A N S W E R
MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)
(a): Yes Sir, Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, it was decided by the Govt. to provide additional allocation of food-grain @ 5 kg per person per month free of cost for all the beneficiaries covered under Targetted Public Distribution System (Antyodaya Anna Yojna & Priority Households) including those covered under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for a period of 3 months i.e April-June, 2020 (PMGKAY-Phase-I). In this package, about 121 Lakh Metric Tons (LMT) of food-grains were allotted to approximately 80.96 Crore NFSA beneficiaries entailing maximum financial implications of approximately Rs. 46061 Crore.
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Later on, extension of PMGKAY was done for a further period of 5 months i.e. up to November 2020 (PMGKAY-Phase-II). Accordingly, additional allocation of food-grain of approx. 201 LMT for these five months (i.e. July 2020 to November 2020) was made for distribution to approx. 80.43 Crore NFSA beneficiaries. Maximum financial implication for these five months was estimated to be approximately Rs. 76062.11 Crore.
In view of the 2nd wave of Covid-19 Pandemic, Govt. of India decided to provide additional foodgrains, free of cost @ 5 Kg per person per month to all the beneficiaries covered under NFSA, over and above the normal allocation of foodgrains under NFSA for two months i.e. May and June 2021 (PMGKAY-Phase-III). Accordingly, additional allocation of food-grain of approx. 79.39 LMT was made for distribution to around 80 Crore NFSA beneficiaries. Maximum total financial implication was estimated to be approx. Rs. 26602.52 Crore.
Further, the Govt of India has decided to continue the PMGKAY Scheme till November, 2021 (PMGKAY-Phase-IV). Accordingly, additional allocation of food-grain of approx. 198.78 LMT has been made for free of cost distribution to approx. 80 Crore NFSA beneficiaries. Maximum total financial implication for these five months i.e. July, 2021 to November, 2021 is estimated to be of approx. Rs. 67266.44 Crore. The quantity of foodgrains, number of beneficiaries etc. may vary as per actual identification of beneficiaries done by States/UTs from time to time.
In respect of Uttar Pradesh (including for Bundelkhand), a quantity of approx. 110.67 LMT of foodgrains have been allocated under PMGKAY (Phase I-IV).
(b): Yes Sir, Under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package as part of Economic Response to COVID-19, Government of India also allocated pulses for distribution @1kg per household per month, free of cost, to 19.4 crore beneficiary Households as per the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA). The pulses were distributed under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), for a period of three months- April to June, 2020. The Government of India maintains central buffer of pulses for price stabilization. The State-wise details of allocation and Distribution is placed at Annexure-I.
The Government of India further announced extension of PMGKAY beyond the initial period of April-June, 2020 until the end of November, 2020. During the five months’ period (July to November, 2020) 1 kg whole chana was provided free of cost to each NFSA households. A quantity of 9.70 LMT milled cleaned whole Chana was supplied to States/UTs for distribution to all 19.4 crore beneficiary households under the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA). The State-wise details of allocation and Distribution is placed at Annexure-II.
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(c) & (d): National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 came into force on 05.07.2013. The Act provides for all India coverage of upto 75% of the rural population and upto 50% of the urban population for receiving subsidized foodgrains under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS). Coverage under the Act is under two categories- households covered under Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and the priority households (PHH) to be identified by the State Governments/ Union Territories (UT) Administrations as per criteria evolved by them, within the coverage limit determined for the State/UT. Under the Act, while Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households, are entitled to 35 kg of foodgrains per family per month, priority households are entitled to 5 kg of foodgrains per person per month at uniform subsidized prices of Rs. 3/2/1 per kg for rice/ wheat/ coarse grains respectively.
The Targeted Public Distribution System under the National Food Security Act, 2013 is operated under the joint responsibility of Central and State Government. It is the responsibility of the State Government to identify eligible households under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana as per extant guidelines specified by the Central Government and remaining households as priority households as per criteria evolved by the concerned State Government, issuance of their ration cards and distribution of foodgrains to them as per their entitlement through fair price shops.
