Lok Sabha Question No. 418 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Ditributiuon of Food to Poor People
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Prabhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava, Basanta Kumar Panda, Sougata Ray, Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MIN|STRY  OF CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIG DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIG DISTRIBUTIOII LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED OUESTION NO. 4{8

TO BE AI{SWERED OI{ 2OTHJULY,2O2{

## DTTRIBUTIUON OF FOOD TO POOR PEOPLE

I4{8.  SHRIMATI Itil[LA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH: SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA: SHRI BASAI{TA KUMAR PANDA: PROF. SAUGATA RAY: SHRI KUI{WAR PUSHPENDRA SII{GH GHANDEL:

Will the Minister of  GONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIG DlsTRlBUTloN  sqe{ttFI  arrd, uro 3lk  g14afi-4;  futr{q dfr be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has worked out any scheme for free distribution of food items to around 8O crore  poor, if so, the details thereof regarding number of beneficiaries and amount spent in the Gountry
- including  in Bundelkhand;
- (b)  whether the Government  has distributed pulses in addition to wheatt rice under the said scheme expenditure  incurred on the same, if sor the details  thereof, $tate.wise including Kalahandi  and Nuapada districts of Odisha including additional  ;
- (c)  whether the Government is providing 5 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs.2 per kg and rice at the rate of Rs.3 per kg per head per month to around 8o crore people for the first time under the National Food security Act; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government to provide its benefit to the last person in need in the country through Food and Public Distribution System under this scheme?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMEilT A]{D CONSUMER  AFFAIRS' FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI  NIRANJAi{ JYOTT)

(a)r Yes Sir, Under the Pradhan  Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yolanat it was decided by the Govt. to provide additlonat  allocation of food-grain @ 5 fg per person  pel month free of cost for all the beneficiaries  covered  under Targetted  Public Distribution system (Antyodaya anna Yoina & Priority Households) including those covered under Direct Benefit Transfer  (DBT) for a period of 3 months i.e April-rune, 2O2O (PIIIGKAY-Phase-l).  ln this  package, about {21 Lakh Metric Tons (LlrT) of food.gralnswerealtottedtoapproximately3o.g6GroreNFSAbeneficiaries entailing maximum  financlal  :mplications  of approxlmately Rs. 4606{ Crore.

Later on, extension of PMGKAY was done for a further perlod of 5 months I.e. up to Novembet 2o2O (PMGKAY.Phase-ll). Accordingly,  additional allocation of food.grain of approx. 20{ LniT for these five months (i.e. July 2o2O to November 2O2O) was made for distrabution  to approx,  8O.43 Grore NFSA beneficiaries. aximum financial implication for these five months was estamated to  be approximately  Rs. 76062.1'l  Grore.

ln view of the 2nd wave of Govid.{g  Pandemtc,  Govt. of India decided to proyide addifionat f,oodgrains,  free of cost @ 5 Kg p6r person  per month to all the beneficiarles covered under NFSA, over and above the normal allocation of foodgrains under NFSA for two months l.e. May and June 2O2'l (PillGKAY.PhaseJIl). Accordlngly,  additional allocation  of foodgrain of approx. 79.39 LtT was made for dtstribution  to around 80 crore NFSA benefic:aries.  Maximum total financlal implication was estimated to be approx. Rs. 266O2,52 Grore.

