Question : ADDITIONAL FOODGRAINS UNDER SGRY



(a) whether the Government has made the allotment of foodgrains to different States for the year 2007-08 under Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY);

(b) if so, the State-wise details thereof;

(c) whether some States have asked for allotment of more foodgrains to them;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the details of action taken by the Government in this regard?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SURYAKANTA PATIL)

(a) Yes, Sir.

(b) During the year 2007-08, 4.68 lakh MTs of foodgrains have been allocated and 4.28 lakh MTs of foodgrains authorized so far to the eligible districts. Details are given in the Annexure.

(c) No, Sir.

(d) Does not arise.

(e) Does not arise.

ANNEXURE

Statement referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.102 to be answered on 10.08.2007

(In MTs)
Sl.No	States/UTs	Allocation of	Foodgrains	foodgrains	authorized	for 2007-08	in 2007-08
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 10304 10304 2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 5187 5187 3 ASSAM 34118 0 4 BIHAR No SGRY district in 2007-08 5 CHHATISGARH 3392 3392 6 GOA @ 7 GUJARAT 21247 21247 8 HARYANA 17240 17240 9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 4602 3600 10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 6104 4993 11 JHARKHAND No SGRY district in 2007-08 12 KARNATAKA 35781 35781 13 KERALA 20123 20123 14 MADHYA PRADESH 27770 27770 15 MAHARASHTRA 50778 50778 16 MANIPUR 4277 4277 17 MEGHALAYA 1669 868 18 MIZORAM 826 826 19 NAGALAND 1376 1376 20 ORISSA 14073 14073 21 PUNJAB 15719 14857 22 RAJASTHAN 28318 28318 23 SIKKIM 419 419 24 TAMIL NADU 47881 47881 25 TRIPURA 2008 2008 26 UTTARANCHAL 11274 11274 27 UTTAR PRADESH 98604 98604 28 WEST BENGAL 2341 2341 29 A&N ISLANDS 822 0 30 D & N HAVELI 541 0 31 DAMAN & DIU @ 32 LAKSHADWEEP @ 33 PONDICHERRY 833 0
ALL INDIA 467627 427537

@ - Goa, Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep are exempted from compulsory distribution of foodgrains under SGRY based on their request.