A N S W E R
MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)
(a): Some migrant beneficiaries of PMGKAY have availed their foodgrains through portability under the One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan. Also under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Scheme (ANBS) in 2020, migrants / stranded migrants without any ration card (NFSA or State PDS) were provided free of cost foodgrains for two months of May-June, 2020.
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(b): State/UT-wise expenditure incurred for PMGKAY including Maharashtra, Karnataka and UT of Andaman & Nicobar Islands is enclosed at Annexure-I.
(c): So far, the One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan is enabled in 34 States/UTs including the States of Maharashtra, Karnataka and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. For the implementation of ONORC plan, the Department has issued the implementation guidelines and standard operating procedure to the States/UTs besides guidelines for advance lifting of foodgrains to meet any additional demand of inter-State beneficiaries. Central technical support was provided from National Informatics Centre to the States/UTs for enabling the facility of portability transactions in the electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) devices software. The Department also provided trainings to the State and district level officials, Fair Price Shop dealers and field functionaries for the smooth operationalization of the ONORC plan in the States/UTs including Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
(d): As per the distribution reports available from States/UTs so far, an average of 74.71 Crore NFSA beneficiaries in the country, including Maharashtra, Karnataka and UT of Andaman & Nicobar Islands have taken the benefit of free foodgrains under the PMGKAY Phases I to IV so far on a monthly basis. The State/UT wise number of NFSA beneficiaries taking benefit of PMGKAY scheme on a monthly basis during PMGKAY Phases I to IV are at Annexure-II.
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Annexure-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUETION NO.1724 FOR ANSWER ON 08.12.2021 IN THE LOK SABHA
Statement showing State Wise expenditure incurred for PMGKAY
S.L. State/F.Y 2020-2021 2021-2022 Total (in Rs crore)
Expenditure Incurred by FCI on account of supply of food grains Food Subsidy released under DCP Expenditure Incurred by FCI on account of supply of food grains Food Subsidy released under DCP
1 Andhra Pradesh 30.76 2764.05 1576.14 1,329.40 5,700.35
2 Arunachal Pradesh 131.64 123.57 255.21
3 Assam 3912.78 3423.82 7,336.60
4 Bihar 10320.17 737.37 5027.5 1,197.90 17,282.94
5 Chhattisgarh 0 2367.03 0 819.52 3,186.55
6 Goa 83.24 78.76 162.00
7 Gujarat 4110.76 3533.15 7,643.91
8 Haryana 1263.21 1019.05 2,282.26
9 Himachal Pradesh 398.3 335.5 733.80
10 Jammu and Kashmir 1089.89 815.32 1,905.21
11 Jharkhand 3909.69 3004.28 6,913.97
12 Karnataka 6324.62 5760.37 12,084.99
13 Kerala 2311.26 2136.24 4,447.50
14 Madhya Pradesh 9.37 3202.55 0 135.98 3,347.90
15 Maharashtra 7426.44 981.6 4612.94 13,020.98
16 Manipur 390.78 279.07 669.85
17 Meghalaya 346.46 317.51 663.97
18 Mizoram 103.14 98.89 202.03
19 Nagaland 222.49 207.88 430.37
20 Odisha 442.31 3263.95 415.7 797.20 4,919.16
21 Punjab 1348.15 63.06 1034.48 2,445.69
22 Rajasthan 4942.79 3573.09 8,515.88
23 Sikkim 49.89 52.06 101.95
24 Tamil Nadu 5161.85 5121.96 10,283.81
25 Telangana 0 2357.64 0 603.21 2,960.85
26 Tripura 387.52 367.54 755.06
27 Uttarakhand 248.56 492.97 193.25 186.71 1,121.49
28 Uttar Pradesh 19828.69 16229.31 36,058.00
29 West Bengal 8513.54 6598.63 15,112.17
30 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 9.55 4.66 14.21
31 Chandigarh 0 0 -
32 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 32.09 27.37 59.46
33 Daman and Diu 10.05 8.76 18.81
34 Delhi 861.17 673.33 1,534.50
35 Lakshadweep 3.52 3.24 6.76
36 Puducherry 92.3 87.64 179.94
37 Ladakh 0 0 -
Total 84316.98 16230.22 66741.01 5069.92 1,72,358.13
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Annexure-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE UNSTARRED QUETION NO.1724 FOR ANSWER ON 08.12.2021 IN THE LOK SABHA
Statement showing State/UT wise number of NFSA beneficiaries taking benefit of PMGKAY scheme on a monthly basis during PMGKAY Phases I to IV:
Sl. State/UT Average Number of NFSA Beneficiaries taking benefit on monthly basis ( in lakhs)
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0.59
2 Andhra Pradesh 251.25
3 Arunachal Pradesh 7.62
4 Assam 243.91
5 Bihar 802.85
6 Chandigarh 2.54
7 Chhattisgarh 196.99
8 Dadra & NH and Daman & Diu 2.60
9 Delhi 69.49
10 Goa 5.18
11 Gujarat 323.49
12 Haryana 112.77
13 Himachal Pradesh 27.32
14 Jammu And Kashmir 66.62
15 Jharkhand 239.87
16 Karnataka 382.10
17 Kerala 144.88
18 Ladakh 1.29
19 Lakshadweep 0.22
20 Madhya Pradesh 463.93
21 Maharashtra 626.65
22 Manipur 19.49
23 Meghalaya 20.61
24 Mizoram 6.50
25 Nagaland 12.51
26 Odisha 304.91
27 Puducherry 5.75
28 Punjab 135.00
29 Rajasthan 425.69
30 Sikkim 3.72
31 Tamil Nadu 314.88
32 Telangana 180.11
33 Tripura 23.95
34 Uttar Pradesh 1,407.59
35 Uttarakhand 54.11
36 West Bengal 584.46
Total 7,471.44
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