(a) whether the Government has distributed foodgrains to poor people apart from PDS during Covid-19 pandemic;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
(c) whether the Union Government has distributed pulses apart from wheat, rice in the said scheme;
(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Maharashtra; and
(e) the amount of additional funds Government has to spend on the said foodgrains and pulses?
A N S W E R
MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)
(a)to(d): In pursuance of the pro-poor measures under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package as part of the Economic Response to COVID -19, Govt of India had launched Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana(PMGKAY) for additional allocation of food-grains from the Central Pool @ 5 kg per person per month free of cost for all the beneficiaries of all the 36 States/UTs covered under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) (AAY & PHH) including those covered under DBT for a period of 8 months i.e April-November, 2020.
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In addition to above, under PMGKAY, pulses/chana have also been provided @ 1kg per household per month free of cost to all beneficiaries under NFSA covering 19.4 crore households.
Also, under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Package (ANBP), this Department has made allocation of foodgrains @ 5 kg per person per month and whole chana @ 1kg per household per month, free of cost for a period of two months (May & June, 2020). State/UT-wise allocation details of foodgrains and chana under PMGKAY scheme and ANB scheme in all the States/UTs is placed at Annexure-I-III.
The allocation of free of cost foodgrains/pulses/chana under PMGKAY and ANBP is in addition to normal allocation done under the NFSA.
(e): During PMGKAY-I, about 121 LMT of foodgrain was allocated for free of cost entailing financial implications of approximately Rs. 46061 Crore and about 5.65 LMT pulses were allocated for free of cost and Funds allocated for pulses under PMGKAY is about Rs. 5000.00 Crore.
During PMGKAY-II about 201 LMT of foodgrains was allocated for free of cost entailing financial implications of approximately Rs. 76062.11 Crore and about 8.82 LMT whole chana was allocated free of cost. Funds allocated for distribution of chana under the extended PMGKAY Yojana is about Rs. 6999.24 Crore.
Under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Package (ANBP), this Department made allocation of about total 8 LMT of additional food-grain free of cost entailing subsidy of about Rs. 3109.52 crore and about 27001.19 MT whole chana was allocated for free of cost. Funds allocated under ANBP for distribution of chana is about Rs. 280.00 Crore.
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Annexure-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1184 FOR ANSWER ON 09.02.2021 IN THE LOK SABHA
State-wise allocation under PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana and ANB Schemes
(in MTs)
SN States/UTs Total Allocation under PMGKAY (April-Nov 2020) Total allocation under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Scheme
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 2434.48 61
2 Andhra Pradesh 1072920.00 26823
3 Arunachal Pradesh 32844.84 821
4 Assam 1006116.96 25153
5 Bihar 3463588.53 86450
6 Chandigarh 11112.95 275
7 Chhattisgarh 803080.00 20077
8 Daman & Diu D&NN 11482.44 285
9 Delhi 290932.96 7273
10 Goa 21279.76 532
11 Gujarat 1530143.48 38254
12 Haryana 505960.00 12649
13 Himachal Pradesh 114578.24 2864
14 Jammu And Kashmir 289101.03 7241
15 Jharkhand 1054800.92 26370
16 Karnataka 1607720.00 40193
17 Kerala 619200.48 15480
18 Ladakh 5755.80 144
19 Lakshadweep 880.00 22
20 Madhya Pradesh 2185680.00 54642
21 Maharashtra 2800680.00 70017
22 Manipur 98526.02 2457
23 Meghalaya 85820.68 2146
24 Mizoram 26728.60 668
25 Nagaland 56187.48 1405
26 Odisha 1294384.64 32360
27 Puducherry 25284.94 628
28 Punjab 565800.00 14145
29 Rajasthan 1786480.00 44662
30 Sikkim 15151.52 379
31 Tamil Nadu 1429348.48 35734
32 Telangana 766480.00 19162
33 Tripura 99788.02 2483
34 Uttar Pradesh 5915765.97 142033
35 Uttarakhand 247786.85 6196
36 West Bengal 2407350.80 60184
Total 32251176.85 800268
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ANNEXURE-II(i)
