(a) whether the Government is distributing food grains under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan (ANBA) to migrant workers, if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether the Government has any data of the number of migrant workers in the country, if so, the details thereof, State-wise and district-wise; and
(c) the total quantity of food grains distributed to migrant workers under ANBA?
A N S W E R
MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)
(a) to (c): Yes Sir. In the absence of any exact data regarding the migration of people during the COVID-19 lockdown in the country in 2020, the Government liberally allocated free of cost foodgrains to cater to about 8 Crore migrants/stranded migrants including migrant labourers. Accordingly, during COVID-19, 2020, as part of the Economic Measures [Atma Nirbhar Bharat Scheme (ANBS)] , the Government allocated free foodgrain, @ 5 kg per person per month free of cost for the migrants/stranded migrants, who are not covered under National Food Security Act (NFSA) or State Scheme PDS Cards for two months (May & June, 2020) to benefit approximately 8 crore migrants/stranded migrants to ensure availability of free foodgrain to them. Under this Scheme, Govt. of India had also decided to bear the entire cost on account of such distribution, without burdening the States/UTs. The States/UTs were asked to assess the number of migrants/stranded migrants during this crisis in their respective jurisdictions. All the States/UTs put together, after their overall assessment on the ground, had estimated a total of about 2.8 Crore such migrants/stranded migrants, who did not posses any ration card for assistance under the ANBS and it is worthwhile to mention that provision for 8 Crore potential migrants was far sufficient to actually cater estimated number of 2.8 Crore migrants/stranded migrants. The States/UTs were given the responsibility of identifying the migrants/stranded migrants.
Accordingly, the Government allocated about 8.00 LMT foodgrains (2.44 LMT wheat and 5.56 LMT rice) under this scheme. During the two months period of May-June 2020, States/UTs lifted a total of about 6.41 LMT forodgrains and a total quantity of about 2.74 LMT of foodgrains were distributed to an average of about 2.74 Crore migrants/stranded migrants (i.e. nearly 98% of the total estimated number of migrants/stranded migrants). The State/UT-wise distribution/utilization pattern of the foodgrains under ANBS of 2020 is at Annexure I.
ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3556 FOR ANSWER ON 10.08.2021 IN THE LOK SABHA
Foodgrain Distribution under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Scheme
Sr. State/UT Total Allocation Total lifted quantity from FCI Total Distributed Quantity under ANB Total migrants covered per month
(in MTs) (in MTs) (in MTs)
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 61 61 60 5,950
2 Andhra Pradesh 26,823 26,823 7 680
3 Arunachal Pradesh 820 819 799 79,879
4 Assam 25,153 21,582 15,712 15,71,190
5 Bihar 86,450 86,450 86,449 86,44,945
6 Chandigarh 275 275 146 14,580
7 Chhattisgarh 20,077 2,108 1,964 1,96,430
8 Daman & Diu D&NN 285 285 159 15,900
9 Delhi 7,273 7,273 4,544 4,54,440
10 Goa 532 532 22 2,160
11 Gujarat 38,254 33,581 287 28,656
12 Haryana 12,649 8,337 7,959 7,95,885
13 Himachal Pradesh 2,864 2,864 2,028 2,02,758
14 Jammu And Kashmir 7,241 3,035 1,958 1,95,800
15 Jharkhand 26,370 26,370 717.2 71,718
16 Karnataka 40,193 40,193 11,600 11,60,007
17 Kerala 15,480 15,480 2,142 2,14,150
18 Ladakh 144 34 33 3,274
19 Lakshadweep 22 22 15 1,450
20 Madhya Pradesh 54,642 1,963 1,754 1,75,399
21 Maharashtra 70,017 34,509 17,315 17,31,500
22 Manipur 2,457 2,457 676 67,600
23 Meghalaya 2,146 2,145 2,145 2,14,500
24 Mizoram 668 668 250 25,000
25 Nagaland 1,405 1,405 1,405 1,40,463
26 Odisha 32,360 630 630 63,000
27 Puducherry 628 628 73 7,340
28 Punjab 14,145 14,145 10,902 10,90,200
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29 Rajasthan 44,662 44,600 42,478 42,47,800
30 Sikkim 379 378 315 31,500
31 Tamil Nadu 35,734 35,734 1,449 1,44,944
32 Telangana 19,162 19,162 180 17,995
33 Tripura 2,483 2,483 22 2,193
34 Uttar Pradesh 1,42,033 1,40,637 11,809 11,80,924
35 Uttarakhand 6,196 2,905 383 38,277
36 West Bengal 60,184 60,184 45,894 45,89,400
Grand Total 8,00,267 6,40,757 2,74,279 2,74,27,887
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