Lok Sabha Question No. 3209 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-19
Subject: Beneficiaries under PMGKAY
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri Ashish Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.3209

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 19TH MARCH, 2025

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER PMGKAY

t3209. SHRI ASHISH DUBEY:

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

(a) whether the people have benefitted significantly through the Pradhan Mantri  Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) during the last eight years;

- (b) if  so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) if  not, the reasons therefor; and

(d) the total number of  people benefitted under the said yojana in  Jabalpur district  of Madhya Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRIM ATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI  BAMBHANIYA)

(a) to (c) : The Pradhan Mantri  Garib Kalyan Anna Yoj ana (PMGKAY)  was launched 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 the PMGKAY free of  cost foodgrains @5 kg per person per month was distributed to 80 crore beneficiaries. The scheme was successfully implemented in  seven phases (April  2020 to December 2022).

The Central Government, in  order to  remove the  financial burden of  the  poor beneficiaries and to  ensure nationwide uniformity and effective implementation of  the programme for  support of  the poor, provided food  grains free of  cost to Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households and Priority  Households (PHH)  beneficiaries, beginning from  Ist January 2023 under the PMGKAY. The provision  for  distribution  of  free of  cost foodgrains has been extended for  further  five  years w.e.f  ls1 January, 2024.

A  statement indicating  the  State/UT-wise number  of  beneficiaries covered under PMGKAY is at Annexure.

(d): The number of beneficiaries covered under the Act  for receiving foodgrains free of cost in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh is 14,6 1,2 15 .

## ORIGINAL IN HINDI

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  PART (a) to  (d) OF THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3209 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 19.03.2025 REGARDING 'BENEFICIARIES UNDER PMGKAY'

Statement indicating  the  State/UT-wise number  of  beneficiaries covered under  the National Food Security Act, 2013

|           |                       | Accepted No. of   | 1 Ceiling ?ifJIIL;}= 1 lakh)   | Present Coverage (in lakh)   | Present Coverage (in lakh)   | Present Coverage (in lakh)   | Present Coverage (in lakh)   | Present Coverage (in lakh)   |
|-----------|-----------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| S B ]N1 o | S t a t e s / 1LI t s | P= :HIs           |                                | FUll                         | FUll                         | Priority                     | Total Persons                | c% of accepted persons       |
|           |                       | NFS A (in lakh)   |                                | No. of families              | 1 No. of 1Persons            | 1 No. of 1 Persons           |                              |                              |
| I         | Andhra Pradesh        | 268.23            | 9.09                           | 9.08                         | 23.52                        | 244.70                       | 268.22                       | 100.00%                      |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh     | 8.71              | 0.38                           | 0.38                         | 1.50                         | 6.90                         | 8.40                         | 96.53%                       |
| 3         | Assam                 | 251.90            | 7.04                           | 6.73                         | 21.70                        | 226.29                       | 247.98                       | 98.45%                       |
| 4         | Bihar                 | 871.16            | 25.01                          | 25.01                        | 125.05                       | 746. 1 1                     | 871.16                       | 100.00%                      |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh          | 200.77            | 7.19                           | 7.19                         | 20 . 42                      | 180.35                       | 200.77                       | 100.00%                      |
| 6         | Delhi                 | 72.78             | 1.57                           | 0.69                         | 2.78                         | 70.00                        | 72.78                        | 100.009/G                    |
| 7         | Goa                   | 5.32              | 0.18                           | 0.12                         | 0.46                         | 4.86                         | 5.32                         | 100.00%                      |
| 8         | Gujarat               | 382.85            | 8.13                           | 7.77                         | 36. 10                       | 329.74                       | 365.84                       | 95.56%                       |
| 9         | Haryana               | 126.49            | 3.03                           | 2.68                         | 11.35                        | 115.14                       | 126.49                       | 100.00%                      |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh      | 36.82             | 1.97                           | 1.65                         | 6.82                         | 23.07                        | 29.88                        | 81.179'a                     |
| 11        | Jharkhand             | 264.25            | 9.18                           | 8.94                         | 34.76                        | 229.43                       | 264. 19                      | 99.98(%                      |
| 12        | Karnataka             | 401.93            | 12.00                          | 10.97                        | 43.91                        | 358.02                       | 401.93                       | 1 00.00%                     |
| 13        | Kerala                | 154.80            | 5.96                           | 5.96                         | 25.59                        | 129.21                       | 154.80                       | 100.00%                      |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh        | 546.42            | 15.82                          | 14.63                        | 54.93                        | 479.86                       | 534.79                       | 97.87%                       |
| 15        | Maharashtra           | 700.17            | 25.05                          | 25.05                        | 108.01                       | 592.16                       | 700.17                       | 100.00%                      |
| 16        | Manipur               | 25.06             | 0.64                           | O.64                         | 1.91                         | 18.97                        | 20.87                        | 83.30c%                      |

