Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Centre allocates 8 LMT foodgrains to all States/UTs under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Scheme (ANBS)
Free of cost distribution is done under the scheme to the migrants/stranded migrant persons, those neither covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) nor under any State PDS scheme
States/UTs collectively estimated about 2.8 Crore such needy persons and lifted about 6.4 LMT foodgrains from the FCI Depots/Central Stocks
Posted On:
09 FEB 2022 5:49PM by PIB Delhi
The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today informed that in pursuance to the economic measures announced by the Government under the ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat Package’ in May 2020, the Department had allocated 8 LMT foodgrains to all States/UTs under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Scheme (ANBS) for free of cost distribution to the migrants/stranded migrant persons and those neither covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) nor under any State PDS scheme, at the scale of 5 kg per person per month for a period of 2 months of May and June 2020. All States/UTs had collectively estimated a total of about 2.8 Crore such needy persons and had lifted a total of about 6.4 LMT foodgrains from the FCI Depots/Central Stocks. Further, States/UTs (including Tamil Nadu) reported a total distribution of about 2.74 LMT foodgrains, covering about 2.74 Crore persons in the country, for the period of two months of May and June 2020. State/UT wise total quantity of foodgrains distributed under the ANBS is at Annexure-I.
The balance undistributed foodgrains of ANBS available with States/UTs were subsequently adjusted/subsumed under the regular monthly NFSA lifting and distribution of the States/UTs. A statement showing State/UT wise quantity of such undistributed/adjusted foodgrains is at Annexure-II.
Under the ANBS, free of cost foodgrains were distributed to all migrants / stranded migrants and those without ration cards, that is, neither covered under NFSA nor under any other State PDS scheme and the States/UTs were given the responsibility of identifying eligible needy persons in the respective jurisdictions.
No Sir. Nearly 2.74 crore out of the estimated 2.8 crore migrants/ stranded migrant persons (about 98%) were provided free of cost foodgrain under the ANBS.
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Annexure-I
State/UT wise statement showing total quantity of foodgrains distributed under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Scheme (ANBS), including Tamil Nadu:
|
Sl.
|
State/UT
|
Foodgrains distributed by States/UTs under ANBS (in MTs)
|
|
1
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
60
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
7
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
799
|
|
4
|
Assam
|
15,712
|
|
5
|
Bihar
|
86,449
|
|
6
|
Chandigarh
|
146
|
|
7
|
Chhattisgarh
|
1,964
|
|
8
|
Dadra & NH and Daman Diu
|
159
|
|
9
|
Delhi
|
4,544
|
|
10
|
Goa
|
22
|
|
11
|
Gujarat
|
287
|
|
12
|
Haryana
|
7,959
|
|
13
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
2,028
|
|
14
|
Jammu And Kashmir
|
1,958
|
|
15
|
Jharkhand
|
717.2
|
|
16
|
Karnataka
|
11,600
|
|
17
|
Kerala
|
2,142
|
|
18
|
Ladakh
|
33
|
|
19
|
Lakshadweep
|
15
|
|
20
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
1,754
|
|
21
|
Maharashtra
|
17,315
|
|
22
|
Manipur
|
676
|
|
23
|
Meghalaya
|
2,145
|
|
24
|
Mizoram
|
250
|
|
25
|
Nagaland
|
1,405
|
|
26
|
Odisha
|
630
|
|
27
|
Puducherry
|
73
|
|
28
|
Punjab
|
10,902
|
|
29
|
Rajasthan
|
42,478
|
|
30
|
Sikkim
|
315
|
|
31
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1,449
|
|
32
|
Telangana
|
180
|
|
33
|
Tripura
|
22
|
|
34
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
11,809
|
|
35
|
Uttarakhand
|
383
|
|
36
|
West Bengal
|
45,894
|
| |
Total
|
2,74,279
|
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Annexure-II
State/UT wise statement showing undistributed ANBS foodgrains adjusted with subsequent NFSA distribution:
|
Sl.
|
State/UT
|
Balance (undistributed) foodgrains adjusted under regular NFSA (in MTs)
|
|
1
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
1
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
26,816
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
20
|
|
4
|
Assam
|
5,870
|
|
5
|
Bihar
|
1
|
|
6
|
Chandigarh
|
129
|
|
7
|
Chhattisgarh
|
144
|
|
8
|
Dadra & NH and Daman Diu
|
126
|
|
9
|
Delhi
|
2,729
|
|
10
|
Goa
|
510
|
|
11
|
Gujarat
|
33,294
|
|
12
|
Haryana
|
378
|
|
13
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
836
|
|
14
|
Jammu And Kashmir
|
1,077
|
|
15
|
Jharkhand
|
25,653
|
|
16
|
Karnataka
|
28,593
|
|
17
|
Kerala
|
13,338
|
|
18
|
Ladakh
|
1
|
|
19
|
Lakshadweep
|
7
|
|
20
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
209
|
|
21
|
Maharashtra
|
17,194
|
|
22
|
Manipur
|
1,781
|
|
23
|
Meghalaya
|
-
|
|
24
|
Mizoram
|
418
|
|
25
|
Nagaland
|
-
|
|
26
|
Odisha
|
-
|
|
27
|
Puducherry
|
555
|
|
28
|
Punjab
|
3,243
|
|
29
|
Rajasthan
|
2,122
|
|
30
|
Sikkim
|
63
|
|
31
|
Tamil Nadu
|
34,285
|
|
32
|
Telangana
|
18,982
|
|
33
|
Tripura
|
2,461
|
|
34
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
1,28,828
|
|
35
|
Uttarakhand
|
2,522
|
|
36
|
West Bengal
|
14,290
|
| |
Total
|
3,66,478
|
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