(a) Whether the Government have given up the idea of making essential commodities available at cheap rates to those people who are living below poverty line;
(b) if so, the reasons therefore; and
(c) if not, the progress made in this regard so far?
(a) Whether the Government have given up the idea of making essential commodities available at cheap rates to those people who are living below poverty line;
(b) if so, the reasons therefore; and
(c) if not, the progress made in this regard so far?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI SRIRAM CHAUHAN)
(a) No, Sir.
(b) Does not arise.
(c) Under the PDS the Central Government has assumed responsibility for procurement and
supply of essential commodities, viz. wheat, rice, levy sugar, imported edible oil and kerosene
to the State Governments and the Union Territories for distribution at affordable prices to the
public. Under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) introduced in June, 1997
foodgrains are provided to the States UTs at specially subsidised Central Issue Price (CIP)
for issue to the people living below poverty line (BPL) @ 10 kg. per family per month by
identification of families and issue of special ration cards to them.
The information relating to number of BPL households and number of BPL ration card
holder (state-wise) is placed at Annexure.
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c ) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 66 FOR ANSWER IN THE LOK
SABHA ON 24-02-2000
STATEMENT INDICATING STATEWISE NO. OF HOUSEHOLDS BPL HOUSEHOLDS, FAIR PRICE SHOPS AND RATION CARDS.
FAIR PRICE SHOPS RATION CARD (IN LAKHS) (IN LAKHS)
STATE/UT Population (1999) No.of House- No.of BPL House- Reported holds 1999 hold As on
Rural Urban Total BPL APL Total BPL APL Total
Andhra Pr 746.17 156.43 37.78 32813 7040 39853 113.25 51.53 164.78 OCT 99 Arunachal Pr 11.55 2.34 0.77 842 103 945 0.82 2.43 3.25 OCT 99 Assam 258.78 44.39 19.06 28678 3660 32347 18.81 23.69 42.50 DEC 99 Bihar 981.22 159.29 85.90 47293 10242 57335 84.26 88.74 173.00 NOV 97 Goa 15.47 3.10 0.38 429 161 590 0.07 2.98 3.05 DEC 99 Gujarat 475.51 86.30 19.95 10358 3766 14124 33.84 71.10 104.94 NOV 99 Haryana 195.46 31.03 7.33 5247 2664 7911 5.43 37.72 43.15 DEC 99 Himachal Pr 65.45 12.26 4.26 3564 279 3843 2.86 8.92 11.78 SEPT 99 Jammu & Kashmir 97.09 18.42 6.17 2237 689 2926 3.36 10.12 13.48 SETP 97 Karnataka 514.36 93.18 28.87 14547 5353 19893 64.79 46.73 111.52 NOV 99 Kerala 319.82 60.57 15.35 12279 1982 14261 20.58 41.00 61.58 DEC 99 Madhya Pradesh 783.46 138.37 53.34 20489 3652 24141 43.65 90.13 133.78 DEC 99 Maharashtra 901.22 175.33 60.45 32400 10346 42746 58.29 135.82 194.11 OCT 99 Manipur 24.41 4.70 1.30 1753 175 1928 0.67 1.13 1.80 JUNE 97 Meghalaya 23.59 4.35 1.44 3257 572 3829 0.97 0.98 1.95 MARCH 97 Mizoram 9.22 1.62 0.53 886 195 1081 N.A. 1.73 1.73 JUNE 99 Nagaland 16.29 2.92 0.95 138 213 351 0.96 1.05 2.01 MARCH 99 Orissa 355.35 67.30 31.82 20824 3841 24665 41.12 39.81 80.93 SEPT 99 Punjab 232.76 39.32 4.30 9557 3896 13453 4.89 47.31 52.20 SEPT 99 Rajasthan 526.39 87.15 21.66 14041 4551 18592 21.15 76.92 98.07 JAN 99 Sikkim 5.41 1.02 0.34 519 359 878 N.A. N.A. 0.66 OCT 97 Tamil Nadu 612.55 137.65 45.79 20060 6220 26280 55.00 100.67 155.67 DEC 99 Tripura 36.65 6.99 2.31 1185 174 1359 2.31 4.55 6.86 NOV 99 Uttar Pradesh 1663.64 267.47 95.48 64393 12326 76719 95.48 159.96 255.44 JULY 98 West Bengal 779.72 143.33 46.59 15673 4842 20515 46.11 109.13 155.24 OCT 98 A & Nicobar 3.74 0.79 0.22 286 118 404 0.12 0.73 0.85 NOV 99 Chandigarh 8.60 1.96 0.18 46 201 247 0.00 2.06 2.06 NOV 99 D&N Haveli 1.84 0.35 0.14 78 N.A. 78 0.16 0.16 0.32 DEC 99 Daman & Diu 1.35 0.25 0.03 7 6 13 0.02 0.27 0.29 NOV 99 Delhi 134.18 26.23 2.96 428 2739 3167 N.A. 34.45 34.45 JUNE 99 Lakshadweep 0.69 0.11 0.02 21 14 35 N.A. 0.12 0.12 DEC 99 Pondicherry 10.76 2.16 0.65 163 233 396 0.90 1.63 2.53 DEC 99
Total 9812.70 1777.48 596.20 364493 90612 455105 719.87 1193.57 1914.10