Lok Sabha Question No. 2831 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-15
Subject: Urban Beneficiaries Under NFSA
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama, Nihal Chand Chauhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UilSTARRED OUESTION ilO,283{ TO BE ANSWERED  Oil tsrti DECEmBEF^T2O2I

## URBAN BENEFICIARIES  UNDER NFSA

## 283I. SHRI RAJESHBHAI GHUDASAMA: SHRI NIHAL GHAND:

Will the Minister of CONSUilER  AFFAIRS, FOOD At{D PUBLIC DTSTRIBUTIoN scl|trdl arr*, urc-r  gtr grffio  fuilq d+ be pteased  to state:

- (a)  the percentage of rural and urban beneficiaries  currcntly covered under the  ational Food Security Act (NFSA) in the country, State/UTwise;
- (b)  the reasons for less number of beneficiaries than the proyisions made under the scheme;
- (c)  whether the Government  has fixed any targets under the NFSA, af so, the present status of the targets and it not, whether any target as being considered for future; and -\
- (d)  if so, the details of the amount allocated  and utlllsed under the NFSA in the country during the last five years, State/Union  Territory. wise?

## A1{SWER

MII{ISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AilD GONSUMER AFFAIR!|, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (sADHVt  NTRAilJAN  JYOTI)

- (a): A  statement indicating  the State/Union  Territory  (UT)-wise percentage coverage of beneficiaries  under the National Food Security Act, 2O{3 is at Annexure-!.

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- (b): ldentification  of beneficiaries  is the responsibility of the State Governments. The identification  of beneficiaries by States/UTs is a continuous process, which involves exclusion of  ineligiblel lakel duplicate ration cards and also exclusion on account of death, migration etc and inclusiolrr on account  of birth as also that of genuine  left-out households.  This rnay result in some gap in coverage of beneficiaries.
- (c): The NFSA provides for coverage upto 75"/" of rura! population and upto 5O% of urban population for receiving highly subsidized  foodgrains under Targeted Public Distribution System  (TPDS),  thus covering  about two-thirds of the total population. Gorresponding  to the all lndia coverage ol 75"1" and 5O% in the rural and urban areas, State-wise coverage  was detennined by the then Planning Commission (now NIT! Aayog) by using the ilational Sample Survey Organization  (NSSO) Household Gonsumption  Expenditure $urvey data for  2lJ11-12. At present, against the intended  coverage of 8{.35 crore, about 79,53 crore beneficiaries  are iidentified  by the States/UTs under the Ac(.
- (d): Foodgrains  at  subsidized  'prices,  is  made available  !y Fooa Gorporation  ol lndia (FCl) to the States/UTs  qnder the HF$A, for which food subsidy is released to FCl. Only in the case .of States participating in the Decentralized Procurement  (DGP), under which State Government take responsibility of procurement  of foodgrains  and its distribution  to the eligible houserholds, that food subsidy is released directly to State Governments.  Ministry  of Finance allocates scheme-wise fund as a whole. There is no State-wise  fund allocation for Food Subsidy. A Statement indicating  the fund allocated and reteased to FCI and DGP States under this scheme during the last five years is at Annexure-ll.

Gentral Government also  provides  Central assistance to States/UTs under NFSA for  meeting expenditure on  intra-State movement and handling of foodgrains and fair price shop dealerc' margin as per approved norms. A statement  indicating the funds released to States/UTs  under. this  scheme during the last five years is at Annexure-lll.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.2831 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 15.12.2021IN TI-IE LOK SAB}IA.

