(a) the number of beneficiaries under the National Food Security Scheme in the country including Alwar and Sikar, districts of Rajasthan and other districts during the last two years;
(b) whether the Government has set any target under the National Food Security Scheme or proposes to set any target in future; and
(c) if so, the details of funds allocated under the National Food Security Scheme in the country since 1st January, 2020 till date, State-wise?
A N S W E R
MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)
(a): A Statement indicating the State/Union Territory (UT)-wise number of beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) is at Annexure-I and a statement indicating the district wise (including Alwar and Sikar Districts) number of beneficiaries in Rajasthan covered under the Act is at Annexure-II.
(b): The NFSA provides for coverage upto 75% of rural population and upto 50% of urban population for receiving highly subsidized foodgrains under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), thus covering about two-thirds of the total population. Corresponding to the all India coverage of 75% and 50% in the rural and urban areas, State-wise coverage was determined by the then Planning Commission (now NITI Aayog) by using the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) Household Consumption Expenditure Survey data for 2011-12.
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At present, against the intended coverage of 81.35 crore, about 80.60 crore beneficiaries are identified by the States/UTs under the Act. No proposal for revision in State/UT-wise coverage is under consideration of the Government.
(c): Foodgrains at subsidized prices is made available by Food Corporation of India (FCI) to the States/UTs under the NFSA, for which food subsidy is released to FCI. Only in the case of States participating in the Decentralized Procurement (DCP), under which State Government take responsibility of procurement of foodgrains and its distribution to the eligible households, that food subsidy is released directly to State Governments. Ministry of Finance allocates scheme-wise fund as a whole. There is no State-wise fund allocation for Food Subsidy. A Statement indicating the fund allocated and released to FCI and DCP States under this scheme is at Annexure-III.
Central Government also provides Central assistance to States/UTs under NFSA for meeting expenditure on intra-State movement and handling of foodgrains and fair price shop dealers’ margin as per approved norms. A statement indicating the funds released to States/UTs under this scheme is at Annexure-IV.
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ANNEXURE-1
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1400 FOR ANSWER ON 20.09.2020 IN THE LOK SABHA
State-wise number of beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act, 2013
S.No. Name of States/UTs Number of beneficiaries covered under NFSA (In lakh)
September, 2018 September, 2019 September, 2020
1 Andhra Pradesh 268.23 268.23 268.23
2 Arunachal Pradesh 8.21 8.21 8.21
3 Assam 251.63 251.63 251.53
4 Bihar 857.12 857.12 871.1634
5 Chhattisgarh 200.77 200.77 200.77
6 Delhi 72.73 72.73 72.73
7 Goa 5.32 5.32 5.32
8 Gujarat 382.54 382.54 382.54
9 Haryana 126.49 126.49 126.49
10 Himachal Pradesh 28.64 28.64 28.64
11 Jharkhand 263.70 263.70 263.70
12 Karnataka 401.93 401.93 401.93
13 Kerala 154.80 154.80 154.80
14 Madhya Pradesh 546.42 546.42 546.42
15 Maharashtra 700.17 700.17 700.17
16 Manipur 22.44 24.31 24.67
17 Meghalaya 21.40 21.46 21.46
18 Mizoram 6.68 6.68 6.68
19 Nagaland 14.05 14.05 14.05
20 Odisha 323.60 323.60 323.60
21 Punjab 141.45 141.45 141.45
22 Rajasthan 446.62 446.62 446.62
23 Sikkim 3.79 3.79 3.79
24 Tamil Nadu 357.34 357.34 364.69
25 Telangana 191.62 191.62 191.62
26 Tripura 24.83 24.83 24.83
27 Uttar Pradesh 1499.83 1390.98 1464.28
28 Uttarakhand 61.96 61.96 61.94
29 West Bengal 601.84 601.84 601.84
30 A&N 0.59 0.58 0.61
31 DNH&DD 3.00 2.91 2.52
32 Lakshadweep 0.22 0.22 0.22
33 Chandigarh (DBT) 2.80 2.79 2.79
34 Puducherry (DBT) 6.16 6.15 6.30
35 J&K 74.13 74.13 72.41
36 Ladakh 1.44
Total 8073.04
7966.01
8060.45
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ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1400 FOR ANSWER ON 20.09.2020 IN THE LOK SABHA
District wise number of beneficiaries covered under NFSA in Rajasthan
Sr. No District NFSA Beneficiary
As on 01.09.2018 As on 01.09.2019 As on 01.09.2020
