Dataset · Welfare
Rice and wheat under Kerala's public distribution system in each district: quantity allotted, lifted and distributed (off-take) in tonnes and off-take as a percentage of allotment, as printed in the appendix 'District wise Food grain Distribution under PDS in Kerala' of the Kerala Economic Review, editions 2016, 2017 and 2019 to 2025 (source: Civil Supplies Department). Up to the 2017 edition the schemes are BPL (other than ANP and AAY) and APL; from 2019 they are the NFSA priority households (PHH, other than ANP and AAY) and tide-over allocation. From 2017 each edition prints the previous full fiscal year and the current year up to 31 August (is_partial_period = true). AAY and Annapoorna rice are in PRI-WEL-0006. Each row is one district (or the Kerala total), edition, fiscal year and measure. In 2024-25 ration shops distributed 605,675 t of PHH rice, 141,664 t of PHH wheat and 383,468 t of tide-over rice. Use it to compare PDS foodgrain flows and off-take efficiency across districts.
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| 2016 | year | state | 32 | Kerala | pds_foodgrain_distribution | apl_rice_allotment | State | FY2015-16 | fiscal_year | False | 463716.0 | MT | district sum 503,665 vs state total 463,716 (+8.6%) | Total | |
| 2016 | year | state | 32 | Kerala | pds_foodgrain_distribution | apl_rice_lifting | State | FY2015-16 | fiscal_year | False | 499102.0 | MT | Total | ||
| 2016 | year | state | 32 | Kerala | pds_foodgrain_distribution | apl_rice_offtake | State | FY2015-16 | fiscal_year | False | 460771.0 | MT | Total | ||
| 2016 | year | state | 32 | Kerala | pds_foodgrain_distribution | apl_rice_offtake_pct | State | FY2015-16 | fiscal_year | False | MT | Total | |||
| 2016 | year | state | 32 | Kerala | pds_foodgrain_distribution | apl_wheat_allotment | State | FY2015-16 | fiscal_year | False | 129182.0 | MT | Total |
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periodperiod_typegeo_levelgeo_codegeo_nameindicatormeasureregionref_periodref_period_typeis_partial_periodvalueunitqa_flagnotesdistrict_as_per_sourcePlease cite this dataset when you use it:
Policy and Research Initiative (2026). District-wise allotment, lifting and offtake of rice and wheat under the PDS in Kerala, 2015-16 to 2025-26 [Dataset]. PRI Data Repository. /data/pds-foodgrain-distribution-kerala