Lok Sabha Question No. 2218 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-02
Subject: Beneficiaries of PMGKAY
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2218 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2ND AUGUSTI 2023

## BENEFICIARIES  OF PMGKAY

## 2218.  SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of  CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD  AND  PUBLIC DiSTRiBUTION  aq$ftxm wwi+, ©rv3hc€T§gfqqfqvwr  THt be pleased  to  state:

- (a) the number of beneficiaries that enrolled under Pradhan Mantri Garib
- Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) in the country  since 2019;
- (b) the  details  of  building and construction workers welfare fund released to provide relief  to construction workers since 20201 State-wise;
- and
- (c) the number of registered poor senior citizens, widows and disabled beneficiaries under PMGKAY till  30 June 2023, State-wise?

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

(a): in view of the pro-poor initiative announced by the Government of India to ameliorate the hardship faced by the poor due to economic disruption caused by Corona virus,  this  Department has implemented Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) in seven (7) phases from April 2020 to  December 2022 for distribution  of  additional  free-of-cost foodgrains to  all  States/UTs, Around 80 Crore National Food Security Act (NFSA) beneficiaries in the country are entitled to get benefits of PMGKAY. However, the Central Government to remove the financial burden of the poor beneficiaries and to ensure nationwide uniformity and effective implementation of  the Act,  has decided to  provide food grains free of cost to Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households and Priority Households (PHH) beneficiaries under NFSA, for  a period of  one year  beginning from lst  January 2023. As per Central Government decision, inter-alia two food subsidy schemes have been  subsumed as  Pradhan Manta Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)a Under this scheme Free foodgrain is being distributed through Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) from lst January 2023.

- (b): Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoLE) administers the Building and Other Construction Workers (BOCW) (RE&CS) Act  1996 and BOCW Welfare Cess Act, 1996 and their rules, whereas, as per Section 3 of the BOCW Welfare Cess Act I 19961 the State Governments are mandated to collect  the Cess and as per Section 22 of the BOCW (RE&CS) Act1 1996, the State / UT Governments through State / UT Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Boards are empowered and entrusted for making provisions for providing Social Security and implementation of welfare schemes for Building and Other Construction Workers relating to  life and disability cover, health and maternity cover, financial assistance for education of  wards of  the  registered Building and Other Construction Workers, transit  housing, skill  development, awareness programsl pension etc, Furtherl the amount spent by the State Welfare Board is attached as Annexure-l.

In order to mitigate the financial crisis of the Building and Other Construction Workers (BOCW) and protect them against the economic disruptions during oovid-19 pandemic and Country-wide lockdown,  the  Government of India had taken  numerous measures to  provide them  financial  assistance, food packages and other benefits, Advisory guidelines were issued under Section -  60 of the Building and Other Construction Workers Act,  1996 to  all  the States/UTs Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Boards to frame a scheme for transfer of adequate funds in the bank account of construction workers through dIrect benefit transfer (DBT mode) from the  Cess funds collected by the States/UTs. In  response, the  State  Welfare Boards have cumulatively  disbursed around Rs. 5618 Crores1 through DBT, to  the  bank accounts of  1.83 Crores (approx.)BOC Workers during the first  wave of Covid - 19. Similarly, during second wave of COVID-19, Rs. 1795 Crores were disbursed through DBT to more than 4.23 crores BOC Workers by the State  BOCW Welfare Boardsn Details of cash relief to BOC workers during  Pandemic is  attached as Anne>cure-II.

- (c): As per the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) Control Order 2015, the  review  of  ration  cards/beneficiaries list,  identification of  ineligible/  duplicate ration cards and inclusion of eligible beneficiaries/households is the responsibIlity of concerned State/UT Government. States/UTs have been advised to undertake proper verification (including field verification) of each identified case to ensure that ration cards of genuine beneficiaries are not deleted/ suspended. Furtherl States/UTs regularly issue new ration cards to the eligible households/beneficiaries in place of cancelled ration cards within  ceiling limit of the National Food  Security Act (NFSA),  However, the  data of  senior  citizens, disabled,  widow is  not maintained by  the Department. State-wise list of  NFSA beneficiaries is attached as Annexure'.llIB

