Lok Sabha Question No. 2805 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-15
Subject: Food Subsidy
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: C.R. CHAUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2805 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 th  MARCH, 2016 FOOD SUBSIDY

2805. SHRI C.R. CHAUDHARY:

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- (a) the total amount of subsidy provided on the foodgrains during each of

the last three years;

- (b) the  percentage  increase  in  the  amount  of  subsidy  on  foodgrains during the said period; and
- (c) the quantity of subsidised foodgrains released from Central pool to all the States including Rajasthan for distribution under Public Distribution System during the said period, State-wise?

A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI RAM  VILAS PASWAN)

- (a) & (b): The amount of food subsidy released and percentage increase thereof during the last three years is as under:

| Year    |   Subsidy released (Rs. in crores) |   Percentage increase from previous year (in %) |
|---------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 2012-13 |                              84554 |                                           16.83 |
| 2013-14 |                              89740 |                                            6.13 |
| 2014-15 |                             113171 |                                           26.11 |

(c):  A  statement  on  food  grains  allocated  from  the  Central  pool  to States/Union Territories (UTs) under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) during the last three years is at Annexure.

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ORIGINAL IN HINDI

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2805 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 15.03.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

## Allocation  of  foodgrains  for  the  years  2012-13  to  2014-15  under  Targeted  Public Distribution System (TPDS)

(in thousand tons)

| Sl. No.   | STATES/UTs         | 2012-13   | 2013-14   |    2014-15 |
|-----------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh     | 4148.63   | 4134.386  |  2846.59   |
| 2         | Arunanchal Pradesh | 109.455   | 109.148   |   109.259  |
| 3         | Assam              | 2103.923  | 2027.65   |  2032.92   |
| 4         | Bihar              | 4799.48   | 4305.004  |  4914.9    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh       | 1695.17   | 1399.587  |  1337.47   |
| 6         | Delhi              | 630.284   | 586.258   |   356.693  |
| 7         | Goa                | 66.716    | 66.716    |    66.882  |
| 8         | Gujarat            | 2428.035  | 2247.68   |  2252.71   |
| 9         | Haryana            | 823.68    | 693.008   |   795      |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh   | 578.893   | 557.384   |   507.996  |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir    | 827.499   | 813.244   |   814.048  |
| 12        | Jharkhand          | 1674.017  | 1542.236  |  1545.68   |
| 13        | Karnataka          | 3078.269  | 2696.328  |  2542.66   |
| 14        | Kerala             | 1780.024  | 1591.856  |  1595.24   |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh     | 3259.37   | 3059.34   |  3194.25   |
| 16        | Maharashtra        | 5320.103  | 5217.195  |  4527.49   |
| 17        | Manipur            | 184.063   | 183.682   |   184.293  |
| 18        | Meghalaya          | 202.613   | 202.613   |   203.096  |
| 19        | Mizoram            | 79.893    | 75.354    |    75.428  |
| 20        | Nagaland           | 144.201   | 136.386   |   136.522  |
| 21        | Odisha             | 2651.819  | 2444.778  |  2449.54   |
| 22        | Punjab             | 865.703   | 816.932   |   870.12   |
| 23        | Rajasthan          | 2447.198  | 2671.956  |  2791.57   |
| 24        | Sikkim             | 48.018    | 47.578    |    47.629  |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu         | 4272.698  | 4095.75   |  4101.14   |
| 26        | Telangana*         | -         | -         |  1295.72   |
| 27        | Tripura            | 340.653   | 325.862   |   326.2    |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh      | 8246.955  | 8087.399  |  8105.48   |
| 29        | Uttarakhand        | 657.861   | 550.18    |   551.383  |
| 30        | West Bengal        | 4513.663  | 4254.348  |  4263.86   |
| 31        | A&N Islands        | 36.166    | 36.166    |    36.197  |
| 32        | Chandigarh         | 38.544    | 37.616    |    31.212  |
| 33        | D&N Haveli         | 11.846    | 11.846    |    11.874  |
| 34        | Damen & DIU        | 5.92      | 5.92      |     5.9321 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep        | 6.85      | 4.85      |     4.853  |
| 36        | Puducherry         | 66.754    | 66.754    |    66.908  |
|           | TOTAL              | 58144.966 | 55102.990 | 54998.7    |

Note:  Above  allocation  includes  allocation  made  under  the  National  Food  Security  Act, 2013  (NFSA),  addl.  APL  allocation  and  ad-hoc  additional  BPL  allocation.  For  the year 2012-13, allocation also includes allocation made for the poorest district.

* On reorganization of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, the State of Telangana was created in the year 2014-15 from which the allocation was started to the State.