Further, the Govt of lndia has declded  to Gontinue  the PMGKAY Scheme  till November, 2o2{ (PMGKAY-Phase-lV).  Accordingty,  additional  allocation  ot foodgrain of approx.  {98.78 LilT has been made for free of cost distributlon to approx. 8O Grore NFSA beneficiaries. ilaximum tota! flnancial amplication  for these five months i.e. Juty, 2021 lo  November, 20,21 as estimated  to be of apilrox'  fs' 67266.44 Grore. The quantity of foodgrains,  number of beneficlaries  etc.'may vary as per actual identificatlon  of beneficiaries  done by states/uTs  from time to time.

ln respect  of uttar Pradesh  (including for Bundelkhand), a quantity of approx. { { 0.67 LmT of foodgrains  have been allocated under PMGKAY  (Phase l'lV)'

(b): Yes Sir, Under Pradhan i,lantra Garib Kalyan Package as part of Economic Response to covtD-{g, Govemment  of lndia also allocated pulses for distribution @{kg  per household  per month, free of cost, to {9.4 crore beneflciary  Households as per the National Food sccurity Act,2O{3  (NFSA), The pulses werc dastributed under the Pradhan lliantrl Garib Kalyan Anna Yoiana  (PMGKAY)' for a period of thre6 months- Aprit to June, 2020. The Govemment of lndia maintains central buffer of pulses for price stabitization.  The State.wise detalls of allocation and Distrabution is placed at AnnexureJ.

The Government  of lndia further announced  extension of PllllGKAY beyond the initiat  period of April.lune,  2O2O  until the end of November, 2o2o. During the five months'  perlod (July to November, 2O2Ol I kg vrhole chana was provided free of cost to each ltlFSA households.  A quantity of 9.70 LIUIT milled cleaned whole chana was supplled  to states/uTs  for distribution  to al! {9,4 crore beneficiary househotds under the Nataonat  Food seeuriQr Act, 2O{3 (NFSA).  The State'wise detalls  of allocation and Distribution is placed at Annexure'll'

(c) & (d):  National Food Securaty Act (NFSA)' 2O{3 came into forc' on 05.07.20,13.  The Act provides for alt lndia coverage of upto 75o/" ol tho rural populaflon  and upto 5o"lo ol the urban populataon for r.cclving subsldlzcd foodgnitns under Targeted Pubtlc Dlstribution sy3tcm  (TPDS).  Covcllage  undcr thc Act ls under two categories-  households  covered under An$lodaya Anna Yolana (AAY) and the priority households (PHH) to be tdentlfied by the state Govomm.nts/ Union Tcrrltories  (UT) Admlnlstrattons as per Grlterla evolved by them' wlthln the coverag. tamlt determlned for the state/uT. Under the Act' whtte antyodaya Anna Yotana  (AAY) households, are entltled  to 35 kg of foodgralns per family per month' pdority households arc entatled  to 5 kg of foodgElns per person per month at uniform subsadized  prlces of Rs. 3/2/l per kg for rice/ wheau GoaBo gralns respectlYely.

The Targeted Public Distributlon  system under the Natlonal  Food Eccurit3r act, 2O{ 3 ls opeEted under the ioint  responsibility of central and state Goyemmcnt. tt is the responslbltlty  of the stato Govemment to identlftt  bllglble househotds  under thc Antyodaya Anna Yolana as por extant  guldelines  spCclfled  by the Gentrat Govemment and rematnlng  househotds as prlorltyr households'is  per criteria  ryolved  by thC concemed State Govemment, issuancc  ol tlreir latlon  cards and da3tdbutlon of foodgratns to th.m as per tholr entittcment through falr prlce shopa.

## ANNEXLJRE  REFERRED  TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  No.4l8 FOR ANSWER ON 20,07.2021 IN THE LOK SABHA

State-wise  details of allocation and Distribution  of Pulses under PMGKAY  Phase-I  (April-June' 2020

