Lok Sabha Question No. 2654 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-11
Subject: PMGKAY in Karnataka
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri P C Mohan

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2654 TO BE ANSWERED  ON lITH DECEMBER,  2024

## PMGKAY IN KARNATAKA

## 2654. SHRI PC  MOHAN:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD  AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION w'llnl wa, ©l© at IIT#XfM fizwr =Ht be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is successfully implementing Pradhan Mantri  Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)  and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of its beneficiaries in Bengaluru Urban district;
- (c) the funds  allocated and spent in  the  State of  Karnataka since the  inception of PMGKAY, year-wise; and
- (d) the monthly allotment of  foodgrains for the State of Karnataka under the Yojana along with the total percentage of beneficiaries among urban and rural population?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBnAI  BAMBHANIYA)

- (a): The Pradhan Mantri  Garib  Kalyan  Anna  Yojana  (PMGKAY) is  being  successfully implemented in all the States/ Union Territories. At  present against the intended coverage  of 81.35  crore persons,  80.67  crore  beneficiaries are  covered  for getting free-of-cost foodgrains under the PMGKAY.
- (b): The State Government of Karnataka has identified  beneficiaries up to the maximum permissible limit i.e.  401.93 lakh  person. The  district-wise  data is not  maintained by  the Central Government. As  per the NFS A  porlal,  as of  05.12.2024, there are  16.23 lakh beneficiaries  in the Bengaluru Urban district  of Karnataka.

- (c): The details of food subsidy  released to the State Government of Karnataka since the inception ofPMGKAY are as follows:

| Financial Year   |   Fund released (in crore) |
|------------------|----------------------------|
| 2020-21          |                     323.99 |
| 202 1-22         |                    1682.12 |
| 2022-23          |                   -2191.75 |
| 2023 -24         |                    1222.13 |
| Total            |                    5419.99 |

The  details  of  central  assistance released to  the  State Government of  Karnataka, under the  Centrally Sponsored Scheme 'Assistance to  State Agencies for  intra-State movement of foodgrains  and FPS dealers' margin under NFSA'  are as follows:

| Financial Year   | Fund released (in crore)   |
|------------------|----------------------------|
|                  | Total                      |
| 2020..21         | 84.39                      |
| 2021 -22         | 764.16                     |
| 2022-23          | 354.89                     |
| 2023-24          | 148.70                     |
| Total            | 1352.14                    |

(d): The National Food Security Act,  2013 (NFS A) provides for coverage of 76.04% of the rural and 49.36% of the urban population of Kanlataka, which at Census 2011 comes out to a ceiling of 401.93 lakh persons. The State Government has identified beneficiaries upto the maximum permissible limit.  Accordingly,  2,17,403 MT  of foodgrains per month are being allocated to the State Government of Karnataka under the PMGKAY.

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