Lok Sabha Question No. 3602 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-11
Subject: Village Grain Banks
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: V. SATHYABAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3602 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  AUGUST, 2015

## VILLAGE GRAIN BANKS

## 3602. SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA:

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 total number of Village Grain Banks (VGBs) set up State-wise;
- (b) whether the functioning of the scheme has been evaluated periodically  by  the  World  Food  Programme  and  if  so,  the  details  and  the outcome  thereof  along  with  the  benefits  accruing  to  the  BPL  families
- therefrom; and
- (c) the  quantum  of  foodgrains  allocated  and  released  to  these  VGBs during each of the last three years, State-wise?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI RAM  VILAS PASWAN)

(a) to (c):  The Village Grain Banks (VGBs) Scheme has been discontinued w.e.f. 1.1.2014 after its evaluation.  During the operation of the scheme a total number of 17,491 VGBs were set up in the States as per Annex.  In the span of last three years 364 tons of foodgrain (rice) was allocated and released to State Government of Nagaland in 2012-13.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c)  OF  THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3602 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 11.08.2015 IN THE LOK SABHA

## STATEMENT SHOWING NUMBER OF VILLAGE GRAIN BANKS REPORTED BY STATE GOVERNMENTS HAVING BEEN SET UP.

| S. No.   | Name of state   |   VGB set up by the States ( reported till date). |
|----------|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Maharashtra     |                                              1290 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh  |                                              6585 |
| 3        | West Bengal     |                                              1590 |
| 4        | Kerala          |                                               387 |
| 5        | Gujarat         |                                               226 |
| 6        | Madhya Pradesh  |                                              2644 |
| 7        | Orissa          |                                               448 |
| 8        | Tripura         |                                               103 |
| 9        | Chhattisgarh    |                                              1904 |
| 10       | Jharkhand       |                                               583 |
| 11       | Meghalaya       |                                                40 |
| 12       | Uttar Pradesh   |                                               500 |
| 13       | Assam           |                                                67 |
| 14       | Nagaland        |                                               877 |
| 15       | Uttarakhand     |                                                55 |
| 16       | Manipur         |                                               192 |
|          | Total           |                                             17491 |

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