard as on date?

## A NSWER

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

- (a) & (b): The Central Government to remove the financial burden of the poor beneficiaries and to ensure nationwide uniformity and effective implementation of the Act, has decided to provide food grains free of cost to Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households and Priority Households year beginning from Ist January 2023. Budgetary Allocations for 2022-23 is Rs. 2,86,978.50 crore. No State-wise and district-wise separate allocation of funds is made by Government of India. A statement indicating the StatelUnion Territory wise beneficiaries covered under NFSAis at Annexure.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (a) (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO\_ 4665 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 29.03.2023 REGARDING "BENEFICIARIES UNDER NFSA" .

Statement indicating the State/UT-wise beneficiaries covered under National Food Security Act:

|        |                                       | No: of families/persons identified under NFSA (in lakh)   | No: of families/persons identified under NFSA (in lakh)   | No: of families/persons identified under NFSA (in lakh)   | No: of families/persons identified under NFSA (in lakh)   |
|--------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| S: No: | Name of the States/ Union Territories | AAY                                                       | AAY                                                       | Priority                                                  | Total Persons                                             |
|        |                                       | No. of families                                           | No. of persons                                            | No. of persons                                            |                                                           |
|        | Andhra Pradesh                        | 9.08                                                      | 23.52                                                     | 244.70                                                    | 268.22                                                    |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh                     | 0.38                                                      |                                                           | 6.90                                                      | 8.40                                                      |
| 3      | Assam                                 | 6.92                                                      | 28.08                                                     | 223.08                                                    | 251.17                                                    |
|        | Bihar                                 | 25.01                                                     | 125.05                                                    | 746.11                                                    | 871.16                                                    |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh                          | 7.19                                                      | 20.42                                                     | 180.35                                                    | 200.77                                                    |
|        | Delhi                                 | 0.69                                                      | 2.80                                                      | 69.98                                                     | 72.78                                                     |
| 7      | Goa                                   | 0.12                                                      | 0.46                                                      | 4.86                                                      | 5.32                                                      |
| 8      | Gujarat                               | 7.88                                                      | 35.67                                                     | 308.48                                                    | 344.15                                                    |
|        | Haryana                               | 2.68                                                      | 11.35                                                     | 115.14                                                    |                                                           |
| 10     | Himachal Pradesh                      | 1.82                                                      | 7.67                                                      | 20.98                                                     | 28.64                                                     |
| 11     | Jharkhand                             | 8.98                                                      | 35.65                                                     | 228.47                                                    | 264.12                                                    |
| 12     | Karnataka                             | 10.97                                                     | 43.91                                                     | 358.02                                                    | 401.93                                                    |
|        | Kerala                                | 5.96                                                      | 25.59                                                     | 129.21                                                    | 154.80                                                    |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh                        | 14.76                                                     | 57.06                                                     | 454.26                                                    | 51132                                                     |
| 15     | Maharashtra                           | 25.05                                                     | 108.01                                                    | 592.16                                                    | 700.17                                                    |

| 16    | Manipur          |   0.64 |   1.82 |   18.26 |   20.08 |
|-------|------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------|
| 17    | Meghalaya        |   0.7  |   2.91 |   18.54 |   21.46 |
| 18    | Mizoram          |   0.26 |   0.82 |    5.86 |    6.68 |
| 19    | Nagaland         |   0.48 |   2.11 |   11.94 |   14.05 |
| 20    | Odisha           |  12.53 |  37.81 |  287.22 |  325.03 |
| 21    | Punjab           |   1.79 |   7.71 |  133.8  |  141.51 |
| 22    | Rajasthan        |   6.29 |  22.29 |  417.72 |  440.01 |
| 23    | Sikkim           |   0.17 |   0.57 |    3.24 |    3.81 |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu       |  18.65 |  68.6  |  296.1  |  364.69 |
| 25    | Telangana        |   5.67 |  15.29 |  176.33 |  191.62 |
| 26    | Tripura          |   1.08 |   4.64 |   19.68 |   24.32 |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh    |  40.92 | 132.8  | 1364.97 | 1497.77 |
| 28    | Uttarakhand      |   1.84 |   7.92 |   54.02 |   61.94 |
| 29    | West Bengal      |  16.42 |  54.99 |  546.85 |  601.84 |
| 30    | A&N              |   0.04 |   0.14 |    0.46 |    0.61 |
| 31    | DNHeDD           |   0.05 |   0.24 |    2.45 |    2.69 |
| 32    | Lakshadweep      |   0.01 |   0.04 |    0.18 |    0.22 |
| 33    | Chandigarh (DBT) |   0    |   0.01 |    2.98 |    2.99 |
| 34    | Puducherry (DBT) |   0.25 |   0.82 |    5.52 |    6.34 |
| 35    | JeK              |   2.33 |  10.61 |   61.8  |   72.41 |
| 36    | Ladakh           |   0.06 |   0.29 |    1.15 |    1.44 |
| Total | Total            | 237.67 | 899.16 | 7111.8  | 8010.96 |