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Access to Relief Entitlements and Implementation of Central Government Directives A survey of Low-Income Settlements in
Ahmedabad during lockdown due to COVID - 19
Citizens for Shelter and Housing Alliance (CISHAA)
Report | June 2020 | Ahmedabad
Access to Relief Entitlements and Implementation of Central
Government Directives
A survey of Low-Income Settlements in Ahmedabad during
lockdown due to COVID - 19
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Analysis and Writing
Darshini Mahadevia
Renu Desai
Layout & Design
Shaurya Patel
Questionnaire Preparation and Research Planning
Bijal Brahmbhatt
Kirtee Shah
Preeti Oza
Rafi Malek
Rajendra Joshi
Survey Team
Saath Charitable Trust
Madhu Solanki
Mittal Gohel
Neeta Parmar
Parul Prajapati
Pravin Zala
Preeti Oza
Venugopal Agrawal
Centre for Development (CfD)
Abidbeg Mirza
Iqbal Malek
Rajni Sadhu
Sajeda Bijapur
Sharif Malek
Yash Makwana
Zakir Kazi
REPORT TEAM
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Mahila Housing Trust (MHT)
MHT team
MHT’s Vikasinis
Prayas Centre for Labour Research and Action (PCLRA)
Bhupat Solanki
Meena Jadav
Preeti Oza
Human Development Resource Centre (HDRC) Team
Savitabhen
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1. Highlights .................................................................................................................... 5
2. Background............................................................................................................... 10
3. Government Relief for the Urban Poor .................................................................. 14
3.1. Financial Assistance through Direct Cash Transfers ..................................... 14
3.2. Food Relief Entitlements: Assistance through Public Distribution System
(PDS) by Central government and Gujarat government ............................................. 15
3.3. Food entitlements: Nutritional Food for beneficiaries of anganwadi schemes
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3.4. Food entitlements: Mid-day meal scheme for students of 1-8th standard . 17
3.5. Government Directives ................................................................................... 17
4. Findings ..................................................................................................................... 20
4.1. Access to Food Relief Entitlements through PDS and Other Food Relief .... 20
4.2. Direct cash transfer into Jan Dhan accounts ................................................. 29
4.3. Health Issues ................................................................................................... 30
4.4. Rent Relief ....................................................................................................... 34
5. Annexures ................................................................................................................. 36
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Highlights In response to COVID – 19, the Government of India responded by lockdown from
March 25 to May 31, 2020 in four phases. The first lockdown from March 25 to April
14, 2020, for 21 days was announced with 4 hours’ notice. The second lockdown was
from April 15 to May 3, 2020, which continued to be stringent in Ahmedabad city. The
numbers continuing to rise led to a further lockdown announcement from May 4 to
May 17, 2020. In this period, once again, with a very short notice, Ahmedabad city
announced a very stringent lock down from May 7 to May 14, 2020 period, disallowing
any food and vegetable shops to function and also disallowing any food/ ration
distribution by the civil society organisations. The fourth lockdown was from May 18 till
May 31, 2020. Beyond May 31, 2020, some individual localities continue to be classified
as containment zones and there are movement restrictions in these.
A group of eight Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and some individuals had formed
Citizens for Shelter and Housing Alliance (CISHAA) in 2019 to take up collaborative
studies and collective policy advocacy on issues faced by the urban poor, particularly
shelter and housing. In the context of the lockdown, the CSOs decided to distribute
ration kits and food to the most distressed in the city under the CISHAA banner. During
the relief distribution CISHAA also decided to conduct a survey of households among
the localities they were working with the purpose of assessing whether the households
in these localities could access the announced relief measures. Five of the CSO
members conducted the survey. Below are the highlights of the survey.
o The survey was undertaken during April 27 to May 22, 2020
o The survey covered 759 households in 64 slums and low-income localities,
spread over 29 of the total 48 wards of the city.
o Among the surveyed households, 32 % were upper caste Hindus, 35 % were
Muslims, 9 % were OBC, 18 % were Scheduled Castes and 5 % Scheduled Tribes
o The average household size of sampled households is 5.11, which is higher
than the 2011 population census’s average household size of 4.7 of
Ahmedabad city.
o Access to Food Relief Entitlements through PDS: The State has failed to deliver
the food relief entitlements announced by the Central government and
Gujarat government to large numbers of lower-income households, both
ration cardholders and non-ration cardholders.
▪ Overall, among the 759 surveyed households, which included both
ration cardholders and non-ration cardholders, 59 % reported
receiving free ration from the government while 37 % reported that
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they did not receive any free ration from the government. Remaining
4 % did not report whether they received free ration or not.
▪ 74.7 % of the 759 surveyed households had ration cards. However,
22.8 % of the households having ration card had not received any free
ration from the government: 18.7 % were from APL category, 3.9 %
were from BPL category and 0.2 % were from Antyodaya category.
▪ 25.3 % of the 759 surveyed households did not have ration cards.
Although the Gujarat government’s Anna Brahma Yojana was
supposed to give food relief through PDS to non-ration cardholders
such as migrants, destitutes, etc, 79.7 % of the households without
ration card did not receive any free ration from the government.
▪ The mean number of days for which households reported receiving
free ration from government was only 16 days. In fact, majority of
households should have received free ration from the PDS for a
minimum of a month since 93 % of the surveys were conducted in the
month of May.
▪ Work is unlikely to begin for few months at full swing in many of the
sectors that employ lower-income households, therefore, food
distribution from PDS will be critical for these households in the
coming months. In the most recent round of distribution from PDS
under Anna Brahma Yojana, the Gujarat government has put in a
requirement to furnish Aadhar card. Instead of putting in such
requirements that would result in exclusion of non-ration
cardholders from the food relief entitlements, steps need to be taken
to ensure that all non-ration cardholders receive the quota as per the
Anna Brahma Yojana. To ensure that both ration cardholders and
non-ration cardholders receive their food relief entitlements in the
coming months, supply of adequate quota to the ration shops must
be ensured so that the shops can distribute the allocated amounts to
everyone. Local-level corruption resulting in some ration shop
owners selling ration on the black market, which includes selling to
non-ration cardholders rather than giving them ration for free, must
be tackled. Information about the amounts that households are
entitled to under each category of ration card and under Anna
Brahma Yojana for non-ration cardholders must be effectively
communicated. Fast-track procedures must be put in place to resolve
the issues of those whose ration cards are not operational. In case of
households comprising of only person(s) above the age of 60 years, a
mechanism can be put in place at a local level such as municipal ward
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level to ensure that they receive the free ration they are entitled to,
without having to leave their homes in this period of the pandemic.
o Access to Cooked Food distributed by Government: The local authorities
distributed cooked food supplied by various social organisations, citizen
groups, restaurants, etc, however, this reached only 34.4 % of the 759
surveyed households.
o Access to Food Relief by Non-State actors and Political parties: Non-State
actors like social organisations played an important role in food relief,
supplying it either as ration kits or as cooked food.
