Lok Sabha Question No. 92 (STARRED), answered on 2023-07-26
Subject: Beneficiaries of NFSA
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: D.K. Suresh, Sumalatha Ambareesh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.92 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26TH JULYI 2023

## BENEFICIARIES  OF NFSA

- *92.  SHRI D.K. SURESH: SHRIMATI SUMALATHA AMBAREESH:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD  AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION WvfhI qm8, @rw Bh tIT#lfhr fqtwr f#  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it  is  a fact that the  National Food Security Act,  2013  (NFSA) has been implemented  in the  country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of  all  India coverage of  beneficiaries under the said scheme for the last three years, rural, urban and year-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has any proposal to modify the scheme to cover more number of beneficiaries; and
- (e)  if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER MINISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY, CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION AND TEXTILES

(SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to  (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED  TO IN  REPLY TO  PARTS (a) TO (e)  OF  THE STARRED QUESTION NO. 92  DUE FOR ANSWER ON 26.07.2023  IN THE LOK SABHA.

- (a) & (b): The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013, came into force on July 5, 2013. The Act has been implemented in all States/UTs successfully.
- (c): The Act  provides for coverage of upto 75% of the rural  population and upto 50% of the urban population, which at Census 2011 comes to 81.35 crore persons. A statement indicating the State/UT-wise intended coverage and the actual coverage during the last three years is at Annexure.
- (d) & (e): Corresponding to all-India  coverage of upto 75% of the rural and upto 50% of the  urban population, State/Union Territory-wise percentage coverage was  determined by  the  then  Planning Commission (Now NITI Aayog) using the 68th round of National Sample Survey Organization  (NSSO) Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (2011-12), Tendulkar Poverty estimates  (2011-2012) and  2011  Population Census data  and  uniform methodology across states.

At  present, no proposal to  modify the scheme for  enhancement of coverage of beneficiaries under the Act is under consideration of the Government.

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 1't January 2023. As  per Central Government decision, inter-alia two  food subsidy schemes have been subsumed as  Pradhan Mantri  Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY). Under this  scheme Free foodgrain is  being distributed through Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) from 1;t January 2023.

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ANNEXURE  RBFERRED TO IN PART  (c)  OF  THEi  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUBSTION NO. 92 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 26.07.2023 REGARDING 'BENEFICIARIES OF NFSA'.

## Statement indicating the  State/UT-wise intended coverage and the actual coverage during the last three years.

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| 1      | t:aSh: 11=      | 60.96     | 1 41.14   | 1 200.20        | 1 68.03         | 1 268.23        | 1 268.22      | 1 268.22               | 1 268.22        | 1 268.22         |
| 2      | iT=Thh a 1      | 66.31     | 1 51.55   | 7.09            | 1 1.62          | 1 8.71          | 1 8.40        | 1 8.40                 | 1 8.40          | 1 8.40           |
| 3      | 1 Assam         | 84.17     | 1 60.35   | 1 225.41        | 1 26.49         | 1 251.90        | 1 250.30      | 1 251.17               | 1 251.17        | 1 251.17         |
| 4      | 1 Bihar         | 85.12     | 1 74.53   | 1 783.74        | 1 87.42         | 1 871.16        | 1 871.16      | 871.16                 | 871.16          | 871.16           |
| 5      | 1 Chhattisgarh  | 84.25     | 1 59.98   | 1 165.16        | 1 35.61         | 1 200.77        | 1 200.77      | 200.77                 | AJ\in I I       | 200.77           |
| 6      | 1 Delhi         | 37.69     | 1 43.59   | 1.58            | 1 71.20         | 1 72.78         | 1 72.78       | 72.78                  | 72.78           | 72.78            |
| 7      | 1 Goa           | 42.24     | 1 33.02   | 1 2.33          | 1 2.99          | 1 5.32          | 1 5..32       | 5.32                   | 5.32            | 5.32             |
| 8      | 1 Gujarat       | 74.64     | 1 48.25   | 1 258.78        | 1 124.06        | 1 382.84        | 1 341.71      | 345.15                 | 344.15          | 344.15           |
| 9      | 1 Haryana       | 54.61     | 1 41.05   | 1 90.28         | 1 36.21         | 1 126.49        | 1 126.49      | 126.49                 | 126.49          | 126.49           |
| 1 0    | ::::: [ a 1     | 56.23     | 1 30.99   | 34.68           | 1 2.14          | 1 36.82         | 1 28.64       | 28.64                  | 28.64           | 28.64            |
| 11     | 1 Jharkhand     | 86.48     | 1 60.20   | 1 216.52        | 1 47.73         | 1 264.25        | 1 263.70      | 264.26                 | 264.12          | 264.19           |
| 12     | 1 Karnataka     | 76.04     | 1 49.36   | 1 285.55        | 1 116.38        | E 401.93        | 1 401.93      | 40 1 .93               | 401.93          | 401.93           |
| 13     | 1Kerala         | 52.63     | 1 39.50   | 1 91.87         | 1 62.93         | 1 154.80        | 1 154.80      | jjL+eDU                | 154.80          | 154.80           |
| 1 4    | 1::::: =        | 80.10     | 1 62.61   | 1 420.83        | 1 125.59        | 1 546.42        | 1 470.47      | 482.59                 | 511.32          | 511.32           |
| 15     | 1 Maharashtra   | 76.32     | 1 45.34   | 1 469.72        | 1 230.45        | 1 700.17        | 1 700.17      | 700.17                 | 700.17          | 700.17           |
| 16     | 1Manipur        | 88.56     | 1 85.75   | 17.91           | 1 7.15          | 1 25.06         | 1 18.60       | 19.97                  | 20.08           | £VaVC)           |
| 17     | 1 Meghalaya     | 77.79     | E50.87    | 18.43           | 1 3.03          | 1 21.46         | 21.46         | 21.46                  | 21.46           | 21.46            |
| 18     | 1Mizoram        | 81.88     | 1 48.60   | 1 4.33          | 1 2.73          | 7.06            | 6.68          | 6.68                   | 6.68            | V• U 1           |

