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NEWS ALERTS | Govt. will continue Antyodaya scheme for the poorest of poor
Govt. will continue Antyodaya scheme for the poorest of poor

Govt. will continue Antyodaya scheme for the poorest of poor

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published Published on Dec 6, 2015   modified Modified on Dec 7, 2015
In a recent Gazette notification, the Government of India has removed the controversial provisions made in the PDS Control Order that was issued in March, 2015. This means that no more there will be a ceiling placed on the number of Antyodaya cards issued by any state.
 
The earlier order, which was issued by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on 20 March, 2015, says that "when an Antyodaya household becomes ineligible on account of migration outside the state, improvement in social or economic status, death etc., no new Antyodaya household shall be identified in that state and the total number of Antyodaya households shall be reduced to that extent".

Social activists at that time believed that the decision was meant to reduce the number of such families who were eligible for the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY).

However, in the Gazette notification [also called Targeted Public Distribution System (Control) Amendment Order, 2015] issued by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on 28 October, 2015, the provisions of the earlier order under clause 3, namely 3(2)(i), 3(3) and 3(4) have been deleted.
 
In a recent communication, development economist Prof. Jean Drèze has expressed hope that with the removal of those provisions, the AAY would continue unchanged.

It needs to be mentioned that the AAY was introduced on 25 December, 2000 by Atal Bihari Vajpayee led NDA government to address the problem of hunger amongst the most vulnerable.

In its order dated 02.05.2003, the Supreme Court clearly mentioned that the following sections of the population should be covered under the AAY i.e.:

(1) Aged, infirm, disabled, destitute men and women, pregnant and locating women, destitute women;
(2) widows and other single women with no regular support;
(3) old persons (aged 60 or above) with no regular support and no assured means of subsistence;
(4) households with a disabled adult and assured means of subsistence;
(5) households where due to old age, lack of physical or mental fitness, social customs, need to care for a disabled, or other reasons, no adult member is available to engage in gainful employment outside the house; and
(6) primitive tribes. (CWP 196/2001).

In subsequent orders, the Supreme Court recognised the AAY as a scheme for the poorest of the poor and pressed for its proper implementation (20.4.2004 and 17.11.2004).


References:

Govt. targets food security of the poorest, most vulnerable, please click here to access

PDS (Control) Order, http://dfpd.nic.in/pds-control-order.htm

Reforms in PDS put on the back burner, The Hans India, 23 November, 2015, please click here to access
 
National Food Security Act Violated - Press release by Right to Food Campaign, 18 June, 2015 

National Food Security Act 2013, please click here to access

NSS Report no. 565: Public Distribution System and Other Sources of Household Consumption 2011-12, NSS 68th Round, please click here to access
 
PublicDistribution System (PDS) and Other Sources of Household Consumption, 2004-05, NSS 61st Round, (July 2004 - June 2005), Volume I, Please click here to access
 
Cutting the Food Act to the bone -Biraj Patnaik, The Hindu, 24 June, 2015 
 
No Mercy For the Poor -Jean Drèze, The Wire, 18 June, 2015
 
Modi government is killing Vajpayee's food security scheme -Supriya Sharma, Scroll.in, 17 June, 2015, please click here to access 
 
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