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## Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO  IN  REPLY TO  PART (b) OF THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2218 FOR ANSWER ON 02.08.2023 IN TIEE LOK  SABHA.

| State-wise Details of Expenditure/Amount Spent under the Building and Other Construction Workers Acts, 1996 as on 01.01.2023   | State-wise Details of Expenditure/Amount Spent under the Building and Other Construction Workers Acts, 1996 as on 01.01.2023   | State-wise Details of Expenditure/Amount Spent under the Building and Other Construction Workers Acts, 1996 as on 01.01.2023   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| o                                                                                                                              | a                                                                                                                              | as on 01.01.2023                                                                                                               |
| n(                                                                                                                             | -----r-"--I-----                                                                                                               | --m                                                                                                                            |
| 1 1                                                                                                                            | 1 Al AndhraPradesh                                                                                                             | 570.76                                                                                                                         |
| 2                                                                                                                              | r                                                                                                                              | 483.71                                                                                                                         |
| 3                                                                                                                              | Assam                                                                                                                          | 403.29                                                                                                                         |
| 4                                                                                                                              | Bihar                                                                                                                          | m4                                                                                                                             |
| 5                                                                                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                   | 1379.83                                                                                                                        |
| 6                                                                                                                              | Goa                                                                                                                            | 14.69                                                                                                                          |
| 7                                                                                                                              | Gujarat                                                                                                                        | 744.12                                                                                                                         |
| 8                                                                                                                              | Haryana                                                                                                                        | 1801.62                                                                                                                        |
| 9                                                                                                                              | HimachalPradesh                                                                                                                | 471.15                                                                                                                         |
| 10                                                                                                                             | J&K (including Ladakh)                                                                                                         | 889.81                                                                                                                         |
| 11                                                                                                                             | Jharkhand                                                                                                                      | 585.56                                                                                                                         |
| 12                                                                                                                             | Karnataka                                                                                                                      | m2                                                                                                                             |
| 13                                                                                                                             | Kerala                                                                                                                         | 4464.05                                                                                                                        |
| 14                                                                                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                 | 4009.96                                                                                                                        |
| 15                                                                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                                                                    | 6387.14                                                                                                                        |
| 16                                                                                                                             | Manipur                                                                                                                        | 241.11                                                                                                                         |
| 17                                                                                                                             | Meghalaya                                                                                                                      | 44.02                                                                                                                          |
| 18                                                                                                                             | Mizoram                                                                                                                        | m7                                                                                                                             |
| 19                                                                                                                             | Nagaland                                                                                                                       | 110.50                                                                                                                         |
| 20                                                                                                                             | Odisha                                                                                                                         | 2865.79                                                                                                                        |
| 21                                                                                                                             | Punjab                                                                                                                         | 1317.52                                                                                                                        |
| 22                                                                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                                                                      | 2226.06                                                                                                                        |
| 23                                                                                                                             | Sikkim $                                                                                                                       | 42.41                                                                                                                          |
| 24                                                                                                                             | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                     | 2156.28                                                                                                                        |
| 25                                                                                                                             | Telangana                                                                                                                      | 2232.45                                                                                                                        |
| 26                                                                                                                             | Tripura                                                                                                                        | 65.01                                                                                                                          |
| 27                                                                                                                             | Uta                                                                                                                            | 6403.14                                                                                                                        |
| 28                                                                                                                             | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                    | 552.00                                                                                                                         |
| 29                                                                                                                             | West Bengal##                                                                                                                  | m3                                                                                                                             |
| 30                                                                                                                             | Delhi                                                                                                                          | 771.59                                                                                                                         |
| 31                                                                                                                             | A & N Island                                                                                                                   | 31.66                                                                                                                          |
| 32                                                                                                                             | Chandigarh                                                                                                                     | 29.35                                                                                                                          |
| 33                                                                                                                             | Dac:ira & Nagar Haveli                                                                                                         | 9.36                                                                                                                           |
| 34                                                                                                                             | Damanand Diu                                                                                                                   | 9.68                                                                                                                           |
| 35                                                                                                                             | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                    | 2.35                                                                                                                           |
| 36                                                                                                                             | Puducherry                                                                                                                     | 163.05                                                                                                                         |

