Lok Sabha Question No. 1175 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-09
Subject: Atmanirbhar Bharat
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: S.R. Parthiban

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MTNISTRY OF CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTR|BUTION DEPAIRTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRTBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUE9TION NO.{ { 75 TO BE ANSWERED  Ci].i 9IIIFEBRUARY,2lo22

## ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT

## {175. SHRI PARTHIBAN  S.R.:

Will the llllinister of  GONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD AND  pUBLtC DISTRIBUTION  sq,Fitrr  arri, uru :itt  grffi6, f+mur **  be pteased  to state: state:

- (a)  the details of  the amount of foodgrains distributed  under the
- AtmaNirbhar  Bharat package State-wise;  especially in Tamil Nadu;
- (b)  the details of  amount of  undistributed foodgrains under the AtmaNirbhar  Bharat package,  State-wisel
- (c)  the identity requirements  for beneficiaries  to avail foodgrains  under the scheme; and
- (d) whether any, beneficiary has been denied rations under the scheme due to lack of Aadhaar card and if so, the details thereofil

## ANSWER THE MINISTER  OF STATE GONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (slrRr  ASHwlN! KUISAR  CHOUBEY)

- (a)l  !n  punsuanee  to  the  economic measures announced  by  the Government under the  .Atma  l{irbhar Bharat Packaget in May 2O2O, ihe Department had :rllocated  8 LMT foodgrains to all States/UTs under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Scheme (AI{BS) for free of cost distribution to the migrants/stranded  migrant persons  and those neither covered under the National Food Seourityr Act (NFSA)  nor under any State PDS scheme, at the scale of 5 kg per  Ferson  per month for a period of 2 months of May and June 2O2O. All States/UTs had collectively  estimated a total of about 2.8 Grore such needy percors and had lifted a total of about 6.4 LMT toodgrains  from the FCI Depots/Gerntral  Stocks. Further, States/UTs  (including Tami! Nadu) reported a total distribution  of about 2.74 LMT foodgrains,  covering about 2.74 Crore personls in the country, for the period of two months  of May and June 202O. State/UT wise total quantity  of foodgrains distributed under the ANBS is at Annexure-!.

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(b): The batance undistributed foodgrains  of  ANBS avaitable with states/urs were subsequentty adjusted/subsumed  under the regutar monthly NFSA lifting and distribution  o, the states/urs.  A statement showing State/UY wise quantity  of such undistributed/adjusted foodgrains  is at Ann I

(c): Under the AtfBs, free of cost foodgrains  were distributed  to att migrants / stranded  migrants and those without ration cards, that is, ncather covered under NFSA nor under any other state  pDg  scheme and the states/UTs were given the responsibirity  of identityflng  erigibte needy pensons  in the respective jurisdictions.

(d): 1{o sir. Nearly 2.74 crote out of the estimated  2.E crore magrants/ stranded  migrant pensons (about 9golo) were provaded  free of cost foodgrain under the ANBS.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED  To !N REpLy  ro  PART (a) oF THE uNSTARRED ouEsrroN NO.{r75 FOR AI{SUUER Oil 09.02.2022 tlr rHE LOK SABHA.

State/UT wise staternent showing total  ouantityof foodgrains distributed under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Scheme (AlyBS).  inctudins Tamil Nadu:

