Lok Sabha Question No. 1486 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-03
Subject: Public Distribution
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY, BHOLA SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1486 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03rd MAY, 2016

## PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

1486.

SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY: DR. BHOLA SINGH:

Will  the  Minister  of  CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD  AND  PUBLIC

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- (a) the number of persons receiving foodgrains under the Public Distribution System (PDS) and their ratio to the total population along with the criteria adopted for their identification, State-wise ;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  complaints  regarding issuance of cards to ineligible persons;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  corrective  steps  taken  to  check cases of irregular inclusion and exclusion; and
- (d) the quantity of different food items provided to States during the last three years under PDS, State-wise?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI RAM  VILAS PASWAN)

(a):  National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, notified on 10.9.2013. Under the Act, the number of persons eligible for receiving subsidized foodgrains under  the  Targeted  Public  Distribution  System  (TPDS)  is  estimated  at about 81.35 crores which covers about 67% of the total population of the country comprising of 75% of the rural and 50% of the urban population. Corresponding  to  the  all  India  coverage,  the  State/Union  Territory  (UT)wise coverage for receiving highly subsidized foodgrains was determined by  the  erstwhile  Planning  Commission  on  the  basis  of  2011-12  NSSO Household Consumption Expenditure Survey. The responsibility of identification  of  eligible  households  within  the  coverage  determined  for State/UT  is  that  of  the  State/UT  Government  as  per  criteria  evolved  by them.

(b) & (c):   There have been complaints about irregularities in the functioning  of  the  Targeted  Public  Distribution  System  (TPDS)  including issuance of cards to ineligible persons, distribution, leakages, diversion, etc.  in  some  States/regions  in  the  country.  Therefore,  as  and  when complaints are received by the Government from individuals and organizations as well as through press reports, these are referred to the State/UT  Governments  concerned  for  inquiry  and  appropriate  action.  A State/UT-wise statement indicating number of such complaints received during the last three years and current year is at Annex -I.

As per relevant clauses of the Public Distribution System (Control) Order,  2001  and  Targeted  Public  Distribution  System  (Control)  Order, 2015, State Governments/UT Administrations are required to review the lists  of  beneficiaries  every  year  for  the  purpose  of  deletion  of  ineligible families  and  inclusion  of  eligible  families. The  exercise  of  deletion  of bogus/ineligible  cards  and  inclusion  of  eligible  families  is  a  continuous process  and  State  Governments/UT  Administrations  are  to  periodically carry out the same.

Government is also implementing Component-I of the Plan scheme 'Endto-end  Computerisation  of  TPDS  Operations'  during  the  12th  Five  Year Plan (2012-17). Component-I which includes digitization of beneficiary/ration cards data for ensuring de-duplication of bogus/ineligible  ration  cards  and  distribution  of  TPDS  commodities  to eligible beneficiaries.

(d):    A  statement  showing  quantity  of  different  food  items  provided  to States during the last three years under PDS is at Annex-II, III & IV.

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## ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) & (c) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1486 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 03.05.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

## COMPLAINTS ON TPDS RECEIVED IN THE DEPARTMENT FROM INDIVIDUALS, ORGANISATIONS & THROUGH MEDIA REPORTS ETC FROM 2013 TO 2016 (upto 31.01.2016)

