Lok Sabha Question No. 4703 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: Implementation of PMGKAY
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4703 To BE ANSWERED ON 29TH MARCH, 2023

## IMPLEMENTATION OF PMGKAY

## SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

## +4703.

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC

- the date on which the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana was implemented along with the time by which it is likely to
- (a) (PMGKAY) be continued in future;
- (b) the number Of beneficiaries benefited and the quantum of foodgrains distributed under the scheme so State-wise; far,
- (c) the criteria laid down for people eligible under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and the rules framed in this regard;
- the details of benefits provided and the quantum of   foodgrains
- (d) distributed under the PMGKAY, State-wise;
- whether the Government is aware that only 2 kg rice beneficiary given in place of Skg rice beneficiary by certain State Governments being
- (e) under the scheme; and
- if so, the action
- being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANS WER

(SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(a) to (d): The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) had been launched during the period April, 2020 to December, 2022 with the specific purpose of ameliorating the hardships faced by the poor and needy due to economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 outbreak in the country: Under this scheme; Central Government had allocated total of 1118 LMT foodgrains, over and above normal allocation done under the National Food Security Act (NFSA); 2013 (i.e. Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Priority   Category Households) to all the StatesIUTs for free of cost distribution to about  existing 80 crore beneficiaries as covered under NFSA. Phase VII of PMGKAY was in operation upto 31.12.2022.

The Central Government, to remove the financial burden of the poor beneficiaries and to ensure nationwide uniformity and effective implementation of NFSA, has decided to provide food grains free of cost to the beneficiaries under AAY households (@35 Kg of food grains per family per month) and PHH beneficiaries (@5Kg of food grains per person per Ist Jan 2023 under PMGKAY subsuming two current food subsidy schemes of the Department of Food and Public Distribution- a) Food Subsidy to FCI for NFSA, and b) Food   Subsidy for decentralized procurement states, dealing with procurement, allocation and delivery of free foodgrains to the states under NFSA:

The NFSA Act provides that the State Government shall; within the ceiling of beneficiaries determined for the State; identify the households to be covered under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana to the extent specified by the Central Government; in accordance with the guidelines applicable to the said scheme and the remaining households as priority households to be covered under the Targeted Public Distribution System; in accordance with such guidelines evolved the State Government itself. Thus, the criteria for identification of beneficiaries under Priority Households Category may vary from State to State: The actual number of beneficiaries keeps on changing based on additionldeletion of ration cards due to various reasons, as reported by States/UTs from time to time: by

The State-wise details of the no. of beneficiaries covered under NFSA and  foodgrains distributed under PMGKAY are placed at Annexure-| Annexure-II:

- (e) & (f): No such incidents have been reported: The Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) [and PMGKAY too since the targeted beneficiaries were same] is operated under the joint responsibility of the Central and the StatelUt Governments. Central Govt is responsible for allocation and transportation of foodgrains upto the designated depots of the FCI The operational respor:ibilities for allocation of foodgrains within the StateslUTs, identification of eligible beneficiaries, issuance of ration cards to them, distribution of {cocgrains to eligible beneficiaries rest with the concerned StatelUT Govt:

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No.4703 FOR ANSWER ON 29.03.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA

