Lok Sabha Question No. 1557 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-26
Subject: Identification of Beneficiaries
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY, RAMESH BIDHURI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1557 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH  JULY, 2016

## IDENTIFICATION OF BENEFICIARIES

1557. SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY: SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

Will  the  Minister  of  CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD  AND  PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Poverty Estimates used for identification of beneficiaries  under  Targetted  Public  Distribution  System  and  National Food Security Act indicating the date since when they are being used;
- (b) whether the Government is planning to revise poverty estimates for the said schemes, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the identification of beneficiaries has been completed; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof and if not, the reasons therefor along with the time by which they are likely to be completed, Statewise?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a) & (b):   Government  has notified the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) on 10.09.2013, which inter alia provides for coverage of upto 75% of the rural population and upto 50% of the urban population of the country for receiving foodgrains at subsidized prices under Targeted  Public Distribution System (TPDS).  Under NFSA, coverage under TPDS has been delinked from poverty estimates and corresponding to the above coverage at  the  all  India  level,  State-wise  coverage  has  been  determined  by  the Planning  Commission  (now  NITI  Aayog)  on  the  basis  of  National  Sample Survey Office (NSSO) data for 2011-12 on consumption expenditure.  Under the  NFSA,  the  identification  of  eligible  households  is  to  be  done  by  the respective State/UT Governments as per criteria evolved by them.  As all States/UTs  are  required  to  implement  NFSA,  there  is  no  proposal  under consideration to revise poverty estimates for existing TPDS.
- (c) & (d): Under NFSA, identification of beneficiaries is to be done by the States/UTs.  NFSA  is  being  implemented  in  34  States/UTs  and  foodgrains under  the  Act  are  being  allocated  for  73.3  crore  persons  reported  as identified in these States/UTs, out of total coverage of 81.3 crore persons under  the  Act.  The  State-wise  details  of  identification  of  beneficiaries under NFSA is at Annex-I.

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## Statement indicating State-Wise number of Persons/families Covered under National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA)

( �दनांक 01.07.2016 क� िस्थ� क क अनुसार As on 01.07.2016)

( आंकड़क लाख म� Figures in lakh)

| कम सं . S.No.   | राज् / संघ राज् �कत States/ UTs   | एनएफएसए कक अं�गर� स्वक � व्िि�्त क� संख्ा Accepted No. of persons under NFSA   | एनएफएसए कक अं�गर� �चिन्� प�र्ारत / व्िि�्त क� संख्ा No. of families/persons identified under NFSA   |
|-----------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                 |                                   | जोड़ Total                                                                      | कु ल �चिन्� व्िि� Total identified persons                                                          |
| 1               | 2                                 | 2                                                                              | 3                                                                                                   |
| 1               | िबहार Bihar                       | 871.16                                                                         | 857.12                                                                                              |
| 2               | छ�ीसगढ़ Chhattisgarh               | 200.77                                                                         | 200.77                                                                                              |
| 3               | �दल्ी Delhi                       | 72.78                                                                          | 72.73                                                                                               |
| 4               | ह�रयाणा Haryana                   | 126.49                                                                         | 126.49                                                                                              |
| 5               | िहमाच् �देश Himachal Pradesh      | 36.82                                                                          | 27.74                                                                                               |
| 6               | कनार्क Karnataka                  | 401.93                                                                         | 401.93                                                                                              |
| 7               | मधय �देश Madhya Pradesh           | 546.42                                                                         | 529.61                                                                                              |
| 8               | महारा� Maharashtra                | 700.17                                                                         | 700.17                                                                                              |
| 9               | पंजाब Punjab                      | 141.45                                                                         | 141.45                                                                                              |
| 10              | राजस्ान Rajasthan                 | 446.62                                                                         | 446.62                                                                                              |
| 11              | ि�पुरा Tripura                    | 25.02                                                                          | 25.01                                                                                               |
| 12              | पि�म बंगा् West Bengal            | 601.84                                                                         | 552.32                                                                                              |
| 13              | ्क्ीप Lakshadweep                 | 0.22                                                                           | 0.22                                                                                                |
| 14              | उ�राखंड Uttarakhand               | 61.94                                                                          | 61.94                                                                                               |
| 15              | झारखंड Jharkhand                  | 264.25                                                                         | 233.41                                                                                              |
| 16              | ते्ंगाना Telangana                | 191.70                                                                         | 191.62                                                                                              |
| 17              | चंडीगढ़ Chandigarh                 | 4.96                                                                           | 2                                                                                                   |
| 18              | पुडुचेरी Puduchery                | 6.34                                                                           | 5.88                                                                                                |
| 19              | दमन व दीव Daman &Diu              | 1.19                                                                           | 0.98                                                                                                |
| 20              | ओिडशा Odisha                      | 326.21                                                                         | 318.92                                                                                              |
| 21              | असम Assam                         | 251.90                                                                         | 251.52                                                                                              |
| 22              | गोवा Goa                          | 5.32                                                                           | 5.20                                                                                                |
| 23              | आं� �देश Andhra Pradesh           | 268.23                                                                         | 268.21                                                                                              |
| 24              | िस��म Sikkim                      | 4.06                                                                           | 3.77                                                                                                |
| 25              | उ�र �देश Uttar Pradesh            | 1520.61                                                                        | 1436.07                                                                                             |
| 26              | अंडमान और िनकोबार A&N             | 0.63                                                                           | 0.55                                                                                                |
| 27              | मेघा्य Meghalaya                  | 21.46                                                                          | 21.40                                                                                               |
| 28              | जम् मू और कश् मीर J&K             | 74.13                                                                          | 74.13                                                                                               |
| 29              | दादर व नगर हवे्ी D&N Haveli       | 2.36                                                                           | 1.77                                                                                                |
| 30              | िमजोरम Mizoram                    | 7.06                                                                           | 6.45                                                                                                |
| 31              | गुजरात Gujarat                    | 382.84                                                                         | 338.48                                                                                              |
| 32              | अ�णाच् �देश Arunachal Pradesh     | 8.71                                                                           | 8.21                                                                                                |
| 33              | मिणपुर Manipur                    | 25.06                                                                          | 21.18                                                                                               |
| 34              | नागा्�ड Nagaland                  | 14.79                                                                          | 4.33                                                                                                |
| 35              | तिम्नाडु Tamil Nadu               | 364.69                                                                         | 0                                                                                                   |
| 36              | केर् Kerala                       | 154.80                                                                         | 0                                                                                                   |
| Total           | कु्                               | 8134.93                                                                        | 7338.20                                                                                             |