Lok Sabha Question No. 280 (STARRED), answered on 2025-03-19
Subject: Beneficiaries under PDS
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai, Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO .280

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 19TH MARCH, 2025

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER PDS

+$280. SMT. DELKAR KALABEN  MOHANBHAI: SHRI BHUMARE  SANDIPANRAO ASARAM:

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

- (a) the number of people registered as beneficiaries under Public Distribution System (PDS) during  each of the last five  years in various  States across the country  including  Dadra and Nagar Haven, Maharashtra and Nladhya Pradesh, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the amount of funds spent by the Government on each of the PDS centres during the said period,  State/UT  and scheme-wise; and
- (c) the details of the number of people removed from PDS or who have opted out of PDS in  various States/UTs across the  country including Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Maharashtra particularly in  its  Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district and  Madhya Pradesh during each of the last five years, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION AND MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

(a) to (c):

A statement is laid on the Table of the House

STATEMENT REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  THE  STARRED QUESTION NO. 280 FOR ANSWER ON 19.03.2025 IN THE LOK SABHA.

- (a): A  statement indicating  the  number of  people who  have been provided  assistance under the PDS during  each of the last five  years. The State-wise coverage during the last five years is at Annexure-I
- (b) The  Funds  released to  States/UTs under  the  scheme 'Assistance  to  State agencies for  intra-State movement of foodgrains and FPS dealers' margin under NFS A'  during the last 5 years are Annexure-II

The Department  deals with  the release of  Food  Subsidy  to  States which  have  adopted Decentralized Procurement Operation (DCP) and to  Food Corpbration of  India  (FCI). States are allocated foodgrains at subsidized rates for  distribution thereof to the targetted beneficiaries of various Central Schemes including that of AAY, PHII, PM Poshan, WNBP, SAB, etc. under National Food Security Act, 2013 and Other Welfare Schemes. Difference between Economic Cost and Central  Issue PriGe (CIP),  at which  foodgrains are issued, is reimbursed as food subsidy. Funds are also released to FCI  for procurement of food grains, storage, traIrsportaLion, as well  maintenance of buffer  stocks.

Fhe details of  food subsidy released during the last five  years to DCP States and to FCI are at Annexure-Ill &  IV.

- (c): As  an outcome of the use Of teclmology in TPDS operations,'  i.e., digitization of ration  cards/beneficiary databases, Aadhaar seeding, de-duplication process, identification of  duplicates, ineligible  records, deaths, permanent migration  of  beneficiaries, etc.  all States/UTs have been able to  weed-out approx. 2.19 crore ration cards between 2019 to 2024 (till  date) in order to achieve  rightful  targeting. List  of  State-wise and year-wise report of deleted/cancelled  ration cards during 2019 to 2024 is attached as Annexure-V

Annexure-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a) OF  THE  STARRED QUESTION NO.280 FOR ANSWER  ON 19.03.2025 IN THE LOK  SABHA.

