Lok Sabha Question No. 1098 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: Storage Godowns in Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Kuldeep Rai Sharma

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1098

## To BE ANSWERED ON 8TH FEBRUARY, 2023

## STORAGE GODOWNS IN ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS

## 1098. SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Government godowns that are available for storing foodgrains and vegetables in Andaman & Nicobar Islands;
- (b) whether the available godowns are sufficient to meet the requirement of storing foodgrains and vegetables in Andaman Nicobar islands and if SO, the details thereof and if not, the corrective steps taken in this regard;
- (c) the details of the beneficiaries who receive highly subsidized foodgrains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), StatelUT-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to review the percentage of the beneficiaries covered under National Food Security Scheme in the country and if SO, the details thereof?

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

(a) & (b): Department of Food & Public Distribution store foodgrains after   procurement in Central Pool: The following storage capacity is available with the Government Agencies for foodgrain storage:-

| Name of the Agency                                                                      | No. of DepotsIPDCs   | Capacity   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|------------|
| Food Corporation of India (FCI)                                                         | 1 Depot              | 7080 MT    |
| A & N Islands Civil supplies Department including Principle Distribution Centers (PDCs) | 15 PDCs              | 13350 MT   |

The present storage capacity is sufficient for storing food grains as per the norms.

Further, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has approved 2 project in Andaman & Nicobar under Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure component scheme of Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY): The details of these  projects is as under:-

| Project name                             | District   | Preservation and Processing capacity (IN MT)   |
|------------------------------------------|------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Andman Cold Chain                        | Port Blair | 29000 (operational)                            |
| Firstfish Seafood Processingh Pvvt: Ltd: | Port Blair | 60000 (under implementation)                   |

(c) & (d): A statement indicating the StatelUT-wise number of beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act, 2013 is at Annexure.

The National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) provides for coverage 75% of the rural and upto 50% of the urban population for receiving highly subsidized foodgrains under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), which at Census 2011 comes to about 81.35 crore. Section 9 of the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) provides that the percentage coverage under the Targeted Public Distribution System in rural and urban areas for each State shall be determined by the Central Government and the total number of persons to be covered in the State shall be calculated on the basis of the population estimates as per the census of which the relevant figures have been published: At present, no proposal for revision in coverage under the Act is under consideration of the Government.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART & (d) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1098 FOR ANSWER ON 08.02.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA

