Antyodaya Anna Yojana
(a) the norms/guidelines adopted for identification of Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) families in the country;
(b) the total number of beneficiaries covered under the AAY, State/UT-wise;
(c) whether the Government has received any request from the States for increasing the number of beneficiaries under AAY; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1380 ANSWERED ON: 18.12.2018
Antyodaya Anna Yojana
RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA
Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION be pleased to state:-
(a) the norms/guidelines adopted for identification of Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) families in the country;
(b) the total number of beneficiaries covered under the AAY, State/UT-wise;
(c) whether the Government has received any request from the States for increasing the number of beneficiaries under AAY; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)
(a): `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:
(i) 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;
(ii) 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;
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(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.
(b): 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.
(c) & (d): 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.
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ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1380 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 18.12.2018 IN THE LOK SABHA.
Statement indicating State/UT – wise number of families covered under AAY under National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) as on 12.12.2018 (in lakh)
S.No.
State
Coverage under AAY
AAY families identified
1
Andhra Pd
9.586
9.09
2
Arunachal Pd
0.380
0.37
3
Assam
7.040
7.03
4
Bihar
25.010
25.01
5
Chattisgarh
7.189
7.19
6
Delhi
1.568
0.76
7
Goa
0.184
0.13
8
Gujarat
8.128
8.12
9
Haryana
3.025
2.68
10
Himachal Pd
1.971
1.82
11
J & K
2.822
2.36
12
Jharkhand
9.179
9.17
13
Karnataka
11.997
10.97
14
Kerala
5.958
5.96
15
Madhya Pd
15.816
13.98
16
Maharashtra
25.053
25.05
17
Manipur
0.636
0.64
18
Meghalaya
0.702
0.15
19
Mizoram
0.261
0.26
20
Nagaland
0.475
0.48
21
Odisha
12.645
12.40
22
Punjab
1.794
1.79
23
Rajasthan
9.321
9.32
24
Sikkim
0.165
0.17
25
Tamil Nadu
18.646
17.17
26
Telangana
5.992
5.67
27
Tripura
1.131
1.10
28
Uttar Pd
40.945
40.95
29
Uttarakhand
1.909
1.84
30
West Bengal
19.857
15.86
31
A & N
0.107
0.04
32
Daman & Diu
0.015
0.01
33
D&N Haveli
0.069
0.00
34
Lakshdweep
0.012
0.01
35
Chandigarh
0.088
0.00
36
Puducherry
0.322
0.26
Total
249.998
237.76
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Source: Loksabha
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