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PRESENTATION ON

SCHEMES OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND

PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

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Department of Food & Public Distribution

Government of India


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ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD &

PUBLIC DISTRIBUTIONDepartment of Food & Public Distribution is part of Ministry of

Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

Its main functions include

formulation and implementation of nation policies on

procurement, movement, storage and distribution of foodgrains

Implementation of Public Distribution System

Formulation of national policies relating to export/import,buffer stocking, quality control and specifications offoodgrains

Price control, Inter-State trade & commerce in and supplly& distribution of Vanaspati, Oilseeds, vegetable oils, cakesand fats


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The Presidents Address to the joint sessionThe Presidents Address to the joint session

of Parliament on 4of Parliament on 4thth June 2009June 2009

The National Food Security Act-

-will provide a statutory basis for a framework which assures

food security for all;

-Every below poverty line family in rural and urban areas to be

entitled to 25 kg of wheat or rice per month @ Rs.3 per kg;

-will also bring about systemic reforms in public distribution

system.

-Targeted identification cards would subsume and replace

omnibus BPL list.


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Consultations with States/UTs, CentralConsultations with States/UTs, Central

Ministries, Planning Commission etcMinistries, Planning Commission etc

Concept Note on NFSA circulated on 05.06.2009

responses invited

Consultation meetings held on-

10.06.2009- State Food Secretaries

11.06.2009- Central Ministries, Planning Commission

12.06.2009- Experts and Economists

01.07.2009- Central Ministries, Planning Commission


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FinalisationFinalisation of draft NFSAof draft NFSA

Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) constituted on

14.07.2009

EGoM has held several meetings to discuss the NFSAwith a view to finalising the guidelines for framing the

proposed law.

NAC is considering issues relating to coverage,

entitlement, etc.

Once finalised, the proposed NFS Bill will be placed on

website of Department of Food and Public Distribution

for public scrutiny and comments.


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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON PDS

PDS EVOLVED AS A SYSTEM OF MANAGEMENT OF SCARCITY AND FORDISTRIBUTION OF FOODGRAINS AT AFFORDABLE PRICES

PRIOR TO 1992 - PDS WAS A GENERAL ENTITLEMENT SCHEME FOR ALLCONSUMERS WITHOUT ANY SPECIFIC TARGET

IN JUNE, 1992 REVAMPED PDS LAUNCHED IN 1775 BLOCKS FOCUS ON HILLY,REMOTE, INACCESSIBLE BACKWARD AREAS, SCALE OF ISSUES 20 Kg. PER CARD

TARGETED PDS INTRODUCED IN JUNE, 1997 FOCUS ON BPL FAMILIES

AAY INTRODUCED IN DEC,2000 THE POOREST OF THE POOR FAMILIES INITIALLYFOR ESTIMATED 1 CRORE FAMILIES, LATER EXPANDED TO COVER 2.50 CROREFAMILIES


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TPDS - JOINT RESPONSIBILITY OPERATION

GOI (CENTRAL POOL OF FOODGRAINS)

PROCUREMENT and STORAGE

MAINTENANCE OF MINIMUM BUFFER STOCKS

TRANSPORATION UPTO PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION CENTRES OF FCIAND BULK DELIVERY TO STATES & UNION TERRITORIES

ALLOCATIONS TO STATES & UTS

STATES & UT GOVERNMENTS STORAGE IN STATE/UT GODOWNS

TRANSPORTATION TO FAIR PRICE SHOPS

DISTRIBUTING TO RATION CARD HOLDERS THROUGH FPS

LICENSING OF AND SUPERVISION OVER FAIR PRICE SHOPS

IDENTIFICATION OF AAY & BPL FAMILIES

ISSUANCE OF RATION CARDS TO ELIGIBLE FAMILIES

ELIMINATING LEAKAGES/ GHOST CARDS ETC


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Coverage: 6.52 crore BPL families including 2.43crore Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) families

11.52 crore APLfamilies

Foodgrains required: 470 lakh tons annually at

present scale of issue (@35kg/family to BPL and15kg/family to APL per month)