| No.     |                               | Accepted No: of persons under NFSA (in lakh)   | No. of families/persons identified under NFSA (in lakh)   | No. of families/persons identified under NFSA (in lakh)   | No. of families/persons identified under NFSA (in lakh)   | No. of families/persons identified under NFSA (in lakh)   | No. of families/persons identified under NFSA (in lakh)   |
|---------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| ISL:    | (States/ UTs                  |                                                | AAY                                                       | AAY                                                       | Number of Priority                                        | Total persons                                             | % of accepted                                             |
|         |                               |                                                | No: of families                                           | No: of person                                             | Persons                                                   |                                                           | persons                                                   |
|         | Andhra Pradesh                | 268.23                                         | 9.08                                                      | 23.52                                                     | 244.70                                                    | 268.22                                                    | 100.00%                                                   |
|         | Arunachal Pradesh             | 8.71                                           | 0.38                                                      | 1.50                                                      | 6.90                                                      | 8.40                                                      |                                                           |
| 3       | JAssam                        | 251.90                                         | 6.92                                                      | 28.08                                                     | 223.08                                                    | 251.17                                                    | 99.71%                                                    |
|         | Bihar                         | 871.16                                         | 25.01                                                     | 125.05                                                    | 746.11                                                    | 871.16                                                    | 100.00%                                                   |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh                  | 200.77                                         | 7.19                                                      | 20.42                                                     | 180.35                                                    | 200.77                                                    | 100.00%                                                   |
| 6       | [Delhi                        | 72.78                                          | 0.69                                                      | 2.80                                                      | 69.98                                                     | 72.78                                                     | 100.00%                                                   |
|         | Goa                           | 5.3218                                         | 0.12                                                      | 0.46                                                      | 4.86                                                      | 5.32                                                      | 100.00%                                                   |
| 8       | Gujarat                       | 382.84                                         | 7.88                                                      |                                                           | 308.48                                                    | 344.15                                                    | 89.89%                                                    |
| 9       | Haryana                       | 126.49                                         | 2.68                                                      | 11.35                                                     | 115.14                                                    | 126.49                                                    | 100.00%                                                   |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh              | 36.82                                          | 1.82                                                      | 7.67                                                      | 20.98                                                     | 28.64                                                     | 77.80%                                                    |
| 11      | Jharkhand                     | 264.25                                         | 8.98                                                      | 35.65                                                     | 228.47                                                    | 264.12                                                    | 99.95%                                                    |
|         | Karnataka                     | 401.93                                         | 10.97                                                     | 43.91                                                     | 358.02                                                    | 401.93                                                    | 100.00%                                                   |
| 13      | Kerala                        | 154.80                                         | 5.96                                                      | 25.59                                                     | 129.21                                                    | 154.80                                                    | 100.00%                                                   |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh                | 546.42                                         | 14.76                                                     | 57.06                                                     | 454.26                                                    | 511,32                                                    | 93.58%                                                    |
| 15      | Maharashtra                   | 700.17                                         | 25.05                                                     | 108.01                                                    | 592.16                                                    | 700.17                                                    | 100.00%                                                   |
| 16      | Manipur                       | 25.06                                          | 0.64                                                      | 1.82                                                      | 18.26                                                     | 20.08                                                     | 80.14%                                                    |
| 17      | Meghalaya                     |                                                | 0.70                                                      | 2.91                                                      | 18.54                                                     | 21.46                                                     | 100.00%                                                   |
| 18      | Mizoram                       | 7.06                                           | 0.26                                                      | 0.82                                                      | 5.86                                                      | 6.68                                                      | 94.65%                                                    |
| 19      | NNagaland                     | 14.79                                          | 0.48                                                      | 2.11                                                      | 11.94                                                     | 14.05                                                     | 94.98%                                                    |
|         | Odisha                        | 326.21                                         | 12.53                                                     | 37.81                                                     | 287.22                                                    | 325.03                                                    | 99.64%                                                    |
|         | [Punjab                       | 141,513                                        | 1.79                                                      | 7.71                                                      | 133.80                                                    |                                                           | 100.00%                                                   |
| 122     | Rajasthan                     | 446.62                                         | 6.29                                                      | 22.29 0.57                                                | 417.72 3.24                                               | 440.01 3.81                                               | 98.52% 93.91%                                             |
| 23      | Sikkim Tamil Nadu             | 4.06 364.70                                    | 0.17 18.65                                                | 68.60                                                     | 296.10                                                    | 364.69                                                    | 100.00%                                                   |
|         | ITelangana                    | 191.70                                         | 5.67                                                      | 15.29                                                     | 176.33                                                    | 191.62                                                    | 99.96%                                                    |
|         | Tripura                       | 25.02                                          | 1.08                                                      | 4.64                                                      | 19.68                                                     |                                                           | 97.20%                                                    |
|         |                               |                                                | 40.92                                                     | 132.80                                                    | 1364.97                                                   | 1497.77                                                   | 98.50%                                                    |
|         |                               |                                                | 1.84                                                      |                                                           |                                                           | 61.94                                                     | 100.00%                                                   |
|         | Uttar Pradesh                 | 1520.61                                        |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |
| p28     | Uttarakhand                   | 61.94                                          | 16.42                                                     | 7.92 54.99                                                | 54.02 546.85                                              | 601.84                                                    | 100.00%                                                   |
|         |                               |                                                | 0.05                                                      | 0.24                                                      | 2.49                                                      | 2.73                                                      | 76.72%                                                    |
| p29 130 | West Bengal                   | 601.84 0.63                                    | 0.04                                                      | 0.14                                                      | 0.46                                                      | 0.61                                                      | 96.61%                                                    |
| 31      | DNH&DD                        | 3.56 0.22                                      | 0.01                                                      | 0.04                                                      | 0.18                                                      | 0.22                                                      | 99.06%                                                    |
| 132 33  | [akshadweep IChandigarh (DBT) | 4.96                                           | 0.00                                                      | 0.01                                                      | 2.75                                                      | 2.76                                                      | 55.68%                                                    |
| 34      | [Puducherry (DBT)             | 6.34                                           | 0.25                                                      | 0.82                                                      | 5.52                                                      | 6.34                                                      | 99.99%                                                    |
| 15      |                               | 72.69                                          | 2.33                                                      | 10.61                                                     | 61.80                                                     | 72.41                                                     | 99.61%                                                    |
| 136     | ILadakh                       | 1.4391                                         | 0.06                                                      | 0.29                                                      | 1.15                                                      | 1.44                                                      | 99.99%                                                    |
| Total   | Total                         | 8135.01                                        | 237.67                                                    | 899.16                                                    | 7111.62                                                   | 8010.78                                                   | 98.47%                                                    |