| SNo   | te/UT                      | Total 3 months allocation of pulses   | Adjusted allocation as per Statesru$ request   | Qty distributed by Ststes/tlTs   |
|-------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| I     |                            | (MT)                                  | (MT)                                           | (in MT)                          |
| 1     | Andaman &Ni,:obar          | 49.05                                 | 49.05                                          | 49.05                            |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh             | 27084.57                              | 27084.57                                       | 27084.57                         |
| J     | Arunachal Pradesh          | 53 t .63                              | 531 .63                                        | 531.63                           |
| 4     | Assam                      | t7386.77                              | 17386.77                                       | 17359.32                         |
| 5     | ihar                       | 50655.00                              | 43655.00                                       | 42996.35                         |
| 6     | igarh                      | l9l.0t                                | 191 .01                                        | l9l.0l                           |
| 7     | Chhattissarh               | 15449.73                              | 15449.73                                       | 15449.40                         |
| E     | an & Diu and Nagar Haveli, | 195.72                                | 195.72                                         | 195.72                           |
| I E   | I                          | 526t.46                               | 5261.46                                        | 5263.54                          |
| 10 r  | Goa                        | 427.50                                | 427.50                                         | 427.65                           |
| ll    | Gu.jarat                   | 20641.43                              | 19528.00                                       | 19528.00                         |
| 12    | Harvana                    | 7930.91                               | 7930.91                                        | 7282.00                          |
| l3    | Himachal Pradesh           | 2055.00                               | 2055.00                                        | 2021.00                          |
| t4    | ammu and Kashmir           | 4935.12                               | 4935.12                                        | 4932.27                          |
| l5    | Jharkhand                  | 17134.80                              | 17134.80                                       | 17134.80                         |
| 16    | Karnataka                  | 3 8168.l9                             | 38168. l9                                      | 38168.19                         |
| l7    | Kerala                     | ll2l4.5l                              | I l2l4.5l                                      | 10774.45                         |
| l8    | Ladakh                     | 87.78                                 | 87.78                                          | 87.03                            |
| l9    | weep                       | 15.60                                 | 15.60                                          | 15.60                            |
| z0    | a Pradesh                  | 35058.00                              | 3s0s8.00                                       | 29086.90                         |
| 2l    | tra                        | 46019.08                              | 46019.08                                       | 39645.31                         |
| 22    | pur                        | 1762.50                               | 1762.50                                        | 1762.51                          |
| t5    | ghalaya                    | 1264.50                               | 1264.50                                        | 1264.51                          |
| 24    | ram                        | 466.23                                | 466.23                                         | 466.22                           |
| 25    | land                       | 854.82                                | 854.82                                         | 854.82                           |
| z6    | Odisha                     | 27853.89                              | 278s3.89                                       | 28558.54                         |
| z7    | ucherry                    | 534.54                                | 534.54                                         | 53s.50                           |
| 28    | ab                         | r0800.00                              | 10800.00                                       | 10641.24                         |
| 29    | asthan                     | 33555.00                              | 29982.72                                       | 29982.72                         |
| 30    | ikkim                      | 28t.67                                | 28t.67                                         | 281.45                           |
| 3l    | amil Nadu                  | 33323.76                              | 33323.76                                       | 33323.76                         |
| 37    | Telangana                  | 15988.14                              | 15988.14                                       | 15804.09                         |
| JJ    | pura                       | 1736.64                               | 1736.64                                        | 1622.54                          |
| 34    | Pradesh                    | 105733.7 |                       | t00226.40                                      | 100226.37                        |
| 35    | ttarakhand                 | 4038.00                               | 403 8.00                                       | 4033.97                          |
| 36    | West Bengal                | 43587.00                              | 435 87.00                                      | 42058.00                         |
| I     | rand Total                 | 582273.25                             | 565080.24                                      | 549642.02                        |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRIED  TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LTNSTARRED  QUESTION  No.418 FOR ANSWER ON 20.07.2021 IN THE LOK SABHA

