Lok Sabha Question No. 4410 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-20
Subject: National Food Security Scheme
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Dr. Rajkumar Sangwan

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4410 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20TH AUGUST, 2025

## NATIONAL  FOOD SECURITY SCHEME

## 4410 DR. RAJKUMAR  SANGWAN:

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

- (a) the total number of beneficiaries  under the National  Food Security Scheme in the country during the last five  years across various other districts including Baghpat district in  Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) whether the Government is  considering to fix  any target for future under the National Food Security Scheme and if  so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of  the quantum of  foodgrains provided  and amount of  funds allocated under the National  Food Security  Scheme in the country from  1 st January, 2020 to till  date, State-wise; and
- (d) the current status of  One Nation  One Ration Card scheme?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRIM ATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI  BAMBHANIYA)

- (a): A  Statement indicating  the  number of  beneficiaries covered under the  National  Food Security Act, 2013 (NFS A) during last five years in the country is as follows:

| Financial year               | Number of beneficiaries covered under the Act (in lakh)   | Number of beneficiaries covered under the Act (in lakh)   |
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                              | All India                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                             |
| 2020-21 (As on 3 1.03.2021)  | 7932.80                                                   | 1465.94                                                   |
| 2021 -22 (As on 3 1.03.2022) | 7972.53                                                   | 1487.44                                                   |
| 2022-23 (As on 3 1.03.2023)  | 8010.70                                                   | 1497.77                                                   |
| 2023-24 (As on 3 1.03.2024)  | 8049.94                                                   | 1505.19                                                   |

| 2024-25 (As on 3 1.03.2025)   |   8056.05 |   1498.70 |
|-------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 2025-26 (As on 01.07.2025)    |   8056.05 |    1498.7 |

District wise data of beneficiaries is not maintained by Central Government.

- (b): The Act  provides for  coverage of  upto 75% of the rural population and upto 50% of the urban  population, which at  Census  2011  comes  to 81.35 crore  persons. Against the  intended coverage of  81.35 crore beneficiaries, approx 80.56 crore beneficiaries are presently covered under the Act.
- (c): The details of  allocation of  food  grains under the NFSA  from  2020-21 to  2025-26 (As on july,  2025) is at Annexure-I.

Funds are released on reimbursement basis towards the expenditure incurred by States, that have opted for  Decentralized Procurement (DCP) mode for procurement/distribution  of food-grains to the beneficiaries  of Central Schemes  as per allocation made by  Government of India. Further, funds are also released by Food Corporation of  India (FCI)  to the  States for the quantum of  foodgrains handed over to them by States for  Central Pool. The aforesaid food subsidy released to DCP States &  FCI  is made as per budgetary allocation made by Ministry  of  Finance (MoF).  State wise funds are not allocated by MoF. The details of food subsidy released to FCI &  DCP States is at

## Annexure-II.

Central Government also provides Central assistance to States/UTs under the  scheme 'Assistance to  State Agencies  for  intra-State movement of  foodgrains  and FPS dealers' margin under NFS A'.  A  statement indicating  the funds released to  States/UTs under this  scheme during the last three years is at Annexure-III.

- (d): The  One  Nation One  Ration Card  (ONORC) feature  of Ration  Card  is successfully implemented by all the States/UTs.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  PART (C) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4410 DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  20.08.2025 REGARDING 'NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY SCHEME'.

## Allocation  of food grains under the NFSA from 2020-21 to 2025-26

(in  thousand tons)