## Stete/Union  Terrif.ory wlse percentage coverage  of beneflclarles under the Natlonal Food Secrrrlt5r  Act, 2013

(As on 3O.11.2O211

| sl. No.   | States / UTs                | Population in lakh (Census 201 1)   | Percentage Coverage   | Percentage Coverage   | Percentage Coverage   | Accepted No. of persons under NFSA (in lakh)   | No. of families/persons presently identified under NFSA (in la-kh)   | No. of families/persons presently identified under NFSA (in la-kh)   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| sl. No.   | States / UTs                | Population in lakh (Census 201 1)   | Rural                 | Urban                 | Tota.l                | Accepted No. of persons under NFSA (in lakh)   | Total persons                                                        | o/o of accepted persons                                              |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh              | 493.77                              | 60.96                 | 41.t4                 | 54.32                 | 264.23                                         | 268.22                                                               | 100.00%                                                              |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh           | 13.83                               | 66.31                 | 51.55                 | 62.98                 | a.7l                                           | 8.40                                                                 | 96.48o/o                                                             |
|           | Assam                       | 311.69                              | 44.17                 | 60.35                 | 80.82                 | 251.90                                         | 25t.t7                                                               | 99.7 t%                                                              |
| 4         | Bihar                       | 1038.05                             | 85.12                 |                       | 83.92                 | a7 L.t6                                        | 87r.16                                                               | 100.00%                                                              |
|           | Chhattisgarh                | 255.4                               | 84.25                 | 59.98                 | 78.61                 | 200.77                                         | 200.77                                                               | 100.00%                                                              |
| 6         | Delhi                       | 167.53                              | 37 .69                | 43.59                 | 43.44                 | 72.78                                          | 72.74                                                                | 100.00%                                                              |
| 7         | Goa                         | 14.58                               | 12.24                 | 33.O2                 | 36.50                 | 5.3 2 18                                       | 5.32                                                                 | 100.00%                                                              |
| 8         | Guiarat                     | 603.84                              | 74.64                 | 48.25                 | 63.40                 | 382.a4                                         | 34t.7 t                                                              | 89.260/o                                                             |
| 9         | Haryana                     | 253.53                              | 54.6i                 | 41.05                 | 49.89                 | 126.49                                         | L26.49                                                               | 100.00%                                                              |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh            | 68.s',/                             | 56.23                 | 30.99                 | 53.70                 | 36.42                                          | 28.64                                                                | 77 .80o/o                                                            |
| 11        | Jharkhand                   | 329.66                              | 86.48                 | 60.20                 | 80.16                 | 264.25                                         | 263.7.O                                                              | 99.79o/o                                                             |
| L2        | Kafnataka                   | 611.31                              | 76.O4                 | 49.35                 | 65.75                 | 401.93                                         | 401.93                                                               | 10O.O0olo                                                            |
| 13        | Kerala                      | 333_88                              | 52.63                 | 39.50                 | 46.36                 | 154.80                                         | 154.80                                                               | 100.00%                                                              |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh              | 725.94                              | 80.10                 | 62.61                 |                       | 546.42                                         | 482.54                                                               | 88.32o/o                                                             |
| 15        | Maharashtra                 | t723.73                             | 76.32                 | 45.34                 | 62.3t                 | 700.17                                         | 700.17                                                               | 100.00%                                                              |
| 16        | Manipur                     | 28.55794                            | 88.56                 | 85.75                 | a7.75                 | 25.06                                          | 19.97                                                                | 79.69%                                                               |
| t7        | Meghalaya                   | 29.64                               | 77.79                 | 50.87                 | 72.39                 | 21.46                                          | 21.46                                                                | 100.00%                                                              |
| 18        | Mimram                      | 10.91                               | 81.B8                 | 48.60                 | 64.7 t                | 7.06                                           | 6.68                                                                 | 94.65%                                                               |
| t9        | Nagaland                    | 19.81                               | '79.83                | 61.98                 | 74.66                 | 14.79                                          | 14.05                                                                | 94.98o/o                                                             |
| 20        | Odisha                      | 4 t9 .47                            | 82.t7                 | 55.77                 | 77 .77                | 326.21                                         | i24.t5                                                               | 99.37%                                                               |
| 2L        | Punjab                      | 277 .O.l                            | 54.79                 | 44.83                 | 51.08                 | i41.51                                         | 141.51                                                               | 100.00%                                                              |
| 22        | Raiasthan                   | 686.21                              | 69.09                 | 53.00                 | 6s.09                 | 446.62                                         | 440.O7                                                               | 98.52o/o                                                             |
| 23        | Sikkim                      | 6.08                                | 75.74                 | 40.36                 | 66.74                 | 4.06                                           | 3.79                                                                 | 93-300/"                                                             |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                  | 72r39                               | 62.55                 | 37 .79                | 50.56                 | 364.7                                          | 364.69                                                               | 100.00%                                                              |
|           | Telangana                   | 352.49                              | 60.96                 | 4t.t4                 | 54.32                 | t91.70                                         | 197.62                                                               | 99.960/o                                                             |
| 26        | Ttipura                     | 36.7 7                              | 7,L7 5                | 49.54                 | 68.15                 | 25.O2                                          | 24.43                                                                | 99.24o/o                                                             |
|           | Uttar Pradesh               | 1995.81                             | 79.56                 | 64.43                 | 76.r9                 | 1520.6                                         | 147 t.92                                                             | 96.8Qo/o                                                             |
| 28        | Uttaral<hand                | 10 1. 17                            | 65.26                 | 52.05                 | 6t.22                 | 6t.94                                          | 61.94                                                                | 100.00%                                                              |
| 29 30     | West B€nga-l A&N            | 913.48                              | 7 4.47 24.91          | 47 .55 1.70           | 65.88 16.58           | 601.84 0.63                                    | 601.84 0.61                                                          | 100.00% 96.6 to/o                                                    |
|           |                             |                                     |                       |                       |                       |                                                |                                                                      | 99.06o/u                                                             |
| 31        | DNH&DD                      | 5.86                                | 69.93                 | 54.t7                 | 60.72                 | 3.56                                           | 3.O2                                                                 | 84.88o/o                                                             |
|           | I,al<shadweep               | o.64                                | 35.30                 | 33.56                 | 34.40                 | o.22                                           | o.22                                                                 |                                                                      |
| JJ 34     | Chandigarh (DBT) Puducherry | r0.55                               | 38.54                 | 47 .26 46.94          | 47.O1                 | 4.96                                           | 2.75                                                                 | 55.35%                                                               |
|           | (DRT)                       | 1,2.44                              | 59.68                 |                       | 50.96                 | 6.34                                           | 6.24                                                                 | 98.37Vo                                                              |
| 35        | J&K                         | 122.67                              | 63.93                 | 46.93                 | 59.26                 | 72.69                                          | 72.4t                                                                | 99.610/o                                                             |
| 36        | L.adakh Total               | 2.74 12LO3.22                       | 75.OO 155.b5          | 41.62 50.oo           | 52.47 67.2t           | 1.4391 8r35.O1                                 | 1.44 7952.99                                                         | 99.99o/o 97.760/0                                                    |