## State-wise  details  of allocation and Distribution  of Pulses under PMGKAY  PhaseJI  (JulyNovember, 2020)

I

| o,   | tesruTs                        | Monthly rllocation   | Adjusted $months allocation as per request of StatevUTs   | Total Qty distributed by StatesruTs   |
|------|--------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| I    |                                | (MT)                 | (MT)                                                      | (in MT)                               |
| I    | ANDAMAN & NI.COBAR             | 16.35                | 77.80                                                     | 81.39                                 |
| 2    | ANDHRA PRADE]SH                | 8967.00              | 44,835.00                                                 | 39407.06                              |
|      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH              | 177 .21              | 886.05                                                    | 881.85                                |
| 4    | ASSAM                          | 5795.59              | 28,917 .95                                                | 28773.2s                              |
| 5 E  | BIHAR                          | 16885.00             | 78,149.89                                                 | 77117.14                              |
| 6    | CHANDIGARH                     | 63.67                | 312.05                                                    | 296.00                                |
| 7    | CHHATTISGARH                   | 5149.91              | 24,894.13                                                 | 24182,27                              |
| 8    | DADAR NAGAR HAVELI DAMAN & DIU | 65.24                | 326.20                                                    | 323.76                                |
| 9    | DELHI                          | t753.82              | 8,649.10                                                  | 8766.81                               |
| 10   | coA                            | 142.50               | 712.50                                                    | 638.41                                |
| ll   | GUJARAT                        | 6880.48              | 29,678.75                                                 | 30497.97                              |
| t2   | HARYANA                        | 2700.00              | 12,051.34                                                 | I I187.03                             |
| l3   | HIMACHAL PRAI)ESH              | 685.00               | 2,973.00                                                  | 3002.77                               |
| l4   | JAMMU & KASHI\,IIR             | t704.79              | 8,318.43                                                  | 8275.56                               |
| l5   | JHARKHAND                      | 5711.60              | 22,842.88                                                 | 27712.31                              |
| l6   | KARNATAKA                      | 12722.73             | 62,955.97                                                 | 63613.65                              |
| t7   | KERALA                         | 3738.17              | 17,820.85                                                 | 18073.78                              |
| l8   | LADAKH                         | 29.26                | 146.30                                                    | t45.51                                |
| l9   | LAKSHADWEEP                    | 5.20                 | 26.00                                                     | 26.00                                 |
| 20   | MADHYA PRADTISH                | l1686.00             | 56,348.94                                                 | 4929s.00                              |
| 2t   | MAHARASHTRA                    | 15339.69             | 70,226.91                                                 | 63888.56                              |
| 22   | MANIPUR                        | 590.98               | 2,9t0.50                                                  | 2954.90                               |
| 23   | MEGHALAYA                      | 421.50               | 2,107 .50                                                 | 2107 .t2                              |
| 24   | MIZORAM                        | 155.41               | 777 .05                                                   | 776.7 5                               |
| 25   | NAGALAND                       | 284.94               | |,424.70                                             | t 42t .66                             |
| 26   | ODISHA                         | 9284.63              | 46,423.15                                                 | 44577 .52                             |
| 27   | PUDUCHERRY                     | 178.18               | 890.90                                                    | 737 .7 5                              |
| 28   | PUNJAB                         | 3600.00              | 18,000.00                                                 | 11122.85                              |
| 29   | RAJASTHAN                      | l00l1.74             | 44,175.65                                                 | 45352.20                              |
| 30   | SIKKIM                         | 93.89                | 469.45                                                    | 457 .68                               |
| 3l   | TAMIL NADU                     | I I t07 .92          | 53,591.59                                                 | 53591.60                              |
| 32   | IELANGANA                      | 0.00                 | 0.00                                                      | 0.00                                  |
| J.'  | IRIPURA                        | 578.89               | 2,781.08                                                  | 2795,40                               |
| 34   | UTTAR PRADESTI                 | 35244.57             | 158,556.89                                                | 169293.t6                             |
| 35   | UTTARAKHAND                    | t346.00              | 6,510.45                                                  | 6702.00                               |
| 36   | WEST BENGAL                    | 14529.28             | 72,349.19                                                 | 69377 .35                             |
|      | Total                          | t87 647.14           | 882178.r4                                                 | 873454.02                             |