The Government made ad hoc additional allocation of 5 million tonnes of foodgrains to all States and Union territories for distribution to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families at BPL prices, in May 2011.
Uttar Pradesh was given an additional of 546,122 mt of rice and 272,758 mt of wheat. This information was given by the Minister of State, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Mr K.V. Thomas, in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Monday.
In pursuance of the Supreme Court order, dated May 14, 2011, to reserve 5 mt foodgrains for distribution to 150 poorest districts or the extremely poor and vulnerable sections of our society, the Central Vigilance Committee on Public Distribution System, set up by the apex court, has requested the Uttar Pradesh Government to identify BPL families which are not being allocated foodgrains in the 15 backward districts and intimate the quantity of additional foodgrains required for making allocation to the State for the purpose.