(a) the State-wise number of people benefited from the Public Distribution System in the
country;
(b) the names of States who have subsidized foodgrains, sugar and Kerosene for BPL families
under PDS;
(c) whether people in many States below poverty line cannot buy food items due to the monthly distribution under PDS;
(d) if so, the States which follow monthly/weekly public distribution of commodities; and
(e) the steps taken by the Government to make the distribution weekly?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION ( SHRI U.V. KRISHNAM RAJU )
(a),(b),(c),(d)&(e): The State wise details of ration card holders under the Targeted Public
Distribution System is given in the Annexure.
The information regarding the States/UTs which have subsidized foodgrains, sugar and
kerosene for BPL families under PDS is not maintained by the Central Government.
PDS Control Order 2001 notified on 31.8.2001 provides for weekly drawl of ration by card
holders.
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a),(b),(c),(d)&(e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3807 DUE
FOR ANSWER ON 13-12-2002 IN THE LOK SABHA.
STATEMENT SHOWING STATE-WISE DETAILS OF RATION CARDHOLDERS UNDER TPDS.
(figures in lakhs)
S. No. States/UTs No. of ration cards issued
1 Andhra Pradesh 159.02 2 Arunachal Pradesh 3.72 3 Assam 44.66 4 Bihar 123.83 5 Chattisgarh 45.80 6 Delhi 37.38 7 Goa 3.23 8 Gujarat 107.28 9 Haryana 44.60 10 Himachal Pradesh 13.38 11 Jammu & Kashmir 18.30 12 Jharkhand 29.09 13 Karnataka 110.58 14 Kerala 64.08 15 Madhya Pradesh 138.99 16 Maharashtra 217.92 17 Manipur 3.19 18 Meghalaya 2.90 19 Mizoram 2.37 20 Nagaland 3.19 21 Orissa 79.02 22 Punjab 55.23 23 Rajasthan 119.27 24 Sikkim 1.26 25 Tamil Nadu 161.00 26 Tripura 7.16 27 Uttar Pradesh 380.79 28 Utarancahal 21.97 29 West Bengal 159.36 30 Andaman & Nicobar 0.86 31 Chandigarh 2.29 32 D&N Haveli 0.33 33 Daman & Diu 0.31 34 Lakshdweep 0.14 35 Pondicherry 2.73 Total 2165.23