|   S.no. | I States/UTs      | 2020-21   | 2021-22    | 2022-23    | 2023-24     | 2024-25    |   2025-26 (As o ly, 2025) |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|------------|------------|-------------|------------|---------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 1871.844  | 187 1 .844 | 187 1 .844 | 187 1 . 844 | 187 1 .844 |                   623.948 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 88.992    | 88.996     | 88.996     | 88.996      | 88.996     |                    29.665 |
|       3 | Assam             | 6         | 1694.726   | 1695. 130  | 1695. 130   | 1695.130   |                   565.043 |
|       4 | Bihar             | 5524.330  | 5527. 100  | 5527. 100  | 5527.100    | 5527. 100  |                  1842.37  |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh      | 1384.056  | 1384.056   | 1384.056   | 1384.056    | 1384.056   |                   461.352 |
|       6 | Delhi             | 450.690   | 448.682    | 448.693    | 448.777     | 448.803    |                   149.601 |
|       7 | Goa               | 58. 173   | 59.045     | 59.045     | 59.045      | 59.045     |                    19.682 |
|       8 | Gujarat           | 2178.396  | 2175.742   | 2185.375   | 2211.234    | 2263.346   |                   768.28  |
|       9 | Haryana           | 795.000   | 795.000    | 795.000    | 795.000     | 795.000    |                   265     |
|      10 | Himachal Pradesh  | 508.020   | 508.020    | 508.020    | 508.020     | 508.018    |                   169.339 |
|      11 | Jharkhand         | 1739.514  | 1724.899   | 1743.731   | 1751.020    | 1751.993   |                   583.998 |
|      12 | Karnataka         | 2608.801  | 2608.820   | 2608.836   | 2608.836    | 2608.836   |                   869.612 |
|      13 | Kerala            | 1395.973  | 1425.049   | 1425.049   | 1425.048    | 1425.049   |                   475.016 |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 3443.277  | 3165.838   | 3259.683   | 3436.082    | 3493.795   |                  1164.6   |
|      15 | Maharashtra       | 4605. 191 | 4605.192   | 4605. 189  | 4605. 188   | 4605.188   |                  1535.06  |
|      16 | IVlanipur         | 162.598   | 130.994    | 136.172    | 136.286     | 138.037    |                    46.83  |
|      17 | Meghalaya         | 176.298   | 176.298    | 176.298    | 176.298     | 176.298    |                    58.766 |
|      18 | Mizoram           | 65.758    | 65.758     | 65.758     | 65.758      | 65.758     |                    21.919 |
|      19 | Nagaland          | 138.058   | 138.058    | 138.058    | 138.058     | 138.058    |                    46.019 |
|      20 | Odisha            | 2224.920  | 2244.23 1  | 2249.705   | 2251.617    | 2253.205   |                   750.608 |
|      21 | Punjab            | 870. 120  | 870.120    | 870. 120   | 870. 120    | 0          |                   290.04  |
|      22 | Rajasthan         | 2788.073  | 2770.584   | 2770.584   | 2770.584    | 2770.584   |                   923.528 |

| 23   | Sikkim          | 44.324     |    44.324 |    44.324 |    44.325 |    44.325 |    14.775 |
|------|-----------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 24   | Tamil Nadu      | 3677.752   |  3677.75  |  3677.75  |  3677.75  |  3677.75  |  1225.92  |
| 25   | Telangana       | 1338.000   |  1338     |  1338     |  1338     |  1337.09  |   445.348 |
| 26   | Tripura         | 271.192    |   271.231 |   271.224 |   271.231 |   271.231 |    90.41  |
| 27   | Uttarakhand     | 502.999    |   502.999 |   502.991 |   502.99  |   502.99  |   167.663 |
| 28   | Uttar Pradesh   | 9436.967   |  9782.05  |  9878.53  |  9935.48  |  9950.39  |  3304.22  |
| 29   | WestBengal      | 3970.620   |  3970.62  |  3970.62  |  3970.62  |  3970.62  |  1323.54  |
| 30   | Andaman Nicobar | 29.558     |    29.558 |    29.558 |    29.558 |    29.558 |     9.853 |
| 31   | Chandigarh      | 0.000      |     0     |     0     |     0     |     0     |     0     |
| 32   | DNH&DD          | 15.892     |    15.421 |    15.162 |    15.128 |    15.128 |     5.043 |
| 33   | J& K            | 734.654    |   734.654 |   734.654 |   734.654 |   734.654 |   244.885 |
| 34   | Ladakh          | 16.427     |    16.427 |    16.427 |    16.427 |    16.427 |     5.476 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep     | 4.620      |     4.62  |     4.62  |     4.62  |     4.62  |     1.54  |
| 36   | Puduchery       | 0.000      |     0     |     0     |     0     |     0     |     0     |
|      | Total           | 54815.41 2 | 54866.7   | 55096.3   | 55364.9   | 55493     | 18498.9   |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  PART (C) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 4410 DUE FOR  ANSWER  ON  20.08.2025 REGARDING 'NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY SCHEME'.

Details of food subsidy released to FCI and DC:P States during  the last five years are given below:-

(Rs. In  Crore)

| Year                       | FCI         |   DCP States |    TOTAL |
|----------------------------|-------------|--------------|----------|
| 2020-21                    | 462789.00 # |     78337.8  | 541127   |
| 2021-22                    | 208929.00   |     79789.5  | 288719   |
| 2022-23                    | 200219.20   |     72282.5  | 272502   |
| 2023-24                    | 39661.03    |     71732.8  | 211394   |
| 2024-25                    | 129089.40   |     70410.6  | 199500   |
| 2025-26 (As on 14.08.2025) | 57678       |      5647.41 |  63325.4 |

Note: Rs. 2,03,000 crore has been allocated by Ministry  of Finance towards release of food subsidy to FCI and DCP States (Rs. 1,29,080.90 crore for FCI and Rs. 73 ,919. 10 crore for DCP States.