Source: As per reports received  from  State/in  BOCW Welfare Boards

* Sikkim - Data as on 31.03.2022

**  West Bengal - Data as on 01.07.2022

## Annexure-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.2218 FOR ANSWER ON 02.08.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA.

| State-wise statu? on Cash relief provided to BoC Workers during pandemic   | State-wise statu? on Cash relief provided to BoC Workers during pandemic   | State-wise statu? on Cash relief provided to BoC Workers during pandemic   | State-wise statu? on Cash relief provided to BoC Workers during pandemic   | State-wise statu? on Cash relief provided to BoC Workers during pandemic   | State-wise statu? on Cash relief provided to BoC Workers during pandemic   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S                                                                          |                                                                            | I                                                                          | I                                                                          |                                                                            |                                                                            |
| N.                                                                         | Name of the States/UTs.                                                    | o BoCW workers given assistance                                            | r disbursed (Rs in Cr.)                                                    | o a BoCW workers given assistance                                          | disbursed (Rs in Cr.)                                                      |
| 1                                                                          | Andhra Pradesh                                                             | 19,67,484                                                                  | 196.75                                                                     | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 2                                                                          | Arunachal Pradesh                                                          | 3,000                                                                      | 0.6                                                                        | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 3                                                                          | Assam                                                                      | 2,21 ,378                                                                  | 44.28                                                                      | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 4                                                                          | Bihar                                                                      | 11,07,696                                                                  | 221.54                                                                     | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 5                                                                          | Chhattisgarh                                                               | 2,02,579                                                                   |                                                                            | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 6                                                                          | Goa                                                                        | 5,117                                                                      | 3.07                                                                       | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 7                                                                          | Gujarat                                                                    | 3,74,372                                                                   | 37.44                                                                      | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 8                                                                          | Haryana                                                                    | 3, 10,935                                                                  | 154.68                                                                     | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 9                                                                          | HimachalPradesh                                                            | 1,33,090                                                                   | 77.34                                                                      | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 10                                                                         | J&K (including Ladakh)                                                     | 1,70, 131                                                                  | 68.05                                                                      | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 11                                                                         | Jharkhand                                                                  | 1,99,226                                                                   | 20                                                                         | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 12                                                                         | Karnataka                                                                  | 13,62,438                                                                  | 681.22                                                                     | 19,48,000                                                                  | 584.4                                                                      |
| 13                                                                         | Kerala                                                                     | 6,94, 123                                                                  | 69.44                                                                      | 6,96, 129                                                                  | 69.61                                                                      |
| 14                                                                         | Madhya Pradesh                                                             | 8,91,850                                                                   | 178.37                                                                     | 12,00,000                                                                  | 120                                                                        |
| 15                                                                         | Maharashtra                                                                | 9,67,556                                                                   | 483.78                                                                     | 10,33,052                                                                  | 154.95                                                                     |
| 16                                                                         | Manipur                                                                    | 52,605                                                                     | 5.26                                                                       | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 17                                                                         | Meghalaya                                                                  | 24,730                                                                     | 12.37                                                                      | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 18                                                                         | Mizoram                                                                    | 51,451                                                                     | 15.44                                                                      | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 19                                                                         | Nagaland                                                                   | 19,046                                                                     | 3.81                                                                       | 20,000                                                                     | 4                                                                          |
| 20                                                                         | Odisha                                                                     | 18,37,000                                                                  | 275.55                                                                     | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 21                                                                         | Punjab                                                                     | 2,90,638                                                                   | 174.38                                                                     | 5,81,202                                                                   | 87.18                                                                      |
| 22                                                                         | Rajasthan                                                                  | 7,58, 102                                                                  | 1799.91                                                                    | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 23                                                                         | Sikkim                                                                     | 7,836                                                                      | 1.57                                                                       | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 24                                                                         | Tamil Nadu                                                                 | 13,70,601                                                                  | 274.12                                                                     | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 25                                                                         | Telangana                                                                  | 8,30,324                                                                   | 124.55                                                                     | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 26                                                                         | Tripura                                                                    | 39,082                                                                     | 11.72                                                                      | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 27                                                                         | Uttar Pradesh                                                              | 18,24,771                                                                  | 353.84                                                                     | 67,00,000                                                                  | 670                                                                        |
| 28                                                                         | Uttarakhand                                                                | 2,28,423                                                                   | 45.68                                                                      | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 29                                                                         | West Bengal                                                                | 21,98,349                                                                  | 219.83                                                                     | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 30                                                                         | Delhi                                                                      | 43,945                                                                     | 43.95                                                                      | 2, 10,684                                                                  | 105.342                                                                    |
| 31                                                                         | A&N Islands                                                                | 12,856                                                                     | 7.01                                                                       | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 32                                                                         | Chandigarh                                                                 | 6,670                                                                      | 4                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 33                                                                         | Dadra& Nagar Haveli                                                        | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 34                                                                         | Damanand Dill                                                              | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 35                                                                         | Lakshadweep                                                                | 1,109                                                                      | 1.65                                                                       | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 36                                                                         | ML                                                                         | W5                                                                         | 7.15                                                                       | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
|                                                                            | TOTAL                                                                      | 1,82,44,278                                                                | 5,618.35                                                                   | 1,23,89,067                                                                | 1,795.482                                                                  |