| S. No.              | State/UT 2013   | 2014   | 2015   | 2016   |
|---------------------|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1 Andhra            | Pradesh 3       | 4 8    | -      |        |
| 2 Arunachal         | Pradesh -       | 1 1    |        | -      |
| 3                   | Assam -         | 5 34   |        | 1      |
| 4 Bihar             | 32              | 55     | 106    | 4      |
| 5 Chhattisgarh      | 3               | 3      | 6      | -      |
| 6 Delhi             | 37              | 78     | 113    | 2      |
| 7 Goa               | -               | -      | -      | -      |
| 8 Gujarat           | 4               | 16     | 8      | -      |
| 9 Haryana           | 11              | 26     | 35     | 2      |
| 10 Himachal Pradesh | -               | -      | 4      | 1      |
| 11 J&K              | -               | -      | 5      | -      |
| 12 Jharkhand        | 8               | 16     | 32     | -      |
| 13 Karnataka        | 6               | 6      | 16     | -      |
| 14 Kerala           | 1               | 1      | 16     | 3      |
| 15 Madhya           | Pradesh 17      | 7      | 17     | 1      |
| 16 Maharashtra      | 20              | 25     | 48     | 4      |
| 17 Manipur          | 2               | 1      | 6      | -      |
| 18 Meghalaya        | 1               | 2      | 7      | -      |
| 19 Mizoram          | -               | -      | -      | -      |
| 20 Nagaland         | -               | 3      | -      | -      |
| 21 Orissa           | 3               | 8      | 22     | 3      |
| 22 Punjab           | 6               | 5      | 10     | -      |
| 23 Rajasthan        | 18              | 31     | 33     | -      |
| 24 Sikkim           | 0               | -      | -      | -      |
| 25 Tamil Nadu       | 9               | 7      | 22     | 1      |
| 26                  | Telangana -     | -      | 10     | -      |
| 27 Uttarakhand      | 2               | 8      | 24     | 1      |
| 28 Uttar Pradesh    | 92              | 137    | 197    | 21     |
| 29 West Bengal      | 7               | 11     | 32     | 1      |
| 30 Chandigarh       | -               | 3      | 6      | -      |
| 31 D&NHaveli        | -               | 1      | -      | -      |
| 32 Puducherry       | -               | -      | -      | -      |
| TOTAL               | 282             | 460    | 818    | 45     |

## ANNEX-II ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

## 1486 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 03.05.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

## Allocation and Offtake of RICE for the Year 2012-13 TO 2015-16 Under TPDS

(In Thousand tons)

| SL.NO   | STATES/UTs         | 2013-14    | 2013-14   | 2014-15    | 2014-15   | 2015-16    | 2015-16   |
|---------|--------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| SL.NO   | STATES/UTs         | Allocation | Offtake   | Allocation | Offtake   | Allocation | Offtake   |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh     | 3539.352   | 2553.621  | 2472.473   | 1536.778  | 1953.871   | 2007.143  |
| 2       | Arunanchal Pradesh | 96.840     | 93.572    | 101.556    | 96.646    | 101.556    | 101.417   |
| 3       | Assam              | 1362.492   | 1269.551  | 1511.175   | 1460.624  | 1429.260   | 1272.854  |
| 4       | Bihar              | 1974.021   | 1832.797  | 2948.940   | 2021.859  | 3144.764   | 2948.898  |
| 5       | Chhatisgarh        | 1099.986   | 1061.416  | 1337.466   | 1329.701  | 1384.056   | 1384.056  |
