States like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have contributed nothing to implement the National Food Security Act but try to claim credit for the scheme, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said today.
While the central government provides subsidised wheat and rice to the poor under the Act, there is no contribution of many states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to the scheme, he said in Lok Sabha during Question Hour.
Many state governments, including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, have zero contribution to the scheme but try to claim credit for it, Paswan said.
If the price of a kilo of rice is Rs 30, the central government gives a subsidy of Rs 28 and the beneficiary has to pay just Rs 2, the Minister said.
However, all states have now implemented the Act, thus facilitating subsidised foodgrains to the beneficiaries through the Public Distribution System, he said.