|       |                        | Actual number of beneficiaries covered (in lakh   | Actual number of beneficiaries covered (in lakh   | Actual number of beneficiaries covered (in lakh   | Actual number of beneficiaries covered (in lakh   | Actual number of beneficiaries covered (in lakh   | Actual number of beneficiaries covered (in lakh   |
|-------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| b?o1: | S t a t e s / 1L1 1r s | s 31.03.2020                                      | Inso 1 31.03.2021                                 | 1 31.03.2022                                      | To 1 31.03.2023                                   | As Of 1 31.3.2024                                 | 1 28.02.2025                                      |
| 1     | Film IPradesh          | 268.221                                           | 268.221                                           | 268.221                                           | 268.221                                           | 268.221                                           | 268.22                                            |
| 2     | mr IPradesh            | 8.21                                              | 8.401                                             | 8.401                                             | 8.401                                             | 8.401                                             | 8.40                                              |
| 3     | Tm                     | m:a                                               | m2                                                | m2                                                | T2                                                | n2                                                | 247.98                                            |
| 4     | ml                     | iFrI                                              | -97-n-a                                           | mr61                                              | n8                                                | n8                                                | 871.16                                            |
| 5     | FiT=gbil-              | no                                                | Hall7                                             | -Sml                                              | la-oIII                                           | TMDI                                              | 200.77                                            |
| 6     | [nm                    | m                                                 | n-I                                               | n7                                                | 72l-g                                             | m7                                                | 72.78                                             |
| 7     | no                     | T=1                                               | a5                                                | all                                               | a1                                                | HI                                                | 5.32                                              |
| 8     | mt                     | m3                                                | 341.71                                            | m3                                                | T411                                              | m3                                                | 365.84                                            |
| 9     | Iii;;Z                 | B2                                                | B6                                                | mI                                                | mI                                                | ml                                                | 126.49                                            |
| 10    | mr IPradesh            | 28.641                                            | 28,641                                            | 28.641                                            | 28.641                                            | 28.641                                            | 29.88                                             |
| 11    | IIEan;(i               | BIllo                                             | Bm7                                               | m6                                                | m2                                                | n2                                                | 76Ill                                             |
| 12    | maInii                 | aT:3]                                             | lar931                                            | -i6n-i1                                           | MTb-31                                            | To-tTI                                            | 401.93                                            |
| 13    | iniE                   | B-allo                                            | ml                                                | ml                                                | milo                                              | Biao                                              | 154.80                                            |
| 14    | Im IPradesh            | 546.421                                           | 470.471                                           | 482.591                                           | 511.321                                           | 534.791                                           | 534.79                                            |
| li    | Fma== L                | no                                                | jianI                                             | mI                                                | m7                                                | m7                                                | mD1                                               |
| 16    | Finn)i                 | BBI                                               | mI                                                | TaSI                                              | mI8                                               | -2l':al8                                          | id:al                                             |
| 17 [  | MeghalF;               | mT                                                | mI                                                | Ti-81                                             | Tia                                               | Ta1                                               | T=4                                               |
| 18    | [Mizoram               | 16                                                | a6                                                | a6                                                | 6.81                                              | 6.831                                             | 7.05                                              |
| 19    | K;;diif                | mI                                                | lin                                               | iibI                                              | T4To-51                                           | mI                                                | 14.05                                             |
| 20 F  | Tiidi;E                | mI                                                | 324.3 IB                                          | m3                                                | Emil                                              | m3                                                | TErI                                              |
| 21    | FMa                    | 141.51                                            | 141.51                                            | 141.51                                            | 141.51                                            | IBI                                               | 141.45                                            |
| 22    |                        | [T- TimI                                          | 440.01                                            | [-ab:m                                            | 440.01                                            | 440.01 L                                          | F--- 440.01                                       |
| 2 i   | mi                     | HI                                                | 13                                                | q3                                                | 3.81                                              | 3.81                                              | 3.81                                              |
| 24    | mm                     | m3                                                | m6                                                | mRg                                               | mI                                                | a6 r-                                             | -364.12                                           |
| 25    | TmMa ii                | T§Ta1                                             | md1                                               | mig                                               | Tg-iRI                                            | ml                                                | T91IB                                             |
| 26    | Tm)                    | liMI                                              | 3T8]                                              | m2                                                | m2                                                | n2                                                | 24.43                                             |
| 27    | TiTtt iFFi&itT         | ml                                                | mI                                                | ml                                                | nI                                                | mI                                                | 1498.70                                           |
| 28    | Uttarakhand            | a6                                                | ina                                               | m6                                                | m-a                                               | m6                                                | 61.94                                             |
| 29    | I Nest Benga]          | Tola8                                             | m6                                                | ToITn4 I---                                       | mI4                                               | mI                                                | 601.84                                            |
| 30    | A&N                    | = 6.61                                            | 0.6]                                              | 0.61                                              | 0.61                                              | 0.61                                              | 0.61                                              |
| 31    | DNH&DD                 | 2.9i                                              | iRa                                               | 3112                                              | ITd                                               | D6                                                | 2.69                                              |
| 32    | [R;FaT;;;;             | a1                                                | TH                                                | al                                                | ml2                                               | TDI                                               | 0.22                                              |
| 33    | ml $(DBT=              | 2.801                                             | 2.801                                             | 2.761                                             | 2.991                                             | 2.991                                             | 2.99                                              |
| 34    | [Puducherry +(DBI)     | 6.151                                             | 6.301                                             | 6.231                                             | 6.341                                             | 6.341                                             | 6.34                                              |
| 35    | mJ                     | -Rm5                                              | 72.41                                             | 72.41                                             | 72.41                                             | 72.41                                             | 72.41                                             |
| 36    | [;a-aiR                | ma                                                | tia                                               | TEn                                               | a4                                                | 1.44                                              |                                                   |
|       | Total                  | mI                                                | m9                                                | NB:5]                                             | mI                                                | 8049.941                                          | 8056.02                                           |

