Question : REDUCTION IN FOODGRAINS COMPONENT UNDER SAMPOORNA GRAMIN ROZGAR YOJANA .

(a) Whether any suggestion has been received from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution regarding cutting/reducing the foodgrains component in all employment generation schemes such as Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana;

(b) If so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and

(c)The reaction of the Ministry of Rural Development thereon?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SURYAKANTA PATIL)

(a) to (c): The proposal of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution in this regard is under active consideration of the Government.