| st.   | State/UT                    | Foodgrains distributed by States/UTs under Al\tBS (in MTs)   |
|-------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| I     | Andaman & lrlicobar Islands | 60                                                           |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh              | 7                                                            |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh           | 799                                                          |
| 4     | Assam                       | 5 7I 2                                                       |
| 5     | Bihar                       | I 86,449                                                     |
| 6     | C                           | 146                                                          |
| 7     | Chhatti h                   | I 964                                                        |
| 8     | Dadra & NH and Daman Diu    | 159                                                          |
| 9     | Delhi                       | 4 544                                                        |
| l0    | Goa                         |                                                              |
| ll    | Gu arat                     | 22                                                           |
| t2    |                             | 287                                                          |
| l3    | Himachal Praclesh           | 7,959 2,028                                                  |
| l4    | Jammu And Kashmir           | 1,958                                                        |
| t5    | Jharkhand                   | 717.2                                                        |
| 16    | Kamataka                    | 11,600                                                       |
| l7    | Kerala                      |                                                              |
| l8    | Ladakh                      | 2,142 JJ                                                     |
| l9    |                             |                                                              |
| 20    | Prader;h                    | l5                                                           |
| 2t    | Maharashtra                 | 1,754                                                        |
| 22    | Mani                        | 17,315                                                       |
| 23    | Meghalaya                   | 676                                                          |
| 24    | Mizoram                     | 2,145                                                        |
| 25    | N land                      | 2s0                                                          |
|       | Odisha                      | 1,405                                                        |
| lo    |                             | 630                                                          |
| 27    |                             | 73                                                           |
| 28    | Pun ab                      | 10,902                                                       |
| 29    | Rajasthan                   | 42,478                                                       |
| 30    | Sikkim                      | 3r5                                                          |
| 3l    | Tamil Nadu                  | t,449                                                        |
| 32    | Telangana                   | 180                                                          |
| 33    | Tripura                     | 22                                                           |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh               | I t,809                                                      |
| 35    | Uttarakhand                 | 383                                                          |
| 36    | West Ben                    | 4s,894                                                       |
|       | Total                       | 2,74,279                                                     |

## ANI{EXURE REFERRED  TO !}I REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTIOiI NO.{175 FOR A]ISWER  ON O9.O2.2O22 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## state/ur wise staterr"nt  .horrinn oodir,"ibut"d ANBS  foodn"uir.  ,dirrt"d  *i,h ,rb."or.r, NFSA distribution:

| SI   | StateruT                    | Balance (undistributed) foodgrains adjusted under regular NFSA (in MTs)   |
|------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| II   | Andaman & Nicobar Islands   | I                                                                         |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh              | 26,816                                                                    |
| 3    | Arunachal Pradesh           | 20                                                                        |
| 4    | Assam                       | 5,870                                                                     |
| 5    | Bihar                       | I                                                                         |
| 6    | Chand                       | t29                                                                       |
| 7    | Chhattis                    | 144                                                                       |
| 8    | Dadra & NH and Daman Diu    | 126                                                                       |
| 9    | Delhi                       | 2,729                                                                     |
| l0   | Goa                         | 510                                                                       |
| ll   | arat                        | 33,294                                                                    |
| t2   |                             | 378                                                                       |
| l3   | Himachal Pradesh            | 836                                                                       |
| t4   |                             | 1,077                                                                     |
| l5   | Jammu And Kashmir Jharkhand | 25,653                                                                    |
| 16   | Karnataka                   | 28,593                                                                    |
| t7   | Kerala                      | 13,338                                                                    |
| l8   | Ladakh                      | I                                                                         |
| l9   | Lakshadweep                 |                                                                           |
| 20   | Madh Pradesh                | 7                                                                         |
| 2t   | Maharashtra                 | 1 7, t94 209                                                              |
| 22   | Mani                        | 1,781                                                                     |
| 23   | Me                          |                                                                           |
| 24   | Mizoram                     | 418                                                                       |
| 25   | Nagaland                    |                                                                           |
| 26   | Odisha                      |                                                                           |
| 27   |                             | 555                                                                       |
| 28   | Punjab                      | 3,243                                                                     |
| 29   | Ra asthan                   | 2,t22                                                                     |
| 30   | Sikkim                      | 63                                                                        |
| 3l   | Tamil Nadu                  | 34,28s                                                                    |
| 32   | Telangana                   | t 8,982                                                                   |
| 33   | Tripura                     | 2,461                                                                     |
| 34   |                             |                                                                           |
|      | Uttar Pradesh               | 1,28,828                                                                  |
| 35   | Uttarakhand                 | ) \))                                                                     |
| 36   | West Ben                    | 14,290                                                                    |
|      | Total                       | 3,66,478                                                                  |