ANNEXURE REFEIIRED  TO IN PART (d) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2831 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 15.12.2021 IN THE LOK SABHA.

Details of Fund altrocated  for Food Substdy to Food Corporatlon of Indla and released year-wlsie under Natlonal Food Securit5r Act  (lncluding PradhanMantrlGaritbKalyan  Anna YoJana and AtmaNlrbhar  Bharat schemel

(Rs in crore)

| Year                   | Arnount allocated   | Amount released   |
|------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
| 20t6-L7                | 103334.61*          | 103334.61*        |
| 20L7-ta                | 101981.69*          | 101981.69*        |
| 20t8-L9                | 140098*             | 140098*           |
| 20t9-20                | 75,O00.00           | t,r9,164.02 **    |
| 2020-21                | 344077              | 462789 ***        |
| 2O2l-22 Up to 30.11.21 | 2,O2,616            | 1,34,000          |

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ANNEXURE REFE}iRED  TO IN PART (d} OF THE UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.2831 DUE FOR ANSWER ON I5.L2.2O2I IN THE LOK SABHA.

Statement  lndlcatlng the subsidy released to DCP States durlng the trast Syears under Natlonal  Food Securit5r Act (lncluding Pradhan Mantrl Garlb Kalyan Anna YoJana and Atma Nirbhar Bharat schemel

(Rs in crores)

