The Union Government has allocated 1,52,967.347 metric tonne of rice and 25,475.178 metric tonne of wheat for December 2016 for the Priority Households (PHH) and Antyoday Anna Yojana (AAY) beneficiaries of the State.
Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay Dasburma informed this in the State Assembly on Saturday while replying to a question of Chiranjib Biswal (Cong) and additional questions of Tara Prasad Bahinipati (Cong), Padmanav Behera (BJD), Dr Prafulla Mahji (Cong) and Sanjib Sahoo (BJD).
The Minister said the Centre has allocated 1,41,391 MT rice and 38,672 MT wheat in October 2015 before execution of the NFSA in the State.
While Bahinipati suggested that wheat should be distributed among urban beneficiaries and rice to rural poor, the Minister said the Government would consider the proposal.
BJD MlA Padmanav Behera expressed resentment that many eligible beneficiaries have not yet been included in the NFSA list. He demanded that Government should announce a time limit to exclude ineligible ones and include deserving ones in the list.
Regarding allotment of kerosene, the Minister informed the House that the State had got 99,750 KW kerosene during January-March quarter of 2014, but the quantity was reduced to 97,440 KW in the corresponding period of 2015. The State received 55,896 KW kerosene for the October-December quarter of the current year.