## Annexure-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  OF  THE  STARRED  QUESTION NO.280 FOR ANSWER ON 19.03.2025 IN THE LOK SABHA.

| S.No. 1States/UTs   |                   | Fund Released (in crore   | Fund Released (in crore   | Fund Released (in crore   | Fund Released (in crore   | Fund Released (in crore   |                            |
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
| S.No. 1States/UTs   |                   | 2019-20                   | 2020- 21                  | 1 2021- 1 22              | 1 2022- 1 23              | 2023- 24                  | 2024-25 (As on 13.03.2025) |
| 1                   | Andhra Pradesh    | 62.52                     | I 27 1.76                 | 122.37                    | 91.73                     | 105.44                    | 148.95                     |
| 2                   | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                         | 0.8                       | 0                         | 44.19                     | 8.39                      | 31.32                      |
| 3                   | Assam             | 0                         | 368.08                    | 545.75                    | 826.91                    | 321.75                    | 374.64                     |
| 4                   | Bih Fr            | 342.43                    | 796.58                    | 743.27                    | 881.05                    | 434.73                    | 807.42                     |
| 5                   | chhin;;a          | 31.28                     | 124.07                    | 72.48                     | 181.88                    | 355.06                    | 74.45                      |
| 6                   | Delhi             | 136.83                    | 4.15                      | 26.27                     | 48.88                     | 0                         | 0                          |
| 7                   | Goa               | 1.81                      | 3.15                      | 2.66                      | 4.69                      | 5.67                      | 0                          |
| 8                   | Gujarat           | 146.47                    | t 285.75                  | 309.46                    | t 260.2                   | 124.37                    | 454.82                     |
| 9                   | Har),ana          | 6.7                       | 19.23                     | 178.23                    | 43.26                     | 45.78                     | 301.99                     |
| 10                  | nnachmme          | 29.18                     | 2.79                      | [ 17.69                   | 188.03                    | 29.58                     | 42.74                      |
| 11                  | Jharkhand         | 317.72                    | 170.94                    | [ 282.5                   | 187.02                    | 99.64                     | 99.86                      |
| 12                  | Karnataka         | 0                         | 84.39                     | 764.16                    | 354.89                    | 148.7                     | 0                          |
| 13                  | Kerala            | 0                         | 23.53                     | nI                        | 110.03                    | 403.63                    | 63.6                       |
| 14                  | Xii®aTTa;iii      | 0                         | I 634:6                   | 129.13                    | 844.5                     | 234.66                    | 222.76                     |
| 15                  | Maharashtra       | 305.83                    | 501.91                    | 289.72                    | 621.69                    | 703.54                    | 725.5                      |
| 16                  | ManiDur           | 0                         | 21.6i                     | 81.19                     | 31.54                     | 36.46                     | 0                          |
| 17                  | maITa             | 0                         | I 104.61                  | 38.78                     | 79.78                     | 20.59                     | 22.72                      |
| 18                  | Mizoram           | 14.6                      | 11.08                     | 7.71                      | 12.57                     | 0                         | 6.54                       |
| 19                  | Nagaland          | 0                         | 15.a                      | 8.15                      | 61.06                     | 3 1.42                    | 30.74                      |
| 20                  | m(                | 0                         | 18.44                     | 294.18                    | 110.86                    | 872.57                    | 47.2g                      |
| 21                  | Punjab            | 9.3                       | 9.24                      | Jl eVO                    | 0                         | 50.06                     | 263.05                     |
| 22                  | IGa-;;ii;i        | 95.86                     | 374.02                    | 585.84                    | 406.77                    | 479.15                    | 219.08                     |
| 23                  | Sikkil'n          | 4.92                      | 5.85                      | 7.59                      | 12.33                     | 3.85                      | 3.85                       |
| 24                  | Tamil Na a-       | 0                         | 54.32                     | 131.65                    | 543.01                    | 145.9                     | 502.05                     |
| 25                  | Telangana         | 0                         | 253.36-                   | 69.18                     | 147.95                    | 378:5                     | 101.08                     |
| 26                  | TriDura           | 32.28                     | 30.5                      | 64.53                     | 49.15                     | 23.92                     | 23.55                      |
| 27                  | Emmil-            | 141.05                    | 1520.5?                   | 195.77                    | 1325.4                    | 3213.86                   | 542.33                     |
| 28                  | Uttarakhand       | 0                         | 6.04                      | 67.19                     | 379.83                    | 58.71                     | 47.59                      |
| 29                  | West Bengal       | 0                         | 626.64                    | 741.32                    | 535.06                    | 226.32                    | 697.67                     |
| 30                  | A&N               | 0                         | 0.06                      | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         | 0                          |
| 31                  | Chandjgari        | 0                         | 0.16                      | n3                        | 0                         | 0                         | 0                          |
| 32                  | N                 | 0                         | 0.43                      | 1.01                      | 1.55                      | 0.87                      | 2.76                       |
| 33                  | Laksmiii;         | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         | 0                          |
| 34                  | Puducherr         | 0                         | 0.36                      | -2.25                     | 2.13                      | 0                         | a                          |
| 35                  | J&K               | 0                         | 137.85                    | 47.51                     | 184.of                    | -R397                     | 89.82                      |
| 36                  | Ladakh            | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         | 1.38                      | 0                          |
| Total               | Release           | 1678.78                   | 6482.54'                  | 6000                      | 8572.03                   | 8704.46                   | 5948. 1                    |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  REPLY TO PARTS (b)  OF THE  STARRED QUESTION NO.280 FOR ANSWER ON 19.03.2025 IN THE LOK  SABHA.