Annexure-III ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.2218 FOR ANSWER ON 02.08.2023 IN THE LOK SABUA.

| State-wise Number of Beneficiaries As on 30.06.2023   | State-wise Number of Beneficiaries As on 30.06.2023   | State-wise Number of Beneficiaries As on 30.06.2023   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| S. N.                                                 | States/tFFs                                           | Total Persons (in Lakh                                |
| 1                                                     | AndhraPradesh                                         | m6                                                    |
| 2                                                     | Arunachal Pradesh                                     | 8.40                                                  |
| 3                                                     | Assam                                                 | 251.17                                                |
| 4                                                     | Bihar                                                 | 871.16                                                |
| 5                                                     | Chhattisgarh                                          | 200.77                                                |
| 6                                                     | Delhi                                                 | 72.78                                                 |
| 7                                                     | Goa                                                   | 5.32                                                  |
| 8                                                     | Gujarat                                               | 344.15                                                |
| 9                                                     | Haryana                                               | 126.49                                                |
| 10                                                    | HimachalPradesh                                       | 28.64                                                 |
| 11                                                    | Jharkhand                                             | 264.19                                                |
| 12                                                    | Karnataka                                             | 401.93                                                |
| 13                                                    | Kerala                                                | 154.80                                                |
| 14                                                    | Madhya Pradesh                                        | 511.32                                                |
| 15                                                    | a                                                     | 700.17                                                |
| 16                                                    | Manipur                                               | 20.08                                                 |
| 17                                                    | Meghalaya                                             | 21.46                                                 |
| 18                                                    | Mizoram                                               | 6.81                                                  |
| 19                                                    | Nagaland                                              | 14.05                                                 |
| 20                                                    | Odisha                                                | 325.03                                                |
| 21                                                    | Punjab                                                | 141.51                                                |
| 22                                                    | a                                                     | 440.01                                                |
| 23                                                    |                                                       | 3.81                                                  |
| 24                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                            | 364. 12                                               |
| 25                                                    | Telangana                                             | 191.62                                                |
| 26                                                    | Tripura                                               | 24.43                                                 |
| 27                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                         | 1497.77                                               |
| 28                                                    | Uttarakhand                                           | 61.94                                                 |
| 29                                                    | meng£T                                                | 601.84                                                |
| 30                                                    | A&N                                                   | 0.61                                                  |
| 31                                                    | DNH&DD                                                | 2.69                                                  |
| 32                                                    | Lakshadweq)                                           | 0.22                                                  |
| 33                                                    | Chandigarh (DBT}                                      | 2.99                                                  |
| 34                                                    | Puducherry (DBT:                                      | 6.34                                                  |
| 35                                                    | J&K                                                   | 72.41                                                 |
| 36                                                    | Ladakh                                                | 1.44                                                  |
|                                                       | Total                                                 | 8010.70                                               |

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