Parliament Question: Allocation of Foodgrains under PM-POSHAN

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 3457 ANSWERED ON- 10.08.2026 Allocation of Foodgrains under PM-POSHAN †3457. Dr. Rajkumar Sangwan:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has ensured the timely allocation of foodgrains to States/UTs under the Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana during the last three years;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(c) the details of students benefitted and foodgrains distributed under the said scheme during the past three years in the State of Uttar Pradesh including the Baghpat Lok Sabha Constituency, district and year-wise;

(d) whether any special monitoring system has been implemented by the Government to ensure the timely allocation and lifting of foodgrains in the said areas and if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether the Government has set up an effective mechanism to ensure the quality of foodgrains under the scheme and for speedy redressal of complaints received; and

(f) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (f): Education is part of the Concurrent List of the Constitution of India and most of the Government Schools and School Boards are under the administration of the State Government and Union Territory (UT) Administrations. PM POSHAN Scheme is implemented in partnership with the State Governments and UT Administrations. The overall responsibility for providing hot and nutritious meal to all children studying in Bal Vatika (just before class 1) and classes I to VIII of Government and Government aided schools lies with the State Governments and UT Administrations.

The Central Government provides 100% assistance for cost of foodgrains, transportation cost and cost of Management Monitoring & Evaluation (MME). As mandated under the Scheme, foodgrains are provided by Food Corporation of India (FCI). The allocation of foodgrains, as approved by the Programme Approval Board (PAB)- PM POSHAN are made to the State Nodal Department and the FCI. The foodgrains are allocated bi-annually by the Department of SchoolEducation and Literacy with the concurrence of Department of Food and Public Distribution. The State-wise allocation of foodgrains during the last three years under PM Poshan Scheme is at Annexure-I. The Government of Uttar Pradesh has reported the district-wise number of children and foodgrains distributed under the scheme during last three years is at Annexure-II.

It is the responsibility of the FCI to ensure continuous availability of adequate foodgrains in its Depots (and in Principal Distribution Centres in the case of North East Region). It allows lifting of foodgrains for any month/quarter upto one month in advance so that supply chain of foodgrains remains uninterrupted. FCI issues foodgrains of best available quality, which in any case is at least of Fair Average Quality (FAQ). FCI has also appointed a Nodal Officer for each State to take care of various problems in supply of foodgrains under the Scheme. The District Collector/CEO of Zila Panchayat also ensures that foodgrains of at least FAQ are issued by FCI after joint inspection by a team consisting of FCI and the nominee of the Collector and/or Chief Executive Officer, District Panchayat, and confirmation by them that the grain conforms to at least FAQ norms. FCI keeps samples of such foodgrains supplied by it for future verification and analysis which is available in case of any complaints regarding the quality of foodgrains supplied.

The scheme also provides elaborate monitoring mechanism i.e. Empowered Committee under the Chairpersonship of Hon’ble Union Education Minister, Programme Approval Board

(PAB) under the Chairpersonship of Secretary (DoSE&L), State Steering-cum-Monitoring Committee under the Chairpersonship of Chief Secretary, District level Steering-cum- Monitoring Committee under the Chairpersonship of District Collector. The PM Poshan Guidelines provides a District Level Committee under the Chairmanship of Senior Most Member of Parliament (MP) of the district to monitor the scheme on quarterly basis.

The States and UTs have developed dedicated mechanism for public grievance redressal, which are widely publicized and made easily accessible (like toll free call facility etc.). The nutritional norms prescribed under the Scheme are displayed at prominent place visible to common public. Further, the following information are also displayed on weekly/ monthly basis:

 Weekly menu and its ingredients  Quantity of food grains received and utilized  Other ingredients purchased, utilized  Number of children provided meals.  Roster of Community Members involved in the programme.

*****ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (F) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3457 ANSWERED ON 10.08.2026 ASKED BY HON’BLE MP DR. RAJKUMAR SANGWAN REGARDING ALLOCATION OF FOODGRAINS UNDER PM- POSHAN.

