New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): The Centre has asked the State Governments to take remedial measures to remove the deficiencies noticed in the functioning of Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Prof. K.V. Thomas, who gave this information in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today, said the functioning of TPDS, including the implementation of AAY, is being evaluated by different agencies from time to time which have revealed certain deficiencies such as inclusion/exclusion errors, leakages/diversion of food grains, etc.
Against the total accepted number of 2.50 crore AAY families given to State/UT Governments, upto March 2013, the States/UTs have reported issuance of AAY ration cards to 2.43 crore AAY families.
Requests have been received from State Governments and others for coverage of additional families under AAY and allocation of foodgrains to them in States such as Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh.
As the State Governments are required to identify AAY families within the ceiling of number of AAY families allocated to each State, the requests for coverage of additional families under AAY beyond the targeted number could not be acceded to.
State/UT Governments are also advised from time to time to review the existing list of AAY beneficiaries and remove the ineligible beneficiaries so as to include only the most eligible.
This department has been getting the functioning of TPDS, including the implementation of AAY, evaluated by different agencies from time to time. The latest evaluation study of TPDS was got conducted by National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in respect of 12 States (reports submitted in 2007-09) and through Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) (reports submitted in 2010-11) in respect of 14 States. (ANI)
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