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Centre Releases Rs 117.29 Crore Food Subsidy to Keralam After Four-Year Hold
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News18•01-10-2026, 17:45
Centre Releases Rs 117.29 Crore Food Subsidy to Keralam After Four-Year Hold
- •The Centre released Rs 117.29 crore in food subsidy to Keralam, an amount withheld for four years.
- •The release followed intervention by state Food Minister Anoop Jacob and rectification of a technical error in Keralam's MAPPAR report.
- •The subsidy was previously withheld due to a technical error that miscategorized Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) data under the Priority Household (PHH) category.
- •The state Public Distribution Department, with support from National Informatics Centres, corrected the error, leading to a supplementary claim by Supplyco.
- •MAPPAR is a centralized reporting system used by the Centre to reconcile ration grain distribution data and calculate food subsidy allocations for states.
Key Questions Answered
The Centre withheld Rs 207.56 crore for the 2022-23 financial year because data regarding distribution under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) category was mistakenly recorded under the Priority Household (PHH) category due to a technical error.
The state Public Distribution Department, with cooperation from the National Informatics Centres in Keralam and Hyderabad, corrected the error in the MAPPAR system, enabling Supplyco to submit a revised supplementary claim.
MAPPAR is a centralized reporting system used by the Centre to reconcile state ration grain distribution data with the central pool, linking the state ration card management database to calculate accurate food subsidy allocations.
