Lok Sabha Question No. 238 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-27
Subject: Beneficiaries under PMGKAY
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri Varun Chaudhry, Shri Adhikari Deepak Dev

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF C'ONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.238 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27TH NOVEMBER, 2024

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER PMGKAY

- 238 SHRI VARUN  CFLAUDHRY: SHRI ADHIKARI DEEPAK DEV:

Will  the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND  PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION WItea wma, era  aBt €Td©fjq fiaWT da  be pleased to  state:

- (a) the  number  of  beneficiaries  under  Pradhan Mantri  Garib  Kalyan  Anna  Yojana (PMGKAY)  during each of the last seven years, State-wise;
- (b) whether any survey has been conducted by the Government to continue the above said yojana for next five years; and
- (c) if  so, the details thereon

## ANSWER

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

(SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)

- (a): Under the joint  responsibility  of  the Central and State Government, the responsibility for  identificaiton of  beneficiaries and issuance of  their  ration  cards rest  with  the  concerned State Government. Deletion of  ineligible  beneficiaries and addition of  eligible beneficiaries under the Act  is a continuous process. Due to this, the beneficiaries database is dynamic  in nature.  At present, against the total  intended coverage  of  81.35 crore. 80.67 crore persons are covered under  PMGKAY. State wise  coverage  is at Annexure.

(b) &  (c): No  survey has been conducted. However,  The Central Government, in  order to remove the financial burden of the poor beneficiaries and to ensure nationwide uniformity  and effective implementation of the Act,  had decided to provide food grains free of cost to NFSA beneficiaries i.e. Antyodaya Anna Yojan3 (AAY)  households and Priority  Households PHH beneficiaries, for  a period  of  one year beginning  from  lst  January 2023 under  the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY).  The period for  distribution of free of cost foodgrains has been extended for further five years i.e. from January, 2024.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.238 FOR ANSWER ON 27.11.2024 IN THE LOK  SABHA.

## Statement indicating  State-Wise number of Persons/families Covered under PMGKAY

|       |                     | +resent coverage (in lakh)   | +resent coverage (in lakh)   | +resent coverage (in lakh)   | +resent coverage (in lakh)   |
|-------|---------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|       |                     | r r                          | r r                          |                              | Total                        |
| i : e | S ta t e s/ 1LJ T s | f==iIT:=                     | ).                           |                              | persons                      |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh      | V9                           |                              |                              | 268.22                       |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh   | 0.38                         | 1.50                         | 6.90                         | 8.40                         |
| 3     | Assam               | 6.92                         | 28.08                        | 223.08                       | 25 1.17                      |
| 4     | Bihar               | 200                          | 125.05                       | 746.11                       | 871.16                       |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh        | 7.19                         | 20.42                        | 180.35                       | 200.77                       |
| 6     | Delhi               | 0.69                         | 2.78                         | 70.00                        | 72.78                        |
| 7     | Goa                 | 0.12                         | 0.46                         | 4.86                         | 5.32                         |
| 8     | Gujarat             | 7.76                         | 35.82                        | 32731                        | 362.98                       |
| 9     | Haryana             | 2.68                         | 11.35                        | 115.14                       | 126,49                       |
| 10    | Himachal Pradesh    | 1.65                         | 6.82                         | 23.07                        | 29.88                        |
| 11    | Jharkhand           | 8.94                         | 34.76                        | 229.43                       | 264.1 d                      |
| 12    | Karnataka           | 10.97                        | 43.91                        | 358.02                       | 401 .93                      |
| 13    | Kerala              | 5.96                         | 25.59                        | 129.21                       | 154.80                       |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh      | 14.63                        | 54.93                        | 479.86                       | 534.79                       |
| 15    | Maharashtra         | 25.05                        | 108.01                       | 592.16                       | 700.17                       |
| 16    | Manipur             | 0.64                         | 1.91                         | 18.97                        | 20.87                        |
| 17    | Meghalaya           | 0.70                         | 2.91                         | 18.54                        | 2 1.46                       |
| 18    | Mizoram             | 0.26                         | 0.64                         | 6.41                         | 7.05                         |
| 19    | Nagaland            | 0.48                         | 2.11                         | 11 .94                       | 14.05                        |
| 20    | Odisha              | 12.53                        | 37.57                        | 287.60                       | 325.1-7                      |

# # # 8

| 21    | Punjab          | 1.79   |   7.64 | 133.80   | 141.45   |
|-------|-----------------|--------|--------|----------|----------|
| 22    | Rajasthan       | B.29   |  22.29 | 417.72   | 440.0 1  |
| 23    | Sikkim          | 0.17   |   0.57 | 3.24     | 3.81     |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu      | 18.64  |  65.78 | 298.34   | 364.12   |
| 25    | Telangana       | 5.67   |  15.95 | T75.74   | 191.62   |
| 26    | Tripura         | 1.09   |   4.62 | 19.81    | 24.43    |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh   | 40.90  | 132.57 | 1377.26  | 1509.82  |
| 28    | Uttarakhand     | 1.84   |   7.92 | 54.02    | 61.94    |
| 29    | West Bengal     | 16.42  |  54.99 | 546.85   | 60 1.84  |
| 30    | A&N             | 0.04   |   0.14 | 0.46     | 0.61     |
| 31    | DNH&DD          | 0.05   |   0.24 | 2.45     | 2.69     |
| 32    | Lakshadweep     | 0.01   |   0.04 | 0.18     | 0.22     |
| 33    | Chandigmh (DBT) | 0.00   |   0.01 | 2.98     | 2.99     |
| 34    | Puduchery(DBT)  | 0.25   |   0.82 | 5.52     |          |
| 35    | J&K             | 2.33-  |  10.61 | 61.80    | 72.41    |
| 36    | Ladakh          | 0.06   |   0.29 | 1.15     | 1.44     |
| Fotal | Fotal           | 237.19 | 892.62 | 7174.86  | 8067.47  |