Lok Sabha Question No. 5223 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-02
Subject: Measures to uplift Economically Vulnerable Population
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5223

TO BE ANSWERED ON 2ND APRIL, 2025

## MEASURES TO UPLIFT ECONOMICALLY  VULNERABLE POPULATION

## 5223. SHRI RAMASAHAYAM  RAGHURAM  REDDY:

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

- (a) whether any measures are being taken by the Government to address the issue of  34% of Indians surviving on less than Rs. 100 a day;
- (b) if  so, the details  thereof;  and
- (c) the  specific plans with  the  Ministry  to  uplift  economically  vulnerable population particularly in Telangana and improve their access to sustainable livelihoods?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)

- (a) &  (b): The Government has launched various schemes /  initiatives to reduce multidimensional  poverty as also to  improve the  livelihood  of  economically vulnerable population,  which, inter alia,  include (i) Pradhan  Mantri Garib  Kalyan  Anna  Yojana (PMGKAY), (ii)  Pradhan Mantri  Poshan Shakti Nirman  (PM  POSHAN),  (iii)  Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana for  upliftment  of  urban poor, (iv)  Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment  Guarantee Act  (MGNREGA) for  guaranteed employment  of  100 days in  a year, (v) PM Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U), (vi) PM Awas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G), (vii) Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri  Jan Arogya Yojana  (ABPMJAY)  for health, (viii)  Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) for  life  and disablity, (ix)  Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima  Yojana  (PMSBY)  for  accidental insurance, (x)  Pradhan Mantri  Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan (PM-SYM) for old age pension, (xi) Saksham Anganwadi & POSHAN 2.0, (xii) Pradhan  Mantri Surakshit  Matritva Abhiyan, (xiii) Pradhan  Mantri Sahaj  Bijli Har  Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya), (xiv)  PM Ujjwala  Yojana, (xv)  Swachh Bharat Mission  (SBM),  (xvi)  JaI Jeevan Mission (JJM), (xvii)  Pradhan Manta  Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), (xviii)  PM Vishwakarma, etc

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- (c): The Central Government, in order to I'ernove the financial  burden of the economically vulnerable population, is providing  food grains free of  eost to Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and Priority  House Holds (PHII)  beneficiaries, under the Pradhan Mantri  Garib Kalyan  Anna Yojana (PMGKAY). In  the State of  Telangana, 191.70 lakh beneficiaries are covered under the Scheme. Under the One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC), pan Indian access to  all beneficiaries to  take delivery  of  food grains from  any FPS at uniform  entitlement and price across the  country  is  provided.  Furthermore,  to  combat  anaemia and other  micronutrient deficiencies, the Government of India  is  suppiying fortified  rice through the Targeted Public Distribution  System (TPDS), Pradhan N'lantri Postran Shakti Nirman  (PM POSHAN)  Scheme, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme and in Other Welfare Schemes (OWS) in  all  States aDd tJnion  TerriTories (T\_ITs). 'The initiative aims to  provide  fortified rice  to vulnerable population, enriched with  essential rnicronutrients such as iron,  folic  acid, and vitamin B 12, to tackle micronutrient  deficiencies. particularly  anemia.

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