Lok Sabha Question No. 2419 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-04
Subject: Implementation of NFSA
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: MURALI MOHAN MAGANTI, RAM CHARITRA, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKAR, NANDI YELLAIAH, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, E. T. MOHAMMED BASHEER, KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI, JYOTI DHURVE, SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, RANJANBEN BHATT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2419

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04 TH  AUGUST, 2015

## IMPLEMENTATION OF NFSA

2419. SHRI M. MURALI MOHAN:

SHRI RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER:

SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI:

SHRI E.T. MOHAMMED BASHEER:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRIMATI JYOTI DHURVE:

SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI NANDI YELLAIAH:

SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

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- (a) whether  the  requirement  of  foodgrains  is  likely  to  increase  substantially after the complete implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA), if so, the  details  thereof  indicating  the  percentage  of  population  likely  to  be  covered along with the foodgrains and funds required annually for the purpose, State-wise;
- (b)
- the likely impact of the implementation of NFSA on the food economy;
- (c) whether the Government has received any  suggestion/ recommendation to make food entitlement universal in one fourth of the poorest districts/blocks of the country, if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government thereto; and
- (d) recommendations made by the Shanta Kumar Committee regarding implementation of NFSA along with the action taken thereon?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## (SHRI RAM  VILAS PASWAN)

(a) & (b): The  annual  requirement  of  foodgrains  for  implementation  of  the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) is estimated at 614.4 lakh tons, which is about 50 lakh tons more than the estimated annual requirement of foodgrains for  erstwhile  Targeted  Public  Distribution  System  (TPDS)  and  other  foodgrains based  welfare  schemes.  The  average  annual  procurement  of  wheat  and  rice during  2009-10  to  2013-14  has  been  618.6  lakh  tons.  At  the  current  levels  of production and procurement of foodgrains, the requirement of foodgrains under NFSA  is  likely  to  be  met  domestically  and  no  substantial  impact  on  the  food economy is foreseen.

NFSA provides for coverage of upto 75% of the rural population and upto 50%  of  the  urban  population  at  the  all  India  level  to  receive  foodgrains  at subsidised  prices  under  TPDS,  corresponding  to  which  State-wise  percentage coverage  determined  by  the  Central  Government  is  at  Annexure.  State-wise estimated allocation of foodgrains under the Act is indicated in Schedule IV to the Act. Food grains under TPDS and Other Welfare Schemes  are allocated by the  Central  Government  to  the  States/Union  Territories  (UTs)  at  applicable subsidised  prices  and  subsidy  burden  is  borne  by  the  Central  Government. Annual food subsidy implication of complete implementation of the Act at 201415 costs is estimated to be around Rs. 1,31,086 crore.

(c): Large  number  of  suggestions/comments  were  received  from  various stakeholders from time to time, which included universal coverage under NFSA. The  coverage  and  entitlements  under  the  Act  are  keeping  in  view  the  recent trends in production and procurement of foodgrains.

(d): The  High  Level  Committee  (HLC)  set  up  by  Government  of  India  on  restructuring of Food Corporation of India under the chairmanship of Shri Shanta Kumar,  in  its  report  gave  certain  recommendations  on  NFSA  related  issues. These recommendations include deferment of implementation of NFSA in States that  have  not  done  end  to  end  computerization,  have  not  put  the  list  of beneficiaries  online,  and  have  not  set  up  vigilance  committees  to  check pilferage from PDS; reduction in coverage of population under NFSA from current 67% to around 40%; increase in entitlement of foodgrains for priority households from 5 Kg to 7 Kg per person; linking of issue price for priority households to Minimum Support Price (MSP); etc. There is no proposal for amending the related provisions of the NFSA. As regards deferment of the Act to check pilferage from PDS,  Department  of  Food  and  Public  Distribution  has  issued  instructions  to States/UTs to complete various preparatory measures, which includes completion of end-to-end computerization of TPDS operations, before implementation of NFSA.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2419 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 04.08.2015 IN THE LOK SABHA

## STATE-WISE PERCENTAGE COVERAGE OF POPULATION UNDER NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ACT, 2013

| Sl. No.   | State/UT            | Coverage (%)   | Coverage (%)   |
|-----------|---------------------|----------------|----------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT            | RURAL          | URBAN          |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 60.96          | 41.14          |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 66.31          | 51.55          |
| 3         | Assam               | 84.17          | 60.35          |
| 4         | Bihar               | 85.12          | 74.53          |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        | 84.25          | 59.98          |
| 6         | Delhi               | 37.69          | 43.59          |
| 7         | Goa                 | 42.24          | 33.02          |
| 8         | Gujarat             | 74.64          | 48.25          |
| 9         | Haryana             | 54.61          | 41.05          |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh    | 56.23          | 30.99          |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir      | 63.55          | 47.10          |
| 12        | Jharkhand           | 86.48          | 60.20          |
| 13        | Karnataka           | 76.04          | 49.36          |
| 14        | Kerala              | 52.63          | 39.50          |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh      | 80.10          | 62.61          |
| 16        | Maharashtra         | 76.32          | 45.34          |
| 17        | Manipur             | 88.56          | 85.75          |
| 18        | Meghalaya           | 77.79          | 50.87          |
| 19        | Mizoram             | 81.88          | 48.60          |
| 20        | Nagaland            | 79.83          | 61.98          |
| 21        | Odisha              | 82.17          | 55.77          |
| 22        | Punjab              | 54.79          | 44.83          |
| 23        | Rajasthan           | 69.09          | 53.00          |
| 24        | Sikkim              | 75.74          | 40.36          |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu          | 62.55          | 37.79          |
| 26        | Telangana           | 60.96          | 41.14          |
| 27        | Tripura             | 74.75          | 49.54          |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh       | 79.56          | 64.43          |
| 29        | Uttarakhand         | 65.26          | 52.05          |
| 30        | West Bengal         | 74.47          | 47.55          |
| 31        | A &NIslands         | 24.94          | 1.70           |
| 32        | Chandigarh          | 38.54          | 47.26          |
| 33        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 84.19          | 51.54          |
| 34        | Daman &Diu          | 26.66          | 56.47          |
| 35        | Lakshadweep         | 35.30          | 33.56          |
| 36        | Puducherry          | 59.68          | 46.94          |
|           | INDIA               | 75.00          | 50.00          |