| 17    | Meghalaya        | 21.46     |   0.70 | 0.70   | 2.91    |   18.54 | 21.46    | 100.00c36   |
|-------|------------------|-----------|--------|--------|---------|---------|----------|-------------|
| 18    | Mizoram          | 7.06      |   0.26 | 0.26   | 0.64    |    6.41 | 7.05     | 99.83%      |
| 19    | Nagaland         | 14.79     |   0.48 | 0.48   | 2.11    |   11.94 | 14.05    | 94.99c3'/a  |
| 20    | Odisha           | 326.21    |  12.65 | 12.53  | 37.57   |  287.6  | 325.17   | 99.68%      |
| 21    | Punjab           | 141.45    |   1.79 | 1.79   | 7.64    |  133.8  | 141.45   | 100.OO%     |
| 22    | Rajasthan        | 446.62    |   9.32 | 6.29   | 22.29   |  417.72 | 440.01   | 98.52%      |
| 23    | Sikkim           | 4.07      |   0.17 | 0.17   | 0.57    |    3.24 | 3.81     | 93.78c%     |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu       | 364.69    |  18.65 | 18.64  | 65.78   |  298.34 | 364.12   | 99.84%      |
| 25    | Telangana        | 191.70    |   6.49 | 5.67   | 15.95   |  175.74 | 191.70   | 100.OO%     |
| 26    | Tripura          | 25.02     |   1.13 | 1.09   | 4.62    |   19.81 | 24.43    | 97.65%      |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh    | 1520.59   |  40.95 | 40.90  | 132.91  | 1365.79 | 1498.70  | 98.5696     |
| 28    | Uttarakhand      | 61.94     |   1.91 | 1.84   | 7.92    |   54.02 | 61.94    | 100.00%     |
| 29    | West Bengal      | 60 1 . 84 |  19.86 | 16.42  | 54.99   |  546.85 | 60 1 .84 | 100.00%     |
| 30    | A&N              | 0.63      |   0.11 | 0.04   | 0.14    |    0.46 | 0.61     | 96.21%      |
| 31    | DNH&DD           | 3.56      |   0.08 | 0.05   | 0.24    |    2.45 | 2.69     | 75.60c36    |
| 32    | Lakshadweep      | 0.22      |   0.01 | 0.01   | 0.04    |    0.18 | 0.22     | 99.72%      |
| 33    | Chandigarh (DBT) | 4.96      |   0.09 | 0.00   | 0.01    |    2.98 | 2.99     | 60.29%      |
| 34    | Puduchery (DBT)  | 6.34      |   0.32 | 0.25   | 0.82    |    5.52 | 6.34     | 99.929G     |
| 35    | J&K              | 72.69     |   2.76 | 2.33   | 10.61   |   61.8  | 72.41    | 99.6 19/'a  |
| 36    | Ladakh           | 1.44      |   0.06 | 0.06   | [ 0.29  |    1.15 | 1.44     | 99.99c3£    |
| Total | Total            | 8134.91   | 250    | 237.oo | 1886.85 | 7169.17 | 8056.02  | 99,03%      |

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