No. of ration cards issued by States/UTs:11.05 crore

BPLand 13.23 crore APL ration cards

No. of Fair Price Shops: 5.04 lakh (including1.18

lakh run bySHGs /Cooperatives/Panchayats/Urban

LocalBodies)

TargetedPublic DistributionSystem(TPDS)TargetedPublic DistributionSystem(TPDS)


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Category Scale CIP

AAY 35/-Kgs.Rs.2/-Kg. Wheat

Rs.3/-Kg. Rice

BPL 35/-Kgs.Rs.4.15/-Kg. Wheat

Rs.5.65/-Kg. Rice

APL 15-35/-Kgs.Rs.6.10/-Kg.WheatRs.8.30/- Kg.Rice

Targeted Public Distribution SystemTargeted Public Distribution System

Scale of Issue and CIP of foodgrainsScale of Issue and CIP of foodgrains

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Scale of issue (kg per family per month)- BPL FAMILIES -June 1997-10

kg, April 2000-20 kg, July 2001-25 kg and April 2002-35 kg.

For AAY FAMILIES -December 2000-25 kg, April 2002-35 kg.


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States Scale Category

J&K,HillStates,N.E.States,Islands

Territories

700gms.per capita AllBPL&APL

Other States 500gms.per capita BPL

SugarSugar

Scale & Coverage


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Categories Rice Wheat Total

AAY 67.16 34.8 101.96

BPL 113.89 60.92 174.81

APL (@16.2kg.average) 76.16 147.84 224.00

Sub-Total of TPDS # 257.21 243.56 500.77

Other Welfare Schemes * 35.00 15.00 50.00

Flood, Drought, Disasters 18.00 24.00 42.00Open Market Sales 20.00 30.00 50.00

Grand Total 330.21 312.56 642.77

Annual Requirement ofAnnual Requirement of foodgrainsfoodgrains forforPDS and Other SchemesPDS and Other Schemes

* At present levels of allocations. May increase with universalization

(in lakh tonnes)

# At present scale of issue


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Procurement of Foodgrains

Year Rice Wheat Coarse grains Total Procurement

1999-00 182.28 163.55 0.00 345.83

2000-01 212.81 206.30 6.51 425.62

2001-02 221.28 190.54 3.14 414.962002-03 164.22 158.01 0.60 322.83

2003-04 228.28 167.95 6.51 402.74

2004-05 246.85 147.87 8.26 402.98

2005-06 276.56 92.26 11.51 380.33

2006-07 251.07 111.28 0.00 362.35

2007-08 287.36 226.89 2.03 516.28

2008-09 336.85 253.82 13.76 604.43

2009-10* 311.26 225.25 4.07 540.58

Average 247.17 176.70 5.13 428.99

(in(inlakhlakh tons)tons)

*As on 21st Sept. 2010


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ALLOCATION AND OFFTAKE UNDER TPDS

from 2004-05 to 2010-11

(lakh tons)

YEAR ALLOCATION

(RICE & WHEAT)

OFFTAKE

(RICE & WHEAT)

% OFFTAKE

(RICE & WHEAT)

(BPL+AAY) APL TOTAL (BPL+AAY) APL TOTAL (BPL+AAY) APL TOTAL

2004-05 273.30 443.68 717.00 229.20 64.32 293.55 83.90 14.50 40.90

2005-06 272.70 443.53 716.22 230.85 80.20 311.05 84.70 18.10 43.40

2006-07 273.70 302.83 576.56 229.01 84.68 313.69 83.70 28.00 54.40

2007-08 274.60 118.16 392.78 245.68 87.22 332.90 89.50 73.80 84.80

2008-09 276.01 111.75 387.76 251.80 94.20 346.01 91.20 84.30 89.20

2009-10 276.09 199.94 476.03 263.40 160.63 424.03 95.40 80.3 89.10

2010-11

(upto

July)

92.25 59.00 151.25 90.14 51.40 141.54 97.7 87.1 93.6


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OTHER WELFARE SCHEMES

Foodgrains allocatedto GoI Ministries andStates &UTs atBPLissue prices,

andfree ofcostunder village grain bank scheme.