▪ 36.6 % of the 759 surveyed households reported receiving ration kits
from a social organisation.
▪ 9.5 % of the 759 surveyed households reported that social
organisations distributed cooked food to them.
▪ Only 1.1 % reported receiving ration kits from political parties, and
only 2.4 % reported receiving cooked food from political parties.
▪ The survey found that 102 households, that is 13.4 %, did not get
cooked food or ration from either government, social organisations,
private individuals or political parties.
o Financial assistance through Jan Dhan Yojana: The State has failed to deliver
financial relief to majority of the lower-income households through direct cash
transfers into Jan Dhan accounts.
▪ Only 43.1 % of the 759 surveyed households had a jan dhan account,
with 25.2 % reporting that they received a cash transfer, and 17.9%
reporting that they did not receive a cash transfer or did not know if
they had received a cash transfer. 82.1 % of the households who had
received a cash transfer reported getting only the first instalment of
Rs.500, although this is likely to be under-reporting.
▪ Significantly, 37.4 % of the 759 surveyed households had no jan dhan
account or had a dormant account, and thus were excluded from
receiving this financial assistance from the state. The remaining
19.5% did not respond as to whether they had a jan dhan account
and had received a cash transfer.
▪ The financial relief in the form of direct cash transfer by government
has been criticized by scholars and organisations working in the
development sector for being too inadequate in terms of the amount.
Since work is unlikely to begin for few months at full swing in many of
the sectors that employ lower-income households, direct cash
transfers which are of higher amounts will be critical for these
households in the coming months. Issues regarding dormant
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accounts need to be resolved on a priority basis. Extending this
financial relief to only women jan dhan yojana account holders has
also excluded many poor households from getting this relief.
o 55 of the total surveyed households reported that at least someone in the
household had some illness. Among these 55, 30 of them had heart related
illness including blood pressure, diabetes and TB. 73 % of those with the illness
did receive medical attention.
o In only 1 5% of the households, children received food from the anganwadi
during the lockdown period
o More than half the households did not respond to the question as to whether
ASHA workers visited their area. But, of those who responded, only 25 %
replied in positive. Thus, ASHA workers, who have played stellar role in
controlling the Covid – 19 pandemic in Kerala did not play this role in
Ahmedabad.
o Only 10 % of Muslim households reported ASHA workers’ visit to their areas
during the Covid – 19 pandemic lockdown. 53 % of SC households reported
ASHA workers’ visit to their area during the lockdown.
o 15 % of the households reported pregnant women receiving nutritious food
during the lockdown period. In this also, Muslim households fared the worst;
only 8.3 % Muslim households stated that the pregnant women received
nutritious food.
o 38 % of the responding households stated that at least one family member
suffered from anxiety, depression or fear due to the conditions of lockdown
and Covid – 19 pandemic. About 52 % Muslim households expressed that
someone in the family was suffering from anxiety, depression or fear in this
period, while only 27.5 % upper caste Hindus reported such a condition.
o Only 5% households reported incidence of violence within the family.
o Of the 200 households that were living on rent out of the 759 surveyed
households, 44.5 % had been told to pay the rent by their landlords.
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2. Background COVID – 19 or SARS-CoV-2 pandemic gripping the world since December 2019,
accelerating into first half of 2020 leading to close to 350,000 deaths by end-May1 and
counting, has raised multiple questions about its epidemiology and containment. The
virus spread started from Wuhan, a 11.1 million city in South China, spread to European
cities and then in the cities of the United States of America (USA). In India, a few cases
began to be reported from February 15, 2020, but picked up from March 20, 20202
leading to a lockdown from March 24, 2020, which continued till May 31, 2020 in the
whole country, with partial opening post May 17 in based on the classification of areas
as Red, Orange and Green zones. As we write this report, Ahmedabad City has crossed
12,250 mark with 854 deceased3 (See Figure 2.1).
The first lockdown from March 25 to April 14, 2020, for 21 days was announced with 4
hours’ notice. The second lockdown was from April 15 to May 3, 2020, which continued
to be stringent in Ahmedabad city. The numbers continuing to rise led to a further
lockdown announcement from May 4 to May 17, 2020. In this period, once again, with
a very short notice, Ahmedabad city announced a very stringent lockdown from May 7
to May 14, 2020 period, disallowing any food and vegetable shops to function and also
disallowing any food/ ration distribution by the civil society organisations. The fourth
lockdown was from May 18 till May 31, 2020. Beyond May 31, 2020, some individual
localities continue to be classified as containment zones and there are movement
restrictions in these.
In 2019, eight Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Ahmedabad, Saath Charitable Trust,
Aajeevika Bureau, Mahila Housing Trust, Prayas Centre for Labour Research and Action,
Childline Ahmedabad, Centre for Development, Human Development and Research
Centre and Habitat Forum had come together and formed Citizens for Shelter and
Housing Alliance (CISHAA). Soon after the announcement of the lockdown, the CSOs
decided to undertake relief under the CISHAA banner and distribute ration kits to
distressed families, both permanent and non-permanent migrants, as well as stranded
single male migrants. Individuals also joined the CISHAA effort in due course of time.
1 https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ (accessed on May 15, 2020). 2 https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/india/ (accessed on May 15, 2020). 3 https://ahmedabadcity.gov.in/portal/web?requestType=ApplicationRH&actionVal=loadCoronaRelatedDtls&queryType=Select&screenId=114, (accessed on June 2, 2020)
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Figure 2.1 Coronavirus Daily Case Count Ahmedabad City
Source: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
CISHAA decided to conduct a survey to assess if the households and individuals in the
localities of CISHAA members’ work, which includes areas where they have been
engaged for long time and where they engaged in ration kit distribution in wake of Covid
– 19 lockdown, had access to various relief entitlements announced by the central and
state governments. The survey sought to assess as to whether the central government
directives, in particular appeals of the Prime Minister of India, were implemented. The
data generated by the survey, it is expected, would be used by the CISHAA members to
work with the local level AMC officials and the respective councilors and MLAs to
improve access to various entitlements.
This was a quick survey, undertaken during April 27 to May 22, 2020. It covered 759
households in 64 slums and low-income localities, spread over 29 of the total 48 wards
of the city. Fifty five (7.2%) of the surveys were conducted during lockdown 2 period
(April 14 to May 3, 2020), another 292 (38.5%) were conducted during the lockdown 3
(May 4 to May 17, 2020) and 412 (54.3%) were conducted during the lockdown 4 which
was the last lockdown phase. The sample in each settlement is small but represents
large part of the city where low-income households are located. These localities are the
ones wherein CISHAA had undertaken supply of food rations during the lockdown.