| sl no.   | I[ame of the State   | 2016-L7   | 2017-LA   | 2018- 19   | 20L9-20    | 2020-21   | 2L-22 (aq on 30-11-2U   |
|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|-----------|-------------------------|
| 1        | AndhraPradesh        | 3212.82   | 6060.17   | 4542.57    | 7404.42    | 4424_72   | 5186.75                 |
| 2        | Bihar                | 7495.24   | 4535. 11  | 229t.68    | 2535.71    | 4tt7.33   | 3994.33                 |
|          | Chhattisgarh         | 3t4t.28   | 4272.36   | 3303.19    | 462a.tl    | 7193.13   | 3104.6C                 |
| 4        | Gujarat              | 46.27     | o.o0      | 9.31       | 69.03      | 9.24      | 0.00                    |
| 5        | Kamataka             | 0.0c      | 166.95    | 477 .53    | 205.79     | 323.99    | 340.28                  |
| 6        | Kera]a               | 4r9.25    | 782.06,   | 620.23     | 469.34     | 1214.98   | 984.44                  |
| 7        | MadhvaPradesh        | 5354.97   | 81 13.23  | 6026.97    | 8888.39    | 11946.44  | 3827.97                 |
| 8        | Maharashtra          |           | 583.66    | 0.00       | t920.t7    | 2555.74   | 676.76                  |
| 9        | Odisha               | 3847,72   | 5133.57   | 4651.01    | 5807.45    | 8985.73   | 2244.94                 |
| 10       | Punjab               | 2877.68   | 796.33    | t722-33    | 1612.O9    | 1761.53   | 860.38                  |
| 11       | Rajasthan            | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.oo       |            |           | C                       |
| 72       | TamilNadu            | 2303.76   | 657.74    | 1136.61    | 3242.79    | 3to9.76   | 7387.79                 |
| tJ       | Telangana            | 17 76.71  | 3853.71   | 2559.31    | 4858.89    | 6879.59   | 5031.88                 |
| l4       | Uttarakhand          | 346.8C    | 860.11    | 329.8      | 903.r2     | 1371.33   | 990.9s                  |
| 15       | WestBengal           | 244L.93   | 2042.30   | 3279.69    | 2794.A6    | a792.O3   | 1286.93                 |
| 16       | Jharkhand            |           | I         |            |            | 3.66      | 3.66                    |
|          | Tripura              |           |           |            |            | 29.79     | 15.58                   |
| 18       | DBT*                 | 133.97    | t48.74    | t39.2s     | 204.24     | 782.78    | 97.76                   |
|          | Total                | 27338,35  | 38000.o0  | 31029.485  | 44944.36*1 | 6690L.7?  | 30040.74                |

ANNEXT'RE  REFEIIRED  TO IN PART (d) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2831 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 15.12.2021 IN THE LOK SABHA.

Central asslstance  released  to  States/UTs under NFSA for  meetlng expendlture on intra-State toovement and handllng of foodgralns and falr prlce shop dealers' margln under the Natlonal Food Securlty Act, 2O13 (Includtng Pradhan Mantrl Garlb Kalyan Anna YoJana and Atma Nlrbhar Bharat Package)

