Home Delivery Scheme of Foodgrains

Shekhar Gaikwad Additional Collector and Registrar,

YASHADA, Pune

World Food Problem Another 40 million people have been

pushed into hunger this year primarily due to higher food prices, FAO estimates.

Number of hungry people rises to 963 million.

The ongoing Financial & Economic crisis could tip even more people into hunger and poverty - WHO

Contd…

It is an issue not just of production but of availability and access to food which are limited by poverty, by inadequate investment in rural areas.

Approx. 960 million people could still be undernourished by 2015.

Girlchildren and women in poor households are included in the hunger vulnerable group in the Asian region.

World Food Problem

Sustainable Food Security- FAO

Sustainable food Security is defined as

“when all people at all times have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life without compromising the productive capacity of natural resources, integrity of biological systems, or environmental quality”.

UNDP

At the local level food security depends on the capacity of individuals and households to produce their own food or buy and use food of sufficient quantity or quality all through the life cycle and varying seasons.

Planning Commission’s Evaluation of TPDS

58% of subsidized foodgrains do not reach the BPL families, 22% reaches APL and 36% sold in black

High cost of handling : For one rupee transfer to the poor, the GOl spends Rs.3.65/-

Targeting errors, ghost cards and non-BPL households

Only 57% of the BPL households have ration cards

FPS are not viable, they remain in business through leakages

Alternative Mechanism Monitoring individual Fair Price Shop and its

delivery has its limitations, i.e. bureaucratic and systemic.

Village level vigilance committees have not made any miracle.

Monitoring and controlling PDS has become most challenging work.

Equally complex, time consuming and cost-intensive.

Impossibility of monitoring is a proved fact. Periodic one time open distribution in village is

one experiment, we attempted.

F

FCI GodownF

Existing SystemExisting System

Govt. Godown

Govt. Godown F

H

F.P. Shops

Existing SystemExisting System

New SchemeGovt.

Godown

FP Shopkeeper

/ Govt.

Gramsabha /Village

Community

Key features of the schemeKey features of the scheme

Periodical one time distribution at 3/6/12 months period after taking advance money.

Foodgrains in the form of 50 kg sacks.

Distribution before Village Community .

Distribution to actual residents and needy people.

FP shop owner’s commission intact.

Watch of administration on distribution and of family on foodgrains.

Important Stages

1) Scheme pamphlets to be handed over to people and local representatives

2) Asking people to be ready with money for 3/6 months grains requirement

3) Supply Inspector and Village Revenue Officer should collect consent letters and amount from beneficiaries (min. 60%)

4) Fill up challan on same day by deducting commission of shop keeper

5) Decide day of distribution (within 3 days)

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6) Carry food grains from Tahsil either by government vehicle or FPS vehicle

7) Stack at prominent place – distribute before Gramsabha (Community)

8) Make appropriate entries in records

Important Stages

9) Rebate to shop keeper

10) Communicate details to Tahsil office for record purpose

11) Give remaining food quota to FPS of the cardholders who have not opted for Home Delivery Scheme

Payment Structure

Wheat Rice Wheat Rice 1 Annapurna 15 15 Free 30 30 Free2 Antyoday 50 50 250 100 100 5003 B.P.L. 50 50 550 100 100 11004 A.P.L.* 50 50 825 100 100 1650*If the norms are changed, actual quota can vary and can be in multiple of 50 kg.

Sr. No.

SchemeMaximum grains for 3 months (Kg)

Amount to be paid

(in Rs.)

Maximum grains for 6 months (Kg)

Amount to be paid

(in Rs.)

Launched atAlangun, Tal. Surgana

on6th June 2007

Transportation from Godown

Stacking At Prominent Place

Village Community (Gramsabha)

Actual Distribution

Food Sacks to Consumers

Food Sacks to Consumers

Carrying Foodgrains Home

Feedbacks  Ideal for the Nation… Mr. J. P. Gavit, M.L.A.

Regular practice is to give importance to the implementer than beneficiaries…Dist. Collector

Beneficiaries

HOW MUCH OF FOOD-GRAINS!

PROPER UTILIZATIO

N OF MONEY!

SOCIAL JUSTICE

TO PEOPLE!

BLACK MARKETIN

G WILL STOP!

WILL CHANGE

THE WHIMS OF

FPS!

DO NOT ASK US TO GO TO FAIR

PRICE SHOP

AGAIN!

Local as well as Nation wide Media

Appreciated the Scheme

Rajiv Gandhi Administrative Award (2008)

Benefits of the schemeBenefits of the scheme

Periodic one time delivery assures :– Availability of food at all the times

– Access to all the persons in terms of quantity and quality

– Safety, Transparency and Accessibility

– Saving in Expenditure upto 15%

Food Security ensured

Sustainable Scheme

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Benefits of the schemeBenefits of the scheme Control of family over foodgrains

Boon to poor

Foodgrains to needy residents

Avoids organized black-marketing

Increase in purchase power and decrease in malnutrition

Consumer satisfaction and time saving

Administration to watch distribution

Progress of the scheme (Till March 2010)

Progress of the scheme (Till March 2010)

Sr. No. Name of the Taluka

No. of Village / Shops

No. of Beneficiaries

Distributed Food-Grain for 3 Months (in Qt.)

1 Nashik 9 820 8202 Igatpuri 38 10396 103963 Sinnar 8 861 8614 Dindori 24 3173 31735 Peth 41 3399 33996 Surgana 50 4578 20057 Niphad 4 1910 19108 Trimbakeshwar 36 3710 37109 Nandgaon 3 214 21410 Satana 20 2380 238011 Chandwad 23 2396 297012 Kalwan 46 3272 327213 Devla 2 166 16614 Yewla 1 437 33915 Malegaon 9 1449 1449

314 39161 37064Total

Nashik

(314)

Nandurbar

(70)

Pune(137)

Satara

(70)Sang

li(50)

Solapur(50)

Beed

(3)

Total694

Some questions…Some questions…

Additional food quota required…………… x

Additional Cost……………………………………. x

Time consuming……………………………………x

Increased Administrative Burden………….x

Food preference……………………………………..Yes

Striking FeaturesStriking Features

Sustainable

Replicable

Flexible

Transparent

Responsive

People friendly

Cost effective

There are people in the world so hungry, that god cannot appear to them

except in the form of bread.