Lok Sabha Question No. 3267 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-09
Subject: Additional Foodgrains to Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

## INISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3267

TO BE ANSWERED ON 9TH AUGUST, 2023

## ADDITIONAL  FOODGRAINS TO ANDHRA  PRADESH

## 3267.  SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD  AND PUBLIC

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- (a) whether the Government has taken steps to  put into motion the proposal  by the  State  of Andhra  Pradesh to  allocate  additional  foodgrains from its savings to meet the demand of the State of Andhra Pradesh; and
- (b) if so, the details  thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER INISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS,  FOOD & PUBLIC  DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a) to(b): Allocation of foodgrains  to  States/Union  Territories  (UTs) under the  National Food Security Act,  2013 (NFSA) is  made on the  basis of identification of  beneficiaries reported by  the  States/UTs within  the State/UT-wise coverage of  population determined by the then Planning Commission(now  Niti  Aayog)  on  the  basis  of  data  of  NSSO household consumption expenditure  survey  2011-12 and  foodgrains  entitlement prescribed under the Act i.e. 35 kg per household per month for households covered under Antyodaya Anna Yojana and 5 kg per person per month for Priority  households.  The  Act  further provides  that if  on  the  above  basis, annual  foodgrains allocation to  any  State/UT  is  lower  than  the  average annual offtake  during 201 O-11 to 2012-13 under erstwhile  normal Targeted

Public Distribution  System, the same shall be protecteda

The  coverage of  beneficiaries determined for the  State of  Andhra Pradesh under  the  NFSA is  268.23 lakh  persons  against  which  the  State has identified  268.22 lakh beneficiaries. The number of beneficiaries  keeps on  changing  due to addition/deletion of ration cards due to  various reasons,  as reported by States/UTs  time  to  time,  Accordingly, 1 ,54,148'030 MT of foodgrains are being allocated per month to the State Government at free of  cost. In  addition to this 1,838.970  MT  of  foodgrains are  being allocated monthly under 'tide  over' to protect the average annual offtake during 2010-11 to 2012-13, Thus,  the State  of Andhra  Pradesh is  receiving 1,55,987 MT of foodgrains per month (18,71,844 MT of foodgrains per annum) whieh is as per maximum permissible limit  under the Act.

The Central Government, to  remove the financial  burden of the poor beneficiaries and  to ensure nationwide uniformity and  effective implementation of  National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) decided to provide food grains free of cost  to AAY households and PHH beneficiaries under NFSA, 2013, for  a period of one year, beginning from  Ist  Jan 2023, under the  Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) to  all States/UTs including Andhra Pradesh with  the likely expenditure of nearly Rs. 2 lakh  crore  annually.

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