Lok Sabha Question No. 3159 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-07
Subject: DBT Scheme on Food and Kerosene
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Expenditure

DBT Mission

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LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3159

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2015

DBT SCHEME ON FOOD AND KEROSENE

3159.	KUMARI SHOBA KARANDLAJE:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

1. the details of subsidy schemes presently under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) schemes, scheme and State-wise;
2. whether the Government has rolled out the Food and Kerosene subsidies through DBT under Public Distribution System (PDS);
3. if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh, if not, the reasons therefor;
4. whether Government has done a feasibility study prior to making a shift to DBT mode for subsidies on both kerosene and food under PDS and also propose to have Aadhaar linkage for all PDS beneficiaries, if so, the details thereof; and
5. whether any common database of beneficiaries is maintained for food and kerosene/subsidies under the PDS scheme, if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

1. At present LPG subsidy scheme viz. PAHAL is under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme across the country.  State-wise status is as under:-
| State Name            | No. of Districts   | CTC as on     | CTC (ATC+BTC) Overall %   |
|-----------------------|--------------------|---------------|---------------------------|
|                       |                    | 31-07-2015    | 31-07-2015                |
| Andaman & Nicobar     | 3                  | 53773         | 79.4%                     |
| Andhra Pradesh        | 13                 | 8835549       | 94.5%                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh     | 17                 | 143297        | 76.6%                     |
| Assam                 | 27                 | 2395448       | 84.6%                     |
| Bihar                 | 38                 | 5292498       | 86.9%                     |
| Chandigarh            | 1                  | 230891        | 89.7%                     |
| Chattisgarh           | 27                 | 1503331       | 85.2%                     |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli. | 1                  | 57054         | 85.5%                     |
| Daman & Diu           | 2                  | 50610         | 87%                       |
| Delhi                 | 11                 | 3576837       | 76.5%                     |
| Goa                   | 2                  | 377968        | 90.2%                     |
| Gujarat               | 33                 | 5649650       | 87.8%                     |
| Haryana               | 21                 | 3904936       | 85.0%                     |
| Himachal Pradesh      | 12                 | 1207935       | 88.0%                     |
| Jammu & Kashmir       | 22                 | 1233026       | 76.5%                     |
| Jharkhand             | 24                 | 1497415       | 85.8%                     |
| Karnataka             | 30                 | 8845822       | 89.7%                     |
| Kerala                | 14                 | 6813200       | 89.4%                     |
| Lakshadweep           | 1                  | 3596          | 93.9%                     |
| Madhya Pradesh        | 51                 | 5729335       | 87.7%                     |
| Maharashtra           | 36                 | 16560792      | 87.2%                     |
| Manipur               | 9                  | 235950        | 75.3%                     |
| Meghalaya             | 11                 | 113385        | 85.5%                     |
| Mizoram               | 8                  | 173200        | 67.0%                     |
| Nagaland              | 11                 | 116632        | 64.8%                     |
| Odisha                | 30                 | 2427003       | 86.9%                     |
| Puducherry            | 4                  | 299576        | 93.7%                     |
| Punjab                | 22                 | 5198997       | 88.3%                     |
| Rajasthan             | 33                 | 7289247       | 89.0%                     |
| Sikkim                | 4                  | 97974         | 89.5%                     |
| Tamil Nadu            | 33                 | 14330906      | 91.5%                     |
| Telangana             | 10                 | 6725471       | 89.0%                     |
| Tripura               | 8                  | 333485        | 89.0%                     |
| Uttar Pradesh         | 75                 | 26038466      | 87.5%                     |
| Uttarakhand           | 13                 | 1593905       | 88.0%                     |
| West Bengal           | 20                 | 9165104       | 90.4%                     |
| **Grand Total**       | **677**            | **138002264** | **88.2%**                 |

1. to (e):  In the food subsidy, the States/UTs have been suggested to opt for DBT or automation of Fair Price Shops. For DBT, pre-requisites for the States/UTs are complete digitization of beneficiary data seeded with available Aadhaar and bank account details of beneficiaries. Except 3 UTs, namely, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Puducherry no other State/UT has indicated its willingness to implement DBT.

The distribution of kerosene is a matter entirely in the domain of the State Governments/UT Administrations and letters have been written to Chief Ministers/Administrators of State Governments/UTs including Andhra Pradesh for Direct Benefit Transfer in kerosene.  A pilot project on Direct Cash transfer was initiated in Kotkasim tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

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