Lok Sabha Question No. 2971 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-20
Subject: Extension of PMGKAY
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Joshi, Umesh G. Jadhav, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Janardan Singh Sigriwal, Ravindra Kushawaha, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel, Shardaben Anilbhai Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## INISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND puBLIC  DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA  \

## UNSTARRED QUESTIdW NO.2971

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20TH DECEMBERI 2023

## EXTENSION OF PMGICAY

## 2971n SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI):

SHRIMATI  SHARDABEN  ANILBHAI  PATEL:

DR. KRISHNA  PAL SINGH YADAV:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

SHRI JANARDAN  SINGH SIGRIWAL:

PROF. RITA BAHUGUNA  JOSHI:

SHRI RAJIV  PRATAP RUDY:

DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

DR. SHRIKANT  EKNATH  SHINDE:

DR. SU JAY  RADHAKRISHNA  VIKHE  PATIL:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR  GAVIT:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD  AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION mgM  qm©, vrw at  tiT&rfRq f+twr 'Ht be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) has been extended further and if  so, the  details thereof along with  the objectives of the scheme;
- (b) the number of  beneficiaries, State-wise funds allocated and spent
- since its inception, year-wise;
- (c) the expenditure on food subsidy incurred under National Food
- Security Act (NFSA) and PMGKAY for the years 2020 to 2022, year-wise;
- (d) the measures that the Government has implemented to ensure that the benefits of PMGKAY reach all eligible families, particularly those in remote or marginalized areas;
- (e) the monthly allotment of foodgrains for the scheme, State-wise along with  the  total  percentage of  beneficiaries among urban and rural population; and
- (f) the lessons learned from PMGKAY for designing and implementing
- future social welfare programmes in India?

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

(a) to (f):  The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) was launched with  the  specific  purpose of ameliorating  the  hardships faced by the poor  and  needy due  to  economic disruptions caused by  the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.  In view of COVID crisis, the allocation of free foodgrains, under PMGKAY was in addition to  regular allocation for around 80 crore beneficiaries. A total  quantity of approx. 1118 LMT foodgrains had been allocated under PMGKAY (Phase I-VII) for the period of 28 months with a total planned financial outlay was about Rs. 3.91 lakh crore.

In order to remove the financial burden of the poor beneficiaries and to ensure nationwide uniformity and  effective  implementation of  the programme for support of the poor, the Central Government had decided to provide food  grains  free  of cost  to Antyodaya  Anna  Yojana  (AAY) households and Priority  Households (PHH) beneficiaries, beginning from  lst  January 2023 under the  PMGKAY.

Keeping in view welfare of the beneficiaries of PMGKAY in terms of accessibility, affordability and availability of food grains for the poor and to maintain uniformity across the States, the Government has decided to continue to provide free food grains to about 81.35 crore beneficiaries (i.e. Antyodaya Anna  Yojana  (AAY) households and  Priority  Households (PHH) beneficiaries) under the  PMGKAY for a period of five years with  effect from 1 st January, 2024, with  an estimated financial  outlay of Rs. 11.80 lakh crore totally  to be borne by Central Government.

The PMGKAY is operated under the joint  responsibility of the Central and the State Governments. Under the joint  responsibility of the Union and the States, the responsibility for  identification of beneficiaries rests with the concerned States/UT. Identification of  beneficiaries under the Act is under two  categories- households covered under Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) which constitute poorest of the poor, to the extent specified by the Central Government and the  remaining households as priority  households (PHH) to be identified by the State Governments/ UT Administrations as per criteria evolved by them, within the coverage determined for the State/UTThe Central Government has issued advisory, from time to time, to all the States/Union Territories  to  identify  all eligible  and poor  persons/ households including vulnerable Sections of  the  Society for  inclusion under the PMGKAYa

The scheme provides a unified institutional  mechanism with  uniform price and quantity across the country and remove difficulties of  the beneficiaries specially migrants under One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC).Implementation  of integrated  initiative envisage  making beneficiaries aware about the initiatives taken by Central Government and related subsidy burden as also their entitlements under PMGKAY.

The provision of free food grains under PMGKAY for  five years with effect from lst  January 2024 reflects the long-term commitment and vision of  the Government for addressing National food and nutrition security. Provision of free food grains shall mitigate any financial hardship of the affected strata  of  society in  a sustainable manner and ensure long term pricing strategy with  zero cost to  the  beneficiaries which is vital  for effective penetration of the Public Distribution System.

The details of State/UT-wise percentage coverage and number of beneficiaries covered under the PMGKAY since 2020 are at Annexure-1.

