DFPD makes allocation of food grains to States/UTs under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) and Other Welfare Schemes (OWS) and maintains their offtake record. A brief of various schemes under which allocations are made by DFPD and the allocations made during the last two financial years and the current financial year are as under –
Allocation of Foodgrains from 2016-17 to 2018-19
In lakh tons
Schemes
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Rice
Wheat
Nutri-Cereals
Total
TPDS/NFSA Allocation
304.30
237.04
2.94
544.28*
314.09
238.58
0.20
552.87
313.43
237.34
2.15
552.92
OWS Allocation (MDM, Annapurna, SAG, WBNP)
33.92
15.93
0.43
50.28
32.28
15.19
0.15
47.62
31.80
14.99
0.00
46.79
Welfare Institution and Hostel
4.35
0.66
5.01
3.98
0.53
4.51
4.04
0.59
4.63
Additional Allocation (Festival, Natural Calamity, etc)
10.96
18.07
29.03
3.39
2.64
6.03
3.70
2.28
5.98
353.53
271.70
3.37
628.60
353.74
256.94
0.35
611.03
352.97
255.20
610.32
* Erstwhile TPDS Include 31.15 lakh tons in NFSA Allocation during 2016-17.