Lok Sabha Question No. 667 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-06
Subject: Allocation of Foodgrains to Kerala
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Abdul Majeed Ariff

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.667

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 6TH DECEMBER, 2023

## ALLOCATION OF FOODGRAINS TO KERALA

## 667.  ADV. A.M. ARIFF:

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- (a) whether the allocation  of foodgrains to the State of Kerala redueed from an average 16 lakh tons per year to  14.25 lakh tons per year after the implementation of  the National Food  Security Act and  if  so,  the  reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Government has received any representation from Kerala for  increasing the  foodgrains allocation under tide  over scheme for distribution for  NPS and NPNS households in the State and if so, the action
- taken thereon;
- (c) whether the Government intends to reinstate the allocation of wheat under tide over scheme to  Kerala which was stopped w.e.f. June 2022 and if
- so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the number of  NPS and NPNS ration card holders and allocation of
- foodgrains under tide  over scheme for FY 2021-22 and FY 2022-23, State and UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a): Allocation of  foodgrains to  States/Union Territories  (UTs) under the National Food Security Act,  2013 (NFSA) is made on the basis of identification of beneficiaries reported by the States/UTs within  the State/UT-wise coverage of  population  determined  by  the  then  Planning  Commission,  and  foodgrains entitlement prescribed under the Act i.e. 35 kg per household per month for households covered under Antyodaya Anna Yoj3na and 5 kg  per person per month for  Priority  households. The Act  further  provides that  if  on the  above basis, annual foodgrains allocation to any State/UT is lower than the average annual offtake  during 2010-11 to  2012-'13 under erstwhile  normal Targeted Public Distribution System, the  same shall  be protected. The foodgrains entitlement of  States/UTs is specified in Schedule-IV of the Act. As per Schedule-IV, the State of Kerala is entitled to 1425049 tons (includIng 424751 tons as tide over allocation) of foodgrains per annum.

The coverage of  beneficiaries determined for  the  State of  Kerala under the NFSA is 154.80 lakh persons and the State has already identified the  beneficiaries under  the  Act  upto  maximum permissible limit. Accordingly, 85459,885 MT of foodgrains per month are being allocated to the State Government at NFSA Prices. In addition to this 33294B198 MT of foodgrains per month are being allocated  under 'tide  over'  to  protect  the average annual  offtake  during  2010-11 to  2012-13. Thus, the  State  of Kerala is receiving  118754,083 MT of foodgrains per month (1425049 MT of foodgrains per annum) which  is as per maximum permissible limit  under the Acta

- (b): Request for  enhancement of  allocation  of  foodgrains  under 'tide over' over and above the entitlement had been received from State Government of  Kerala. The State was informed that  the  criteria for allocation of foodgrains is uniformly applicable for all the States/UTs, therefore, the request of a particular State for enhancement of 'tide over' allocation over and above its entitlement  cannot be agreed to.
- (c): in order to ensure management of foodgrain stocks  as per norms, to position rice stock for  distribution of  fortified Rice and to  ease the pressure on the  logistics,  the Government had revised the allocation of food grains in regard to  12 States/UTs (including  Kerala) under NFSA/Tide Over category. Tide over allocation was revised for  3  State i.e. Uttarakhand, Kerala and Tamil Nadu by replacing wheat with equivalent quantity of  rice.  The revised allocation was  initially  applicable upto 31.03.2023, which was extended upto June, 2023 for all the 12 States (including Kerala). The allocation  was  again  reviewed in  May, 2023 in consultation with  Food Corporation of  India and it  was decided to continue the revised allocation under NFSA/Tide Over further from July, 2023 onwards for all  12 States/UTs  (including  Kerala).
- (d): As  per  the  guidelines,  the  'tide over'  foodgrains  are  distributed through Targeted Public Distribution System. Further details  regarding distribution are left to the States/UTs. The data of non-NFSA beneficiaries to which 'tide over' foodgrains is distributed is  not maintained by the Central Government.

A statement indicating the State/UT-wise details of  allocation of foodgrains under 'tide  over' for  the financial year 2021-22 and 2022-23 is at  Annexureu

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (d) OF THE LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  667  TO  BE  ANSWERED ON  06.12.2023 REGARDING  'ALLOCATION  OF FOODGRAINS TO KERATIA99,

## Allocation of foodgrains under Tideover scheme for  FY 2021-22 and FY 2022

(in thousand tons)

| S.No.   | } States/ UTs     | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| S.No.   | } States/ UTs     | c         |           | C         |           |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 0         |           | 0         |           |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 3         |           | 31.661    | 0.000     |
| 3       | Assam             | 0.000     | 66.726    | 0.000     | 66.195    |
| 4       | Bihar             | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     |
| 6       | Delhi             | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     |
| 7       | Goa               | 15.242    | 9.405     | 15.242    | 9.405     |
| 8       | Gujarat           | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     |
| 9       | Haryana           | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  | 101.914   | 203.816   | 101.914   | 203.816   |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     | mo        |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     |
| 13      | Kerala            | 322.021   | 77.509    | 380.153   | 19.377    |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     |
| 15      | Maharashtra       | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     |
| 16      | Manipur           | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     |
| 17      | Meghalaya         | 13.619    | 21.947    | 13.619    | 21.947    |
| 18      | Mizoram           | 19.823    | 0.000     | 19.823    | 0.000     |
| 19      | Nagaland          | 46.473    | 0.000     | 46.473    | 0.000     |
| 20      | Odisha            | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     |
| 21      | Punjab            | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     |
| 23      | Sikkim            | 14.395    | 3.554     | 14.396    | 3.554     |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 1006.241  | 111.805   | 1099.412  | 18.634    |
| 25      | Telangana         | 0.000     | 41.949    | 0.000     | 41.949    |
| 26      | Tripura           | 69.487    | 38.062    | 69.505    | 38.081    |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 33.509    | 68.033    | 90. 195   | 11.339    |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.000     |

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| 29   | West Bengal       |    0.000 |   0.000 |    0.000 |   0.000 |
|------|-------------------|----------|---------|----------|---------|
| 30   | A & N Island      |   15.941 |   9.244 |   15.941 |   9.244 |
| 31   | Chandigarh(DBT)   |    0     |   0     |    0     |   0     |
|      | DNH andDaman& Diu |    0     |   0     |    0     |   0     |
| 33   | Jammu& Kashmir    |  183.046 |  82.812 |  183.046 |  82.812 |
| 34   | Ladakh            |    2.793 |   4.19  |    2.793 |   4.19  |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |    3.098 |   0     |    3.098 |   0     |
| 36   | Puducherry(DBT)   |    0     |   0     |    0     |   0     |
|      | Total             | 1879.26  | 761.119 | 2087.27  | 552.611 |