Foodgrains at subsidized prices is made available by Food Corporation of India (FC:1) to the States/UTs under the PMGKAY, for which food subsidy is  released to  FC:1. In  the  case  of  States  participating in  the  Decentralized Procurement, State Governrnents take  the  responsibility  of procurement of foodgrains  and  its distribution to  the  eligible households.  In  such  States food  subsidy is released directly to State Governments. The  Central Government undertakes to  meet the  expenditure incurred by  the  State Governments on the procurement operation as per approved costing norms.

The details  of funds released to DCP States  under NFSA and PMGKAY during the financial  year 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 are as follows:

| Years    | Amount of food subsidy released Rupee in crore   | Amount of food subsidy released Rupee in crore   | Amount of food subsidy released Rupee in crore   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| Years    | NFSA                                             | PMGKAY                                           | Total                                            |
| 2020-21  | 50971 .30                                        | 1 5930n47                                        | 66901 .77                                        |
| 2021 -22 | 61 097.57                                        | 1 8691 .97                                       | 79789n54                                         |
| 2022..23 | 491 43.31                                        | 231 39.19                                        | 72282.50                                         |

From Of.Of.,2023 to  15.12.2023, the  food  subsidy amounting to Rs.1,67,874.90 crore and Rs.57,686.42 crore, has been released to FCI and to DCP States respectively.

The state wise details of funds released to DCP States under the PMGKAY since 2020 is at Annexure-IIA.

The details of food subsidy released by FCI to the States on account of procurement of Rice & Wheat is at Annexure-IIB.

The details of foodgrains allocated under the PMGKAY since 2020 is at Annexure-III .

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  PARTS (a) to (f)  OF THE LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2971 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 20.12.2023 REGARDING 'EXTENSION OF PMGKAY'.

## Number of beneficiaries covered under the PMGKAY since 2020

| SI. No.   | States/ UTs       | Percentage Coverage   | Percentage Coverage   | 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)   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| SI. No.   | States/ UTs       | Rural                 | Urban                 | As on                                              | 1 As on 31.03.2020131.03.2021                      | 1 As on 131.03.2022                                | 1 As on f 31.03.2023                               | 1 As on 118.12.2023                                |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 60.96                 | 41.14                 | 2                                                  |                                                    | 6n6n68                                             |                                                    |                                                    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 66.31                 | 51.55                 | r8                                                 | T8                                                 | T8                                                 | 8                                                  |                                                    |
| 3         | Assam             | 84.17                 | 60.35                 | 251.53                                             | 250.30                                             | 251.17                                             | 251.17                                             | 251.17                                             |
| 4         | Bihar             | 85.12                 | 74.53                 | 857.12                                             | 871.16                                             | 871.16                                             | 871.16                                             | 871.16                                             |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 84.25                 | 59.98                 | 200.77                                             | 200.77                                             | 200.77                                             | 200.77                                             | 200.77                                             |
| 6         | Delhi             | 37.69                 | 43.59                 | 72.73                                              | 72.78                                              | 72.78                                              | 72.78                                              | 72.78                                              |
| 7         | Goa               | 42.24                 | 33.02                 | 5.32                                               | 5.32                                               | 5.32                                               | 5.32                                               | 5.32                                               |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 74.64                 | 48.25                 | 382.54                                             | 341.71                                             | 345.15                                             | 344.15                                             | 35 1.60                                            |
| 9         | Haryana           | 54.61                 | 41.05                 | 126.49                                             | 126.49                                             | 126.49                                             | 126.49                                             | 126.49                                             |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 56.23                 | 1 30.99               | 28.64                                              | 1 1 28.64                                          | 1 28.64                                            | 1 28.64                                            | 1 28.64                                            |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 86.48                 | 60.20                 | 263.70                                             | 263.70                                             | 264.26                                             | 264.19                                             | 264.19                                             |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 76.04                 | 49.36                 | 401.93                                             | 401 .93                                            | 401.93                                             | 401.93                                             | 401.93                                             |
| 13        | Kerala            | 52.63                 | 39.50                 | 154.80                                             | 154.80                                             | 154.80                                             | 154.80                                             | 154.80                                             |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 80.10                 | 62.61                 | 546.42                                             | 470.47                                             | 482.59                                             | 511.32                                             | 534.79                                             |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 76.32                 | m5                    | 700.17                                             | 700.17                                             | 700.17                                             | 700.17                                             | 700.17                                             |
| 16        | Manipur           | 88.56                 | 85.75                 | 24.57                                              | 18.60                                              | 19.97                                              | 20.08                                              | 20.08                                              |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 77.79                 | 50.87                 | 21.46                                              | 21 .46                                             | 21.46                                              | 21.46                                              | 21.46                                              |