#  Over and above RE (20-21), fund  of Rs  1, 18,712 crore were additionally allocated by MoF for the purpose of repayment of NSSF loan to FCI. Accordingly, out of total fund released to FCI in FY 2020-21, amount of Rs 339236 crore was utilized for repayment of entire NSSF loan as on 31.03.21.

## Statement indicating  the subsidy released to DCP States from  2020-21 to 2025-26 :

| S.No   | Name of the State   | 2020-21 +   | 2021-22   | = 2022-23   | ] 2023-24   |   2024-25 | 2025-26   |
|--------|---------------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|        | Andhra Pradesh      | 8424.72     | 9323.38   | 6635.97     | 6268.19     |  8398.98  | 800.92    |
| 2      | Biha;               | 4117.33     | 767 1 .9  | 10966.1     | 6557.64     |  9725.4   | 1693.4    |
| 3      | Chhattisgarh        | 7193.13     | 9047.77   | 7574.81     | 5236. 13    |  5695.55  | 17,2      |
| 4      | Gujarat             | 9.24        | 749.43    | 311.54      | 267.83      |   138.87  |           |
| 5      | HimachalPradesh     |             |           |             | 47.38       |     0     |           |
| 6      | Tl;rkhand-# #       | 3.66        |           |             | 42.77       |   502.99  | 18.44     |
| 7      | 1:mr iT             | 323.99      | 1682.12   | 2191.75     | 1222.13     |  1281.18  | 203.77    |
| 8      | Kerala              | 1214.98     | 1777.86   | 1544.89     | 1151.85     |  1062.36  |           |
| 9      | mihya Pra:=         | 11946.4     | 14420.6   | 9471.5      | 16939.27    | 10189     | 1711.3    |
| 10     | Maharashtra         | 2555.74     | 4082.07   | 2725.75     | 3923.29     |   327.74  |           |
| 11     | Odisha              | 8985.73     | 7892.69   | 7600.05     | 14473.68    |  9948.83  | 520.64    |
| 12     | Punjab              | 1761.53     | 2047.53   | 1202.49     | 2064 . 56   |  2572.72  | 218.17    |
| 13     | Rajasthan #         |             |           |             |             |     0     |           |
| 14     | Tamil Nadu          | 3109.76     | 6250.93   | 8685.95     | 7072.53     |  6033.9   | 30.82     |
| 15     | Telangana           | 6879.59     | 7665.02   | 5242.76     | m3          |  4178.27  | 284.47    |
| 16     | Trijura             | 29.79       | 15.58     | 148.67      | 106.51      |    64.26  |           |
| 17     | Uttar Pradesh       |             |           |             |             |     9.09  | 119.92    |
| 18     | Uttarakhand         | 1371.33     | 1554.43   | 1212.25     | 724.39      |  1159.26  | 28.36     |
| 19     | West Bengal         | 8792.03     | 542 1 .34 | 6580. 1 1   |             |  8899.88  |           |
| 20     | DBT *               | 182.78      | 186.87    | 187.24+0.66 | 267.6       |   222.278 | 122.77    |
|        |                     | 66901.8     | 79789.5   | 72,282.50   | 71 ,732.82  | 70410.6   | 5770.2    |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  PART (C) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 4410 DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  20.08.2025 REGARDING 'NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY SCHEME'.

Fund  released to  States/UTs  under State movement of foodgrains years (i.e 2020-21  to 2025-26). the scheme 'Assistance to  State Agencies for intraand FPS dealers' margin under NFSA' during last five

