(a) the details of the norms/guidelines adopted for identification of Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) families in the country;
(b) the number of targeted and actual beneficiaries under AAY since its inception, State-wise including Tamil Nadu and year-wise as on date; and
(c) whether the Government has received any request from Tamil Nadu for increasing the number of beneficiaries under AAY, if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)
(a): As per the guidelines issued by the Government, the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) families are to be identified by States/Union Territories (UTs) as per the following criteria:
(i) Landless agriculture labourers, marginal farmers, rural artisans/craftsmen, such as potters, tanners, weavers, blacksmiths, carpenters, slum dwellers and persons earning their livelihood on daily basis in the informal sector like porters, coolies, rickshaw pullers, hand cart pullers, fruit and flower sellers, snake charmers, rag pickers, cobblers, destitute and other similar categories in both rural and urban areas;
(ii) Households headed by widows or terminally ill persons/disabled persons/ persons aged 60 years or more with no assured means of subsistence or societal support;
(iii) Widows or terminally ill persons or disabled persons or persons aged 60 years or more or single women or single men with no family or societal support or assured means of subsistence;
(iv) All primitive tribal households;
(v) All eligible Below Poverty Line (BPL) families of HIV positive persons.
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(b): AAY was launched in December’2000 in all States/Union Territories (UTs) for one crore families to be identified from the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. Coverage under this scheme has been expanded thrice since then i.e. during 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 covering additional 50 lakh households each time. Thus the total coverage under AAY was raised to 2.50 crore AAY families. The identification of AAY families within the target of AAY families allocated to each State/UT is the responsibility of concerned State/UT Government. Against the targeted number of 2.50 crore AAY families, State/UT Governments have reported identification 2.38 crore AAY families. A State/UT – wise statement indicating the number of targeted and actual beneficiaries including Tamil Nadu is at Annexure.
(c): No request has been received from State Government of Tamil Nadu in 2018 to increase the number of families covered under AAY. However, States/UTs are advised from time-to-time to review the existing list of AAY families and remove the ineligible households so as to include only the most eligible.
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ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3847 DUE FOR ANSWERED ON 16.07.2019 IN THE LOK SABHA.
Statement indicating State/UT – wise number of families covered under AAY under National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) as on 10.07.2019
(in lakh)
S. No. State Coverage under AAY AAY families identified
1 Andhra Pd ?????? ?????? 9.586 9.09
2 Arunachal Pd ??????? ?????? 0.380 0.37
3 Assam ??? 7.040 7.03
4 Bihar ????? 25.010 25.01
5 Chattisgarh ???????? 7.189 7.19
6 Delhi ?????? 1.568 0.76
7 Goa ???? 0.184 0.13
8 Gujarat ?????? 8.128 8.12
9 Haryana ??????? 3.025 2.68
10 Himachal Pd ?????? ?????? 1.971 1.82
11 J & K ????? ??? ?????? 2.822 2.36
12 Jharkhand ?????? 9.179 9.17
13 Karnataka ??????? 11.997 10.97
14 Kerala ???? 5.958 5.96
15 Madhya Pd ???? ?????? 15.816 13.98
16 Maharashtra ?????????? 25.053 25.05
17 Manipur ?????? 0.636 0.64
18 Meghalaya ?????? 0.702 0.70
19 Mizoram ?????? 0.261 0.26
20 Nagaland ???????? 0.475 0.48
21 Odisha ????? 12.645 12.40
22 Punjab ????? 1.794 1.79
23 Rajasthan ???????? 9.321 9.32
24 Sikkim ??????? 0.165 0.17
25 Tamil Nadu ???????? 18.646 17.17
26 Telangana ???????? 5.992 5.67
27 Tripura ???????? 1.131 1.10
28 Uttar Pd ????? ?????? 40.945 40.94
29 Uttarakhand ????????? 1.909 1.84
30 West Bengal ??????? ????? 19.857 15.86
31 A & N ??????? ??? ??????? ????? 0.107 0.04
32 Daman & Diu ??? ??? ??? 0.015 0.01
33 D&N Haveli ????? ??? ??? ????? 0.069 0.04
34 Lakshdweep ??????????? 0.012 0.01
35 Chandigarh ?????? 0.088 0.00
36 Puducherry ???????? 0.322 0.26
Total 249.998 238.35
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