Parliament Question: Beneficiaries in PDS

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4082 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12Tll AUGUST, 2026 BENEFICIARIES IN PDS 4082 SMT. MANJU SHARMA:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION be pleased to state

(a) the number of people registered as beneficiaries under the Public Distribution System (PDS) in various States across the country, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan, Haryana and ]V[adhya Pradesh during the last five years;

(b) the details of the funds spent by the Government at each PDS centre during the said period, scheme and State/UT-wise; and

(c) the details of the number of people who have been removed or who have opted out of the Public Distribution System in various States/UTs across the country, State/UT-wise including the aforementioned States during the last five years? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)

(a) : A statement showing State-wise numbers of beneficiaries registered under Public Distribution System (PDS) during last five years is at Annexure- I.

(b): The Department reimburses the expenditure incurred by States that have opted for Decentralized Procurement (DCP) mode including Madhya Pradesh for distribution of food-grains to the beneficiaries of Central Schemes as per allocation made by Government of India. Further, funds are also released by Food Corporation of India (FCI) to the States for the quantum of food-grains handed over to them by States for Central Pool. The difference between Economic Cost and Central Issue Price (CIP), at which foodgrains are issued to States, is reimbursed to FCI and DCP States as food subsidy. The food subsidy released to DCP States & FCI is made as per budgetary allocation made by Ministry of Finance (MoF). Haryana and Rajasthan being a Non-DCP States receives funds directly from PCI on account of food grains delivered by State to FCI. The detail of food subsidy released to States during last 5 years and the current year (as on 06.08.2026) under PMGKAY is at Annexure-II.Further, under the scheme “Assistance to State Agencies for intra-state movement of foodgrains and FPS dealers’ margin under NFSA”, the funds are released to States/UTs for meeting the expenditure towards Intra-State movement & handling of foodgrains, FPS dealers’ basic margin & FPS dealers’ additional margin. The details of funds released to States/UTs during the last 5 years under the scheme is at Annexure-III.

(c): A statement showing State-wise numbers of deleted ineligible ration cards during the last five years is at Annexure-IV.

88###Annexure-I referred to in the reply to Part (a) of Unstarred Question No. 4082 in the Lok Sabha on