Allocation of Foodgrains under PM POSHAN Scheme during last three years (in MTs) S. No. State/ UT 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 1 Andhra Pradesh 72526.28 66450.35 61547.62 2 Arunachal Pradesh 4313.07 3948.95 3383.82 3 Assam 101161.22 103343.73 89238.00 4 Bihar 311304.40 324227.06 301148.29 5 Chhattisgarh 74330.71 73138.41 70323.81 6 Goa 4516.74 4522.84 4506.48 7 Gujarat 122671.84 121480.45 117839.94 8 Haryana 43521.93 41408.86 43469.26 9 Himachal Pradesh 15176.42 14059.43 13144.64 10 Jammu & Kashmir 21406.15 22476.70 21924.79 11 Jharkhand 90563.74 84970.08 81904.97 12 Karnataka 127408.27 132716.20 115707.65 13 Kerala 71598.86 67147.28 65534.07 14 Madhya Pradesh 135102.86 125971.57 130864.22 15 Maharashtra 262489.28 260330.25 249637.79 16 Manipur 4255.24 4809.25 4490.18 17 Meghalaya 14612.49 14661.30 16054.52 18 Mizoram 3479.36 3310.63 3085.60 19 Nagaland 3357.82 3119.31 2817.87 20 Odisha 125180.86 120222.88 128285.65 21 Punjab 52090.31 46045.78 44699.80 22 Rajasthan 171793.46 139190.39 132888.46 23 Sikkim 1185.87 1120.69 1097.77 24 Tamil Nadu 100267.70 95341.63 90476.98 25 Telangana 45078.67 35476.39 33642.19 26 Tripura 9406.44 8198.79 7735.86 27 Uttarakhand 18243.31 16515.73 14576.18 28 Uttar Pradesh 346423.21 309093.88 297399.06 29 West Bengal 292433.20 246130.60 229596.92 30 A&N islands 645.77 658.79 612.75 31 Chandigarh 1984.52 1866.35 1794.28 32 D&NH and D&D 1564.76 1697.18 1733.42 33 Delhi 29467.61 35677.20 32034.68 34 Ladakh 427.10 422.54 417.72 35 Lakshadweep 206.28 227.84 219.19 36 Puducherry 1379.54 1287.10 1172.82 Total

2681575.28 2531266.40 2415007.25ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (F) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3457 ANSWERED ON 10.08.2026 ASKED BY HON’BLE MP DR. RAJKUMAR SANGWAN REGARDING ALLOCATION OF FOODGRAINS UNDER PM- POSHAN.

