Government tables NFSA subsidy data for Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh

The question asked the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution to provide details on expenditure, beneficiary numbers, digitization status, and deletion of ineligible ration cards under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh for the last three years.

Asked and answered by: Asked by Dr. K Sudhakar and Shri Anurag Singh Thakur; Answered by the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution (Shri Pralhad Joshi).

What the government said

• Food subsidy released to Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh under DCP mode for FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26 is provided in a table (e.g., Karnataka received Rs. 1222.13 crore and Rs. 1281.18 crore in FY 2024-25).
• Funds released under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for intra-state movement and FPS dealers' margin are provided for both states.
• District-wise beneficiary counts for Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and Priority Household (PH) categories for FY 2023-24, 2024-25, and 2025-26 are provided in Annexures I and II.
• Status of digitization includes total ration cards in the central system, Aadhaar-seeded cards, beneficiaries, and operational Fair Price Shops with ePOS devices for both states.
• Number of deleted ration cards in Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh for the years 2023, 2024, and 2025 is provided in a table.

Also in the document

• The answer provides data for FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26 in the expenditure table, but the question asked for the 'last three years'; the document does not explicitly clarify if FY 2023-24 expenditure data is missing or included in the truncated text.
• The answer states that details are laid on the table of the House and refers to Annexures for district-wise data, rather than listing all figures directly in the main text.