| Category |
|
Antodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)
| | | Quantity
(kgs per household) | Price
(₹ per kg) | | Rice | 35 kgs of cereals
| ₹ 3 | Wheat
| 35 kgs of cereals | ₹ 2 | | Iodised Salt | 2 kgs | Free |
|
Priority | | Rice | 5 kgs per person of cereals
| ₹ 3 | | Wheat | 5 kgs per person of cereals | ₹ 2 |
|
General
| Rice + Wheat combined
| 15 kgs
| ₹ 9.5 (Rice)
₹ 7.5 (Wheat) |
|
Eligibility
The Act does not specify eligibility, but the following categories of households are included:
| Categories | Eligibility |
Antodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) | - Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
- Households
headed by terminally ill persons
- Widows or single women
- Physically challenged persons
- Households headed by a person
of age sixty years or more with no means of subsistence
- Persons freed from bonded labour
- Those currently entitled to the Mukhyamantri Khadyanna Sahayata
Yojana
|
Priority | - Landless labourers
- Small and marginal farmers (with
land up to two hectares)
- Workers in urban informal sector
- Households of construction workers
|
General | |
Excluded | - Income tax payees
- Own over 4 hectares of irrigated or 8 hectares of
non-irrigated land in non-scheduled areas
- Liable to pay
property tax in urban areas
|
Other EntitlementsGroups
| Entitlements from public distribution system |
Residents in Hostels and Ashrams
|
Subsidised grain at prices in subsequent guidelines or
notifications
|
Destitute and Homeless Persons
|
Meals, free of charge, through Dal-bhat centres or take
home rations through panchayats
| | Disaster-Affected Persons
| Meals, free of charge for a period up to three months,
through emergency relief operations
|
Households suffering from hunger
or conditions akin to hunger
|
Meals, free of charge, for a period up to six months
|
Paperwork
Application FormThe eldest adult woman of the family, else the eldest man, will be treated the head of the household for the issue of the ration card.
Fair Price Shops
Preference will be given to public institutions and public bodies such
as Gram Panchayats, Self-Help Groups and cooperatives. Private dealers are prohibited to run ration shops.
Contact
Minister (Food and Civil Supplies Department) Secretary (Department of Food and Public Distribution)
Apply
For expert assistance and to contact other members of the state campaign, please contact
Gangabhai at chaupal_cg@rediffmail.com
Complain
The village that knows whom to thank for rice (Indian Express, 14 April 2014) CAG pulls up state's nodal agency for PDS (The Times of India, 26 February 2014)
PDS gets new face in 4 new cities in Chhattisgarh (Business Standard, 29 January 2014)
Union Government of India extended the implementation of NFSA to Karnataka and Chhattisgarh (Jagranjosh, 22 January 2014)
No response from PMO, Raman govt decides to reduce paddy procurement (Indian Express, 17 October 2014) Villager in Bastar wait six months and get rotting ration (Indian Express, 5 October 2014) PDS gets new face in 4 new cities of Chhattisgarh (Business Standard, 29 Jan 2014) Union Government of India extended the implementation of NFSA to Karnataka and Chhattisgarh (Jagranjosh, Jan 22, 2014)
2012Chhattisgarh food security Bill puts UPA under pressure (Surabhi Agarwal, Live Mint, 25 Dec 2012) Food security: Chhattisgarh whets appetite (Ashutosh Bhardwaj, The Indian Express, 25 Dec 2012) Chhattisgarh passes Food Security Act, takes wind out of the sails of Centre (Sreelatha Menon, Business Standard, 22 Dec 2012) Raman Singh steals a march over UPA on food security (Gargi Parsai, The Hindu, 22 Dec 2012) New Act will provide food security to 90% of Chhattisgarh population (Gargi Parsai, The Hindu, 22 Dec 2012) Chhattisgarh first with food security law, beats Centre (The Indian Express, 22 Dec 2012) Chhattisgarh passes own food security bill (Ejaz Kaiser, Hindustan Times, 21 Dec 2012) |
