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Government of India
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
18-December-2018 17:34 IST
Antyodaya Anna Yojana

As per the guidelines issued by the Government, the AAY families are to be identified by States/Union Territories (UTs) as per the following criteria:

 

 

  1. 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;

 

  1. 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.

 

Foodgrains under Antodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) are given family wise, hence, a statement giving States/UTs wise number of families covered under AAY are at Annexure-I.

 

Requests have been received from few State Governments to increase the number of families covered under AAY, but it could not be acceded to as the number is fixed for every State/UT. 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.

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri C.R. Chaudhary in Lok Sabha today.

 

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APS

 

ANNEXURE

 

 

S.No.

State

Coverage under AAY

AAY families

 

 

 

identified

1

Andhra Pd आन् प्रद

9.586

9.09

2

Arunachal Pd अरुणाच प्रद

0.380

0.37

3

Assam असम

7.040

7.03

4

Bihar बहार

25.010

25.01

5

Chattisgarh छत्तीसग

7.189

7.19

6

Delhi दल्ल

1.568

0.76

7

Goa गोवा

0.184

0.13

8

Gujarat गजरातु

8.128

8.12

9

Haryana रयाणा

3.025

2.68

10

Himachal Pd हमाचल प्रद

1.971

1.82

11

J & K जम् ुएवंकश्मी

2.822

2.36

12

Jharkhand झारखंड

9.179

9.17

13

Karnataka कनार्ट

11.997

10.97

14

Kerala केरल

5.958

5.96

15

Madhya Pd मध् प्रद

15.816

13.98

16

Maharashtra महाराष्

25.053

25.05

17

Manipur णपरु

0.636

0.64

18

Meghalaya मेधालय

0.702

0.15

19

Mizoram मजोरम

0.261

0.26

20

Nagaland नागाल

0.475

0.48

21

Odisha डसा

12.645

12.40

22

Punjab पंजाब

1.794

1.79

23

Rajasthan राजस्था

9.321

9.32

24

Sikkim सिक्क

0.165

0.17

25

Tamil Nadu मलनाडु

18.646

17.17

26

Telangana तेलंगाना

5.992

5.67

27

Tripura त्रणु

1.131

1.10

28

Uttar Pd उत्त प्रद

40.945

40.95

29

Uttarakhand उत्तराखं

1.909

1.84

30

West Bengal पिश्मबंगाल

19.857

15.86

31

A & N अण्डमा एवंनकोबार द्वी

0.107

0.04

32

Daman & Diu दमन एवंद

0.015

0.01

33

D&N Haveli दादरा एवंनगर हवेल

0.069

0.00

34

Lakshdweep यद्वी

0.012

0.01

35

Chandigarh चंडीगढ

0.088

0.00

36

Puducherry पडुुचेर

0.322

0.26

 

Total

249.998

237.76