Lok Sabha Question No. 610 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-06
Subject: Free Ration under PMGKAY in Maharashtra
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.610

TO BE ANSWERED ON 6TH DECEMBER, 2023

## FREE RATION  UNDER PMGKAY IN MAHARASHTRA

## 610.  SHRI RANJEETSINGH NAIK NIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD  AND PUBLIC

DISTRIBUTION astfSI qm&, vrush  tIT&rfqq fqtwr Ht  be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number of  people who  have  received free  ration  under  PMGKAY
- in Maharashtra, District-wise;
- (b) the total budget allocated to the PMGKAY since its inception, yearwisei
- (c) the total  nurnber of beneficiaries of this scheme till  date, State-wise; and
- (d) the total  funds disbursed by the Government under this  scheme?

## ANSWER

INISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) to (d): The  National Food Security Act,  2013  (NFSA) provides for coverage of 76.32% of the rural  and 45.34% of the urban population of the State of  Maharashtra, which at  Census, 2011 population work out to 700.17 lakh  persons. The  State  Government has achieved  100% of  its intended coverage and these beneficiaries are getting  benefits of  free foodgrains under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Garib  Kalyan  Anna  Yojana  (PMGKAY), The district-wise data is not maintained by the Central Government.

The financial  year wise  details of  food subsidy released to  Food Corporation of  India (FC!) and Decentralized Procurement (ncP) State under the PMGKAY are at Annexure-l.

A statenlent indicating the State/UT-wise number of beneficiaries covered under the  NFSA is at Annexure- II.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO  IN  PART (a), to  (d) OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 610 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 06.12.2023 REGARDING 'FREE RATION UNDER PMGKAY IN MAHARASHTRA'.

## Details of food subsidy released to FCI  and DCP States since 2020-21

(in  crore)

| Financial Year              | FCI         | DCP States   | Total        |
|-----------------------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
| 2020-21                     | 4,62,789.00 | 78.337.77    | 5,41, 126.77 |
| 2021 -22                    | 2,08,929.00 | 79,789.54    | 2,88,718.54  |
| 2022-23                     | 2,00,219.20 | 72,282.50    | 2,72,501.70  |
| 2023-24 (As on 30. 11.2023) | 1,60,974.90 | 57.686.42    | 2. 18.661.32 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  PART (a) to  (d) OF THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  610 DUE  FOR ANSWER ON  06.12.2023 REGARDING  'FREE  RATION UNDER PMGKAY IN MAHARASHTRA'.

Statement indicating the number of State/UT-wise number of beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act, 2013

(As on 30.11.2023)

| Sl. No.   | 1States/UTs       | A::: : ::[3]It:I;L T :p =:: ; S   | I n 1a kb )   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 268.23                            | 268.22        |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 8.71                              | 8.40          |
| 3         | Assam             | 251.90                            | 251.17        |
| 4         | Bihar             | 871.16                            | 871.16        |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 200.77                            | 200.77        |
| 6         | Delhi             | 72.78                             | 72.78         |
| 7         | Goa               | 5.32                              | 5.32          |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 382.84                            | 351.60        |
| 9         | ma                | 126.49                            | 126.49        |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 36.82                             | 28.64         |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 264.25                            | 264.19        |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 401.93                            | 401.93        |
| 13        | Kerala            | 154.80                            | 154.80        |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 546.42                            | 534.79        |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 700.17                            | no            |
| 16        | ylanipur          | 25.06                             | 20.08         |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 21.46                             | 21.46         |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 7.06                              | 6.83          |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 14.79                             | 14.05         |
| 20        | mc                | 326.21                            | 325.03        |
| 21        |                   | 141.51                            | 141.51        |
| 22        | ma                | 446.62                            | 440.01        |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 4.06                              | 3.81          |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 364.70                            | 364.12        |
| 25 -      | Telangana         | 191.70                            | 191.62        |
| 26        | mt                | 25.02                             | 24.43         |
| 27 =      | a                 | 1520.61                           | 1503.77       |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 61.94                             | 61.94         |
| 29        | Vest Bengal       | 601 .84                           | 601.84        |
| 30        | A&N               | 0.63                              | 0.61          |
| 31        | DNH&DD            | 3.56                              | 2.69          |
| 32        | Lakshadw%         | 0.22                              | 0.22          |
| 33        | Chandigarh (m     | 4.96                              | 2.99          |
| 34        | Puducherry (DBT]  | 6.34                              | 6.34          |
| 35        | J&K               | 72.69                             | 72.41         |
| 36        | Ladakh            | 1.44                              | 1.44          |

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