State-Wise Population Coverage Under Food Security Ordinance

The National Food Security Ordinance, 2013, promulgated on 05.07.2013, provides for coverage of upto 75% of the rural and upto 50% of the urban population, at the all India level, to receive 5 kilograms of foodgrains at subsidized prices under Targeted Public Distribution System, provided that households covered under AntyodayaAnna Yojana will be entitled to 35 kilograms per household per month. The annual requirement of foodgrains for implementation of the Ordinance   is estimated at 614.3lakh tons. This information was given by the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Prof. K.V. Thomas in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on August 23, 2013.

The Minister said that the Ordinance further provides that the State-wise percentage coverage will be determined   by the Central Government. Identification of beneficiaries within the state will be done by the concern state only.

Accordingly, based on National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) Consumption Expenditure Survey data for 2011-12, the Planning Commission has estimated the State-wise percentage coverage as following:-

Sl.No.	State/UT	Estimated state-wisepercentage coverage (%) (Based on 2011-12 NSSO data)
		Rural	Urban
1	ANDHRA PRADESH	60.96	41.14
2	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	66.31	51.55
3	ASSAM	84.17	60.35
4	BIHAR	85.12	74.53
5	CHHATTISGARH	84.25	59.98
6	NCT OF DELHI	37.69	43.59
7	GOA	42.24	33.02
8	GUJARAT	74.64	48.25
9	HARYANA	54.61	41.05
10	HIMACHAL PRADESH	56.23	30.99
11	JAMMU & KASHMIR	63.55	47.10
12	JHARKHAND	86.48	60.20
13	KARNATAKA	76.04	49.36
14	KERALA	52.63	39.50
15	MADHYA PRADESH	80.10	62.61
16	MAHARASHTRA	76.32	45.34
17	MANIPUR	88.56	85.75
18	MEGHALAYA	77.79	50.87
19	MIZORAM	81.88	48.60
20	NAGALAND	79.83	61.98
21	ODISHA	82.17	55.77
22	PUNJAB	54.79	44.83
23	RAJASTHAN	69.09	53.00
24	SIKKIM	75.74	40.36
25	TAMIL NADU	62.55	37.79
26	TRIPURA	74.75	49.54
27	UTTAR PRADESH	79.56	64.43
28	UTTARAKHAND	65.26	52.05
29	WEST BENGAL	74.47	47.55
30	A & N ISLANDS	24.94	1.70
31	CHANDIGARH	38.54	47.26
32	DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI	84.19	51.54
33	DAMAN & DIU	26.66	56.47
34	LAKSHADWEEP	35.30	33.56
35	PUDUCHERRY	59.68	46.94
ALL INDIA		75.00	50.00

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