| S.No.   | 1 States/UTs          | Fund Released (in crore)- (As on 14.08.2025)*   | Fund Released (in crore)- (As on 14.08.2025)*   | Fund Released (in crore)- (As on 14.08.2025)*   | Fund Released (in crore)- (As on 14.08.2025)*   | Fund Released (in crore)- (As on 14.08.2025)*   | Fund Released (in crore)- (As on 14.08.2025)*   |
|---------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | 1 States/UTs          | 2020.                                           | 2                                               | 2                                               | 2                                               |                                                 | 2025-26                                         |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh        | 271                                             | 1                                               | 7                                               | 4                                               |                                                 | 315.43                                          |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh     | 0.80                                            | 0.00                                            | 44.19                                           | 8.39                                            | 3 1 .32                                         | 0.00                                            |
| 3       | Assam                 | 368.08                                          | 545.75                                          | 826.91                                          | 321.75                                          | 443.94                                          | 146.13                                          |
| 4       | Bihar                 | 796.58                                          | 743.27                                          | 881.05                                          | 434.73                                          | 807.42                                          | 26.57                                           |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh          | 124.07                                          | 72.48                                           | 181.88                                          | 355.06                                          | 84.38                                           | 20.75                                           |
| 6       | Delhi                 | 4.15                                            | 26.27                                           | 48.88                                           | 0.00                                            | 175. 18                                         | 28.28                                           |
| 7       | Goa                   | 3.15                                            | 2.66                                            | 4.69                                            | 5,67                                            | 0.00                                            | 0.73                                            |
| 8       | Gui arat              | 285.75                                          | 309.46                                          | 260.20                                          | 124.37                                          | 503.25                                          | 109.96                                          |
| 9       | Haryana               | 19.23                                           | 178.23                                          | 43.26                                           | 45.78                                           | 308.83                                          | 0.00                                            |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh      | 2.79                                            | 17.69                                           | 188.03                                          | 29.58                                           | 42.74                                           | 6.26                                            |
| 11      | Jharkhand             | 170.94                                          | 282.50                                          | 187.02                                          | 99.64                                           | 101.25                                          | 10.99                                           |
| 12      | Karnataka             | 84.39                                           | 764. 16                                         | 354.89                                          | 148.70                                          | 112.18                                          | 13.36                                           |
| 13      | Kerala                | 23.53                                           | 121.00                                          | 110.03                                          | 403.63                                          | 72.07                                           | 25.45                                           |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh        | 634.60                                          | 129.13                                          | 844.50                                          | 234.66                                          | 247.90                                          | 30.59                                           |
| 15      | Maharashtra           | 50 1 .91                                        | 289.72                                          | 62 1 .69                                        | 703.54                                          | 765.27                                          | 81.86                                           |
| 16      | Manipur               | 2 1.63                                          | 81.19                                           | 31.54                                           | 36.46                                           | 0.00                                            | 0.00                                            |
| 17      |                       | 104.61                                          | 38.78                                           | 79.78                                           | 20.59                                           | 33.54                                           | 3.28                                            |
| 18      | IVleghalaya IVlizoram | 11.08                                           | 7.71                                            | 12.57                                           | 0.00                                            | 6.54                                            | 0.00                                            |
| 19      | Naqaland              | 15.63                                           | 8.15                                            | 6 1.06                                          | 3 1 .42                                         | 30.74                                           | 0.00                                            |

| 20            | Odisha        | 18.44     | 294.18    | 110.86    | 872.57    | 195.70    | 41.32          |
|---------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------|
| 21            | Punjab        | 9,24      | 51.08     | 0.00      | 50.06     | 263.05    | 0.03           |
| 22            | Rajasthan     | m7        | 585.84    | 406.77    | 479. 15   | 257.65    | 98.09          |
| 23            | Sikkim        | 5.85      | 7.59      | 12.33     | 3.85      | 3.85      | 0.15           |
| 24            | Tamil Nadu    | 54.32     | 131.65    | 543.01    | 145.90    | 524.60    | 0.00           |
| 25            | Telangana     | 253.36    | 69.18     | 147,95    | 378.50    | 111.84    | 0.00           |
| 26            |               | 30.50     | 64.53     | 49.15     | 23.92     | 29.97     | 2.84           |
|               | Tripura       | 1520.57   | 195.77    | 1325.40   | 3213.86   | 614.57    | 198.75         |
| 27            | Uttar Pradesh | 6.04      | 67.19     | 379.83    | 58.71     | 106.01    | 0.00           |
| 28            | Uttarakhand   | 626.64    | 741.32    | 535.06    | 226.32    | 698.67    | 98.16          |
| 29            | WestBengal    | 0.06      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00           |
| 30            | A&N           |           |           |           |           |           |                |
| 31            | Chandigarh    | 0.16      | 0.37      | 0.00      | 0.00 0.87 | 0.00 1.89 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| 32 I          | DNH& DD       | 0.43 0.00 | 1.01 0.00 | 1.55 0.00 | 0.00      | 0.00      | 1 0.00         |
| 33            | Lakshadwee'   | 0.36      | 2.25      | 2.13      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00           |
| 34            | Puduch        |           |           |           |           |           |                |
| 35            |               | 137.85    | 47.51     | 184.08    | 139.96    | 89.82     | 0.00           |
| 36            |               | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 1.38      | 0.00      | 0.00           |
| Total Release | Total Release | 6482.54   | 6000.00   | 8572.03   | 8704.46   | 6945.39   | 1 1258.97      |