Lok Sabha Question No. 1500 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Implementation of NFSA
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: KAMAL NATH, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE, KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR, M. K. RAGHAVAN, JAYADEV GALLA, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, ABHISHEK BANERJEE, KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN, SONA RAM CHOUDHARY, SANGANNA AMARAPPA KARADI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1500 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 th  DECEMBER, 2015

## IMPLEMENTATION OF NFSA

1500. SHRI KAMAL NATH:

SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE:

SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

SHRI ABHISHEK BANERJEE:

SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN:

COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

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  further  extended  the  deadline  for implementation  of  National  Food  Security  Act  (NFSA)  on  the  request  of some States;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons  therefor  indicating  the names of the States where the scheme is yet to be implemented along with  the  quantum  of  foodgrains  and  funds  allocated  under  the  scheme during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has decided to discontinue the supply of additional foodgrains to defaulting States, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to include non-priority members under  NFSA  and  conduct  fresh  survey  for  identification  of  beneficiaries thereunder, if so, the details thereof indicating the number of beneficiaries presently included under the scheme; and
- (e) whether  some  States  have  requested  for  retention  of  pre  NFSA quota,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  response  of  the  Government thereto?

## A N S W E R

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

(a) and (b): No, Madam.

13 States/Union Territories (UTs) viz., Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Jammu & Kashmir, Gujarat, Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, have not completed the preparatory measures required for implementation  of  the  National  Food  Security  Act,  2013  (NFSA)  and foodgrains allocation under erstwhile Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS)  is  continuing  there.  State-wise  details  of  foodgrains  allocated under the Act to the remaining 23 States/UTs, based on the preparedness and  identification  of  beneficiaries  reported  by  them,  during  the  years 2013-14, 2014-15 and current year (2015-16) are at Annexure. Expenditure on  subsidy  involved  in  allocation  of  foodgrains  under  NFSA  as  well  as erstwhile TPDS is met out of budgetary allocation for food subsidy.  The expenditure on food subsidy during the last two years and current year is as follows:

| Year                       | Expenditure (Rs. in crore)   |
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2013-14                    | 89,740.02                    |
| 2014-15                    | 1,13,171.16                  |
| 2015-16 (as on 02.12.2015) | 1,03,528.67                  |

(c): No, Madam.

(d): Under  NFSA,  eligible  households  comprise  of  Antyodaya  Anna Yojana (AAY) households and priority households. There is no proposal to include  other  categories  under  NFSA.  At  present  about  49.67  crore beneficiaries are covered in the 23 States/UTs implementing the Act, for receiving foodgrains at subsidized prices.

(e) It  is  already  provided  in  the  Act  that  if  annual  allocation  of foodgrains to any State under the Act is less than their average annual offtake under normal TPDS for three years preceding the Act coming into force, the same shall be protected.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1500 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 08.12.2015 IN THE LOK SABHA

## ALLOCATION OF FOODGRAINS UNDER NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ACT, 2013

| S. No.   | STATE/UT         | FOODGRAINS ALLOCATED (IN THOUSAND TONS)   | FOODGRAINS ALLOCATED (IN THOUSAND TONS)   | FOODGRAINS ALLOCATED (IN THOUSAND TONS)   |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | STATE/UT         | 2013-14                                   | 2014-15                                   | 2015-16*                                  |
| 1        | BIHAR            | 409.58                                    | 4914.90                                   | 5241.27                                   |
| 2        | CHHATTISGARH     | 322.72                                    | 1337.47                                   | 1384.06                                   |
| 3        | DELHI            | 255.43                                    | 370.41                                    | 424.79                                    |
| 4        | HARYANA          | 317.50                                    | 795.00                                    | 795.00                                    |
| 5        | HIMACHAL PRADESH | 254.00                                    | 508.00                                    | 508.00                                    |
| 6        | KARNATAKA        | 619.09                                    | 2542.66                                   | 2608.84                                   |
| 7        | MADHYA PRADESH   | 234.54                                    | 3196.00                                   | 3362.68                                   |
| 8        | MAHARASHTRA      | 750.27                                    | 4527.50                                   | 4605.19                                   |
| 9        | PUNJAB           | 229.06                                    | 870.12                                    | 870.12                                    |
| 10       | RAJASTHAN        | 1395.79                                   | 2791.57                                   | 2791.57                                   |
| 11       | CHANDIGARH       | 5.20                                      | 31.21                                     | 13.01                                     |
| 12       | ANDHRA PRADESH   | -                                         | -                                         | 623.95                                    |
| 13       | ASSAM            | -                                         | -                                         | 554.02                                    |
| 14       | GOA              | -                                         | -                                         | 19.67                                     |
| 15       | JHARKHAND        | -                                         | -                                         | 780.82                                    |
| 16       | ODISHA           | -                                         | -                                         | 688.68                                    |
| 17       | TELANGANA        | -                                         | -                                         | 669.00                                    |
| 18       | TRIPURA          | -                                         | -                                         | 158.08                                    |
| 19       | UTTARAKHAND      | -                                         | -                                         | 251.50                                    |
| 20       | WEST BENGAL      | -                                         | -                                         | 813.44                                    |
| 21       | DAMAN &DIU       | -                                         | -                                         | 2.49                                      |
| 22       | LAKSHADWEEP      | -                                         | -                                         | 3.08                                      |
| 23       | PUDDUCHERRY      | -                                         | -                                         | -                                         |
|          | Total            | 4793.17                                   | 21884.83                                  | 27169.26                                  |

Note: Chandigarh and Puducherry are implementing NFSA in Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode w.e.f. September, 2015.

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