Lok Sabha Question No. 939 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-26
Subject: Assistance to Karnataka under NFSA
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.939 TO  BE ANSWERED  ON 26TH JULY,  2023

## ASSISTANCE TO KARNATAKA UNDER NFSA

## 939B  SHRI  L.Su TEJASVI SURYA:

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- (a) the assistance  provided by the Central Government under the  PM Garib
- Kalyan Anna Yojana and NFSA;
- (b) the total amount of assistance provided to Karnataka since 2020 under
- the NFSA, PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, year-wise;
- (c) the quantity of food grains provided under the two schemes for Karnataka, year-wise, since  2020 along with  the  total  number of  citizens
- benefited; and
- (d) the source of the foodgrains for the Government to  provide assistance to  citizens under the  two  schemes and the  total  amount incurred by the
- Government in procuring  the same, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak in the country in March 2020, the Department of Food and Public Distribution had started the distribution of 'additional' and 'free-of-cost' foodgrains (Rice/Wheat) to  around 80 crore Priority Household (PHH) and Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) beneficiaries in the country under PMGKAY to ameliorate the food security hardships faced by the  poor and needy due to  unprecedented outbreak of the  pandemic and lockdowns. Under PMGKAY, about 1,118 LMT foodgrains  have been allocated with an earmarked total financial outlay of approximately Rs. 3.91 lakh crore from Phase-1 to Phase-VII of the scheme. Now the Central Government is distributing  free foodgrains to all NFSA beneficiaries, as per their  entitlement, under/ Pradhan  Mantri  Garib  Kalyan  Anna  Yojana  (PMGKAY) from  lst Jan, 2023#Jnder the PMGKAY, the entire cost (100% central share) towards intraState' movement and handling of foodgrains and fair price shop dealers' margin is borne by the Central Government as per the  provision of The Food Security (Assistance to  State  Governments) Rules, 2015 as amended from time to time.

- (b):  The funds released to  State Government of  Karnataka during the financial year 2020-21 to 2023-24 under the scheme 'Assistance to State Agencies for intra-State movement of foodgrains and FPS dealers' margin under NFSA' is as below:

(Rs, in Crore)

| Financial Yea   | N FSA   | PMG KAY   | Total    |
|-----------------|---------|-----------|----------|
| 2020-21         | 23.30   | 61 g09    | 84.39    |
| 2021 -22        | 467n99  | 296.17    | 764n 1 6 |
| 2022-23         | 1 48.70 | 206nl 9   | 354.89   |

- (c): The State Government of Karnataka has identified  beneficiaries  upto the maximum permissible limit i.e. 40'1.93 lakh beneficiaries. Accordinglyl the foodgrains are being allocated to the State Government for 401.93 lakh beneficiaries. The foodgrains allocated to State Government of Karnataka under  NFSA and  PMGKAY since  2020-21  is  as under:

(in thousand tons)

| Financial Year   |   Allocation of foodgrains under N FSA | Allocation of foodgrains under PMGKAY   |
|------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 2020-21          |                                2608.8  | 1 607.720                               |
| 2021 -22         |                                2608.82 | 221 0.615                               |
| 2022-23          |                                2608.84 | 1 808.685                               |

- (d):  The  Central  Government, for ensuring the  regular  supply of foodgrains to persons belonging to eligible households under the  NFSA, allocate the required quantity of foodgrains to the State Governments from the  central pool,under the  Targeted Public Distribution System. The foodgrains stock  in  the  central  pool  are  procured by  the  Central Government and the State Governments through minimum support price operations.

Foodgrains are made available by the Food Corporation of India (FC:1) to States/UTs, free of cost under NFSA, for which food subsidy is released to FCIB in the  case  of States participating in  the  Decentralized Procurement  (Dep),  under  which  State  Government  take  responsibility of procurement of foodgrains and its distribution to the eligible households, the food subsidy is released directly  to the State Governments. The details of food subsidy released to the Government of Karnataka since 2020-21 are as under:

| Financial Year   | Food Subsidy released (Rs. In crore)   |
|------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 2020-21          | 323.99                                 |
| 2021 ..22        | 1 682.12                               |
| 2022-23          | 2191 .75                               |