12.08.2026. \nnexu re-1 State-wise numbers of beneficiaries registered under Public Distribution System (PDS) during last five years M Name IS. No, State k023 12024 12025 1026 I ,ndalnan And Nicobar Islands 159,75 ] 16 1 ,660 159,374 '1 ,330 159,943 2 ,ndhra Pradesh 12,72, 16,706 2,68,23,000 12,68,23,000 1,68,23,000 12,68,23,000 3 .runachal Pradesh 17,90, 1 49 18,7 1 ,000 18,71 ,000 18,7 1 ,000 18,35,600 4 hSsaITI 1,91 ,13,955 12,29,02,389 1,3 1,58,866 1,48,95,01 1 12,47,95,526 5 IBihar 18,78,09,595 18,7 1 , 1 6,000 l8,38,oo,818 18,49,92,572 181, 5,60,965 6 IChandigarh 13,23,354 13,55,674 13,4 1 ,82 1 13,23,863 7 IChhattisgarh 1,00,25,662 12,00,00,746 1,99,21,016 FI,98,62,836 :,00, 13,615 8 IDadar & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu 1,69,233 1,68,463 1,72,704 12,62,705 1,63,037 9 IDelhi 12,78,300 ’2,78,000 12,77,742 172,77,759 '2,03,523 10 r oa b,50,775 1,85,754 F,79,079 14,75,988 L,27,99 1 11 iujarat i,65,80,338 1,72,50,062 1,82,84,000 13,46,62,355 ;,39,00,368 12 IHary ana 11 ,2 1 ,44, 1 84 1,12 6,49,000 1,12 6,49,000 1 ,26,49,000 1,12 6,49,000 13 IHimachal Pradesh 130,39,920 ;6,82,000 !9, 16,512 128,42,349 !8,4 1 ,476 14 Jammu And Kashmir 165,9 1 ,225 66,47,484 )6,53,230 167,47, 1 83 168,49,967 15 Jharkhand 2,64,25,000 12,63,99,419 12,63,59,428 12,63,63,132 16 IKarnataka },03,5 1 ,902 1,01 ,93,000 1.01 ,93,000 1,0 1 ,93,000 },01 ,93,000 17 IKerala 1 ,51 ,23,924 I1, 52,26,706 1 ,50,61 ,242 1 ,48,36,824 1 ,54,80,000 18 ILadakh 1 ,22, 150 1 ,24,885 1 ,23,239 1 , 1 4,928 1 , 1 2 ,472 19 ILakshadwee1 !2,347 !2,000 122,000 !2,000 19,971 20 IMadhya Pradesh 15, 1 o, 1 4,67 1 15,26,52,028 15,46,42,000 15,36,23,49 1 151, 7,61,115 21 IMaharashtra ;,49,33,968 6,65,7 1 ,685 ',84,32, 163 16,80,73,038 ;,78,54,698 22 IManipur 1 ,97, 1573 !0,52,296 :0,92,507 12 1 , 1 o,63 1 1 ,09,004 23 IMeghalaya 1 ,45,055 1 , 14 ,904 1 , 1 6,248 121, 15,609 1 ,22,538 24 IMizoram i,67,345 i,96,507 ,96,396 17,06,000 1,02,994 25 INagatand 1 1 ,59,673 11 ,64,722 1 2,24,649 1 1 ,55,588 1 1,10,82 1 26 ==WIOdisha i,24,75,946 13,25,02, l04 13,23,92,303 13,25,64,555 i,2 1 ,38,80 1 27 IPuducherry ;,35,751 ;,34,000 ;,34,000 16,34,000 ;,34,000 28 un 1 ,57,60,065 1 ,41 ,51,000 1 ,4 1 ,5 1 ,000 I1, 4 1 ,5 1 ,000 11,41, 51,000 1 29 IRajasthan 1,23,80,383 F,37,84,306 L,36,96,914 14,37,4 1 ,827 [,39,32,340 1 30 Sikkim 13,80,775 b,8 ! ,50? ,83,502 13,72,205 13,77,27 1 31 amil Nadu ,52,35,909 13,64,70,000 13,60,35,078 13,64,65,678 i,64,70,000 32 Telangana 1,90,94,910 1 ,9 1 ,70,000 1 ,91 ,70,000 1 ,91 ,70,000 1 ,91 ,24,872 33 Tripura :4,27,5 1 2 124,42,730 124,35, 165 !3,35,070 !3,34,43 1 34 IUttarakhand 157,74,673 10,73,150 ;0,79, 177 ;o,23,240 ;0, 1 0,842 35 IUnar Pradesh 13,88,56, 1 28 1 5,04,20,384 1 4,87,91 ,087 F14,75, 12, 1 66 14,70,91 ,793 36 IWest Bengal i,oo 7, 1 1 ,892 15,9 9,62,436 16,o1 ,84,000 15,98,50,422 i,99, 1 5,298 )9 ’I-ota I 179,48,95,609 r8,85,58,267Annexure-11 referred to in the reply to Part (b) of Unstarred Question No. 4082 in the Lok Sabha on

12.08.2026.

