Lok Sabha Question No. 1763 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-30
Subject: Fair Price Shops
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Smt. Mala Roy

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

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1763

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30TH JULY, 2025

## FAIR PRICE SHOPS

## 1763. SMT. MALA  ROY:

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

- (a) the total number of Fair Price Shops in the country as on 30.06.2025, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Fair Price Shop owner get commission from the Government for their services; and
- (C) if  so, the details thereof for the last five  years, year-wise

## ANSWER

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

(SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)

- (a): As per information available in this Department, at present, 5.43 lakh Fair Price Shops (FPSs) are in the country. A  State/UT-wise statement of FPS is at Annexure.
- (b) &  (c): Targeted Public  Distribution System (TPDS)  under  the National  Food  Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) is operated under the joint  responsibility  of the Central and the State/UT Governments. The operational responsibility  including  issuance of licenses to Fair Price Shops (FPSs), supervision and monitoring  of  the functioning of Fair Price Shops etc., rest with  the concerned State/UT Government. As per sub-clause (7) of  clause 9 of  the TPDS (Control) Order, 2015, the State Government shall fix  an amount as the fair price shop owner's margin, which shall be periodically reviewed for ensuring sustained viability  of  the fair  price shop operations. As  per  sub-clause (9)  of  Clause 9,  the  State Government shall  allow  sale of commodities other than the foodgrains distributed under the TPDS at the fair  price shops to improve the viability  of the fair price shop operations. Central Govemment  has no role to play in determining the actual rate of fair price shop dealers' margin/ commission/ honorarium etc.

The  Central Government only  provides the  assistance to  States/UTs for  meeting the expenditure towards intra-State movement &  handling of  foodgrains and fair  price shop dealers'  margin  under  the  NFS A in  accordance with the  provisions  of Food  Security (Assistance to  State Governments) Rules, 2015 which  inter-alia provides for  norms of expenditure and pattern of central sharing. In order to ensure viability  of Fair Price Shops, the norms of FPS Dealers margin was enhanced w.e.f.  1 April  2022 as per the details given below:

| Category of States   | of IComponent margIn   | FPSIPre-revised normsIRevised I(Rate in rupee uintal)   | perl(Rate in luintal) norms rupee pe   |
|----------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| me Categoi           | e                      | R7                                                      | b9                                     |
| States/UTs           |                        | 17                                                      |                                        |
| in                   |                        |                                                         |                                        |
| Sates/UTS            | (                      | 17                                                      |                                        |

State Governments are free to fix  the actual rates, which  can be higher than the norms specified in  the rules. Central assistance will  be limited  to the rates specified in  the Rules or the actual average  rates for the State as a whole, at which the expenditure was actually  incurred by the State Government, whichever is lower.

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## A statement showing details of Fair  Price Shops

| S.N.   | State/UT                          | Total Fair Price Shops   |
|--------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1      | AndamanAnd Nicobar Islands        | 416                      |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh                    | 29.791                   |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh                 | 1.680                    |
| 4      | Assam                             | ;4,300                   |
| 5      | Bihar                             | -50,951                  |
| 6      | Chandigarh                        | NA                       |
| 7      |                                   | 13,675                   |
| 8      | Dadar& Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu | 114                      |
| 9      | Delhi                             | 1 ,993                   |
| 10     | Goa                               | 452                      |
| 11     | Gujarat                           | 16,949                   |
| 12     | Flaryana                          | 9,434                    |
| 1 3    | H imachal Pradesh                 | 5,219                    |
| 14     | Jammu And Kashmir                 | 6,737                    |
| 15     | Jharkhand                         | 15,228                   |
| 16     | Karnataka                         | 30,403                   |
| 17     | Kerala                            | 13,913                   |
| 18     | Ladakh                            | 404                      |
| 19     | LakshadweeI                       | 3 9                      |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh                    | 27,377                   |
| 21     | a                                 | 52,642                   |
| 22     | Manipur                           | 2.339                    |
| 2 3    |                                   | 4,735                    |
| 24     |                                   | 1 ,258                   |
| 25     | Nagaland                          | 1 ,783                   |
| 26     | OdiM1                             | 12.044                   |
| 27     | Puducherr'                        | NA                       |
| 28     | Puniab                            | 18.150                   |
| 29     | Raja=                             | l7.062                   |
| 3 0    | Sikkim                            | 1 ,312                   |
| 3 1    | Tamil Nadu                        | 34.805                   |
| 32     | Telangana                         | 17,246                   |
| 3 3    | TriDur;                           | 2,057                    |
| 34     | Uttarakhand                       | 9.059                    |
| 3 5    | Uttar Pradesh                     | 59,216                   |
| 3 6    | West Bengal                       | lo,476                   |
|        | Total                             | 5,43,259                 |