| 19    | Nagaland         |   79.83 |   61.98 | 11.23   | 3.56   | 14.79   | 14.05   | 14.05                                    |   14.05 | 14.05    |
|-------|------------------|---------|---------|---------|--------|---------|---------|------------------------------------------|---------|----------|
| 20    | Odisha           |   82.17 |   55.77 | 287.19  | 39.02  | 326.21  | 324.33  | 324.15                                   |  325.03 | 325.03   |
| 21    | Punjab           |   54.79 |   44.83 | 94.88   | 46.63  | 141.51  | 141.51  | 141.51                                   |  141.51 | 141.51   |
| 22    | Rajasthan        |   69.09 |   53    | 356.09  | 90.53  | 446.62  | 440.01  | 440.01                                   |  440.01 | 440.01   |
| 23    | Sikkim           |   75.74 |   40.36 | 3.45    | 0.61   | 4.06    | 3.79    | 3.79                                     |    3.81 | 3.81     |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu       |   62.55 |   37.79 | 232.62  | 132.08 | 364.70  | 364.69  | 364.69                                   |  364.69 | 364. 12  |
| 25    | Telangana        |   60.96 |   41.14 | 143.08  | 48.62  | 191.70  | 191.62  | 191.62                                   |  191.62 | 191.62   |
| 26    | Tripura          |   74.75 |   49.54 | 20.26   | 4.76   | 25.02   | 24.83   | 24.83                                    |   24.32 | 24.43    |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh    |   79.56 |   64.43 | 1234.09 | 286.52 | 1520.61 | 1465.94 | 1487.44                                  | 1497.77 | 1497.77  |
| 28    | Uttarakhand      |   65.26 |   52.05 | 45.85   | 16.09  | 61.94   | 61.94   | 61.94                                    |   61.94 | 61.94    |
| 29    | West Bengal      |   74.47 |   47.55 | 463.31  | 138.53 | 601.84  | 601.84  | 601.84                                   |  601.84 | 601.84   |
| 30    | A&N              |   24.94 |    1.7  | 0.61    | 0.02   | 0.63    | 0.61    | 0.61                                     |    0.61 | 0.61     |
| 31    | DNH&DD           |   69.93 |   54.17 | 1.70    | 1.85   | 3.56    | 2.86    | 3.02                                     |    2.73 | 2.69     |
| 32    | Lakshadweep      |   35.3  |   33.56 | 0.05    | 0.17   | 0.22    | 0.22    | 0.22                                     |    0.22 | 0.22     |
| 33    | Chandigarh (DBT) |   38.54 |   47.26 | 0.11    | 4.85   | 4.96    | 2.80    | 2.76                                     |    2.76 | 2.99     |
| 34    | Puducheny (DBT)  |   59.68 |   46.94 | 2.35    | 3.99   | 6.34    | 6.30    | 6.23                                     |    6.34 | 6.34     |
| 35    | J&K              |   63.93 |   46.93 | 56.87   | 15.82  | 72.69   | 72.41   | 72.41                                    |   72.41 | 72.41    |
| 36    | Ladakh           |   55.65 |   41.62 | 1.18    | 0.26   | 1.44    | 1.44    | 1.44                                     |    1.44 | 1.44     |
| Total | Total            |   75    |   50    |         |        |         |         | 6249.3311885.6918135.0117932.8017972.53t | 8010.78 | 18010.70 |

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