Lok Sabha Question No. 1746 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-30
Subject: Jan Poshan Kendras
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai

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

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1746

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30TH JULY, 2025

## JAN POSHAN KENDRAS

## 1746. SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

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

- (a) the details of fair price shops and Jan Poshan kendras in the country, State and districtwise including those in the UT  ofDadra  and Nagar Haven;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to replace rice and wheat with millet  in the Public Distribution  System for the sake of making better nutritious  food available to the people;
- (c) if  so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if  not,  the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRIMATI  NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI  BAMBHANIYA)

- (a): The  total  number of  Fair  Price  Shops (FPSs) under NFS A  are 5,43,259 across the country and the statement indicating the State-wise total number of FPSs including UT  of Dadra and Nagar Haveli,  is at Annexure-A.

Currently, under the Pilot  study on Jan Poshan Kendra (JPK), 90 FPSs have been converted to  JPKs, i.e.,  15 each from  4  cities,  namely Hyderabad, Ghaziabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and 30 from  Indore.

- (b) to (d): Under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), foodgrains are being provided  to States/UTs for distribution  to around 80 crore beneficiaries through Targeted Public  Distribution System (TPDS),  free of  cost from  1  st January 2023. The term 'foodgrains' is  defined  as rice,  wheat  &  coarse grains (including  millets)  or  any  combination thereof conforming  to such quality  norms as may be determined, by order, by the Central Government from time to  time. In  addition to  this,  the State/UT Governments may formulate food or

nutrition  based plans or schemes providing  for  benefits higher than the benefits provided under PMGKAY.

Millets  (Nutri-cereals) are also allocated under PDS  in  lieu  of  equal quantity of wheat/rice (as requested by  the State) while ensuring that the overall quantity of  rice, wheat and coarse grains (Nutri-cereals) has to be within  the upper ceiling  fixed in  respect of  each State/UT.

Accordingly, 10,41,659 MT,  12,29,020 MT  and 2,12,436 MT  millets/coarse grains have been distributed in  the year 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 (upto August 2025) respectively.

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## ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) of the LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1746 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 30.07.2025

## Statement indicating  State/UT - wise total number of Fair Price Shops under NFSA is as follows:

| S.No.   | 1 State/UT                        | District count   | Total Fair Price Shops   |
|---------|-----------------------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|         | Andaman And Nicobar Islands       | 3                | 416                      |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                    | 26               | 29,791                   |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                 | 26               | ,680                     |
| 4       | Assam                             | 3 5              | 34,300                   |
| 5       | Bihar                             | 3 8              | 50,95 1                  |
| 6       | Chandjgarh                        | DBT              | NA                       |
| 7       | a                                 | 33               | D6                       |
| 8       | Dadar& Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu | 4                | 114                      |
| 9       | Delhi                             | 11               | 1,993                    |
| 10      | Goa                               | 2                | 452                      |
| 11      | Gujarat                           | 3 4              | 16,949                   |
| 12      | ma                                | 22               | 9,434                    |
| 13      | I                                 | 12               | W                        |
| 14      | Jammu And Kashmir                 | 20               | 6,737                    |
| 15      | Jharkhand                         | 24               | 25,228                   |
| 16      | Karnataka                         | 3 5              | 20,403                   |
| 17      | Kerala                            | 14               | 13,913                   |
| 18      | Ladakh                            | 2                | 404                      |
| 19      | Lakshadwee1                       |                  | 3 9                      |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh                    | 55               | 27,377                   |
| 21      | Maharashtra                       | 41               | 52,642                   |
| 22      | Manipur                           | 16               | 2,339                    |
| 2 3     | Meghalaya                         | 12               | 4,735                    |
| 24      | I                                 | 11               | 1 ,258                   |
| 25      | Nagaland                          | 16               | 1 ,783                   |
| 26      | Odin                              | 3 0              | 12,044                   |
| 27      | Puducherry                        | DBT              | NA                       |
| 28      | Puni ab                           | 2 3              | 18,150                   |
| 29      | ma                                | 50               | 27,062                   |
| 3 ()    | Sikkim                            | 6                | 1 ,312                   |
| 3 1     | Tamil Nadu                        | 3 8              | 34,805                   |
| 3 2     | Telangana                         | 3 /1             | 17,246                   |
| 3 3     | m)                                | 8                | 2,057                    |
| 3 zI    | Uttarakhand                       | 13               | 9,059                    |
| 3 5     | Uttar Pradesh                     | 75               | 79,2 1 6                 |
| 3 6     | e                                 | 2 3              | 20,476                   |
| Total   | Total                             | 793              | 5,43,259                 |