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Annexure-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 418 FOR ANSWER ON 20.07.2021 IN THE LOK SABHA
State-wise details of allocation and Distribution of Pulses under PMGKAY Phase-I (April-June, 2020)
S No State/UT Total 3 months allocation of pulses Adjusted allocation as per States/Uts request Qty distributed by States/UTs
(MT) (MT) (in MT)
1 Andaman &Nicobar 49.05 49.05 49.05
2 Andhra Pradesh 27084.57 27084.57 27084.57
3 Arunachal Pradesh 531.63 531.63 531.63
4 Assam 17386.77 17386.77 17359.32
5 Bihar 50655.00 43655.00 42996.35
6 Chandigarh 191.01 191.01 191.01
7 Chhattisgarh 15449.73 15449.73 15449.40
8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu 195.72 195.72 195.72
9 Delhi 5261.46 5261.46 5263.54
10 Goa 427.50 427.50 427.65
11 Gujarat 20641.43 19528.00 19528.00
12 Haryana 7930.91 7930.91 7282.00
13 Himachal Pradesh 2055.00 2055.00 2021.00
14 Jammu and Kashmir 4935.12 4935.12 4932.27
15 Jharkhand 17134.80 17134.80 17134.80
16 Karnataka 38168.19 38168.19 38168.19
17 Kerala 11214.51 11214.51 10774.45
18 Ladakh 87.78 87.78 87.03
19 Lakshadweep 15.60 15.60 15.60
20 Madhya Pradesh 35058.00 35058.00 29086.90
21 Maharashtra 46019.08 46019.08 39645.31
22 Manipur 1762.50 1762.50 1762.51
23 Meghalaya 1264.50 1264.50 1264.51
24 Mizoram 466.23 466.23 466.22
25 Nagaland 854.82 854.82 854.82
26 Odisha 27853.89 27853.89 28558.54
27 Puducherry 534.54 534.54 535.50
28 Punjab 10800.00 10800.00 10643.24
29 Rajasthan 33555.00 29982.72 29982.72
30 Sikkim 281.67 281.67 281.45
31 Tamil Nadu 33323.76 33323.76 33323.76
32 Telangana 15988.14 15988.14 15804.09
33 Tripura 1736.64 1736.64 1622.54
34 Uttar Pradesh 105733.71 100226.40 100226.37
35 Uttarakhand 4038.00 4038.00 4033.97
36 West Bengal 43587.00 43587.00 42058.00
Grand Total 582273.25 565080.24 549642.02
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Annexure-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 418 FOR ANSWER ON 20.07.2021 IN THE LOK SABHA
State-wise details of allocation and Distribution of Pulses under PMGKAY Phase-II (July-November, 2020)
Sl. No. States/UTs Monthly allocation Adjusted
5-months allocation as per request of States/UTs Total Qty distributed by States/UTs
(MT) (MT) (in MT)
1 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR 16.35 77.80 81.39
2 ANDHRA PRADESH 8967.00 44,835.00 39407.06
3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 177.21 886.05 881.85
4 ASSAM 5795.59 28,977.95 28773.25
5 BIHAR 16885.00 78,149.89 77117.14
6 CHANDIGARH 63.67 312.05 296.00
7 CHHATTISGARH 5149.91 24,894.13 24182.27
8 DADAR NAGAR HAVELI DAMAN & DIU 65.24 326.20 323.76
9 DELHI 1753.82 8,649.10 8766.81
10 GOA 142.50 712.50 638.41
11 GUJARAT 6880.48 29,678.75 30497.97
12 HARYANA 2700.00 12,051.34 11187.03
13 HIMACHAL PRADESH 685.00 2,973.00 3002.77
14 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1704.79 8,318.43 8275.56
15 JHARKHAND 5711.60 22,842.88 27712.31
16 KARNATAKA 12722.73 62,955.97 63613.65
17 KERALA 3738.17 17,820.85 18073.78
18 LADAKH 29.26 146.30 145.51
19 LAKSHADWEEP 5.20 26.00 26.00
20 MADHYA PRADESH 11686.00 56,348.94 49295.00
21 MAHARASHTRA 15339.69 70,226.91 63888.56
22 MANIPUR 590.98 2,910.50 2954.90
23 MEGHALAYA 421.50 2,107.50 2107.12
24 MIZORAM 155.41 777.05 776.75
25 NAGALAND 284.94 1,424.70 1421.66
26 ODISHA 9284.63 46,423.15 44577.52
27 PUDUCHERRY 178.18 890.90 737.75
28 PUNJAB 3600.00 18,000.00 17122.85
29 RAJASTHAN 10011.74 44,175.65 45352.20
30 SIKKIM 93.89 469.45 457.68
31 TAMIL NADU 11107.92 53,591.59 53591.60
32 TELANGANA 0.00 0.00 0.00
33 TRIPURA 578.89 2,781.08 2795.40
34 UTTAR PRADESH 35244.57 158,556.89 169293.16
35 UTTARAKHAND 1346.00 6,510.45 6702.00
36 WEST BENGAL 14529.28 72,349.19 69377.35
Total 187647.14 882178.14 873454.02
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