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Among the surveyed households, 32 % were upper castes Hindus, 35 % were Muslims,
9 % were OBC, 18 % were Scheduled Castes and 5 % Scheduled Tribes. Two households
of Nepali origin were also covered. The ward-wise data generated are in the Annexures
at the end. The average Household size of the surveyed households is 5.11, with
maximum of 20 in one household and some single person households. The household
size of the surveyed sample is higher than the average of 4.7 of Ahmedabad city as per
2011 population census data. The explanation is obvious as the survey covers low
income households that tend to have higher than average household size.
The surveyors were instructed to try to cover 10 per cent of the households in every
settlement where they undertook the survey. They were also asked to roughly estimate
the proportion of tenants in each settlement where they undertook the survey, and try
to include the same proportion of tenants in their sample from the settlement as far as
possible.4 The inclusion of tenants in the survey was to ensure that migrants (circular
and more recent ones) living in these settlements are also included in the survey,
although not all tenants would necessarily be such migrants. It was also to ensure a
reasonable sample size of tenants to examine whether the government’s rent relief
measure was successful.
4 The survey was undertaken over the phone due to the constraints on movement under the lockdown and social distancing precautions, and therefore while the surveyors tried to follow this methodology, they were not able to do so in all the settlements.
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3. Government Relief for the Urban Poor The Central government announced a Rs.1.7 lakh crore relief package on March 26,
2020, under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna (PMGKY). This included a number
of relief measures aimed at mitigating the impacts of the coronavirus lockdown on the
poor. These measures were not only inadequate but also did not take into account the
plight of workers left stranded away from their home districts and states. On May 14,
2020, the Central government announced a second tranche of the economic package.
3.1. Financial Assistance through Direct Cash Transfers Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) relief package, 20 crore
women Jan Dhan account holders were to be given Rs.500 per month for 3 months. Jan
Dhan accounts become inoperative/dormant if there has been no transaction in the
account for over two years. And there is a concern that the large number of
inoperative/dormant accounts, estimated to be around 18% across India,5 has impacted
access of poor women to this financial assistance. Moreover, men make up half of the
approximately 38 crore Jan Dhan account holders, and it is likely that the targeting of
this relief measure to women Jan Dhan account holders only will leave out families in
need of such a cash transfer.
Under PMGKY, an estimated 3 crore senior citizens, widows and persons with disability
were to be given a one-time additional transfer of Rs.1,000 in two instalments over
three months. According to the Centre for Social Justice toolkit, they were also to be
given collective pension for three months.6
A number of State governments have used the ration card as a mechanism to identify
households for financial assistance. On April 18, 2020, the Gujarat government,
announced a one-time direct cash transfer of Rs.1000 under its Mukhya Mantri Garib
Kalyan Package to BPL card holders and Antodaya cardholders. Beneficiaries were to be
given Rs.1000 from April 20 onwards.7 This was supposed to cover 68 lakh ration
cardholders, but some 26 lakh were reported as not having verified bank accounts and
while the State government began a massive exercise for verification, the question
remains as to whether all these ration cardholders got this financial assistance.
5 https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/money-and-banking/almost-every-fifth-jan-dhan-account-inoperative/article30754738.ece (accessed 29.5.2020) 6 “Monitoring State Response to Rights of Vulnerable during COVID 19 Lockdown,” Toolkit by Centre for Social Justice, page 28 7 https://indianexpress.com/article/india/over-26-lakh-ration-cards-unverified-guj-govt-starts-door-to-door-survey-6376255/ (accessed 29.5.2020)
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3.2. Food Relief Entitlements: Assistance through Public
Distribution System (PDS) by Central government and
Gujarat government Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) relief package, 80 crore people
under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 were to be given 5 kg wheat/rice per
person per month for three months (April-June), free of cost. They were also to be given
1 kg of pulses per month per family for three months (April-June), free of cost. This was
to be given to ration cardholders for both categories included under NFSA, that is,
Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) cardholders who are the poorest of the poor and Priority
Households (PHH). This measure did not universalize access to the PDS, which was the
need of the hour. It was only in mid-April that it was announced under PMGKY to extend
these food entitlements to Non-NFSA ration cardholders, while in early-May it was
announced that Non-NFSA APL-1 cardholders would be provided with 10 kg wheat, 3
kg rice, 1 kg dal and 1 kg sugar per ration card under PMGKY. On May 14, 2020, in the
second tranche of the economic package, the Central Government also announced that
migrants who are neither covered under the NFSA nor are state ration cardholders in
the state where they are stationed/stranded will be provided 5 kg of wheat/rice per
person and 1 kg of chana per family per month for two months, May and June, free of
cost.8 This was meant to reach 8 crore migrants, a number based on state government
reports of migrants living in shelter camps.
State governments also announced assistance through PDS. The Gujarat government
implemented free ration for the months of April, May and June. This included the two
NFSA categories of AAY and PHH. In Gujarat, when the NFSA began to be implemented
in 2016, the PHH were identified using the 2011 Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC),
however, large number of BPL and even APL-1 households were left out of the NFSA as
a result.9 The free ration through PDS was extended to Non-NFSA BPL ration
cardholders and also Non-NFSA APL-1 ration cardholders, as well as non-ration
cardholders. However, the distribution of ration to these different groups was
staggered, and the food basket also varied to some extent (see Box 1).
8 https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/govt-announces-free-5-kg-grain-1-kg-pulses-to-8-crore-migrants-for-2-months/1834485 (accessed 29.5.2020) 9 Discussion with Pankti Jog, on June 1, 2020. The Gujarat government GRs for food relief through PDS during the lockdown state that there are 8.07 lakh households under AAY and 57.33 lakh households under PHH. Thus, total of 65.40 lakh households under NFSA in Gujarat. These GRs also mention that there are 3.4 lakh households who are Non-NFSA BPL ration cardholders and 61.1 lakh households who are Non-NFSA APL-1 ration cardholders.
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Box 1: Dates for PDS distribution in Gujarat to different categories in April & May10 Distribution to NFSA cardholders (AAY and PHH): ▪ April 1 to April 3, 2020 (distribution of ration by GOG) ▪ April 25 to April 30, 2020 (distribution of additional ration under PMGKY) ▪ May 17 to May 28, 2020 Distribution to Non-NFSA BPL cardholders and those without ration card: ▪ April 4 to April 6, 2020 ▪ May 17 to May 28, 2020 Distribution to Non-NFSA APL-1 cardholders: ▪ April 13 to April 18, 2020 ▪ May 7 to May 11, 2020
10 These dates have been listed based on WhatsApp messages received about distribution of ration through PDS and Gujarat government GRs (For example, see Figure 3.1 & Figure 3.2). There is some confusion as to whether there was another round of distribution to non-NFSA BPL cardholders and non-ration cardholders in the month of May.