1 Ajmer 1686253 1768050 1735920
2 Alwar 2717527 2831766 2898553
3 Banswara 1726344 1727317 1681778
4 Baran 981395 1042968 1062369
5 Barmer 1906357 1949382 1983147
6 Bharatpur 1651056 1718361 1718056
7 Bhilwara 1560574 1661519 1704530
8 Bikaner 1424336 1458471 1462611
9 Bundi 711163 800220 824470
10 Chittaurgarh 1041470 1063446 1014762
11 Churu 1395050 1455594 1475008
12 Dausa 1179400 1248554 1252970
13 Dhalpur 888357 942096 949630
14 Dungarpur 1373209 1384619 1366271
15 Ganganagar 1184137 1237307 1243297
16 Hanumangarh 1011244 1086035 1088677
17 Jaipur 3055847 3217687 3416895
18 Jaisalmer 425006 450228 457073
19 Jalor 1211531 1242909 1287975
20 Jhalawar 1151913 1202395 1202301
21 Jhunjhunun 1164992 1329224 1434186
22 Jodhpur 2083621 2262312 2390423
23 Karauli 1031097 1064529 1060954
24 Kota 1012439 1055579 1081795
25 Nagaur 2395751 2563060 2573246
26 Pali 1374352 1442943 1435801
27 Paratapgarh 773233 789154 774420
28 Rajsamand 860700 926052 964174
29 SawaiMadhopur 879738 915840 924267
30 Sikar 1804020 1900646 1931332
31 Sirohi 831249 848554 855564
32 Tonk 1009173 1084904 1091204
33 Udaipur 2609342 2580200 2545920
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ANNEXURE-III
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (c) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1400 FOR ANSWER ON 20.09.2020 IN THE LOK SABHA
Fund allocated and subsidy released during financial year 2019-20 & 2020-21
(Rs. in crores)
Food Corporation of India Decentralized Procurement States
Year Fund Allocated subsidy released Fund Allocated Subsidy released
2019-20 75000 75000 33508.35 44944.35*
2020-21 (upto 14.09.2020). 77982.54 48000 37337.14 33013.36**
*Over & Above, Rs 44,164.02 crores in FY 2019-20 released from food subsidy has been adjusted for repayment of National Small Saving Fund(NSSF) loan.
**The RE, 2019-20 was Rs. 33508.35 crore. Total release includes Rs 11,436 crores released to DCP states from NSSF loan to FCI & equivalent amount is to be reimbursed to FCI during FY 2020-21 from DCP head.
State/UT-wise breakup of Food Subsidy released to DCP States and UTs during financial year 2019-20 & 2020-21
(Rs. in crores)
S. No. Name of the State 2019-20 2020-21
(as on 14.09.2020)
1 Andhra Pradesh 7404.42 3802.08
2 Bihar 2535.71 1079.21
3 Chhattisgarh 4628.11 2579.23
4 Gujarat 69.03 9.24
5 Karnataka 205.79 0.16
6 Kerala 469.30 696.61
7 Madhya Pradesh 8888.39 6825.26
8 Maharashtra 1920.17 358.92
9 Odisha 5807.45 5700.56
10 Punjab 1612.09 670.03
11 Tamil Nadu 3242.79 476.58
12 Telangana 4858.89 4490.51
13 Uttarakhand 903.12 673.65
14 West Bengal 2194.86 5596.91
15 Jharkhand - 3.66
16 DBT* 204.24 50.74
??? Total 44944.35** 33013.36
* Under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme, w.e.f. 2015-16 subsidy is released to UTs of Chandigarh, Puducherry, Dadra& Nagar Haveli.
**Includes Rs 11,436 cr released to DCP States on account of unutilized NSSF loan portion of FCI & the said amount needs to be returned from DCP subsidy to FCI in FY 2020-21.
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ANNEXURE-IV
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (c) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1400 FOR ANSWER ON 20.09.2020 IN THE LOK SABHA.
Fund released to States/UTs under the scheme “Assistance to State Agencies for meeting expenditure on intra State movement & handling of foodgrains and fair price shop dealers’ margin under the National Food Security Act, 2013 during 2019-20 and 2020-21.
(Rupee in crore)
S. No. States/UTs 2019-20 2020-21
1 Andhra Pradesh 62.52 15.29
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0.00 0.80
3 Assam 0.00 368.08
4 Bihar 342.43 488.74
5 Chhattisgarh 31.28 124.07
6 Delhi 136.83 4.15
7 Goa 1.81 0.30
8 Gujarat 146.47 58.14
9 Haryana 6.70 0.00
10 Himachal Pradesh 29.18 2.79
11 Jharkhand 317.72 15.03
12 Karnataka 0.00 46.21
13 Kerala 0.00 23.53
14 Madhya Pradesh 0.00 146.24
15 Maharashtra 305.83 39.91
16 Manipur 0.00 2.40
17 Meghalaya 0.00 2.09
18 Mizoram 14.60 0.65
19 Nagaland 0.00 3.65
20 Odisha 0.00 18.44
21 Punjab 9.30 8.06
22 Rajasthan 95.86 68.29
23 Sikkim 4.92 5.09
24 Tamil Nadu 0.00 20.37
25 Telangana 0.00 10.92
26 Tripura 32.28 6.49
27 Uttar Pradesh 141.05 86.67
28 Uttarakhand 0.00 6.04
29 West Bengal 0.00 91.47
30 A & N 0.00 0.06
31 Chandigarh 0.00 0.16
32 D&NH 0.00 0.16
DD 0.00 0.00
33 Lakshadweep 0.00 0.00
34 Puducherry 0.00 0.36
35 J&K 0.00 135.75
36 Ladakh 0.00
Total 1678.78 1800
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