State Governments to Identify Beneficiaries for Receiving Subsidies Foodgrains under National Food Security Act

As per the provisions of NFSA, identification of eligible households for receiving subsidized foodgrains under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), is entrusted to State Governments. Eligible households comprise of Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households and priority households. While the identification of AAY households is to be done in accordance with the guidelines applicable to the said scheme, the remaining households, i.e. priority households, are to be identified in accordance with such guidelines as State Governments may specify. AAY is an ongoing scheme and the AAY households are already identified in States/UTs. For identification of priority households, complete responsibility for evolving the criteria and their actual identification is with the State Governments. It is not linked to Socio- Economic and Caste Census (SECC). This information was given by the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Raosaheb Patil Danve in a written reply in Lok Sabha today. 

Courtesy: pib.nic.in