Lok Sabha Question No. 569 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-03
Subject: PMGKAY in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri Karan Bhushan Singh

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 569

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 3RD DECEMBER, 2025

## PMGKAY IN UTTAR PRADESH

## 569. SHRI KARAN BHUSHAN SINGH:

Will  the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION be pleased to  state:

- (a) the number of beneficiaries of  Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) across categories  of  AAY  (Antyodaya  Anna Yojana) households and Priority  Households (PHs) in Uttar Pradesh, district-wise;
- (b) the number of  Pradhan Mantri  Kisan  Samridhi Kendras (PMKSKs)  set up for  outreach to National Food Security Act (NFS A)  beneficiaries in Uttar Pradesh, district-wise;  and
- (C) the status of installation of tin plates at Fair Price Shops in Uttar Pradesh, district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRIM ATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI  BAMBHANIYA)

- (a): The Pradhan  Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) is  being successfully implemented in  all  the  States/UTs including the  State of  Uttar  Pradesh. The Act  provides for coverage of 79.56'Y, of  the rural and 64.43% of the urban population for the State of  Uttar Pradesh, for receiving free of cost foodgrains, which  at Census 2011 comes to 1520.59 lakh persons.

The  number of  beneficiaries presently covered under the  PMGKAY in  state of  Uttar Pradesh is as follows: -

| Beneficiaries in lakh   | Beneficiaries in lakh   | Beneficiaries in lakh   | Beneficiaries in lakh   |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| AAY                     | AAY                     | PHH                     |                         |
| No. of Households       | No. of Beneficiaries    | No. of Beneficiaries    | Total                   |
| 40.90                   | 132.91                  | 1365.79                 | 1498.70                 |

District  wise data of beneficiaries is not maintained by Central Government.

- (b): Department of  Fertilizers  (DoF),  vide notification  dated 2z+th August,  2022, has decided to convert the existing  village,  block/sub district/taluk  and district  level fertilizer  retail  shops into Model Fertilizer  Retail Shops, namely Pradhan Mantri  Kisan Samridhi Kendra (PMKSK). These PMKSK act as a one-stop-shop for  farmers for  multiple products such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides etc. and also avail  multiple  services related to  agriculture  sector like  fertilizer/seed/soil testing, drones &  other farm equipments under one single roof.

The conversion of  retail  shops into  PMKSKs  is  an ongoing process. As  of  17.11.2025, a total of  1,70,262 retail  shops have been upgraded to PMKSKs.  In Uttar  Pradesh, 39,191 retail shops have been upgraded to PMKSKs.

A statement showing the district-wise Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samridhi Kendras (PMKSKs) is at annexure-I

- (c): Tin  plates have been installed in  all  the  78422 Fair  Price  Shops in  the State of  t-ttar Pradesh

SeR Seescse

## ANNEXURE-1

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.569 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 03.12.2025 REGARDING 'PMGKAY IN UTTAR PRADESH'.

Statement showing the district-wise Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samridhi Kendras:

| District-wise PMKSKs developed in Uttar Pradesh   | District-wise PMKSKs developed in Uttar Pradesh   | District-wise PMKSKs developed in Uttar Pradesh   |
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| S. No                                             | District Name                                     | No. of PMKSKs Developed                           |
| 1                                                 | Agra                                              | 682                                               |
| 2                                                 | Aligarh                                           | 890                                               |
| 3                                                 | Ambedkar Nagar                                    | 653                                               |
| 4                                                 | Amethi                                            | 363                                               |
| 5                                                 | Amroha                                            | 446                                               |
| 6                                                 | Auraiya                                           | 402                                               |
| 7                                                 | Ayodhya                                           | 644                                               |
| 8                                                 | Azamgarh                                          | 770                                               |
| 9                                                 | Baghpat                                           | 208                                               |
| 10                                                | Bahraich                                          | 794                                               |
| 11                                                | Ballia                                            | 573                                               |
| 12                                                | Balrampur                                         | 468                                               |
| 13                                                | Banda                                             | 210                                               |
| 14                                                | Barabanki                                         | 1016                                              |
| 15                                                | Bareilly                                          | 748                                               |
| 16                                                | Basti                                             | 737                                               |
| 17                                                | Bhadohi                                           | 212                                               |
| 18                                                | Bij nor                                           | 603                                               |
| 19                                                | Budaun                                            | 758                                               |
| 20                                                | Bulandshahr                                       | 733                                               |
| 21                                                | Chandauli                                         | 347                                               |
| 22                                                | C:hitrakoot                                       | 123                                               |
| 23                                                | Deoria                                            | 789                                               |

|   24 | Etah                | 60 1   |
|------|---------------------|--------|
|   25 | Etawah              | 482    |
|   26 | Farrukhabad         | 619    |
|   27 | Fatehpur            | 490    |
|   28 | Firozabad           | 448    |
|   29 | Gautam Buddha Nagar | 97     |
|   30 | Ghaziabad           | 113    |
|   31 | Ghazipur            | 693    |
|   32 | Gonda               | 986    |
|   33 | Gorakhpur           | 734    |
|   34 | Hamirpur            | 161    |
|   35 | Hapur               | 203    |
|   36 | Hardoi              | 888    |
|   37 | Hathras             | 409    |
|   38 | Jalaun              | 233    |
|   39 | Jaunpur             | 879    |
|   40 | Jhansi              | 213    |
|   41 | Kannauj             | 590    |
|   42 | Kanpur Dehat        | 447    |
|   43 | Kanpur Nagar        | 404    |
|   44 | Kasganj             | 350    |
|   45 | Kaushambi           | 283    |
|   46 | Kheri               | 934    |
|   47 | Kushi Nagar         | 718    |
|   48 | Lalitpur            | 147    |
|   49 | Lucknow             | 331    |
|   50 | Maharajganj         | 612    |
|   51 | Mahoba              | 110    |
|   52 | Mainpuri            | 65 1   |
|   53 | Mathura             | 484    |
|   54 | Mau                 | 254    |

| 55    | Meerut            |   453 |
|-------|-------------------|-------|
| 56    | Mirzapur          |   369 |
| 57    | Moradabad         |   622 |
| 58    | Muzaffarnagar     |   384 |
| 59    | Pilibhit          |   763 |
| 60    | Pratapgarh        |   587 |
| 61    | Prayagraj         |   842 |
| 62    | Rae Bareli        |   717 |
| 63    | Rampur            |   513 |
| 64    | Saharanpur        |   289 |
| 65    | Sambhal           |   537 |
| 66    | Sant Kabeer Nagar |   369 |
| 67    | Shahjahanpur      |   863 |
| 68    | Shamli            |   167 |
| 69    | Shravasti         |   382 |
| 70    | Siddharth Nagar   |   704 |
| 71    | Sitapur           |   998 |
| 72    | Sonbhadra         |   259 |
| 73    | Sultanpur         |   550 |
| 74    | Unnao             |   697 |
| 75    | Varanasi          |   393 |
| Total | Total             | 39191 |