| 6       | Delhi              | 134.572    | 110.831   | 81.467     | 72.839    | 87.669     | 87.502    |
| 7       | Goa                | 53.580     | 54.489    | 55.933     | 50.488    | 52.436     | 55.339    |
| 8       | Gujarat            | 329.448    | 327.062   | 627.728    | 530.488   | 326.376    | 326.406   |
| 9       | Haryana            | 0.000      | 4.333     | 0.000      | 0.000     | 0.000      | 0.000     |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh   | 189.702    | 184.633   | 184.092    | 180.805   | 184.092    | 185.463   |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir    | 533.172    | 538.436   | 533.172    | 466.672   | 532.500    | 529.399   |
| 12      | Jharkhand          | 1182.072   | 1022.305  | 1227.007   | 958.781   | 1283.460   | 1048.342  |
| 13      | Karnataka          | 2131.952   | 2178.759  | 2422.132   | 2183.959  | 2032.403   | 1827.153  |
| 14      | Kerala             | 1187.220   | 1194.108  | 1234.322   | 1203.525  | 1187.220   | 1182.300  |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh     | 338.145    | 313.247   | 763.298    | 713.283   | 847.506    | 867.342   |
| 16      | Maharashtra        | 2196.672   | 2020.396  | 1986.999   | 1774.854  | 2021.100   | 1905.616  |
| 17      | Manipur            | 137.868    | 129.234   | 153.154    | 153.324   | 137.868    | 137.870   |
| 18      | Meghalaya          | 161.352    | 161.569   | 169.181    | 168.293   | 159.558    | 148.924   |
| 19      | Mizoram            | 62.652     | 58.598    | 62.652     | 59.930    | 62.325     | 64.318    |
| 20      | Nagaland           | 110.580    | 101.996   | 99.716     | 111.909   | 94.284     | 100.343   |
| 21      | Odisha             | 1727.808   | 1717.718  | 1844.936   | 1724.733  | 1655.354   | 1551.191  |
| 22      | Punjab             | 0.000      | 0.000     | 0.000      | 0.000     | 0.000      | 0.000     |
| 23      | Rajasthan          | 0.000      | 0.000     | 0.000      | 0.000     | 0.000      | 0.000     |
| 24      | Sikkim             | 41.328     | 42.887    | 41.340     | 39.808    | 41.172     | 40.214    |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu         | 3557.436   | 2867.014  | 3557.436   | 2923.200  | 3557.436   | 3578.450  |
| 26      | Telangana          |            |           | 1138.113   | 400.992   | 1356.996   | 1241.471  |
| 27      | Tripura            | 275.004    | 281.514   | 275.157    | 274.592   | 257.945    | 247.796   |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh      | 2720.988   | 2779.858  | 3423.076   | 3041.780  | 2819.643   | 2831.275  |
| 29      | Uttrakhand         | 182.856    | 185.334   | 246.844    | 283.858   | 232.632    | 251.469   |
| 30      | West Bengal        | 1431.132   | 1362.203  | 1824.004   | 1783.288  | 1400.883   | 1381.986  |
| 31      | A&N Islands        | 23.474     | 22.467    | 23.205     | 17.591    | 22.835     | 14.767    |
| 32      | Chandigarh         | 3.680      | 3.230     | 5.239      | 4.252     | 2.460      | 2.632     |
| 33      | D&N Haveli         | 9.588      | 10.480    | 9.702      | 10.492    | 9.475      | 9.374     |
| 34      | Damen& DIU         | 2.676      | 0.675     | 3.396      | 2.055     | 2.741      | 2.402     |
| 35      | Lakshadweep        | 4.620      | 3.090     | 4.620      | 5.044     | 4.620      | 3.720     |
| 36      | Puducherry         | 47.712     | 27.862    | 50.922     | 5.916     | 19.880     | 3.719     |
|         | TOTAL              | 26849.980  | 24515.285 | 30420.453  | 25592.359 | 28406.376  | 27341.151 |