Figure 3.1 WhatsApp message for distribution of ration for APL-1 in April
Figure 3.2 WhatsApp message for distribution of ration for NFSA and Non-NFSA BPL Cardholders in May
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3.3. Food entitlements: Nutritional Food for beneficiaries
of anganwadi schemes The nutritional food given to pregnant and lactating mothers and young children under
the Central government’s anganwadi scheme was to be given to them at their door-
step during the lockdown (See Table 3.1).
Table 3.1 Nutritional food to be given to beneficiaries of Anganwadi Scheme11
3.4. Food entitlements: Mid-day meal scheme for students
of 1-8th standard Since the schools were closed down, the food entitlements under mid-day meal scheme
running in government schools were to be provided to the students at their homes.
Cooking cost and ration was to be given for each day from March 16, 2020 till schools
remained closed, and could be given daily or lumpsum for few days (See Table 3.2)
Table 3.2 Mid-day meal scheme
3.5. Government Directives On May 29, 2020, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an advisory to State/Union
Territory governments and State/Union Territory authorities to take the following two
measures:12
I. All the employers, be it in the industry or in the shops and commercial
establishments, shall make payment of wages of their workers, at their work
places, on the due date, without any deduction, for the period their
establishments are under closure during the lockdown.
11 “Monitoring State Response to Rights of Vulnerable during COVID 19 Lockdown,” Toolkit by Centre for Social Justice, page 36 12 Notification 40-3/2020-DM-I(A), Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, dated March 29, 2020
Pregnant and Lactating mothers 4 packets of matru shakti
Child: 6 months to 3 years 7 packets of bal shakti
Malnourished child: 6 months to 3 years 10 packets bal shakti
Child: 3 years to 6 years 2 packets bal shakti
Malnourished Child: 3 years to 6 years 4 packets bal shakti
Standard 1-5 Rs.4.95 cooking cost + 100 gm ration
Standard 6-8 Rs.6.95 cooking cost + 150 gm ration
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II. Where ever the workers, including the migrants, are living in rented
accommodation, the landlords of those properties shall not demand payment
of rent for a period of one month. If any landlord is forcing labourers and
students to vacate their premises, they will be liable for action.
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4. Findings 4.1. Access to Food Relief Entitlements through PDS and
Other Food Relief Low-income households faced dire issues in terms of accessing adequate food during
the lockdown. Many are daily wagers and in absence of being able to earn wages due
to the lockdown, they quickly ran out of cash to buy food and other essentials. Many
low-income households are also self-employed and bring home daily earnings, and it is
likely that they too faced a situation of not having cash to buy food since their earnings
stopped due to lockdown. Even those who were in relatively regular jobs and received
monthly wages seem to have faced issues accessing cash for food since many employers
of such workers did not pay them for the lockdown period, and many employers also
did not pay due wages to their workers for work already done prior to the lockdown.
Given the absence of cash to buy food, large part of the state and non-state relief
measures during the lockdown period focused on providing dry ration and cooked food.
Figure 4.1 Percentage of Households who received free ration from government
The Central and State governments announced free ration from the PDS for the three
months of April, May and June. In Gujarat, free ration from the PDS was to be given to
all categories of ration cardholders (Antyodaya, BPL and APL, both those under NFSA
and non-NFSA) as well as the non-ration cardholders, however, the amounts to be given
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varied for some of the categories and also the dates on which different categories were
to be given free ration varied.
Overall, 448 of the total 759 surveyed households, that is 59 %, reported receiving free
ration from the government. 282 households, that is 37 %, did not receive any free
ration from the government. The remaining 29 households, that is around 4 %, did not
report if they received any ration from government or not (See Figure 4.1; also see Table
4.1 for community wise distribution).
Table 4.1 Free Ration received from government, by community
In terms of ration cards, the survey found that 567 households of the total 759 surveyed
households, that is 74.7 %, had ration cards. 63.4 % (481 households) had APL ration
cards; 10 % (76 households) had BPL ration cards and 1.3 % (10 households) had
Antyodaya cards. 192 of the total 759 surveyed households, that is 25.3 %, did not have
ration cards (See Figure 4.2, which also shows community-wise distribution of ration
cards). The various reasons for these 192 households not having a ration card would
have to be examined, however, some likely reasons were identified from the data and
the surveyors’ knowledge of the residents of the localities. Of the 192 households
without ration card, 61 households (31 %) were tenants while the remaining 131 (69 %)
who were not tenants included households who owned their house, households who
had been resettled in EWS housing but were not yet owners of the house, households
living in kutcha shacks on footpaths or government land, and households living with
relatives. It is likely that many of the 61 tenants who do not have ration card are
migrants (circular or more recent ones). Among the 131 who are non-tenants, one
Community
Ration received (with no. of days reported)
Ration received (with no. of days not reported)
No ration received
Not available
Total
Muslim 142 33 79 13 267
Hindu upper caste
13 121 107 1 242
OBC 22 14 26 10 72
SC 67 22 50 1 140
ST 3 11 18 4 36
Nepali 0 0 2 0 2
Total 247 201 282 29 759
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reason for not having ration card was that some are migrants (circular or more recent
ones), especially those living in kutcha shacks on footpath or government land. Another
reason is that some of those who were resettled in EWS housing after eviction still do
not have a valid ration card for the new locality. There is also a likelihood that among
both the tenants and non-tenants, there are households who are permanently settled
in the city but have found it difficult to obtain a ration card for the city.
Figure 4.2 Community-wise number of households having different types of ration card
Of the 567 households having ration card, 22.8 % (129 households) had not received
any free ration from the government: 18.7 % were from APL category, 3.9 % were from
BPL category and 0.2 % were from Antyodaya category (Figure 4.3). The reasons for
almost one-fourth of the households with ration card not getting free ration from the
government requires an in-depth investigation into how the PDS system operates in
Ahmedabad in general along with the operational aspects for food relief through PDS
in the current situation. However, discussions within each NGO team threw light on
some of the reasons found in the different localities where the survey was conducted.
One reason was that many APL cardholders did not get ration in the initial stages of
distribution because of confusion regarding whether they were to be given free ration
and the documentary proof required for this. Even though APL cardholders without the
9 0 0 1 0 0 101431
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OBC SC ST Nepali Total
Community-wise number of households with different types of ration cards
Antyodaya BPL APL No ration card
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NFSA stamp on their ration card were eligible for free ration, in some areas the ration
shop owners gave free ration only to APL cardholders who had the NFSA stamp. There
were also reports of ration shops in certain areas remaining open for very less time
during the lockdown, making it difficult for all to get the free ration; ration shops getting
inadequate quota from the central PDS supply so as to be able to distribute the
announced allocations to all; and corruption at some ration shops. Some households
shared that the reason they could not get the free ration was because their ration cards
were not operational since they had not been able to complete the necessary
procedures such as giving thumb impression and linking the ration card with other
documents.