HRD Ministry Mid Day Meal Scheme

WCD Ministry Wheat Based Nutrition Programme

Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls

RD Ministry Annapoorna Scheme

DFPD Scheme for Welfare institutions

Scheme for SC, ST OBC Hostels

Emergency Feeding Programme in KBK districts of

Orissa

Village Grain Banks scheme (VGB)


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ALLOCATION OF FOODGRAINS UNDER OTHER

WELFARE SCHEMES

RICE & WHEAT(LAKH TONS)

2004-05 141.48

2005-06 94.93

2006-07 56.93

2007-08 45.45

2008-09 41.41

2009-10 42.112010-11

(upto October 2010)

47.49


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Some challenges in TPDSSome challenges in TPDS Diversion/leakages

Bogus / ineligible ration cards

Lack of greater community participation inmonitoring

Allotment of FPS dealerships

Viability of Fair Price Shops Weak Grievance Redressal mechanism


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i) States should undertake a campaign to review BPL/AAY listto eliminate ghost/ ineligible ration cards.

ii) Strict action should be taken against the guilty to ensureleakage free distribution of foodgrains.

iii) For sake of transparency, involvement of elected PRImembers in distribution of foodgrains be ensured.

iv) BPL/AAY lists should be displayed at all FPSs.

v) District-wise and FPS-wise allocation of foodgrains should beput on websites and other prominent places, for publicscrutiny.

Nine Point Action Plan to Strengthen TPDSNine Point Action Plan to Strengthen TPDS


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vi) Wherever possible, doorstep delivery of foodgrainsshould be ensured by States, instead of lettingprivate transporters/wholesalers to transport goods.

vii) Timely availability of foodgrains at FPS level and

fixed dates of distribution to ration card holdersshould be ensured.

viii) Training of members of FPS level VigilanceCommittees should be ensured.

ix) Computerisation of TPDS operations should beundertaken.

Nine Point Action Plan to Strengthen TPDSNine Point Action Plan to Strengthen TPDS

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Computerization of TPDS operations FCI to Block level Godowns. Pilot in 3 Districts each of Andhra

Pradesh, Assam, Chattisgarh & Delhi

Computerization of ration card related database 10 states have reported taking up data digitization

Smart Card based delivery to Ration Card holders Pilot Project in Haryana & Chandigarh

GPS based tracking Vehicles transporting TPDScommodities Tamilnadu, Delhi and Chattisgarh

Technology based applications for improvingTechnology based applications for improving

functioning ofTPDSfunctioning ofTPDS


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Sl. No. Problem Areas Proposed Solutions

Consumer Issues

1 Duplicate andBogus Cards Digitization ofbeneficiarydetails,Biometrics

withDe-duplication(UID compliant)

2 Delivery from FPS Smart card, Secured coupons based

distribution

3 Grievance Redressal Call Center /Helpline with computer based

monitoringinpublic domain

4 Accountability Performance indexat eachlevel,monitoringthrough online data

5 Transparency SMS basedalerts,SMSandEmail based

queries,Web based InformationSystemin

Public domain

Technology in PDS Reform


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Some BestPractices Reported byStates

ANDHRA PRADESH

Issuance of ration cards under Iris Biometric Technology to all

the existing cardholders along with bar coded coupons.

CHHATISGARH

Improving economic viability of FPS - State Government

provided Rs. 42 crores as seed capital to Gram Panchayats and

SHGs for running FPS.

One month credit facility to FPS.

Transparency in distribution - During Rice Utsav, PDS commodities

are distributed in the presence of vigilance committee members and

Nodal officer appointed by Collector.

DELHI

Public Audit System - through the bonafide cardholders to see

records whether they have received entitled foodgrains at prescribed

rates.

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Some BestPractices Reported byStates-contd.

GUJARAT FPS Model Center, the State Government has allowed

the Model FPS to sell the daily use items to increase

viability of FPSs.

