(a) the per capita availability of rice and kerosene oil in Kerala as on date;
(b) whether the above availability is equal to the national average;
(c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
(d) the per capita availability of rice and kerosene oil in other States of the country?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION ( SHRI SUBHASH MAHARIA )
The information in respect of rice is as under:
(a): Statewise per capita availability of rice is not being estimated.
(b): Per capita net availability of rice on all India basis for year 2002 as provisionally
estimated is 84.8 kg per year and/or 232.4/grams/day. In view of reply to para (a) above
comparison is not possible.
(c): Not applicable in view of para (a) and (b) above.
(d): Same as para (a).
The information in respect of kerosene Oil is as under:
(a): the per capita availability of kerosene oil in Kerala is 7.44 Kg/Annum for 2002-2003.
(b): No, Sir. The National Average is 9.35 Kg per annum.
(c): Per capita availability of kerosene in Kerala is not equal to national average because
of the criteria for making allocation based on historicals followed till 1992-93.
(d): The per capita availability of kerosene oil in other states of the country is annexed.
ANNEX
ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 655 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 21-02-2003 IN THE LOK SABHA.
STATEMENT SHOWING THE DETAILS OF PER CAPITA AVAILABILITY OF KEROSENE OIL IN KERALA AND OTHER STATES AS WELL AS NATIONAL AVERAGE.
S.No. STATES/UTs PER CAPITA ALLOCATION FOR 2002-03 (KG/ANNUM)
1. AND & NIKOBAR 16.84
2. ANDHRA PRADESH 7.48
3. ARUNACHAL PRADESH 8.97
4. ASSAM 9.80
5. BIHAR 7.80 6. CHANDIGARH 15.64
7 CHHATITISGARH 7.12
8. DADRA & N. HAVELI 13.62
9. DAMAN & DIU 14.38 10. DELHI 13.70 11. GOA 16.37 12. GUJARAT 15.44 13. HARYANA 7.40 14. HIMACHAL PRADESH 9.30 15. JAMMU & KASHMIR 8.38 16. JHARKHAND 8.06 17. KARNATAKA 9.49 18. KERALA 7.44 19. LAKSHADWEEP 14.43 20. MADHYA PRADESH 8.24 21. MAHARASHTRA 14.13 22. MANIPUR 8.73 23. MEGHALAYA 8.93 24. MIZORAM 7.57 25. NAGALAND 6.70 26. ORISSA 8.65 27. PONDICHEERRY 13.66 28. PUNJAB 11.20 29. RAJASTHAN 7.39 30. SIKKIM 11.85 31. TAMIL NADU 9.38 32. TRIPURA 9.89 33. UTTAR PRADESH 7.59 34. UTTARANCHAL 11.61 35. WEST BENGAL 9.71 ALL INDIA 9.35