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1184 FOR ANSWER ON 09.02.2021 IN THE LOK SABHA
(in MTs)
Allocation of pulses under PMGKAY- I
S No State/UT Total 3 months allocation of pulses Adjusted allocation as per States/UTs request
1 Andaman &Nicobar 49.05 49.05
2 Andhra Pradesh 27084.57 27084.57
3 Arunachal Pradesh 531.63 531.63
4 Assam 17386.77 17386.77
5 Bihar 50655.00 43655.00
6 Chandigarh 191.01 191.01
7 Chhattisgarh 15449.73 15449.73
8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu 195.72 195.72
9 Delhi 5261.46 5261.46
10 Goa 427.50 427.50
11 Gujarat 20641.43 19528.00
12 Haryana 7930.91 7930.91
13 Himachal Pradesh 2055.00 2055.00
14 Jammu and Kashmir 4935.12 4935.12
15 Jharkhand 17134.80 17134.80
16 Karnataka 38168.19 38168.19
17 Kerala 11214.51 11214.51
18 Ladakh 87.78 87.78
19 Lakshadweep 15.60 15.60
20 Madhya Pradesh 35058.00 35058.00
21 Maharashtra 46019.08 46019.08
22 Manipur 1762.50 1762.50
23 Meghalaya 1264.50 1264.50
24 Mizoram 466.23 466.23
25 Nagaland 854.82 854.82
26 Odisha 27853.89 27853.89
27 Puducherry 534.54 534.54
28 Punjab 10800.00 10800.00
29 Rajasthan 33555.00 29982.72
30 Sikkim 281.67 281.67
31 Tamil Nadu 33323.76 33323.76
32 Telangana 15988.14 15988.14
33 Tripura 1736.64 1736.64
34 Uttar Pradesh 105733.71 100226.40
35 Uttarakhand 4038.00 4038.00
36 West Bengal 43587.00 43587.00
Grand Total 582273.25 565080.24
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ANNEXURE-II(ii)
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1184 FOR ANSWER ON 09.02.2021 IN THE LOK SABHA
Total allocation of chana by States/UTs under PMGKAY-II
(in MTs)
Sl. No States/UTs Monthly allocation Adjusted 5-months allocation as per request of States/UTs
1 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR 16.35 77.80
2 ANDHRA PRADESH 8967.00 44,835.00
3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 177.21 886.05
4 ASSAM 5795.59 28,977.95
5 BIHAR 16885.00 78,149.89
6 CHANDIGARH 63.67 312.05
7 CHHATTISGARH 5149.91 24,894.13
8 DADAR NAGAR HAVELI DAMAN & DIU 65.24 326.20
9 DELHI 1753.82 8,649.10
10 GOA 142.50 712.50
11 GUJARAT 6880.48 29,678.75
12 HARYANA 2700.00 12,051.34
13 HIMACHAL PRADESH 685.00 2,973.00
14 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1704.79 8,318.43
15 JHARKHAND 5711.60 22,842.88
16 KARNATAKA 12722.73 62,955.97
17 KERALA 3738.17 17,820.85
18 LADAKH 29.26 146.30
19 LAKSHADWEEP 5.20 24.68
20 MADHYA PRADESH 11686.00 56,348.94
21 MAHARASHTRA 15339.69 70,226.91
22 MANIPUR 587.50 2,910.50
23 MEGHALAYA 421.50 2,107.50
24 MIZORAM 155.41 777.05
25 NAGALAND 284.94 1,424.70
26 ODISHA 9284.63 46,423.15
27 PUDUCHERRY 178.18 890.90
28 PUNJAB 3600.00 18,000.00
29 RAJASTHAN 10011.74 44,175.65
30 SIKKIM 93.89 469.45
31 TAMIL NADU 11107.92 53,591.59
32 TELANGANA 0.00 0.00
33 TRIPURA 578.89 2,781.08
34 UTTAR PRADESH 35244.57 158,556.89
35 UTTARAKHAND 1346.00 6,510.45
36 WEST BENGAL 14529.28 72,349.19
Total 187643.66 882176.82
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ANNEXURE-III
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1184 FOR ANSWER ON 09.02.2021 IN THE LOK SABHA
State-wise allocation of whole chana under ANBP
S No
State/UT
Total 2 months allocation of chana whole @ 10% NFSA HH Adjusted allocation as per States/UTs request
(in MT) (in MT)
1 Andaman &Nicobar 3.27 12.50
2 Andhra Pradesh 1805.64 0.00
3 Arunachal Pradesh 35.44 35.44
4 Assam 1159.12 937.48
5 Bihar 3377.00 3375.50
6 Chandigarh 12.73 12.37
7 Chhattisgarh 1029.98 1029.98
8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu 13.05 13.05
9 Delhi 350.76 350.76
10 Goa 28.50 28.50
11 Gujarat 1376.00 788.64
12 Haryana 540.06 540.06
13 Himachal Pradesh 137.00 136.00
14 Jammu and Kashmir 329.01 329.01
15 Jharkhand 1142.32 1142.32
16 Karnataka 2544.55 2544.55
17 Kerala 747.63 747.63
18 Ladakh 5.85 5.85
19 Lakshadweep 1.04 5.69
20 Madhya Pradesh 2337.20 219.28
21 Maharashtra 3340.00 1766.00
22 Manipur 117.50 82.35
23 Meghalaya 84.30 82.35
24 Mizoram 31.08 31.08
25 Nagaland 56.99 56.99
26 Odisha 1856.93 100.00
27 Puducherry 35.64 35.64
28 Punjab 720.00 1015.72
29 Rajasthan 2237.00 2237.00
30 Sikkim 18.78 18.78
31 Tamil Nadu 2221.58 2224.08
32 Telangana 1065.88 1066.68
33 Tripura 115.77 115.78
34 Uttar Pradesh 7048.91 2738.34
35 Uttarakhand 269.20 270.00
36 West Bengal 2905.80 2905.80
Grand Total 39101.51 27001.19
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