Figure 4.3 Households with ration card who did not receive free ration from government
The Gujarat government’s Anna Brahma Yojana was supposed to give food relief
through PDS to non-ration cardholders such as migrants, destitute, etc. However, of the
192 households without ration card, 79.7 % (153 households) did not receive any free
ration from the government (Figure 4.4). The reasons for so few non-ration cardholders
getting the free ration are not clear. There were reports from the ground that in some
areas, the ration shop owner had given free ration to those without ration card whereas
in other areas, the shop owner had not. In some areas, the ration shop owner had in
fact sold ration to people on the black market, revealing that corruption also played a
role in denying these food relief entitlements to people. One of the NGOs reported that
the government had engaged the government school teachers to fill forms of those
567
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Households withration card who didnot get free ration
Antyodaya BPL APL
Households with ration card who did not receive free ration from government
Count Percentage
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without ration card, and people were to be given free ration based on this identification
process. However, each school was given only 100 forms for their teachers to fill, and
therefore if there were more than this number of non-ration cardholders, then they got
left out of the identification and were therefore denied free ration.
Figure 4.4 Households without ration card who did not receive free ration from government
Table 4.2 Days for which free ration was received from government, by type of ration card
From the 448 households who received free ration from the government, 247
households reported the number of days for which they received this free ration.
Overall, the mean number of days for which they received ration from the government
was only 16 days. There was a wide variation in the number of days for which
households received ration (Table 4.2). These findings can be partly attributed to the
varying amounts of ration that were to be given based on the ration card category.
However, there was wide variation in number of days of ration received even within a
192
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Households without ration card Households without ration card who did not get freeration
Households without ration card who did not receive free ration from government
Count Percentage
Ration card Mean number of days for which free ration was received from government
Number of households
Standard Deviation
Antyodaya 28.75 8 3.536
BPL 22.85 34 12.837
APL 14.47 201 8.479
No ration card 15.50 4 10.536
Total (all ration card categories)
16.10 247 9.796
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specific ration card category (Table 4.2). The mean number of days for which Antyodaya
cardholders, BPL cardholders and APL cardholders received free ration from the
government was approximately 29 days, 23 days, and 15 days, respectively. Among the
BPL and APL households in particular, there was quite a wide variation among the
households in terms of number of days for which they received the free ration from the
government (Table 4.2). Among the 4 households without ration card, who reported
the number of days for which they received free ration from government, the mean
number of days for which they received ration was only about 15 days; in their case too
there was significant variation (Table 4.2). What are the reasons for households within
each of the ration card categories getting varying amounts of free ration? From the
surveyors’ ground reports, it seems that there have been numerous issues with the PDS
delivery mechanisms. This includes the ration shop owners not getting the required
quota from the central PDS supply, due to which they were unable to give the
announced allotments to the people, as well as corruption at certain ration shops. There
are also issues with regard to awareness among the people regarding how much ration
they should receive.
Table 4.3 Days for which free ration was received from government, by community
In terms of community, the mean number of days for which free ration was received
from the government was lowest among the SC community (almost 15 days), then
Muslims (15.75 days), then OBC (17.64 days). It was highest about the Hindu upper-
caste (20 days) and ST community (30 days). But here too, there was wide variation in
number of days of ration received among households within a community (Table 4.3).
Various social organisations (CSOs and even citizen groups that were formed to carry
out relief work in the lockdown period) also engaged in massive distribution of both
ration kits and cooked food packets in Ahmedabad. The amount of dry ration in the kits
Community Mean number of days for which free ration was received from government
Number of households
Standard Deviation
Muslim 15.75 142 8.479
Hindu upper-caste
20.15 13 9.763
OBC 17.64 22 13.831
SC 14.93 67 10.555
ST 30.00 3 0
Total 16.10 247 9.796
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provided by such non-state actors varied, with some kits providing dry ration for a week,
others providing for 10 days, etc. Figure 4.5 suggests that the reach of these social
organisations seems to still have been quite limited. 278 households of the total 759
surveyed households, that is 36.6 %, reported receiving ration from a social
organisation, while 444 households, that is 58.5 %, had not received any ration from a
social organisation. The mean number of days for which ration was received from social
organisations was only 13 days, with 3 being the minimum number of days and 72 being
the maximum number of days.
Figure 4.5 Percentage of Households who received free ration from social organisations
35.4
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In terms of community, the mean number of days for which ration was received from
social organisations was the least for Nepalis (7 days) and Muslims (10.62 days) (See
Table 4.4).
Table 4.4 Days for which free ration was received from social organisations, by community
Only 12 of the 759 households, that is 1.6 %, reported getting dry ration kits from
private individuals and political parties.
In Ahmedabad, social organisations also distributed cooked food packets, while the
municipal corporation and other government departments distributed cooked food
packets provided by such social organisations as well as restaurants/hotels. The mean
number of days for receiving cooked food from government is approximately 16 days.
261 of the 759 surveyed households, that is 34.4 % reported that they received cooked
food from the government (Figure 4.6 and Table 4.5), with number of days for which
they received this varying between 2 days to 35 days (see Table 4.5 for community wise
cooked food distribution by government). 72 households, that is 9.5 % reported
receiving cooked food from social organisations (Figure 4.6). Only 29 households, that
is 3.8 %, reported receiving cooked food from a private individual or political party
(Figure 4.7). Significantly, the survey found that 102 households, that is 13.4 %, did not
get cooked food or ration from government, social organisations, private individuals or
political parties.