| Statement indicating State-Wise number of Persons/families Covered under National Food Security Act; 2013 As on 20.03.2023   | Statement indicating State-Wise number of Persons/families Covered under National Food Security Act; 2013 As on 20.03.2023   | Statement indicating State-Wise number of Persons/families Covered under National Food Security Act; 2013 As on 20.03.2023   | Statement indicating State-Wise number of Persons/families Covered under National Food Security Act; 2013 As on 20.03.2023   | Statement indicating State-Wise number of Persons/families Covered under National Food Security Act; 2013 As on 20.03.2023   | Statement indicating State-Wise number of Persons/families Covered under National Food Security Act; 2013 As on 20.03.2023   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SL No.                                                                                                                       | IStates/ UTs                                                                                                                 | No. of families/persons identified under NFSA lakh)                                                                          | No. of families/persons identified under NFSA lakh)                                                                          | No. of families/persons identified under NFSA lakh)                                                                          | (in                                                                                                                          |
| SL No.                                                                                                                       | IStates/ UTs                                                                                                                 | AAY                                                                                                                          | AAY                                                                                                                          | Priority                                                                                                                     | Total persons                                                                                                                |
| SL No.                                                                                                                       | IStates/ UTs                                                                                                                 | No. of families                                                                                                              | No. of person                                                                                                                | No. of persons                                                                                                               | Total persons                                                                                                                |
|                                                                                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                               | 9.08                                                                                                                         | 23.52                                                                                                                        | 244.70                                                                                                                       | 268.22                                                                                                                       |
| 2                                                                                                                            | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                            | 0.38                                                                                                                         | 1.50                                                                                                                         | 6.90                                                                                                                         | 8.40                                                                                                                         |
| 3                                                                                                                            | Assam                                                                                                                        | 6.92                                                                                                                         | 28.08                                                                                                                        | 223.08                                                                                                                       | 251.17                                                                                                                       |
| 4                                                                                                                            | Bihar                                                                                                                        | 25.01                                                                                                                        | 125.05                                                                                                                       | 746.11                                                                                                                       | 871.16                                                                                                                       |
| 5                                                                                                                            | IChattisgarh                                                                                                                 | 7.19                                                                                                                         | 20.42                                                                                                                        | 180.35                                                                                                                       | 200.77                                                                                                                       |
| 6                                                                                                                            | Delhi                                                                                                                        | 0.69                                                                                                                         | 2.80                                                                                                                         | 69.98                                                                                                                        | 72.78                                                                                                                        |
|                                                                                                                              | 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                                                                                                                       | 126.49                                                                                                                       |
| 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                                                                                                                       |
| 13                                                                                                                           | Kerala                                                                                                                       | 5.96                                                                                                                         | 25.59                                                                                                                        | 129.21                                                                                                                       | 154.80                                                                                                                       |
| 14                                                                                                                           | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                               | 14.76                                                                                                                        | 57.06                                                                                                                        | 454.26                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                              |
| 15                                                                                                                           | Maharashtra                                                                                                                  | 25.05                                                                                                                        | 108.01                                                                                                                       | 592.16                                                                                                                       | 700.17                                                                                                                       |
| 16                                                                                                                           | Manipur                                                                                                                      | 0.64                                                                                                                         | 1.82                                                                                                                         | 18.26                                                                                                                        | 20.08                                                                                                                        |
| 17                                                                                                                           | Meghalaya                                                                                                                    | 0.70                                                                                                                         | 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                                                                                                                         | 133.80                                                                                                                       | 141,.1                                                                                                                       |
| 22                                                                                                                           | Rajasthan                                                                                                                    | 6.29                                                                                                                         | 22.29                                                                                                                        | 417.72                                                                                                                       | 440.0 1                                                                                                                      |
| 23                                                                                                                           | Sikkim                                                                                                                       | 0.17                                                                                                                         | 0.57                                                                                                                         | 3.24                                                                                                                         | 3.81                                                                                                                         |
| 24                                                                                                                           | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                   | 18.65                                                                                                                        | 68.60                                                                                                                        | 296.10                                                                                                                       | 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 |
|       | Uttarakhand      |   1.84 |   7.92 |   54.02 |   61.94 |
| 29    | West Bengal      |  16.42 |  54.99 |  546.85 |  601.84 |
|       | 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    | [Puduchery (DBT) |   0.25 |   0.82 |    5.52 |    6.34 |
| 35    |                  |   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 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4703 FOR ANSWER ON 29.03.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA

|    | States/UTs                | Total Allocation (in MTs)   | Total Distribution (in MTs)   |
|----|---------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|    | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 8,513                       | 8,068                         |
| 2  | Andhra Pradesh            | 3,755,142                   | 2,849,587                     |
| 3  | Arunachal Pradesh         | 116,888                     | 105.590                       |
| 4  | Assam                     |                             | 3,238,365                     |
| 5  | Bihar                     | 12,186,294                  |                               |
| 6  | Chandigarh                | 38,600                      | 36,543                        |
|    | Chhattisgarh              | 2,810,780                   | 2,748,784                     |
| 8  | Daman & Diu DeNN          | 40,459                      | 36,672                        |
|    | Delhi                     | 1,018,733                   | 961,396                       |
| 10 | Goa                       | 74,500                      | 70,509                        |
|    | Gujarat                   | 4,897,097                   | 4,586,201                     |
| 12 | Haryana                   | 1,770,860                   | 1,613,846                     |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh          | 401,016                     | 376,823                       |
| 14 | Jammu And Kashmir         | 1,013,740                   | 896,527                       |
| 15 | Jharkhand                 | 3,694,095                   | 3.262,639                     |
| 16 | Karnataka                 |                             | 5,358,838                     |
| 17 | Kerala                    | 2,167,200                   |                               |
| 18 | Ladakh                    | 132 20,                     | 18,482                        |
| 19 | Lakshadweep               | 3,062                       | 2,808                         |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh            | 2014556                     | 6,521,612                     |
| 21 | Maharashtra               | 9,802,344                   | 8,467,281                     |
|    | Manipur                   | 293,610                     | 284,229                       |

| 23   | Meghalaya     | 300,384   | 283.136     |
|------|---------------|-----------|-------------|
| 24   | Mizoram       | 93,548    | 92,199      |
| 25   | Nagaland      | 196,644   | 176,887     |
| 26   | Odisha        | 4,537.817 | 4,251,691   |
| 27   | Puducherry    | 88,187    | 102,177     |
| 28   | Punjab        |           |             |
| 29   | Rajasthan     | 6,186,600 | 5,809.223   |
| 30   | Sikkim        | 032 53,0  | 44,593      |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu    | 5,076,292 | 4,360,488   |
| 32   | Telangana     | 2,682,700 | 2,517,475   |
| 33   | Tripura       | 347,492   | 335,166     |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh |           | 18,299.665  |
| 35   | Uttarakhand   | 867,187   | 797.004     |
| 36   | West Bengal   | 8,425,732 | 8,103,158   |
|      |               |           | 101,513,852 |