Annexure'-II (t in Crore) S. No FY 202 1-22 ,022-23 12023-24 12024-25 12025-26 2026-27 (As o n 06.08.2026 1 Assam [A 94.2 Biffa--BT:[ 2 EFI Fr 7671 .9 1 0966.1 mH2n 8885.76 2503.79 5 UL 2047.53 1202.49 2584.29 507.82 4 Madhya Pradesh 14420.62 947 1 .5 16939.27 1 l0189.04 10850.51 560,63 Andhra Pradesh 9323.38 6635.97 6268.19 8398.98 7002.96 3025.42 5 l t 6 Telangana 7665.02 5242.76 5367.07 4178.27 2945.02 3983.33 7 UP [B] 9.09 189.07 8 West Bengal 542 1 .34 6580.11 8899.88 11734.92 208.52 9 Chhattisgarh 9047,77 7574.81 5236.13 E5695.55 5063.63 108.53 10 Uttarakhand 1554.43 1212.25 724.39 1159.26 764.32 Himachal Pradesh 1 47.38 1 - 1 - 1 12.4 11 12.4 1 C 12 a 6250.93 8685.95 [7072.53 6033.9 7763.16 2144.9 1 3 Odisha 7892.69 7600.05 14473.68 1 9 ' 948.83 85 1 7.4 2448.04 14 Karnataka 1682.12 2191.75 1222.13 1281.18 2 1 80.6 899.44 15 Gujarat 749.43 311,54 267.83 138.87 1.97 16 Kerala 1777.86 1 544.89 [ 1151.85 1062.36 900.5 1 294.85 17 Maharashtra 4082.07 2725.75 3923.29 327.74 3650.5 2.75 1 1 18 Jharkhand 42.77 502.99 445533..7788 19 Tripura 15.58 148.67 106.51 64.26 67.95 20 DBT [D] 186.87 1 87.9 267.6 = 22 1 .95 267.27 60.95 21 Us 0.54 0.33 1.06 1.97 22 Sub-total (States+DB 79789.54 72282.49 1 7 1733.36 1 70410.6 1 73919 16763.34 T) S. No. 1 to 22 mnm§TRmf;

2 3 FCI 208929 58491 =' ";F:,':!:'==;?*B=:*” ''*.' =” “'.'' =";'“ ' ”“' == '" '.' 75254.34 From April, 2020 to December 2022 under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), 5Kg per month per person free of cost food grain was additionally distributed to all AAY and PHH beneficiaries.

A. Assam is a DCP State for only 2 districts and has adopted DCP mode since 2023-24.

B. Uttar Pradesh has adopted non-DCP mode of procurement, no subsidy for wheat & rice is being released by DFPD. However, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh has released food subsidy for distribution of coarse grains.

C. Himachal Pradesh is a DCP State since 2022-23.

D. Under DBT scheme, w.e.f. 2015-16 subsidy is released to UTs of Chandigarh, Puducherry, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli E. Misc. include Payment to NICSI for Enhancement of SCAN.

888##Annexure-III referred to in the reply to Part (b) of Unstarred Question No. 4082 in the Lok Sabha on 12.08.2026.

An nexurc-III (? in crore) S.No. 1 Name of States 2021-22 1 2022-23 t 2023-24 1 2024-25 2025-26 1 Andaman And 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Nicobar Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 122.37 91.73 105.44 281.23 391.40 3 Arunachal Pradesh 0.00 44. 19 8.39 3 1 .32 8.42 4 Assam 545.75 826.91 321.75 443.94 324.42 5 Bihar 743.27 881.05 434.73 807.42 364.15 6 Chandigarh 0.37 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7 Chhattisgarh 72.48 181.88 355.06 84.38 89.06 8 Delhi 26.27 48.88 0.00 175.18 46.78 9 DNH&DD 1.01 1.55 0.87 1.89 0.00 10 Goa 2.66 4.69 5.67 0.00 7.73 11 Gu iarat 309.46 260.20 124.37 503.25 231.58 ma 12 178.23 43.26 45.78 308.83 34.18 13 I 17.69 188.03 29.58 42.74 41.94 14 J&K 47.51 184.08 139.96 89.82 54.54 15 Jharkhand 282.50 187.02 99.64 101.25 43 1 .25 16 Karnataka 764. 16 354.89 148.70 112.18 671.32 17 Kerala 121.00 110.03 403.63 72.07 84.69 18 Ladakh 0.00 0.00 1.38 0.00 0.00 19 Lakshadwee1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20 Madhya Pradesh 129.13 844.50 234.66 247.90 214.74 21 a 289.72 62 1 .69 703.54 765.27 439.10 22 Manipur 81.19 31.54 36.46 0.00 29.4 1 23 Meghalaya 38.78 79.78 20.59 33.54 32.80 24 Z 7.71 12.57 0.00 6.54 10.74 25 Nagaland 8.15 61.06 3 1 .42 30.74 15.85 26 Odisha 294. 18 110.86 872.57 195.70 225.09 27 Puducherr' 2.25 2.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 28 Punjab 5 1 .08 0.00 50.06 263.05 53.18 29 Rajasthan 585.84 406.77 479.15 257.65 311.15 30 Sikkim 7.59 12.33 3.85 3.85 8.11 31 Tamil Nadu 131.65 543.01 145.90 524.60 92.66 32 Telangana 69. 1 8 147.95 378.50 111.84 75.54 m) 33 64.53 49.15 23.92 29.97 78.68 34 Uttar Pradesh 195.77 1325.40 3213.86 614.57 683.67 35 Uttarakhand 67. 19 379.83 58.71 106.01 79.38 36 West Bengal 74 1 .32 535.06 226.32 698.67 315.70 Total Release 6000.00 8572.03 8704.46 6945.39 5447.25 $8+++Annexure-IV referred to in the reply to Part (c) of Unstarred Question No. 4082 in the Lok Sabha on