Community
Mean number of days for which free ration was received from social organisations
Number of households
Standard Deviation
Muslim 10.62 134 5.094
Hindu upper caste
23.74 27 7.388
OBC 13.44 32 6.988
SC 12.30 57 11.006
ST 18.39 18 8.233
Nepali 7.00 1
Total 13.13 269 8.372
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Figure 4.6 Percentage of Households who received cooked food from government and social organisations
Figure 4.7 Percentage of Households who received cooked food from Private Individuals and Political Parties
28.1
6.3
58.2
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Cooked food received(no. of days reported)
Cooked food received(no. of days not
reported)
Cooked food notreceived
Not available Total
% households who reported receiving cooked food from government and social organisations
Government Social organisation
0 1.4
43.9
54.7
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Cooked FoodReceived (No. of Days
Reported)
Cooked FoodReceived (No. of Days
Not Reported)
Cooked Food NotReceived
Not Available Total
% Households who reported receving cooked food from private individuals and political parties
Private Individual Political Parties
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Table 4.5 Cooked Food received from government, by community
4.2. Direct cash transfer into Jan Dhan accounts The central government announced a direct cash transfer into accounts of women with
Jan Dhan accounts. Although the survey did not collect information on whether a
woman of the household had a Jan Dhan account, the survey findings still tell us about
the numbers of households who received this assistance and the number of households
who could not benefit from this relief measure. 284 of the total 759 surveyed
households, that is 37.4 % of the households either had no Jan Dhan account or had a
dormant account. 25.2 % had a Jan Dhan account and received a cash transfer while
17.9 % had a Jan Dhan account but had either not received a cash transfer or did not
know if they received a cash transfer (Figure 4.8). The main reason for not receiving a
cash transfer would be that the account was in the name of a male member of the
household (it is assumed that if the account is dormant then the respondent knows
about this and has reported it as dormant). The main reasons for not knowing if they
received a cash transfer are technical issues such as their mobile number not being
registered with their Jan Dhan account, and not visiting the bank physically in order to
find out given the lockdown situation. From the 184 households who did receive a cash
transfer, 151 reported receiving Rs.500 while remaining 33 households reported
receiving Rs.1000 (See Figure 4.8). Since 412 households were surveyed after May 17,
these households should have received Rs.1000. From discussions in the NGOs with
their surveyors and community leaders, it appears that many may have received
Rs.1000 (two installments of Rs.500 each), however, did not know of the second
Community
Received Cooked Food (with no. of days reported)
Received Cooked Food (with no. of days not reported)
No Cooked Food received
Not available
Total
Muslim 114 11 110 1 267
Hindu upper caste
15 19 207 32 242
OBC 22 10 33 7 72
SC 49 6 72 13 140
ST 11 2 20 3 36
Nepali 2 0 0 0 2
Total 213 48 442 56 759
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installment as they had not gone to their bank to check. There was also a view that
some households may have denied reporting that they got Rs.1000, because they felt
they might get another installment then.
Figure 4.8 Percentage of Households who received a direct cash transfer into jan dhan account
4.3. Health Issues Lockdown, which has been enforced very rigorously, proved particularly difficult for
those with other morbidity conditions, pregnant and lactating mothers and children
dependent on Anganwadi for mid-day meals. The survey found that 55 of the total 579
households, that is 7.2 % of the surveyed households reported someone with critical
illness. The diseases reported were varied. Three of the households that reported
critical illness, 3 did not specify any illness. Of the 55 who reported, 30 had heart related
problems including blood pressure, diabetes and tuberculosis (See Figure 4.9). 40 of the
households (72.7%) stated that the those with illness were able to get medical
attention.
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17.9
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60
70
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Received Money inJDY Account
No Amount Receivedin JDY Account
No Jan Dhan accountor dormant Jan Dhan
Account
Not Available Total
% households who received a direct cash transfer into a jan dhan account
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Figure 4.9 Incidence of Illness
Another issue that the study sought to understand was whether children in these
localities were provided food by the anganwadis. Only 15 % households reported that
their children did receive some food from the anganwadi in their area. Among different
communities, the worst access was of the children of Muslim households’ and the best
of the children of Scheduled Caste households (See Figure 4.10). Only 6.4 % of Muslim
households reported that their children received food from the anganwadi, while 24.3
% of Scheduled Castes households reported their children received food from the
anganwadi.
Figure 4.10 Households wherein children received food from anganwadi
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ASHA Workers are frontline workers in any public health emergency. They have played
a stellar role in controlling Covid – 19 pandemic in the state of Kerala. Hence, it whether
in Ahmedabad, ASHA workers played in role was asked. About 54 % households did not
respond to this question, probably due to lack of knowledge that the ASHA workers are
visiting their area. Of those who responded, only 25 % stated that ASHA workers did
visit their area. Thus, we do not find these frontline workers active in Ahmedabad city
during the pandemic lockdown. Once again, least proportion of the Muslims
households and most proportion of Scheduled Casts households reported that the
ASHA workers visited their areas during the pandemic (See Figure 4.11).
Figure 4.11 On ASHA Workers visiting the locality
Figure 4.12 Households reporting receipt of nutritious food by pregnant women
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% Households reporting visit of ASHA workers
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% Households reporting receipt of nutritious food by pregnant women
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On question related to whether the pregnant women had received nutritious food
during the lockdown, about 10 % did not respond. But, among those who responded,
only 15 % replied in positive, that is, 85 % households reported that pregnant women
did not receive any nutritious food during the lockdown. They were not mentioning
about pregnant women in their own household but in general. Once again, the Muslim
households fared the worst (See Figure 4.12) and Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled
Castes household faring the best.
Figure 4.13 Reporting of anxiety, depression or fear
Only 3.7 % households did not respond to the question on whether any family member
was suffering from anxiety, depression or fear due to the combination of lockdown and
Covid – 19 pandemic. Of those who responded, 38 % stated that some family member
suffered from any one of these conditions due to lockdown and Covid -19. About 52 %
Muslim households expressed that someone in the family was suffering from anxiety,
depression or fear in this period, while only 27.5 % upper caste Hindus reported such a
condition. Families do not easily come forth on reporting incidence of violence within
the family. 4.6 % of the respondents did not respond to the question but, among those
who responded, 5 % reported incidence of violence within the family (See Figure 4.13).
52.2
41.9
33.331.4
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10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
Muslim ST OBC SC Hindu
% Households reporting case of anxiety, depression or fear
% Hhs
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4.4. Rent Relief The government gave a directive that landlords should not collect rent during the
lockdown period, however, among the 200 households that were living on rent out of
the 759 total surveyed households, there were 89 households, that is 44.5 %, who had
been asked for rent by their landlords (See Figure 4.14).
Figure 4.14 Percentage of Tenant Households who were asked for rent by their landlords
44.551.0
4.5
100.0
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Living on rent and thelandlord has asked for rent
Living on rent: and thelandlord has not asked for
rent
Living on rent. Howeverinformation on whether
landlord has asked for rentor not is unavailable.