## Statement indicating the amount of Food Subsidy reImbursed  to DCP States during the last 5years (rupees in crore)

| s.No.1   | Name of the State   | 2020-21   | 2021 -22   | 2022-23   | 2023-24     | 12024-25 (upto 03.03.2025)   |
|----------|---------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|-------------|------------------------------|
|          | al                  | 8424.72   | 9323.38    | 6635.97   | 6268.19     | 7537.18                      |
|          | Bihar               | 4117.33   | 7671 .9    | 10966. 1  | 6557.64     | 8590.02                      |
|          | Chhattisgarh        | 7193.13   | 9047.77    | 7574.81   | 5236.13     | 3598.19                      |
| 4        | Gujarat             | 9.24      | 749.43     | 311.54    | 267.83      | 138.87                       |
| 5        | Himachal Pradesh=1: |           |            |           | 47.38       |                              |
| 6        | Jharkhand8          | 3.66      | T4         |           |             | 475.64                       |
| 7        | -FaTal aka          | 323.99    | 1          | 7         |             | 1281.18                      |
| 8        | Kerala              | 1214.98   | 1          | 8         |             | 942.23                       |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh      | 11946.44  | 1          | 5         |             | 8683.36                      |
| 10       | Maharashtra         | 2555.74   | 4082.07    | 2725.75   | 3923.29     | 327.74                       |
| 11       | Odisha              | 8985.73   | 7892.69    | 7600.05   | 14473.68    | 6779.3                       |
| 12       | Punjab              | 1761.53   | 2047.53    | 1202.49   | 2064.56     | ] 397.04                     |
| 13       | ma maI              | 3109.76   | 6250.93    | 8685.95   | 7072.53     | l848.89                      |
|          | Telangana           | 6879.59   | 7665.02    | 5242.76   | 5367.07 ] + | 3684.55                      |
|          | m)                  | 29.79     | 15.58      | 148.67    | 106.51      | 35.79                        |
|          | -mama;ii            | 1371.33   | 1554.43    | 1212.25   | 74.39 [     | 755.49                       |
|          | West Bengal         | 8792.03   | 542, 1.34  | 6580.11   |             | 8899.88                      |
|          | DBT* *              | 182.78    | 186.87     | 187.9     | 267.6       | 178.00                       |
|          | Total               | 66901.77  | 79789.54   | 72282.49  | 71732.82    | ms:3.35                      |

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  OF THE  STARRED  QUESTION NO.280 FOR ANSWER ON 19.03.2025 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## Details of funds released to Food Corporation of India (FCI) during 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25

| ear                 | :uF,"e::sirI'rTr e:   |
|---------------------|-----------------------|
| 020-2 1+            | 462789.00             |
| d2 1-22             | 208929.00             |
| 022-23              | 20021 9.20            |
| [2023-24            | 139661.03             |
| :emAs on 06.03.2025 | 126568.47             |

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## Annexure-V

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  REPLY TO PARTS (c)  OF THE  STARRED QUESTION NO.280 FOR ANSWER ON 19.03.2025 iN THE LOK SABHA.

