FOODGRAIN ALLOCATION TO BPL FAMILIES
LOK SABHA
In order to streamline the PDS and
with a view to enhance the food security at the household level,
the Government of India launched the Targeted Public Distribution
System (TPDS) with its focus on the poor in June, 1997. The allocation
of foodgrains which was initially 10 Kg. per family per month
was doubled to 20 Kg. w.e.f. April 1, 2000 and raised to 25 Kg.
per family per month from July, 2001. Presently, 35 Kg. per family
per month is being allotted to the BPL families w.e.f. April 1,
2002. The central issue prices for BPL families which was fixed
at Rs. 4.15 per kg. for wheat and Rs. 5.65 per Kg. for rice have
remained unchanged for the last two years.
The Antodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) which
was launched by the Prime Minister on 25 December, 2000, so as
to serve `the poorest of poor’ one crore families is under implementation
in all the States/Uts. Under the scheme 35 Kg. of foodgrains per
family per month at highly subsidized rates of Rs. 2 per Kg. for
wheat and Rs. 3 per Kg. for rice is being supplied to all the
Antyodaya families.
This information was given in the
Lok Sabha today by Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food
and Public Distribution Shri U.V. Krishnam Raju in reply to a
questions of S/Shri Y.G. Mahajan, Chinmay Anand Swami, Dilipkumar
Mansukhlal Gandhi and Smt. Jas Kaur Meena.
