Lok Sabha Question No. 327 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-24
Subject: PMGKY
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai

## (JOVERNNfF.NT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER AFF A[RS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRiBUTION

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.327 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24th JULY, 2024

## PMGKY

## +327 SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI

Will  the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION wrtm  wr&  uta  3tr BMf+q  f+aWT ddt be pleased to state

- (a) whether the Government has assessed the yearly foodgrains requirement for  the poor people under the Pradhan Mantri  Garib Kalyan  Yojana  (PMGKY),  if  so, the details thereof;

- (b) whether there is possibility  of reduction in the production of foodgrains in  Dadra and Nagar Haveli  and Daman and Diu  due to heavy rains;

- (c) if  so, whether the Public Distribution System (PDS) will  be impacted due to the said reduction,  if  so, the details thereof;

- (d) the number of people provided assistance under the PDS during  each of the last three years;

- (e) and whether the Government proposes to double the foodgrains quota for the poor people;

- (f) if  so, the State-wise details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)

- (a): The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)  is being implemented in all the States/Us, on an all-India basis, aims to supplement the food requirements of upto 75% of the rural  and upto 50% of  the urban population,  which  at Census 2011 comes to 81.35 crore persons. Under the PMGKAY,  while Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)  households, which constitute poorest of the poor are entitled to 35 kg offoodgrains, per family  per month, Priority Households (Pm) are entitled  to 5 kg of  foodgrains per person per month, free of  cost, w.e.f, 1  ' January, 2023 .

- (b) &  (c): Sufficient  stocks are available in  the  Central Pool  to  meet the  requirement of foodgrains under Targeted Public Distribution System
- (d): A statement indicating the number of  beneficiaries covered under the NFS A/ PMGKAY during the last three years is at Annexure.
- (e) &  (f): At  present, no such proposal is under consideration of the Government,

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO,327 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2023 REGARDING '''PMGKY'

Statement indicating the number of  people who have been provided assistance under the PDS durIng  each of the last three years.

| S. No.   | Name of the 1 States/UTs   | Intended Coverage (in lakh)   | Actual Coverageof benenciaHes (in lakh)   | Actual Coverageof benenciaHes (in lakh)   | Actual Coverageof benenciaHes (in lakh)   | Actual Coverageof benenciaHes (in lakh)   |
|----------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of the 1 States/UTs   | Intended Coverage (in lakh)   | 2022 (31.03.22)                           | 2 1(31.03.23) 1                           | 2 1(31.03.23) 1                           | 12 1(19.07.2024) 1                        |
|          | Andhra Pradesh             | 268.23                        | 268.22                                    | 268.22                                    | 268.22                                    | 268.22                                    |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh          | 8.71                          | 8.40                                      | 8.40                                      | 8.40                                      | 8.40                                      |
| 3        | Assam                      | 251.90                        | 251.17                                    | 251.17                                    | 251.17                                    | 251.17                                    |
| 4        | Bihar                      | 871.16                        | 871,16                                    | 871.16                                    | 871.16                                    | 871.16                                    |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh               | 200.77                        | 200.77                                    | 200.77                                    | 200.77                                    | 200.77                                    |
| 6        | Delhi                      | 72.78                         | 72,78                                     | 72.78                                     | 72.78                                     | 72.78                                     |
| 7        | Goa                        | 5,32                          | 5.32                                      | 5.32                                      | 5,32                                      | 5.32                                      |
| 8        | Gujarat                    | 382.84                        | 345. 15                                   | 344. 15                                   | 351.60                                    | 351.60                                    |
| 9        | Haryana                    | 126.49                        | 126.49                                    | 126.49                                    | 126.49                                    | 126.49                                    |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh           | 36.82                         | 28.64                                     | 28.64                                     | 28.64                                     | 28.64                                     |
| 11       | Jharkhand                  | 264.25                        | 264.26                                    | 264. 12                                   | 264. 1 9                                  | 264. 19                                   |
| 12       | Karnataka                  | 401.93                        | 401.93                                    | 401.93                                    | 401.93                                    | 401.93                                    |
| 13       | Kerala                     | 154.80                        | 154,80                                    | 154.80                                    | 154.80                                    | 154.80                                    |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh             | 546.42                        | 482.59                                    | 511.32                                    | 534.79                                    | 534.79                                    |
| 15       | Maharashtra                | 700, 17                       | 700. 17                                   | 700. 17                                   | 700. 17                                   | 700, 17                                   |
| 16       | Manipur                    | 25.06                         | 19.97                                     | 20.08                                     | 20.08                                     | 20.08                                     |
| 17       | Meghalaya                  | 21.46                         | 21.46                                     | 21.46                                     | 21.46                                     | 21.46                                     |
| 18       | Mizoram                    | 7,06                          | 6,68                                      | 6.68                                      | 6.83                                      | 6.83                                      |
| 19       | Nagaland                   | 14.79                         | 14.05                                     | 14.05                                     | 14.05                                     | 14.05                                     |

| 20    | Odisha          | 326.21    | 324.15   | 325.03   | 325.98   | 325.98   |
|-------|-----------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| 21    | Punjab          | 141.51    | 141,51   | 141.51   | 141.45   | 141.45   |
| 22    | Rajasthan       | 446.62    | 440.01   | 440,01   | 440,01   | 440.01   |
| 23    | Sikkim          | 4, 06     | 3.79     | 3.81     | 3,81     | 3.81     |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu      | 364.70    | 364.69   | 364.69   | 364, 12  | 364, 12  |
| 25    | Telangana       | 191.70    | 191.62   | 191.62   | 191.62   | 191.62   |
| 26    | Tripura         | 25.02     | 24.83    | 24, 32   | 24,43    | 24.43    |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh   | 1520.61   | 1487.44  | 1497,77  | 1505,19  | 1509. 82 |
| 28    | Uttarakhand     | 61.94     | 61.94    | 61.94    | 61.94    | 61.94    |
| 29    | West Bengal     | 601.84    | 601.84   | 601.84   | 601.84   | 601.84   |
| 30    | A&N             | 0.63      | 0,61     | 0.61     | 0.61     | 0.61     |
| 31    | DNH&DD          | 3.56      | 3.02     | 2.73     | 2.69     | 2.69     |
| 32    | La:kshadweep    | 0.22      | 0.22     | 0.22     | 0.22     | o.22     |
| 33    | Chandigarh(DBT) | 4, 96     | 2.76     | 2,76     | 2,99     | 2. 99    |
| 34    | Puducherry(DBT) | 6.34 1    | 6.23     | 6.34     | 6.34     | 6,34     |
| 35    | J&K             | 72.69 1   | 72.41    | 72.41    | 72.41    | 72.41    |
| 36    | Ladakh          | 1.44 1    | 1.44     | 1 ,44    | 1.44     | 1.44     |
| Total | Total           | 8135.01 1 | 7972.53  | 8010.78  | 8049.93  | 8054.56  |

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