## STATUS  OF DELETED  RATION CARDS  (2019-2024)

| SI.   | State/UT           | 2019       | 2020       | 2021      | 2022       | 2023       | Total        |
|-------|--------------------|------------|------------|-----------|------------|------------|--------------|
|       | Andhra Pradesh     | 12,762     | 24,523     | 13,128    | 30,94,232  | 52,610     | 3 1,97,255   |
|       | Andaman & Nicobar  | 421        | 43 1       | 196       | 950        | 47         | 2,045        |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh  |            |            |           | 1,151      | 328        | 1,479        |
|       | Assam              | 22,412     | 21,291     | 11,120    | 28,590     | 38,590     | 1 ,22,003    |
|       | Bihar              | 3 ,92,713  | 99,404     | 15,678    | 1,61,809   | 4,49,525   | 11,19,129    |
|       | Chandigarh         |            |            |           | 684        | 2,291      | 2,975        |
|       | Chhattisgarh       | 1 ,38,967  | 4,508      | 10,400    | 20,715     | 29, 108    | 2,03 ,698    |
|       | DNH and Daman& Diu | 577        | 5,840      | 2,454     | 73         | I          | 8,945        |
|       | Delhi              | 381        | 518        | 448       | 116        | 3,686      | 5,149        |
| 10    | Goa                | 888        | 148        | 805       | 2,117      | 5,801      | 9,759        |
|       | Gujarat            | 23,038     | 47,936     | 2,19,151  | 1,32,519   | 1 ,35,362  | 5,58,006     |
|       | Haryana            |            |            |           | 1,96, 1 74 | 8,49,972   | 10,46, 146   |
|       | Himachal Pradesh   | 367        | 4,376      | 2,538     | 3,299      | 7,551      | 18,131       |
| 14    | 1Jammu and Kashmir | 13,869     | 13,224     | 33,677    | 2,927      | 5,403      | 69, 100      |
|       | Jharkhand          | 60,333     | 65,234     |           | 75,137     | 29,771     | 2,30,475     |
|       | Karnataka          | 1,09,312   | 31,753     | 42,558    | 48,477     | 74,401     | 3,06,501     |
| 17    | Kerala             | 2,543      | 52,475     | 1,04,51 1 | 41 ,998    | 40,800     | 2,42,327     |
| 18    | Ladakh             | NIL        | NIL        | 614       | 30         | 58         | 702          |
|       | Lakshadweep        | 6          | 7          | 33        | 38         | 89         | 173          |
|       | Madhya Pradesh     | 61 ,265    | 1 ,65,829  | 9,93 ,704 | 98,186     | 4,96,092   | 18,15,076    |
|       | Maharashtra        | 6,53,677   | 1,3 1,986  | 36,119    | 1 ,44,985  | 2,01 ,676  | 11 ,68,443   |
|       | Manipur            |            | 45,321     | 9,411     | 30,493     | 9,684      | 94,909       |
|       | Meghalaya          | 10,525     | 16         |           | 402        | 1,612      | 12,555       |
|       | Mizoram            | 156        | 1,443      | 1,637     | 3,617      | 4,115      | 10,968       |
|       | NaM                | 18,552     | 7,304      |           | 3 ,428     | 3,177      | 32,461       |
|       | Odisha             |            |            |           | 64, 122    | 3 1,240    | 95.362       |
| 27    | Puducherry         | 2,093      | 1,881      | 1,731     | 538        | 847        | 7,090        |
|       | Punjab             | 94,03 1    | 1 ,79,837  | 3,305     | 1 ,52,497  | 1,23 ,722  | 5,53,392     |
|       | Rajasthan          | 72,276     | 5,80,241   | 1,35,283  | 2,65,390   | 26,386     | 10,79,576    |
|       | Sikkim             | 5,622      | 6,981      |           | 458        |            | 13,061       |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu         |            |            | 2,00,942  | 86,150     | 73,875     | 3,60,967     |
|       | Telangana          | 40,684     | 12,154     |           | 4,988      | 34,064     | 91 ,890      |
|       | Tripura            | 552        | 1,099      | 1,100     | 1,254      | 800        | 4,805        |
|       | Uttar Pradesh      | 1          | Wg         | 7,19,213  | 9,99, 1 00 | 7,00, 138  | 74,24,749    |
|       | Uttarakhand        |            |            | 49,712    | 66,627     | 9,691      | 1 ,26,030    |
| 36    | West Bengal        | 1 ,00, 151 | 59,666     | 2,93,326  | 6,47,003-  | 7,56,860   | 18,57,006    |
|       | Grand Total        | 59,90,446  | 24, 19.451 | 29,02,794 | 63,80,274  | 41 ,99,37i | 2, 18,92,338 |