MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI RAM VILAS PASWAN)
(a) As per National Food Security Act (NFSA),2013 notified by the Govt. of India approximately upto 2.5 crore Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) families can be covered by State/UT Governments for providing subsidized food grains.
TPDS is operated under the joint responsibility of the Central and the State/UT Governments. Central Government is responsible for procurement, allocation and transportation of foodgrains upto the designated depots of the Food Corporation of India. The operational responsibilities for distribution of foodgrains including identification of AAY beneficiaries within the States/UTs rest with the concerned State/UT Governments.
A State/UT wise statement showing allocation of foodgrains and the quantity of foodgrains lifted by the State/UT Govts. for distribution including for AAY beneficiaries during the last two years and the current year is at Annex I.
(b): No Madam. AAY scheme has not been separately evaluated. This Department however has been getting the functioning of TPDS, including the implementation of AAY, evaluated by different agencies from time to time. These evaluation studies have revealed certain shortcomings/deficiencies in the functioning of TPDS, such as inclusion/exclusion errors, leakages/diversion of foodgrains, etc. The reports received have been sent to the concerned States/UTs for taking necessary remedial measures to remove the deficiencies noticed in the functioning of TPDS.
(c): ` No Madam. Under NFSA,2013 foodgrains are provided to AAY beneficiaries at a highly subsidized rate of Rs.3/2/1 per kg for rice, wheat and coarse grains respectively.
(d): Question does not arise.
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ANNEX I
ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.372 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 19.07.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA
Allocation and offtake of foodgrains under NFSA for AAY & Priority Households category from 2014-15 to 2016-17(Up to June,16)
(in thousand tons)
?? ?o S.No.
????/ ??? ???? ?????States/ Uts
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17(Up to June,16)
Allocation
Offtake
Allocation
Offtake
Allocation
Offtake
1
????? ???Andhra Pradesh
449.754
325.911
870.951
734.569
462.444
428.177
2
??????? ???? ? ???? ? ???? ? ????? ???? ? ???? Arunachal Pradesh
15.972
15.771
15.972
16.074
14.031
12.952
3
??? Assam
295.692
291.488
718.06
560.828
390.699
374.234
4
?????? Bihar
4914.9
3926.397
5241.275
5025.021
1373.466
1151.548
5
????????Chhatisgarh
1337.466
1329.701
1384.056
1384.056
346.014
346.014
6
?????? Delhi
220.691
234.099
423.792
425.638
112.426
109.689
7
?
??? Goa
6.108
5.599
15.212
16.095
8.355
7.455
8
?
????? Gujarat
318.36
309.087
326.292
326.169
527.238
516.961
9
???????? Haryana
795
732.473
795
780.211
198.750
208.792
10
??????? ?? ????? ????? ?????????? ????? Himachal Pradesh
185.952
180.705
185.952
186.084
47.338
46.488
11
?????- ?????? ??? Jammu & Kashmir
107.388
96.353
163.15
123.156
118.704
129.045
12
???????Jharkhand
385.524
356.653
973.584
726.751
390.412
362.582
13
?????? Karnataka
2542.657
2313.096
2608.836
2238.332
652.209
678.486
14
???? Kerala
250.26
243.433
250.26
247.394
62.565
66.618
15
?
??? ???? ? ???? ? ????? ???? Madhya Pradesh
3194.247
2911.381
3390.015
3182.27
868.008
655.399
16
?
???????Maharashtra
4527.492
4045.524
4605.192
4324.368
1151.298
1060.039
17
?
?????? Manipur
26.724
26.724
26.724
26.725
35.391
14.299
18
?
????? ?? Meghalaya
29.484
29.484
46.172
27.026
32.400
35.145
19
??????? Mizoram
10.92
9.722
13.721
11.098
11.133
9.305
20
???????? Nagaland
19.968
21.486
19.968
21.764
4.992
6.488
21
????? ? Odisha
526.404
529.844
1031.826
870.144
510.562
533.594
22
????? Punjab
870.12
191.434
870.12
890.317
217.530
119.346
23
???????? ??? Rajasthan
2791.572
2723.6
2791.572
2681.131
697.893
653.730
24
???????? ??? Sikkim
6.936
6.448
11.778
11.777
6.576
6.597
25
?
???? ???? Tamil Nadu
783.144
741.524
783.144
782.662
195.786
196.085
26
?
??????? Telengana
204.534
81.719
784.38
668.348
324.012
300.214
27
???????? ?????????? ????? Tripura
47.52
46.857
106.649
104.929
41.571
36.063
28
????? ???? ?? ???? ?? ???? ?? ?????? ???? Uttar Pradesh
1719.696
1578.078
2651.683
2541.652
2274.656
2176.249
29
????????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? Uttrakhand
80.184
103.066
240.822
234.432
100.365
103.505
30
?????? ????? ??? ????? ??? ????? ??? ????? ??? ???????? ????? ??? ????? ??? ????? ??? ????? West Bengal
621.684
559.656
1603.372
1049.195
903.288
861.648
31
??o ??? ???????? A & N Island
1.818
2.089
1.928
0.885
0.999
0.629
32
?
????? ???? ???? Chandigarh
13.096
10.598
6.145
6.529
0.000
0.000
33
?
?o ??? ?o ????? ?? D&N Haveli
2.196
2.72
2.762
3.001
2.244
1.257
34
?? ??
?
??? ?? ?? ? Daman & Diu
0.636
0.336
2.866
2.612
1.505
0.427
35
?
??????? ???? ???? ???? Lakshadweep
0.504
1.008
1.184
1.016
0.381
0.381
36
??????????????? ???????????? ?????? Pudducherry
13.548
4.551
5.645
2.6
0.000
0.000
??? Total
27318.151
23988.615
32970.060
30234.859
12085.241
11209.441
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