Lok Sabha Question No. 3895 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-09
Subject: AAY Beneficiaries
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT, BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL)

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3895

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH  AUGUST, 2016

## AAY BENEFICIARIES

3895. SHRI ARVIND SAWANT: SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:

Will  the  Minister  of  CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD  AND  PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  laid  down  any  guidelines,  criteria  for identification of Antodaya Anna Yojana beneficiaries and if so, the details thereof indicating the number of beneficiaries covered State-wise; and
- (b) whether the Government has received any request from the States for increasing  the  number  of  beneficiaries  under  the  scheme  and  if  so,  the details thereof and the response of the Government thereto State-wise?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a):  Yes,  Madam.  As  per  the  guidelines  issued  by  the  Government,  the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) families are to be identified by States/Union Territories (UTs) as per the following criteria:
- i)  Households headed by widows or terminally ill persons/disabled persons/ persons  aged  60  years  or  more  with  no  assured  means  of  subsistence  or societal support.
- ii)  Widows or terminally ill persons or disabled persons or persons aged 60 years  or  more  or  single  women  or  single  men  with  no  family  or  societal support or assured means of subsistence.
- iii) All primitive tribal households.

- iv) Landless agriculture labourers, marginal farmers, rural artisans/ craftsmen such as potters, tanners, weavers, blacksmiths, carpenters, slum dwellers, and persons earning their livelihood on daily basis in the informal sector  like  porters,  coolies,  rickshaw  pullers,  hand  cart  pullers,  fruit  and flower sellers,  snake  charmers,  rag  pickers,  cobblers,  destitutes  and  other similar categories in both rural and urban areas.
- v) All eligible Below Poverty Line (BPL) families of HIV positive persons.

A  statement  showing  State/UT-wise  coverage  under    AAY  and  identified number of families as on 31.07.2016 is at Annex.

- (b): Requests  have  been  received  from  a  few  State  Governments  to increase this number, but it could not be acceded to, as the number is fixed for  every  State.  States/UTs  are  advised  from  time  to  time  to  review  the existing list of AAY beneficiaries and remove the ineligible beneficiaries so as to include only the most eligible.

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## STATE/UT- WISE COVERAGE UNDER AAY AND IDENTIFIED NUMBER OF FAMILIES

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|                                                                            |                                                                            | As on 31.07.2016                                                           | As on 31.07.2016                                                           | As on 31.07.2016                                                           |
|                                                                            | States/UTs                                                                 |                                                                            |                                                                            |                                                                            |
| S.No.                                                                      |                                                                            | Coverage under AAY                                                         | (Fig. in lakh) AAY families                                                | ( लोखदम� ) identified अन्त्यतद                                             |
|                                                                            |                                                                            | अन्त्यतदअनअदत् अोदन अे अदनाीा                                              | अनअ त्                                                                     | अनअ त्                                                                     |
| कमदसज                                                                      | ीो त / ना न् शो�सतदपयाश                                                    | Total नु ल्                                                                | Total                                                                      | अोदप�ीाोी�दन�दपहचोअ नु ल्                                                  |
| 1                                                                          | Andhra Pd आन् पयाश                                                         | 9.586                                                                      | 9.080                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 2                                                                          | Arunachal Pd अरुोचल पयाश                                                   | 0.380                                                                      | 0.370                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 3                                                                          | Assam असम                                                                  | 7.040                                                                      | 7.000                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 4                                                                          | Bihar �बहोी                                                                | 25.010                                                                     | 25.010                                                                     |                                                                            |
| 5                                                                          | Chattisgarh छ्त सगग                                                        | 7.189                                                                      | 7.190                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 6                                                                          | Delhi �यललल                                                                | 1.568                                                                      | 0.760                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 7                                                                          | Goa ग्ाो                                                                   | 0.184                                                                      | 0.130                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 8                                                                          | Gujarat गु ीोत                                                             | 8.128                                                                      | 2.960                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 9                                                                          | Haryana ह�ीतोुो                                                            | 3.025                                                                      | 2.680                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 10                                                                         | Himachal Pd �हमोचल पयाश                                                    | 1.971                                                                      | 1.750                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 11                                                                         | J& K ममुदराज नशम ी                                                         | 2.822                                                                      | 2.480                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 12                                                                         | Jharkhand झोीखजड                                                           | 9.179                                                                      | 9.160                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 13                                                                         | Karnataka नअोर्न                                                           | 11.997                                                                     | 10.970                                                                     |                                                                            |
| 14                                                                         | Kerala ना ील                                                               | 5.958                                                                      | 5.958                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 15                                                                         | Madhya Pd मधत पयाश                                                         | 15.816                                                                     | 14.320                                                                     |                                                                            |
| 16                                                                         | Maharashtra महोीोष्                                                        | 25.053                                                                     | 25.050                                                                     |                                                                            |
| 17                                                                         | Manipur म�ुपुी                                                             | 0.636                                                                      | 0.630                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 18                                                                         | Meghalaya माेोलत                                                           | 0.702                                                                      | 0.150                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 19                                                                         | Mizoram �म ्ीम                                                             | 0.261                                                                      | 0.260                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 20                                                                         | Nagaland अोगोल�ड                                                           | 0.475                                                                      | 0.110                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 21                                                                         | Odisha ओ�डसो                                                               | 12.645                                                                     | 9.470                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 22                                                                         | Punjab पज ोब                                                               | 1.794                                                                      | 1.790                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 23                                                                         | Rajasthan ीो स्ोअ                                                          | 9.321                                                                      | 9.320                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 24                                                                         | Sikkim �सिकनम                                                              | 0.165                                                                      | 0.170                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 25                                                                         | Tamil Nadu त�मलअोडु                                                        | 18.646                                                                     | 18.646                                                                     |                                                                            |
| 26                                                                         | Tripura �तपुीो                                                             | 1.131                                                                      | 1.110                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 27                                                                         | Uttar Pd उ्ती पयाश                                                         | 40.945                                                                     | 40.950                                                                     |                                                                            |
| 28                                                                         | Uttarakhand उ्तीोखजड                                                       | 1.909                                                                      | 1.840                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 29                                                                         | West Bengal पिशचद म बजगोल                                                  | 19.857                                                                     | 15.320                                                                     |                                                                            |
| 30                                                                         | A&N अणडमोअदराज �अन्बोीददा प                                                | 0.107                                                                      | 0.040                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 31                                                                         | Chandigarh चजड गग                                                          | 0.088                                                                      | 0.001                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 32                                                                         | D&N Haveli योयीो राजदअगीदहाालल                                             | 0.069                                                                      | 0.030                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 33                                                                         | Daman &Diu यमअ राजदयला                                                     | 0.015                                                                      | 0.010                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 34                                                                         | Lakshdweep ल�तदा प                                                         | 0.012                                                                      | 0.010                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 35                                                                         | Puducherry पुड चाील                                                        | 0.322                                                                      | 0.230                                                                      |                                                                            |
| 36                                                                         | Telangana तालजगोअो                                                         | 5.992                                                                      | 5.670                                                                      |                                                                            |
|                                                                            | Total नु ल                                                                 | 249.998                                                                    | 230.625                                                                    |                                                                            |

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