KERALA:

Sabari Stores: For viability of Fair Price Shops (FPS),

the Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation purchase

and supply the items on short-term credit basis. Thescheme has been implemented in all the district of the

State and the FPSs selected were named as Sabari

Stores.

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Some Best Practices Reported by States- contd.

MADHYA PRADESH

Credit support facility: On pilot basis, MP State Civil

Supplies Corporation has arranged credit facility for

two districts namely Rajgarh and Sagar to facilitate

better off-take of foodgrains. All Fair Price Shops are operated by Co-operative

institutions with compulsory participation of ration

card holders to ensure accountability.

Door-Step-Delivery SystemTAMILNADU

Use of GPS technology to tract vehicles transporting

PDS commodities.

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States reportedImplementation

1 Review ofBPL/AAYlists to eliminate ghost cards 31

2 Actionagainstguiltyto curb leakages 33

3 Involvement ofPRIs inDistribution offoodgrains 27

4 Display ofBPL/AAYlistinFPS 30

5 District&FPS wise allocation on website 20

6 Doorstepdelivery offoodgrains 177 Timelyavailability offoodgrains 32

8 Training ofFPSlevelvigilance committees 27

9 Computerization ofTPDS operations 10

Implementation of Measures to strengthenImplementation of Measures to strengthen

Public Distribution SystemPublic Distribution System

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States reported

Implementation

10 Adoption ofCitizens Charter 26

11 Deletion ofbogus/ineligible ration cards 25

12 Monthly certification ondelivery offoodgrains 20

13 No. ofFPSallottedto various groups 29

14 Actionagainstdefaulters 26

15 Wheatflour distribution 14

16 Trainingprogramtakenup 24

17 Public awareness campaigntakenup 19

Implementation of Measures to strengthenImplementation of Measures to strengthen

Public Distribution System (contd.)Public Distribution System (contd.)

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VILLAGE GRAIN BANK SCHEME

Coverage

Food scarce & drought prone areas,desert, tribal and hilly areas

Objective To provide safeguard against starvation

during lean season to marginalised and vulnerable

families (BPL/AAY families) Scheme Details Foodgrain @ 1 Qtl/family for

maxm. of 40 families on loan basis.

Govt. grant Free foodgrain and Rs.12200 per VGB

as cash grant for infrastructure costs.

Eligible agencies NGOs, SHGs, LBs/VPs/GSs,

Community organizations

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VILLAGE GRAIN BANK SCHEME

Implementing States

Andhra Pradesh (6585) Manipur

Assam (100) (67) Meghalaya (44) (40)

Bihar (415) Nagaland (486) (300)

Chattisgarh (1904) (1904) Orissa (500) (500)

Gujarat (354) (226) Tripura (103) (39)

Jharkhand (583) Uttar Pradesh (1281) (500)

Kerala (387) Uttarakhand (55) (55)

Madhya Pradesh (2784) (2644) West Bengal (820) (820)

Maharashtra (1377) (1101) Total - 17 States (18692) (13085)

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VILLAGE GRAIN BANK SCHEME -

Issues States interestinimplementationlacking Needfor Monitoringfunctioning ofVGBs by

States VGBs to functionas lending banks effective

recovery essentialfor successfulfunctioning

Timelyfurnishing ofUtilisationCertificates toGOI

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Publicity cumAwareness inTPDS

Objective To create awareness amongTPDS

beneficiaries on entitlements, rights,price,

availability ofessentialitems, etc.

Scheme Details for publicity throughaudio/visual/print media, bill boards, posters, etc.

Govt. Grant 80% cash grant of Central Govt. 20%

State Share Given in two installments

Issues Lack of States interest, Timely UC

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PDSTraining

GOIprovides grants-inaidfor

conductingtrainingprogrammes for officialsofState CivilSupplies Departments

Seminar/workshops for senior level officials ofStates/UTs andmembers ofvigilance

committees under PDS Proposals are to be sent byStates/UTs to GOI

for consideration


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