Above allocation and offtake includes addl. APL allocation and offtake also.

Offtake Source:  FCI

## ANNEX-III

## ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1486 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 03.05.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

## Allocation and Offtake of WHEAT for the Year 2012-13 TO 2015-16 Under TPDS

(In Thousand tons)

| SL. NO   | STATES/UTs         | 2013-14    | 2013-14   | 2014-15    | 2014-15   | 2015-16    | 2015-16   |
|----------|--------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| SL. NO   | STATES/UTs         | Allocation | Offtake   | Allocation | Offtake   | Allocation | Offtake   |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh     | 283.464    | 134.546   | 157.320    | 50.485    | 156.383    | 62.400    |
| 2        | Arunanchal Pradesh | 4.716      | 6.590     | 0.000      | 0.000     | 0.000      | 0.000     |
| 3        | Assam              | 524.364    | 518.490   | 378.919    | 379.669   | 382.664    | 381.425   |
| 4        | Bihar              | 1830.770   | 1362.684  | 1965.960   | 1916.289  | 2096.511   | 2076.123  |
| 5        | Chhatisgarh        | 155.817    | 170.866   | 0.000      | 0.000     | 0.000      | 0.000     |
| 6        | Delhi              | 420.322    | 410.659   | 275.226    | 288.086   | 336.831    | 338.384   |
| 7        | Goa                | 9.456      | 9.574     | 7.215      | 6.751     | 9.256      | 8.733     |
| 8        | Gujarat            | 1755.660   | 1178.259  | 1460.067   | 1355.250  | 1758.732   | 1690.050  |
| 9        | Haryana            | 632.504    | 481.769   | 795.000    | 732.473   | 795.000    | 780.211   |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh   | 328.266    | 318.272   | 323.904    | 317.560   | 323.904    | 326.507   |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir    | 223.632    | 218.199   | 223.632    | 199.373   | 223.352    | 218.229   |
| 12       | Jharkhand          | 176.580    | 0.087     | 132.435    | 0.000     | 176.688    | 47.869    |
| 13       | Karnataka          | 324.430    | 288.673   | 120.525    | 129.137   | 576.433    | 411.179   |
| 14       | Kerala             | 285.468    | 272.605   | 240.027    | 238.201   | 285.468    | 282.738   |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh     | 2404.871   | 2206.100  | 2430.949   | 2198.098  | 2542.509   | 2314.928  |
| 16       | Maharashtra        | 2519.464   | 2286.973  | 2540.493   | 2270.925  | 2584.092   | 2418.752  |
| 17       | Manipur            | 33.084     | 31.201    | 18.225     | 18.957    | 33.084     | 33.083    |
| 18       | Meghalaya          | 27.228     | 26.998    | 19.677     | 19.904    | 26.926     | 24.954    |
| 19       | Mizoram            | 7.488      | 7.795     | 7.488      | 7.489     | 7.449      | 7.186     |
| 20       | Nagaland           | 16.296     | 23.052    | 27.160     | 25.420    | 32.592     | 33.677    |
| 21       | Odisha             | 464.064    | 355.464   | 348.045    | 283.488   | 444.585    | 299.338   |
| 22       | Punjab             | 781.044    | 587.370   | 870.120    | 191.434   | 870.120    | 890.317   |
| 23       | Rajasthan          | 2485.536   | 2399.933  | 2791.572   | 2723.600  | 2791.572   | 2681.131  |
| 24       | Sikkim             | 2.952      | 3.045     | 2.943      | 2.981     | 3.120      | 3.119     |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu         | 165.396    | 143.240   | 165.396    | 159.207   | 165.396    | 167.584   |
| 26       | Telangana          |            |           | 58.332     | 24.172    | 108.684    | 37.749    |
| 27       | Tripura            | 28.236     | 29.895    | 28.092     | 25.632    | 26.486     | 27.014    |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh      | 4547.532   | 3975.644  | 3851.697   | 3172.077  | 4652.720   | 4451.141  |
| 29       | Uttrakhand         | 329.136    | 325.940   | 265.803    | 255.885   | 274.860    | 278.117   |
| 30       | West Bengal        | 2426.064   | 2198.248  | 2036.967   | 1969.660  | 2218.113   | 1937.687  |
| 31       | A&N Islands        | 10.546     | 9.578     | 10.815     | 7.136     | 10.814     | 7.611     |
| 32       | Chandigarh         | 32.172     | 21.495    | 25.973     | 22.766    | 10.545     | 12.130    |
| 33       | D&N Haveli         | 0.876      | 2.712     | 0.768      | 1.944     | 0.866      | 0.846     |
| 34       | Damen& DIU         | 2.976      | 0.050     | 2.265      | 0.211     | 3.051      | 2.034     |
| 35       | Lakshadweep        | 0.000      | 0.000     | 0.000      | 0.000     | 0.000      | 0.000     |
| 36       | Puducherry         | 12.600     | 5.565     | 9.450      | 0.034     | 5.250      | 0.807     |
|          | TOTAL              | 23253.010  | 20011.571 | 21592.460  | 18994.294 | 23934.056  | 22253.053 |

Above allocation and offtake includes addl. APL allocation and offtake also.

Offtake Source:  FCI

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## ANNEX-IV

## ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1486 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 03.05.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

## STATEMENT SHOWING ALLOCATION AND OFFTAKE OF FOODGRAINS (RICE+WHEAT) OF SPECIAL ADHOC ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS MADE DURING 2013-14 to 2015-16 UNDER TPDS

(IN THOUSAND TONS)