12.08.2026.

Annexure-IV State-wise numbers of deleted ineligible ration cards during the last five years 1 1 1 1 SI. State/UT 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 1 Andhra Pradesh 13,128 130,94.232 152,610 151 2 102 2 Andaman & Nicobar 196 1950 147 L9,21 5 3 Arunachal Pradesh 1,151 1328 1268 1,128 4 Assam 111.120 128.590 138,590 1,16 1 ,516 :4.381 5 Bihar E15,678 1.61,809 },49,525 16,86.266 1 ,49,043 6 Chandigarh 1684 12,291 1207 1,40 1 7 Chhattisgarh 10.400 120.715 :9. 1 08 157,371 60,496 8 IDadar & Nagar Haveli & Daman 12:454 173 151 & Diu 1,101 9 Delhi [48 116 13,686 161, 292 11,438 10 Goa 1805 12,1 17 15,801 166 i,467 11 Gujarat L.19,151 1.32,519 1 ,35,362 130,889 19, 102 12 Haryana 1 ,96, 174 18,49,972 13,28,557 1,34,3474 13 Himachal Pradesh 1,538 13,299 17,551 1,673 F.400 14 Jammu and Kashmir B3.677 12,927 15,403 F.767 ;.036 15 Jharkhand 175.137 !9,77 1 16,374 i:7,730 16 Karnataka [2.558 -8.477 174,401 127,l 05 150,594 17 Kerala El.04,5 1 1 1 ,998 LO.800 1 1.555 '.261 18 Ladakh 1 4 130 158 1615 164 19 Lakshadweel 138 189 188 20 Madhya Pradesh 1.93,704 198,186 P.96,092 17,04,848 1,60,285 21 Maharashtra 136,119 1 ,44,985 12,01, 676 1 ,74,342 1,33,469 22 N4anipur 1.4 11 130,493 19,684 r.2 1 5 i,515 23 Meghalaya F02 1,612 F49 102 24 Mizoram 1 ,637 13,617 1,115 1,548 1742 25 Nagaland 13,428 13,1 77 i,924 1,347 26 Odisha 164,1 22 131 .240 119,420 1,21,134 27 Puducherl-y 1 ,731 1538 1847 1898 1763 28 Punjab b,305 1 ,52,497 11,2 3,722 r.520 12,290 29 Rajasthan I1,3 5,283 1::,65,390 126,386 1,10 3 ,444 6,05,826 [ k58 b 30 Sikkim k 104 121, 16 31 Tamil Nadu 12,oo,942 186,150 F3,875 ;3,905 133,339 32 Telangana L,988 134,064 b, 424 1.40,947 33 Tripura 1, 100 1 ,254 1800 L67 14,334 34 Uttar Pradesh r. 19.213 19.99.100 17,oo.138 18,41, 123 15.97.012 35 Uttarakhand b9,712 166,627 ),69 1 L.589 13,014 36 West Benga] 1,93,326 16,47,o03 l7,56,860 15,09.952 13,74,519

Grand Total :9.02.794 163,80,274 1.99,373 [8.85,259 Ll,41,385 888++