Lok Sabha Question No. 1478 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Pending Dues under PDS
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Smt. Mala Roy, Shri Adhikari Deepak Dev

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1478 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4TH DECEMBER, 2024

## PENDING DUES UNDER PDS

## 1478. SMT. MALA ROY:

SHRI ADHIKARI DEEPAK DEV:

Will  the Minister of  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND  PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION WitUI wa, @ru at  aT§gfiq fB6wr git  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any  dues are pending with/for  the  State Governments on  account of  Public Distribution System  (PDS);
- (b) if  so, the details of amount of the said dues as on date, State-wise including the reasons behind the same; and
- (c) the expected  date to clear the dues?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)

(a) to (c): Payment of  admissible amount to  States for  Central Pool  procurement  of  food grains is made by Food Corporation of India (FCI) on the basis of the claims made by  State Governments and their agencies as per the Cost Sheet, which  includes Minimum Support price (MSP) of  the food  grains and other incidentals. Further, food  subsidy is  released by  the Department of Food and Public Distribution  (DFPD) to States that have opted for Decentralized Procurement (DCP) mode, on the basis of their quarterly food subsidy claims, which is  an ongoing and continuous  process. These claims  are processed keeping in  view  the  opening and closing balance of stocks, procurement, allocation and distribution of food grains under various Central schemes, Food Corporation of  India's reconciliation,  utilization  certificates received, economic cost of  food grains, updation of data on DFPD Portal etc.

DFPD, Government of India  has been continuously  releasing admissible amount of  food subsidy to  the  State Governments  against their  claims  Rs. 2,88,718.54 Crore, Rs. 2,72,501.69 Crore, Rs. 2,11,394.39 Crore and Rs.  1,40,239.10 Crore  were released to  the  FCI  and State Governments that have adopted  Decentralized procurement during  the financial  years 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 (till October 2024) respectively. Details of  amount released to DCP States is also enclosed at Annexure-1

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1478 FOR ANSWER ON 04.12.2024 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## State-wise breakup  of food subsidy released to DCP  States from  2021-22 is as under:

(Rs. in Crore)

| S.No.   | 1Name of the State   | 12021-22   | 12022-23   | 1 2023-24   | 2024-25 till Oct. 2024   |
|---------|----------------------|------------|------------|-------------|--------------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh       | 9323.38    | 6635.97    | 6268.19     | 5498                     |
| 2.      | Bihar                | 7671.9     | 10966.1    | 6557.64     | 7032.12                  |
| 3.      | Chhattisgarh         | no f77     | 7574.81    | 5236.13     | 17.96                    |
| 4.      | Gujarat              | 749.43     | 311.54     | 267.83      | 2.49                     |
| 5.      | Karnataka            | 1682.12    | 2191.75    | 1222.13     | 120.68                   |
| 6.      | Kerala               | R86        | 1544.89    | 1151.85     | 369.86                   |
| 7.      | Madhya PradeR        | 14420.62   | 9471.5     | 16939.27    | 3449.05                  |
| 8.      | Maharashtra          | 4082.07    | 2725.75    | 3923.29     | 327.74                   |
| 9.      | Odisha               | 7892.69    | 7600.05    | 14473.68    | 4671.18                  |
| 10.     | Punjab               | 2047.53    | 1202.49    | 2064.56     | 661.26                   |
| 11.     | Tamil Nadu           | a50.93     | 8685.95    | 7072.53     | 3178.16                  |
| 12.     | Telangana            | m6 02      | 5242.76    | 5367.of     | 2592.1                   |
| 13.     | Uttarakhand          | 1554.43    | 1212.25    | 724.39      | 517.3                    |
| 14.     | West Bengal          | 542 1 .34  | 6580.1 1   |             | 1535.42                  |
| 15.     | Jharkhand##          |            |            | 42.77       | 342.97                   |
| 16.     | Tripura              | 15.58      | 148.67     | 106.51      | 35.79                    |
| 17.     | DBT+ & Misc.         | 186.87     | 187.9      | 267.6       | 105.31                   |
| 18.     | Himachal Pradesh $   |            |            | 47.38       |                          |
| Total   | Total                | 79789.54   | 72282.49   | 71732.82    | 30457.39                 |

## Note:-

## Jharkhand was DCP for KMS 2016-17 (only for  1 district)  2017-18 (only for 5 District), 2018-19 (only for 6 District).  They have adopted  Non-DCP in KMS 2019-20. Adopted DCP in FY 2023-24

$ Himachal Pradesh has adopted DCP Mode in 2023-24

+ Under DBT scheme, subsidy is released to UTs of Chandigarh, Puducherry and Dadra & Nagar  Haveli  w.e.f.  2015-16.

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