| S. No,                  | States/UTs              | r\nd Released (In crore) -.Es on 01.12.202I   | r\nd Released (In crore) -.Es on 01.12.202I   | r\nd Released (In crore) -.Es on 01.12.202I   | r\nd Released (In crore) -.Es on 01.12.202I   | r\nd Released (In crore) -.Es on 01.12.202I   | r\nd Released (In crore) -.Es on 01.12.202I   |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| S. No,                  | States/UTs              | 2016-t z                                      | 20t7-t8                                       | 20r8-r9                                       | 2019-20                                       | 2020-21                                       | 202t-22                                       |
| I                       | Andhra Pradesh          | 0.00                                          | 213.5r                                        | r32.02                                        | 62.52                                         | 27 t.7B                                       | 6t.22                                         |
| 2                       | Arunachal Prailesh      | 0.00                                          | t7.70                                         | 10.13                                         | 0.00                                          | 0.80                                          | 0.00                                          |
| o                       | Assam                   | ,74.20                                        | 397.38                                        | 286.47                                        | 0.00                                          | 368.08                                        | 207.55                                        |
| 4                       | Bihar                   | 501.39                                        | 6 r8.30                                       | 356.47                                        | 342.43                                        | 796.58                                        | 440.08                                        |
|                         | Chhattisgarh            | 0.00                                          | t74.72                                        | t 40.65                                       | 31.28                                         | t24.O7                                        | 26.70                                         |
| b                       | Delhi                   | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 136.83                                        | 4.l5                                          | 9.68                                          |
| 7                       | Goa                     | 0.00                                          | 2.39                                          | 4.04                                          | l.8 t                                         | 3.l5                                          | 2.66                                          |
| 8                       | Gujarat                 | 34.98                                         | 2t9.t2                                        | t7 t.82                                       | 146.47                                        | 285.75                                        | 45.49                                         |
| I                       | Haryana                 | t22.Al                                        | 0.00                                          | 51.13                                         | 6.70                                          | 19.23                                         | r49.39                                        |
| l0                      | Himachal Practesh       | 0.00                                          | 38.3s                                         | 98.03                                         | 29. t8                                        | o,,d                                          | 6.52                                          |
| lt                      | Iharkhand               | 0.00                                          | 125.84                                        | 0.00                                          | 317 .72                                       | 170.94                                        | 78.35                                         |
| t2                      | Karnataka               | 328.41                                        | 285.19                                        | 176. t0                                       | 0.00                                          | 84.39                                         | 53.46                                         |
| l3                      | Kerala                  | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | t34.57                                        | 0.00                                          | 23.53                                         | 0.00                                          |
| l4                      | Madhya Pradesh          | 380.97                                        | 198.41                                        | t67.Ss                                        | 0.00                                          | 634.60                                        | 64.18                                         |
| l5                      | Maharashtra             | 593.00                                        | 425.88                                        | 356.92                                        | 30s.83                                        | 501.91                                        | r30.08                                        |
| lb                      | Manipur                 | 0.00                                          | 25.43                                         | 45.05                                         | 0.00                                          | 21.63                                         | 18.84                                         |
| l7                      | Meghalaya               | 0.00                                          | 0.98                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 104.6t                                        | 36.50                                         |
| l8                      | Mizoram                 | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | I4.60                                         | r 1.08                                        | 7.71                                          |
| l9                      | Nagaland                | 0.00                                          | I 1.54                                        | 16.69                                         | 0.00                                          | 15.63                                         | 8.15                                          |
| 20                      | Odisha                  | 0.00                                          | 147.60                                        | 2t9.24                                        | 0.00                                          | .t8.44                                        | t 77.13                                       |
| 2t                      | Puniab                  | 0.00                                          | 67.01                                         | 63.60                                         | 9.30                                          | s.24                                          | 0.00                                          |
| 22                      | Raiasthan               | ooo.oo                                        | 10.05                                         | 339.87                                        | 95.86                                         | 374.02                                        | 225.92                                        |
| 23                      | Sikkim                  | 2.30                                          | 2.80                                          | B.4l                                          | 4.92                                          | 5.85                                          | L?8                                           |
| 24                      | Tamil Nadur             | 0.00                                          | t 9l.00                                       | r63.32                                        | 0.00                                          | 54.32                                         | 48.50                                         |
| OE                      | Telangana               | 0.00                                          | 129.13                                        | 153.09                                        | 0.00                                          | 2s3.36                                        | 25.49                                         |
| 26                      | 'lYipura                | 24.62                                         | 29.18                                         | 37.00                                         | 32.28                                         | 30.50                                         | 21.13                                         |
| 27                      | Uttar Pradesh           | 0.00                                          | 662.98                                        | 457. t4                                       | 141.05                                        | 1520.57                                       | 195.77                                        |
| ia6                     | Uttarakhand             | 0.00                                          | 109.75                                        | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 6.04                                          | 39.53                                         |
| 29                      | West Bengal             | 0.00                                          | 341.53                                        | 170.94                                        | 0.00                                          | 426.64                                        | 572.24                                        |
| 30                      | A&N                     | 0.00                                          | 0.t6                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.06                                          | 0.00                                          |
| 3l                      | Chandiqarlr             | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.16                                          | 0.37                                          |
|                         | D&NH                    | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          |                                               |                                               |
| 32                      | DD                      | 0.00                                          | U.JO                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.43                                          | 0.33                                          |
| 33                      | Lakshadweep             | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          |
| 34                      | Puducherry              | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.00                                          | 0.36                                          | 0.00                                          |
| 35                      | I&K                     | 0.00                                          | 53.76                                         | r23.31                                        | 0.00                                          | 137.85 0.00                                   | t9.27 0.00                                    |
| 36 Ladakh Total Release | 36 Ladakh Total Release | 2500.00                                       | 4500.00                                       | 3883.94                                       | L678.78                                       | 6482.54                                       | 2674.05                                       |