Number of Children and Foodgrains distributed in the State of Uttar Pradesh 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 S.No. District Foodgrains Foodgrains Foodgrains Children distributed Children distributed Children distributed (in MTs) (in MTs) (in MTs) 1 AGRA 164064 4146.483 138659 4437.142 129055 3774.789 2 ALIGARH 175304 5992.031 157676 5824.038 173527 5261.925 3 PRAGYARAJ 293950 5134.881 278207 5959.374 270213 7132.633 4 AMBEDKARNAGAR 130934 5174.854 129222 3821.456 123188 3438.660 5 AURAIYA 75747 3125.183 70142 2979.247 72573 2909.179 6 AZAMGARH 242223 7863.130 232379 6090.423 229572 6063.137 7 BADAUN 203700 3919.485 206880 3543.264 196005 5727.184 8 BAGHPAT 53136 1902.451 55708 1743.501 60795 2001.217 9 BAHRAICH 296075 7143.958 300718 7024.513 305547 7491.588 10 BALLIA 184185 4660.671 168796 4566.922 172720 4284.194 11 BALRAMPUR 152789 6643.349 148992 5258.014 145915 4410.277 12 BANDA 127911 4688.342 132166 4767.416 134965 5282.944 13 BARABANKI 202084 7224.644 204551 5498.408 211976 6968.314 14 BAREILLY 211175 5630.352 211137 5524.716 216094 6222.365 15 BASTI 136909 3987.209 125126 3176.347 123083 3080.115 16 BHADOHI 112642 5850.106 107523 4005.628 110149 2972.840 17 BIJNOR 167561 5304.156 130702 5174.612 141055 4912.031 18 BULANDSHAHAR 155703 5013.570 164500 4808.680 161587 4308.066 19 CHANDAULI 133393 5947.690 126011 5547.542 122037 4800.654 20 CHITRAKOOT 90160 2915.516 91598 2561.713 86078 2230.121 21 AMETHI 107231 4163.689 102186 3646.845 101713 3083.967 22 DEORIA 166715 4755.386 168042 4584.588 160851 4352.555 23 ETAH 91153 3273.936 84103 3048.909 81803 2485.472 24 AYODHYA 130058 4856.971 118189 4237.539 114764 4407.222 25 FARRUKHABAD 114135 4051.282 114868 4018.982 108765 3956.809 26 FATEHPUR 177673 4404.097 172619 4252.626 164158 4652.905 27 FIROZABAD 101244 2992.626 103702 2727.596 100797 2868.580 28 G.B. NAGAR 52836 1322.557 55247 1806.841 56950 1602.018 29 GHAZIPUR 186696 4603.992 180257 4785.354 174547 4659.288 30 GHAZIYABAD 60285 847.770 62536 1429.777 63356 1753.798 31 GONDA 219312 5805.402 208869 5652.268 203963 4911.009 32 GORAKHPUR 200586 5141.009 189448 6805.077 193964 5415.281 33 HAMIRPUR 73664 2402.431 73690 2019.233 70680 1967.904 34 HARDOI 278540 7509.348 278554 7106.736 265771 7053.725 Cont…2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 S.No. District Foodgrains Foodgrains Foodgrains Children Children Children distributed distributed distributed 35 HATHRAS 77588 2265.566 84423 2249.511 79105 2222.831 36 ITAWAH 81892 2384.775 71911 2403.641 76520 2147.699 37 AMROHA 85810 2686.549 77763 2599.117 82300 3008.379 38 JALAUN 82725 2732.485 83036 2440.926 76252 2166.532 39 JAUNPUR 257292 7725.558 253439 7373.832 244334 6041.180 40 JHANSI 89250 2519.972 92307 2410.317 91221 2691.793 41 KANNAUJ 114788 2774.727 109411 3384.734 105441 3142.994 42 KANPUR DEHAT 89417 4416.505 98975 4017.486 99136 4775.846 43 KANPUR NAGAR 102895 3636.196 106714 2952.012 104190 3393.392 44 KAASGANJ 90033 2645.055 87643 2683.619 91167 2411.256 45 KAUSHAMBI 140347 3989.897 127962 3187.027 119233 3442.964 46 KUSHINAGAR 200639 6596.364 187366 5404.414 187326 4751.757 47 LAKHIMPUR KHERI 352730 10001.737 333184 8584.782 323882 8890.248 48 LALITPUR 103310 5271.977 111750 4266.834 100036 2979.330 49 LUCKNOW 141055 3602.933 126586 2753.714 118231 2907.802 50 MAHOBA 69786 2194.178 64031 2077.179 64158 1795.831 51 MAHRAJGANJ 157213 4044.844 152424 4268.116 144199 3919.800 52 MAINPURI 97100 2959.866 85698 1736.167 93999 3283.544 53 MATHURA 99658 1896.932 93804 2144.452 93960 2142.798 54 MAU 106413 3138.500 94494 3253.578 112228 3172.804 55 MEERUT 91253 2884.968 92343 2966.006 91304 2604.869 56 MIRZAPUR 191009 7084.152 198083 6460.550 182982 6538.302 57 MORADABAD 107294 3304.055 108537 3324.384 107533 2964.090 58 MUZAFFARNAGAR 90745 2746.878 96548 2910.895 101112 2913.632 59 PILIBHIT 121000 4334.532 113386 3809.741 118568 3737.709 60 PRATAPGARH 168640 4431.803 150933 4269.306 154383 4370.273 61 RAE BARELI 176630 4405.009 143234 4279.890 132862 3832.035 62 RAMPUR 116556 2910.793 105313 2715.018 102975 3000.654 63 SAHARANPUR 144469 4882.328 142357 4961.350 141505 4507.337 64 SANT KABIR NAGAR 94252 3438.350 88642 2749.301 90153 2478.910 65 SHAHJAHANPUR 223419 6423.535 228651 5359.738 211598 5602.741 66 SHRAWASTI 98829 4720.236 106455 4507.628 110561 3620.299 67 SIDDHARTH NAGAR 199536 4341.072 176747 4734.320 184523 4995.780 68 SITAPUR 355996 9248.635 357128 8956.109 337066 9861.088 69 SONBHADRA 159105 4102.828 167402 4466.803 166354 4494.224 70 SULTANPUR 157441 4005.858 144176 3943.905 146659 3975.930 71 UNNAO 156274 4770.400 146518 4236.437 150497 4026.563 72 VARANASI 183105 6840.579 153739 4930.235 171919 5358.992 73 SAMBHAL 108152 2603.795 115510 2932.319 124964 3276.408 74 HAPUR 45649 1733.710 44034 1772.332 42848 1422.173 75 SHAMLI 57137 1986.829 54921 1872.534 54890 1700.407