Lok Sabha Question No. 5488 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-25
Subject: PMGKAY
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri Ramprit Mandal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5488

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25TH MARCH, 2026

## PMGKAY

## t5488.  SHRI FLAMPRIT MANDAL:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS. FOOD AND  PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION be pleased to state:

- (a): the number of beneficiaries in the States at the initial  stage under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Jan Kalyan Anna Yojana, State-wise;
- (b): whether the number of  beneficiaries are added/deleted every year under the said scheme; and
- (c): if  so, the number  of  beneficiaries  till  date since the implementation of the said scheme, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF STATE FOR MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)

(a) to (c): The National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFS A) provides coverage for a maximum of 81.35 Crore persons to receive the benefit of  subsidized foodgrains under Targeted Public Distribution  System  (TPDS). Further, as per the obligations and provisions of  the Act,  inter-alia it  is the responsibility of the States/UTs to identify maximum eligible beneficiaries/households  as per criteria evolved by them for the inclusion and exclusion of beneficiaries  under the Act and issue ration cards under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) to  the persons/households identified  up to their respective ceiling  limits  of NFS A coverage. Clause 3(13) of  the Targeted Public Distribution  System (Control)  Order, 2015, as amended by  the TPDS (Control) Amendment Order, 2025, requires States and Union Territories to regularly review and update the list of eligible households and to ensure that mandatory e-KYC of all ration card holders is  completed every five  years. The review is a continuous process and focuses on deletion of ineligible  households and Inclusion of  eligible  households. A  statement showing the number of beneficiaries (as on date) under PMGKAY is at Annexure.

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Annexure

## A statement showing current beneficiaries under PM(;KAY as on date

| S. No.   | Nameof State/UT                   | Beneficiaries count   |
|----------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1        | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS       | 61 ,334               |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH                    | 2,68,20,046           |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                 | 8,7 1,000             |
| 4        | ASSAM                             | 2,48,94,794           |
| 5        | BIHAR                             | 8,48,63,63 1          |
| 6        | CHANDIGARH                        | 3,42,954              |
| 7        | CHHATTISGARH                      | 1,99,73,683           |
| 8        | DADAR & NAGAR HAVELI & DAMAN& DIU | 2,63,375              |
| 9        | DELHI                             | 72,20,350             |
| 10       | GOA                               | 4,76,303              |
| 11       | GUJARAT                           | 3,36,90,403           |
| 12       | HARYANA                           | 1 ,26,49,000          |
| 13       | HIMACHALPRADESH                   | 28,54,661             |
| 14       | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR                  | 67,47, 172            |
| 15       | JHARKHAND                         | 2,62,91 ,129          |
| 16       | KARNATAKA                         | 4,0 1,93,243          |
| 17       | KERALA                            | 1 ,50,65,170          |
| 18       | LADAKH                            | 1,13,803              |
| 19       | LAKSHADWEEP                       | 20,095                |
| 20       | MADHYA PRADESH                    | 5,38,07,137           |
| 21       | MAHARASHTRA                       | 6,8 1,42,337          |
| 22       | MANIPUR                           | 21,10,378             |
| 23       | ME(JHALAYA                        | 21 ,36,855            |
| 24       | MIZORAM                           | 7,06,000              |
| 25       | NAGALAND                          | 11 ,35,570            |
| 26       | ODISHA                            | 3,23,78,964           |
| 27       | PUDUCHERRY                        | 6,34,000              |
| 28       | PUNJAB                            | 1,41 ,51 ,000         |
| 29       | RAJASTHAN                         | 4,39,80,284           |
| 30       | SIKKIM                            | 3,76,580              |
| 31       | TAMIL NADU                        | 3,64,70,000           |
| 32       | TELANGANA                         | 1 ,90,80,021          |
| 33       | TRIPURA                           | 23,34,864             |
| 34       | UTTARAKHAND                       | 60,23,384             |
| 35       | UTTAR PRADESH                     | 14,7 1,47,428         |
| 36       | WEST BENGAL                       | 5,99,75,666           |
| Total    | Total                             | 79,40.02,614          |