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| 18    | Mizoram            | 81.88   | 48.60     | 6.68    | 6.68    | 6.68    | 6.81      | 6.83    |
|-------|--------------------|---------|-----------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|---------|
| 19    | Nagaland           | 79.83   | 61.98     | 14.05   | 14.05   | 14.05   | 14.05     | 14.05   |
| 20    | Odisha             | 82.17   | 55.77     | 323.60  | 324.33  | 324.15  | 325.03    | 325.03  |
| 21    | Punjab             | 54.79   | 44.83     | 141.51  | 141.51  | 141.51  | 141.51    | 141.51  |
| 22    | Rajasthan          | 69.09   | 53.00     | 446.63  | 440.01  | 440.01  | 440.01    | 440.01  |
| 23    | Sikkim             | 75.74   | 40.36     | 3.79    | 3.79    | 3.79    | 3.81      | 3.81    |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu         | 62.55   | 37.79     | 357.34  | 364.69  | 364.69  | 364.12    | 364.12  |
| 25    | Telangana          | 60.96   | 41.14     | 191.62  | 191.62  | 191.62  | 191.62    | 191.62  |
| 26    | Tripura            | 74.75   | 49.54     | 24.83   | 24.83   | 24.83   | 24.43     | 24.43   |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh      | 79.56   | 64.43     | 1520.59 | 1465.94 | 1487.44 | 1497.77   | 1503.77 |
| 28    | Uttarakhand        | 65.26   | 52.05     | 61.94   | 61.94   | 61.94   | 61.94     | 61.94   |
| 29    | West Bengal        | 74.47   | 47.55     | 60] .84 | 601.84  | 601.84  | 601.84    | 601 .84 |
| 30    | A&N                | 24.94   | 1.70      | 0.61    | 0.61    | 0.61    | 0.61      | 0.61    |
| 31    | DNH&DD             | 69.93   | 54.17     | 2.91    | 2.86    | 3.02    | 2.69      | 2.69    |
| 32    | Lakshadweep        | 35.30   | 33.56     | 0.22    | 0.22    | 0.22    | 0.22      | 0.22    |
| 33    | 1 Chandigarh (DBT) | 38.54   | 1 47.26 1 | 2.80    | 2.80    | 2.76    | 2.99 E    | 2.99    |
| I     | (DBT)              | n9      | T9        | T6      | T6      | T6      | 6         |         |
| 35    | 1 J&K              | 63.93   | 1 46.93 1 | 72.05   | 72.41   | 72.41   | 1 72.41 1 | 72.41   |
| a     |                    | 5       |           | 1       |         | 1.44    | I         |         |
| Total | Total              | mM5     |           | 8       |         | 7972.53 | mm8       |         |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  PARTS (a) to  (f)  OF THE LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2971 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 20.12.2023 REGARDING 'EXTENSION OF PMGKAY'.

## Details of funds released to DCP States under PMGKAY

(Rs. in Crores)

| S. No.   | Name of the State   | PMGKAY 2020-21   | PM(,KAY 2021-22   | PM(,KAY 2022-23   |
|----------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| 1        | IAndhra IPradesh    | 2764.05          | 3248.92           | 1027.02           |
| 2        | IBihar              | 737.37           | 2773.64           | 5443.15           |
| 3        | lchhattisgarh       | 2367.03          | 2438.53           | 2923.43           |
| 4        | IGujarat            |                  | 7.13              | 22.34             |
| 5        | IMadhya IPradesh    | 3202.55          | 5084.52           | 5181.35           |
| 6        | IMaharashtra        | 981.60           | 870.45            | 1298.51           |
| 7        | IOdisha             | 2964.20          | 2670.98           | 2422.25           |
| 8        | jptmj ab            | 63.06            |                   |                   |
| 9        | ITelangana          | 2357.64          | 1296.51           | 2551.87           |
| 10       | IUttarakhand        | 492.97           | 301.29            | 434.92            |
| 11       | ITamil Nadu         |                  |                   | 139.07            |
| 12       | lw't B,'g,I         |                  |                   | 1695.28           |
|          | iTotat              | 15930.47         | 18691.97          | 23139.19          |

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## ANNEXURE-IIB

ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN PARTS (a) to (f) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2971  DUE  FOR  ANSWER ON  20.12.2023 REGARDING 'EXTENSION OF PMGKAY'.