Total
% of tenant households who were asked for rent by their landlords
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5. Annexures
Table 5.1 Information on dates of field survey
Source: Field survey
Dates Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
24-APR-2020 1 .1 .1 .1
27-APR-2020 48 6.3 6.3 6.5
28-APR-2020 4 .5 .5 7.0
01-MAY-2020 2 .3 .3 7.2
05-MAY-2020 1 .1 .1 7.4
08-MAY-2020 12 1.6 1.6 9.0
09-MAY-2020 34 4.5 4.5 13.4
10-MAY-2020 43 5.7 5.7 19.1
11-MAY-2020 34 4.5 4.5 23.6
12-MAY-2020 28 3.7 3.7 27.3
13-MAY-2020 21 2.8 2.8 30.0
14-MAY-2020 74 9.7 9.7 39.8
15-MAY-2020 42 5.5 5.5 45.3
17-MAY-2020 3 .4 .4 45.7
18-MAY-2020 43 5.7 5.7 51.4
19-MAY-2020 63 8.3 8.3 59.7
20-MAY-2020 68 9.0 9.0 68.6
21-MAY-2020 60 7.9 7.9 76.5
22-MAY-2020 69 9.1 9.1 85.6
23-MAY-2020 61 8.0 8.0 93.7
24-MAY-2020 10 1.3 1.3 95.0
25-MAY-2020 38 5.0 5.0 100.0
Total 759 100.0 100.0
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Table 5.2 Sample and Demographic Data
Source: Field survey
Ward Sample Hindu Muslim OBC SC ST Av. Household Size
Danilimda 87 0 86 1 0 0 4.94
Amraiwadi 32 0 0 1 31 0 4.31
Ranip 7 0 0 6 0 1 5.57
Chandlodiya 16 1 0 10 2 3 5.25
Behrampura 26 16 2 2 6 0 4.27
Ganeshnagar 20 10 0 1 5 4 4.85
Hathijan 27 0 25 0 2 0 4.41
Jashodanagar 27 5 0 1 10 9 3.67
Naroda 57 29 2 10 6 10 5.88
Ramol 35 0 27 3 5 0 5.31
Sabarmati 2 0 0 2 0 0 4.00
Old City 12 6 3 0 3 0 4.75
Rakhiyal 55 13 40 2 0 0 6.15
Vatva 25 3 0 11 9 2 5.68
Viratnagar 37 16 1 14 6 0 4.70
Juhapura 49 0 48 1 0 0 5.02
Odhav 37 22 0 0 15 0 6.11
Vejalpur 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.00
Lambha 21 0 0 2 18 1 4.10
Gota 15 15 0 0 0 0 4.40
Shahibaug 20 12 0 0 8 0 5.60
Stadium 15 12 0 0 0 3 4.53
Vasna 8 7 0 0 0 1 6.00
Asarwa 34 19 0 4 10 1 5.06
Gomtipur 14 9 4 0 0 1 5.07
Bapunagar 2 0 0 0 2 0 4.00
Sarkhej 10 0 10 0 0 0 4.80
Thakkarbapanagar 27 8 19 0 0 0 4.63
Bhaipura - Hatkeshwar
41 39 0 0 2 0 5.83
Total 759 242 267 72 140 36 5.11
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Table 5.3 Type of Ration Cards by Wards
Source: Field survey
Wards Ration Card
Total Antyodaya BPL APL Not Available
Danilimda 0 10 70 7 87
Amraiwadi 0 3 24 5 32
Ranip 0 0 2 5 7
Chandlodiya 0 0 12 4 16
Behrampura 1 5 16 4 26
Ganeshnagar 0 8 2 10 20
Hathijan 0 0 21 6 27
Jashodanagar 0 0 11 16 27
Naroda 0 4 23 30 57
Ramol 9 0 9 17 35
Sabarmati 0 0 0 2 2
Old City 0 0 9 3 12
Rakhiyal 0 5 32 18 55
Vatva 0 6 16 3 25
Viratnagar 0 4 18 15 37
Juhapura 0 0 32 17 49
Odhav 0 1 30 6 37
Vejalpur 0 0 0 1 1
Lambha 0 1 14 6 21
Gota 0 9 5 1 15
Shahibaug 0 5 13 2 20
Stadium 0 2 13 0 15
Vasna 0 1 5 2 8
Asarwa 0 6 27 1 34
Gomtipur 0 1 12 1 14
Bapunagar 0 1 1 0 2
Sarkhej 0 1 7 2 10
Thakkarbapanagar 0 0 27 0 27
Bhaipura - Hatkeshwar 0 3 30 8 41
Total 10 76 481 192 759
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Table 5.4 Availability of Ration (In Days)
Source: Field survey
Days Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
0 178 23.5 23.5 23.5
1 31 4.1 4.1 27.5
2 55 7.2 7.2 34.8
3 39 5.1 5.1 39.9
4 36 4.7 4.7 44.7
5 107 14.1 14.1 58.8
6 13 1.7 1.7 60.5
7 43 5.7 5.7 66.1
8 31 4.1 4.1 70.2
9 3 .4 .4 70.6
10 71 9.4 9.4 80.0
11 1 .1 .1 80.1
12 13 1.7 1.7 81.8
13 6 .8 .8 82.6
14 6 .8 .8 83.4
15 59 7.8 7.8 91.2
16 1 .1 .1 91.3
17 1 .1 .1 91.4
18 2 .3 .3 91.7
20 30 4.0 4.0 95.7
21 1 .1 .1 95.8
22 1 .1 .1 95.9
25 3 .4 .4 96.3
30 24 3.2 3.2 99.5
35 1 .1 .1 99.6
60 3 .4 .4 100.0
Total 759 100.0 100.0
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Table 5.5 Received free ration from Government (Ward Wise)
Source: Field survey
Ward Mean Minimum Maximum
Danilimda 11.36 8 30
Amraiwadi 8.36 3 20
Ranip 5.50 5 6
Chandlodiya 10.50 7 15
Behrampura 30.00 30 30
Ganeshnagar 31.40 14 60
Hathijan 11.26 10 20
Jashodanagar 6.67 5 10
Naroda 11.17 5 30
Ramol 20.15 7 30
Old City 8.00 8 8
Rakhiyal 13.33 5 20
Vatva 23.13 10 30
Viratnagar 27.86 10 60
Juhapura 28.77 7 30
Odhav 12.85 7 20
Lambha 23.08 7 30
Bapunagar 7.00 7 7
Total 16.10 3 60
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Table 5.6 Received free ration from NGO (Ward Wise)
Source: Field survey
Ward Mean Minimum Maximum
Danilimda 10.61 6 18
Amraiwadi 11.73 5 72
Ranip 14.14 10 20
Chandlodiya 20.80 10 30
Behrampura 24.00 10 39
Ganeshnagar 25.37 7 30
Hathijan 6.00 4 15
Jashodanagar 12.72 5 25
Naroda 14.85 3 30
Ramol 10.27 7 20
Sabarmati 17.00 17 17
Old City 18.33 10 30
Rakhiyal 10.00 10 10
Vatva 26.25 15 30
Viratnagar 14.25 7 20
Juhapura 14.50 5 40
Odhav 10.00 10 10
Vejalpur 10.00 10 10
Lambha 12.50 5 20
Bapunagar 7.50 5 10
Sarkhej 30.00 30 30
Total 13.13 3 72
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Table 5.7 Ward wise distribution count of money deposited in Jan Dhan Account
Source: Field survey
Ward
