Lok Sabha Question No. 3402 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-09
Subject: Reducing Prices of Foodgrains for APL Families
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Kalaben Mohanbhai Delkar

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

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3402 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9TH AUGUST, 2023

## REDUCING PRICES OF FOODGRAINS FOR APL FAI

## t3402.  SHRIMATI DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD  AND PUBLIC

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- (a) the  percentage of  population living  Below Poverty Line  (BPL) in various parts of the country including Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu especially in  backward rural areas along with  the total  population
- living below poverty line in the country;
- (b) whether the prices of foodgrains and other essential commodities at Fair Price shops for population living Above Poverty Line (APL) are equal to
- their price in open market;
- (c) if  so, whether the Government has taken or proposes to  take any measures to reduce the price of foodgrains, sugar, kerosene for BPL and APL families under Public Distribution System; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## IILIES

## ANSWER

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

- (a): NITI  Ayog  has  informed that the erstwhile Planning  Commission estimated poverty line and poverty ratio on the  basis of  Large Sample Surveys on Household Consumer Expenditure carried  out  by the  National Sample Survey Office  (NSSO) of the  Ministry  of Statistics  and Programme Implementation. Based on the data of Large Sample Survey on Household Consumer Expenditure published by NSSO for the 68th round, the erstwhile Planning Commission estimated poverty lines and poverty ratio in 2011-12 following the  extant Tendulkar Committee methodology. The result was released through a Press Note issued on 22-d July 2013. The number of persons living below poverty line in India in 2011-12, including the State/UT-wise details are  Annexed.

(b) to (d): After  implementation of  National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, criteria  of  identification of  beneficiaries/households has been de-linked from BPL/APL categories and beneficiaries are identified under two  categories  namely;

- (i) AAY Households, and
- (ii) Priority  Households

Under Pradhan  Mantri  Garib  Kaiyan Ann  Yogna,  eligible  households under the NFSA Act 2013 are entitled to receive foodgrains, (wheat,  rice &,  coarsograins) 5kg  per  person  per  month  for  the  Priority  Households (PHH) and  35  kg  per  household  per  month  for  Antyodaya  Anna  Yojana (AAY) households free of cost  upto 31=* December, 2023,

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3402 FOR ANSWER ON 09.08.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## Number and Percentage of Population below poverty line by states - 2011-12

## Tendulkar Methodology)

| S No.   | States            | Rural   | Rural   | Urban   | Urban   | Total   | Total                  |
|---------|-------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|------------------------|
| S No.   | States            |         |         |         |         |         | No. of Persons (lakhs) |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 1       |         | 5.81    | 16.98   | 9.20    | 78.78                  |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 3       |         | 20.33   | 0.66    | 34.67   | 4.91                   |
| 3       | Assam             | d3.89   | 92.06   | 20.49   | 9.2 1   | 3 1 .98 | 101.27                 |
| 4       | Bihar             | 34.06   | 320.40  | 3 1.23  | 37.75   | 33.74   | 358.15                 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 44.61   | 88.90   | 24.75   | 15.22   | 39.93   | no                     |
| 6       | Delhi             | 12.92   | 0.50    | 9.84    | 16.46   | 9.91    | 16.96                  |
| 7       | Goa               | 6.81    | 0.37    | 4.09    | 0.38    | 5.09    | 0.75                   |
| 8       | Gujarat           | 21.54   | 75.35   | 10.14   | 26.88   | 16.63   | 102.23                 |
| 9       | Haryana           | 11 .64  | 19.42   | 10.28   | 9.41    | 11.16   | 28.83                  |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  | 8.48    | 5.29    | 4.33    | 0.30    | 8.06    | 5.59                   |
| 11      | Jammu& Kashmir    | 11.54   | 10.73   | 7.20    | 2.53    | 10.35   | 13.27                  |
| 12      | Jharkhand         | 40.84   | 104.09  | 24.83   | 20.24   | 36.96   | 124.33                 |
| 13      | Karnataka         | 24.53   | 92.80   | 15.25   | 36.96   | 20.91   | 129.76                 |
| 14      | Kerala            | 9.14    | 15.48   | 4.97    | 8.46    | 7.05    | 23.95                  |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    | 35.74   | 190.95  | 21.00   | 43.10   | 31.65   | 234.06                 |
| 16      | Maharashtra       | 24.22   | 150.56  | 9.12    | 47.36   | 17.35   | 197.92                 |
| 17      | Manipur           | 38.80   | 7.45    | 32.59   | 2.78    | 36.89   | 10.22                  |
| 18      | Meghalaya         | 12.53   | 3.04    | 9.26    | 0.57    | 11.87   | 3.61                   |
| 19      | Mizoram           | 35.43   | 1.91    | 6.36    | 0.37    | 20.40   | 2.27                   |
| 20      | Nagaland          | 19.93   | 2.76    | 16.48   | 1.00    | 18.88   | 3.76                   |
| 21      | Odisha            | 35.69   | 126.14  | 17.29   | 12.39   | 32.59   | 138.53                 |
| 22      | Punjab            | 7.66    | 13.35   | 9.24    | 9.82    | 8.26    | 23.18                  |
| 23      | Rajasthan         | 16.05   | 84.19   | 10.69   | 18.73   | 14.71   | 102.92                 |
| 24      | Sikkim            | 9.85    | 0.45    | 3.66    | 0.06    | 8.19    | 0.51                   |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu        | 15.83   | 59.23   | 6.54    | 23.40   | 11.28   | 82.63                  |
| 26      | Tripura           | 16.53   | 4.49    | 7.42    | 0.75    | 14.05   | 5.24                   |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 11.62   | 8.25    | 10.48   | 3.35    | 11 .26  | 11.60                  |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     | 30.40   | 479.35  | 26.06   | 118.84  | 29.43   | 598.19                 |

| West Bengal              |   22.521 |   141.14 | 14.66   |   43.83 | 19.98   |         |
|--------------------------|----------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| Puducherry               |    17.06 |    0.69  | 6.30    |    0.55 | 9.69    |         |
| Andaman& Nicobar Islands |     1.57 |    0.04  | 0.00    |    0    |         | 0.04    |
| Chandigarh               |     1.64 |    0.004 | 22.3 1  |    2.34 |         | 2.35    |
| Dadra& Nagar Haveli      |    62.59 |    1.15  | 15.38   |    0.28 |         | 1.43    |
| Daman& Diu               |     0    |    0     | 12.62   |    0.26 |         | 0.26    |
| Lakshadweep              |     0    |    0     | 3.44    |    0.02 |         | 0.02    |
| All India                |    25.7  | 2166.58  | 13.70   |  531.25 |         | 2697.83 |

Notes: 1. Population as on 1  st March 2012 has been used for estimating number of persons below poverty line. (2011 Census population extrapolated)

2. Poverty line  of Tamil  Nadu has been used for Andaman and Nicobar  Island.
3. Urban Poverty Line  of Punjab has been used for  both rural  and urban areas ofChandigarh.
4. Poverty Line of Maharashtra  has been used for Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
4. 5 . Poverty line  of Goa has been used for  Daman &  Dill.
6. Poverty Line  of Kerala has been used for Lakshadweep.

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