| S. N   |                         | 2013-14    | 2013-14   |            |                  | 2015-16     | 2015-16   |
|--------|-------------------------|------------|-----------|------------|------------------|-------------|-----------|
| o.     | STATES/UTS              | ALLOCATION | OFF TAKE  | ALLOCATION | 2014-15 OFF TAKE | ALLOCATIO N | OFF TAKE  |
| 1      | ANDHRA PRADESH          | 3822.816   | 2688.167  | 2629.793   | 1587.263         | 121.136     | 104.326   |
| 2      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH       | 101.556    | 100.162   | 101.556    | 96.646           | 7.596       | 5.897     |
| 3      | ASSAM                   | 1886.856   | 1788.041  | 1890.094   | 1840.293         | 93.864      | 92.373    |
| 4      | BIHAR (NFSA)            | 3804.791   | 3195.481  | 4914.9     | 3938.148         |             |           |
| 5      | CHHATTISGARH (NFSA)     | 1255.803   | 1232.282  | 1337.466   | 1329.701         |             |           |
| 6      | DELHI (NFSA)            | 554.894    | 521.49    | 356.693    | 360.925          |             |           |
| 7      | GOA                     | 63.036     | 64.063    | 63.148     | 57.239           | 2.456       | 0.301     |
| 8      | GUJARAT                 | 2085.108   | 1505.321  | 2087.795   | 1885.738         | 162.564     | 161.039   |
| 9      | HARYANA (NFSA)          | 632.504    | 486.102   | 795        | 732.473          |             |           |
| 10     | HIMACHAL PRADESH (NFSA) | 517.968    | 502.905   | 507.996    | 498.365          |             |           |
| 11     | JAMMU & KASHMIR(NFSA)   | 756.804    | 756.635   | 756.804    | 666.045          | 47.030      | 13.401    |
| 12     | JHARKHAND(NFSA)         | 1358.652   | 1022.392  | 1359.442   | 958.781          | 91.794      | 64.575    |
| 13     | KARNATAKA (NFSA)        | 2456.382   | 2467.432  | 2542.657   | 2313.096         |             |           |
| 14     | KERALA                  | 1472.688   | 1466.713  | 1474.349   | 1441.726         | 119.172     | 117.714   |
| 15     | MADHYAPRADESH (NFSA)    | 2743.016   | 2519.347  | 3194.247   | 2911.381         |             |           |
| 16     | MAHARASHTRA (NFSA)      | 4716.136   | 4307.369  | 4527.492   | 4045.779         |             |           |
| 17     | MANIPUR                 | 170.952    | 160.435   | 171.379    | 172.281          | 12.732      | 12.732    |
| 18     | MEGHALAYA               | 188.58     | 188.567   | 188.858    | 188.197          | 11.700      | 12.870    |
| 19     | MIZORAM                 | 70.14      | 66.393    | 70.14      | 67.419           | 4.774       | 5.050     |
| 20     | NAGALAND                | 126.876    | 125.048   | 126.876    | 137.329          | 9.504       | 9.503     |
| 21     | ODISHA                  | 2191.872   | 2073.182  | 2192.981   | 2008.221         | 162.217     | 140.448   |
| 22     | PUNJAB (NFSA)           | 781.044    | 587.37    | 870.12     | 191.434          |             |           |
| 23     | RAJASTHAN (NFSA)        | 2485.536   | 2399.933  | 2791.572   | 2723.6           |             |           |
| 24     | SIKKIM                  | 44.28      | 45.932    | 44.283     | 42.789           | 2.750       | 2.475     |
| 25     | TAMIL NADU              | 3722.832   | 3010.254  | 3722.832   | 3082.407         | 372.924     | 369.186   |
| 26     | TELANGANA               | 0          | 0         | 1196.445   | 425.164          | 64.932      | 12.414    |
| 27     | TRIPURA                 | 303.24     | 311.409   | 303.249    | 300.224          | 9.430       | 9.619     |
| 28     | UTTAR PRADESH           | 7268.52    | 6755.502  | 7274.773   | 6213.857         | 750.640     | 584.576   |
| 29     | UTTARAKHAND             | 511.992    | 511.274   | 512.647    | 539.743          | 19.092      | 7.675     |
| 30     | WEST BENGAL             | 3857.196   | 3560.451  | 3860.971   | 3752.948         | 308.449     | 142.892   |
| 31     | A&N ISLANDS             | 34.02      | 32.045    | 34.02      | 24.727           | 1.969       | 0.000     |
| 32     | CHANDIGARH (NFSA)       | 35.852     | 24.725    | 31.212     | 27.018           |             |           |
| 33     | D&N HAVELI              | 10.464     | 13.192    | 10.47      | 12.436           | 1.276       | 0.852     |
| 34     | DAMAN & DIU             | 5.652      | 0.725     | 5.661      | 2.266            | 0.154       | 0.048     |
| 35     | LAKSHADWEEP(NFSA)       | 4.62       | 3.09      | 4.62       | 5.044            | 0.114       | 0.051     |
| 36     | PONDICHERRY(NFSA)       | 60.312     | 33.427    | 60.372     | 5.95             | 2.685       | 0.220     |
|        | GRAND TOTAL             | 50102.99   | 44526.856 | 52012.913  | 44586.653        | 2380.954    | 1870.237  |

Offtake source:  FCI