## Details of funds released by PCI to States under PMGKAY

## (Amount in crore)

| S.No.   | Name of Region    | 2020-21   |   2021-22 | 2022-23   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| FIT     | Jharkhand         | 686.18    |      1    |           |
| 2       | Odisha            | 5281.84   |   4551.87 | 4243.93   |
| 3       | Assam             | 206.5     |    269.63 | 1177.62   |
| 4       | Haryana           | 34129.47  |  38446.4  | 24411.41  |
| 5       | Himachal Pradesh  | 6.2       |     27.1  | 6.12      |
| 6       | J&K               | 0.02      |     49.04 | 0.61      |
| 7       | Punjab            | 73335.31  |  89469.8  | 78226.7   |
| 1 8     | 1 Raias Rajasthan | 4572.19   |   4855.69 | 21.67     |
| 9       | Uttar Pradesh     | 21471.43  |  26012    | 17007.31  |
| 10      | Uttarakhand       | 1030.53   |    623.41 | 635.41    |
| 11      | AndhraPradesh     | 6870.88   |   2548.32 | 3005.16   |
| 12      | Telangana 1       |           |  16713.7  | 12521.64  |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    | 13811.98  |  14857.3  | 17977.27  |
| 14      | Chhattisgarh      | 8779.95   |  10713.6  | 13174.35  |
|         | Grand Total       | 185704.6  | 210196    | 173661.43 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO  IN  PARTS (a) to  (f)OF THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2971 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 20.12.2023 REGARDING 'EXTENSION OF PMGKAY'.

## Allocation of foodgrains under the PMGKAYsince 2020

|   S. No. | States            |   2020-21 | 2021-22   |   2022-23 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |  1072.92  | 1475.218  |  1206.99  |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh |    32.845 | 46.219    |    37.815 |
|        3 | Assam             |  1006.12  | 1380.988  |  1130.25  |
|        4 | Bihar             |  3474.65  | 4791.399  |  3920.24  |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh      |   803.08  | 1104.235  |   903.465 |
|        6 | Delhi             |   290.933 | 400.290   |   327.51  |
|        7 | Goa               |    21.28  | 29.270    |    23.948 |
|        8 | Gujarat           |  1530.14  | 1884.348  |  1551.68  |
|        9 | Haryana           |   505.96  | 695.695   |   569.205 |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh  |   114.578 | 157.545   |   128.901 |
|       11 | Jharkhand         |  1054.8   | 1451.459  |  1188.61  |
|       12 | Karnataka         |  1607.72  | 2210.615  |  1808.68  |
|       13 | Kerala            |   619.2   | 85 1 .401 |   696.601 |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh    |  2185.68  | 2654.248  |  2214.74  |
|       15 | Maharashtra       |  2800.68  | 3850.920  |  3150.75  |
|       16 | Manipur           |    98.526 | 105.942   |    90.262 |
|       17 | Meghalaya         |    85.821 | 118.003   |    96.548 |
|       18 | Mizoram           |    26.729 | 36.752    |    30.07  |
|       19 | Nagaland          |    56.187 | 77.258    |    63.211 |
|       20 | Odisha            |  1250.61  | 1783.081  |  1462.65  |

(in  thousand tons)

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| 21   | Punjab                        |   565.800 |   778.322 |   636.809 |
|------|-------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 22   | Rajasthan                     |  1786.48  |  2420.07  |  1980.06  |
| 23   | Sikkim                        |    15.152 |    20.833 |    17.045 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu                    |  1429.35  |  2005.82  |  1641.12  |
| 25   | Telangana                     |   766.48  |  1053.92  |   862.299 |
| 26   | Tripura                       |    99.788 |   136.745 |   110.705 |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                   |   247.787 |   340.67  |   278.73  |
| 28   | Uttar Pradesh                 |  5802.85  |  8126.6   |  6704.91  |
| 29   | West Bengal                   |  2407.35  |  3310.11  |  2708.27  |
| 30   | AndamanNicobar                |     2.434 |     3.347 |     2.739 |
| 31   | Chandigarh                    |    10.676 |    15.107 |    12.379 |
| 32   | Dadra Nagar Haveli & DamanDIU |    11.482 |    15.563 |    13.293 |
| 33   | J&K                           |   289.462 |   398.259 |   325.848 |
| 34   | Ladakh                        |     5.756 |     7.914 |     6.475 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                   |     0.88  |     1.201 |     0.981 |
| 36   | Puducherry                    |    25.315 |    34.396 |    28.219 |
|      | Total                         | 32105.5   | 43773.8   | 35932     |