PRIMARY-SOURCE NOTE / FOOD SECURITY

An allocation is not proof of a household receipt.

Relief-camp supply needs a consistent period, beneficiary denominator and delivery trail.

RESEARCH SNAPSHOT 20 October 2026

REFERENCE PERIOD Reply 20 August 2025; cumulative distribution period unspecified

SCOPE Rice assistance and relief-camp distribution in Manipur

WHAT THE SOURCE ESTABLISHES

The reply records rice allocations of 30,000 MT in May 2023 and 1,085.36 MT in September 2024 for specified non-NFSA assistance periods.

It separately reports, on information from the State, 24,174.90 MT distributed through Deputy Commissioners to relief camps. The distribution period and a camp-wise breakdown are not provided.

May 2023 allocationAllocated · MT rice: 30,000Source PDF p.1 ↗
September 2024 allocationAllocated · MT rice: 1,085.36Source PDF p.1 ↗
State-reported distributionReported distributed · MT rice: 24,174.9Source PDF p.2 ↗

INTERPRETATION LIMITS

Keep the scope attached.

The allocations and distribution figure have different or unstated periods. A distribution-to-allocation percentage would mix denominators.

Reported distribution is not independently audited household receipt, nutritional adequacy or regularity.

THE NEXT EVIDENCE

Close the record.

What are camp-wise opening stocks, receipts, distributions and closing stocks for the same month?
How many residents were served, and how were changes in camp population recorded?
What shortages were reported, investigated and resolved, with dates?

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↗ Food and Public Distribution · Lok Sabha reply 4565, 20 August 2025 ↗. PDF page numbers above refer to the original document.

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