Received Money in JDY Account
Amount not Received in JDY Account
No Jan Dhan account or Jan Dhan Account Deactivated
Information Not Available or Not Reported
Total
Danilimda 32 3 40 12 87
Amraiwadi 10 3 13 6 32
Ranip 2 0 2 3 7
Chandlodiya 3 5 5 3 16
Behrampura 2 3 16 5 26
Ganeshnagar 2 0 2 16 20
Hathijan 1 15 0 11 27
Jashodanagar 0 2 1 24 27
Naroda 5 12 29 11 57
Ramol 8 5 1 21 35
Sabarmati 1 0 0 1 2
Old City 1 6 3 2 12
Rakhiyal 9 7 37 2 55
Vatva 11 5 4 5 25
Viratnagar 14 4 19 0 37
Juhapura 10 1 15 23 49
Odhav 15 4 17 1 37
Vejalpur 0 1 0 0 1
Lambha 10 2 8 1 21
Gota 13 0 2 0 15
Shahibaug 2 13 5 0 20
Stadium 10 1 4 0 15
Vasna 2 1 5 0 8
Asarwa 7 12 15 0 34
Gomtipur 3 1 10 0 14
Bapunagar 2 0 0 0 2
Sarkhej 2 5 2 1 10
Thakkarbapanagar 4 23 0 0 27
Bhaipura - Hatkeshwar 10 2 29 0 41
Total 191 136 284 148 759
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Table 5.8 Food for Children from Anganwadi by Ward
Source: Field survey
Ward Sample Children getting food from anganwadi
Danilimda 87 0
Amraiwadi 32 2
Ranip 7 0
Chandlodiya 16 4
Behrampura 26 7
Ganeshnagar 20 13
Hathijan 27 0
Jashodanagar 27 1
Naroda 57 1
Ramol 35 1
Sabarmati 2 0
Old City 12 1
Rakhiyal 55 1
Vatva 25 10
Viratnagar 37 1
Juhapura 49 13
Odhav 37 0
Vejalpur 1 0
Lambha 21 15
Gota 15 14
Shahibaug 20 8
Stadium 15 14
Vasna 8 0
Asarwa 34 1
Gomtipur 14 0
Bapunagar 2 0
Sarkhej 10 0
Thakkarbapanagar 27 1
Bhaipura - Hatkeshwar 41 2
Total 759 114
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Table 5.9 Pregnant Women Getting Nutritious Food During Lockdown
Source: Field survey
Ward Yes No Information Not Available or Not Reported
Total
Danilimda 0 83 4 87
Amraiwadi 10 20 2 32
Ranip 0 4 3 7
Chandlodiya 3 11 2 16
Behrampura 2 22 2 26
Ganeshnagar 5 15 0 20
Hathijan 0 22 5 27
Jashodanagar 0 9 18 27
Naroda 1 50 6 57
Ramol 2 22 11 35
Sabarmati 0 2 0 2
Old City 2 8 2 12
Rakhiyal 0 55 0 55
Vatva 3 21 1 25
Viratnagar 3 31 3 37
Juhapura 15 29 5 49
Odhav 0 36 1 37
Vejalpur 0 0 1 1
Lambha 12 5 4 21
Gota 14 1 0 15
Shahibaug 7 13 0 20
Stadium 14 1 0 15
Vasna 1 7 0 8
Asarwa 2 32 0 34
Gomtipur 0 14 0 14
Bapunagar 0 1 1 2
Sarkhej 0 9 1 10
Thakkarbapanagar 4 23 0 27
Bhaipura - Hatkeshwar
3 38 0 41
Total 103 584 72 759
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Table 5.10 Reporting on Experience of Anxiety, Depression or Fear
Source: Field survey
Ward Yes No Information Not Available or Not Reported
Total
Danilimda 81 2 4 87
Amraiwadi 11 20 1 32
Ranip 5 0 2 7
Chandlodiya 4 11 1 16
Behrampura 6 20 0 26
Ganeshnagar 11 8 1 20
Hathijan 2 21 4 27
Jashodanagar 17 7 3 27
Naroda 9 43 5 57
Ramol 23 8 4 35
Sabarmati 1 1 0 2
Old City 6 6 0 12
Rakhiyal 4 51 0 55
Vatva 3 21 1 25
Viratnagar 16 21 0 37
Juhapura 20 28 1 49
Odhav 7 30 0 37
Vejalpur 0 1 0 1
Lambha 0 20 1 21
Gota 1 14 0 15
Shahibaug 10 10 0 20
Stadium 6 9 0 15
Vasna 3 5 0 8
Asarwa 2 32 0 34
Gomtipur 3 11 0 14
Bapunagar 1 1 0 2
Sarkhej 8 2 0 10
Thakkarbapanagar 2 25 0 27
Bhaipura - Hatkeshwar
15 26 0 41
Total 277 454 28 759
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Table 5.11 Type of illness/disease reported at the time of survey.
Source: Field survey
Type of Disease/Illness Frequency Percent Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Blood Pressure 6 10.9 10.9 10.9
Blood Pressure & Knee Pain 1 1.8 1.8 12.7
Bone Disease 1 1.8 1.8 14.5
Cancer 1 1.8 1.8 16.4
Diabetes 8 14.5 14.5 30.9
Diabetes & Heart Problem 6 10.9 10.9 41.8
Dehydration 1 1.8 1.8 43.6
Ear Problem 1 1.8 1.8 45.5
Eye Problem 1 1.8 1.8 47.3
Fever 2 3.6 3.6 50.9
Fracture 1 1.8 1.8 52.7
Handicapped 2 3.6 3.6 56.4
Surgery 1 1.8 1.8 58.2
Heart Problems (Including Heart Attacks)
4 7.3 7.3 65.5
Kidney Infection 1 1.8 1.8 67.3
Lung Problem 2 3.6 3.6 70.9
Mental Health 2 3.6 3.6 74.5
Migraine 1 1.8 1.8 76.4
No specific diseases but fall ill frequently
1 1.8 1.8 78.2
Paralysis 3 5.5 5.5 83.6
Physical Injury 1 1.8 1.8 85.5
TB 5 9.1 9.1 94.5
Information Not Available or Not Reported
3 5.5 5.5 100.0
Total 55 100.0 100.0
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Table 5.12 ASHA Workers visiting the locality
Source: Field survey
Yes No Information Not Available or Not Reported
Total
Danilimda 0 84 3 87
Amraiwadi 10 20 2 32
Ranip 0 4 3 7
Chandlodiya 1 4 11 16
Behrampura 2 2 22 26
Ganeshnagar 6 13 1 20
Hathijan 1 21 5 27
Jashodanagar 2 7 18 27
Naroda 1 27 29 57
Ramol 3 21 11 35
Sabarmati 0 2 0 2
Old City 0 1 11 12
Rakhiyal 0 7 48 55
Vatva 3 8 14 25
Viratnagar 12 4 21 37
Juhapura 15 29 5 49
Odhav 13 1 23 37
Vejalpur 0 0 1 1
Lambha 17 3 1 21
Gota 0 1 14 15
Shahibaug 0 0 20 20
Stadium 0 0 15 15
Vasna 0 0 8 8
Asarwa 0 0 34 34
Gomtipur 0 0 14 14
Bapunagar 0 1 1 2
Sarkhej 0 0 10 10
Thakkarbapanagar 0 0 27 27
Bhaipura - Hatkeshwar
0 0 41 41
Total 86 260 413 759