Section 10:
State Government to prepare guidelines and to identify priority households.
(1) The State
Government shall, within the number of persons determined under section 9 for the rural and urban areas,
identify
(a) the households to be covered under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana to the extent specified under
sub-section (1) of section 3, in accordance with the guidelines applicable to the said scheme;
(b) the remaining households as priority households to be covered under the Targeted Public
Distribution System, in accordance with such guidelines as the State Government may specify:
Provided that the State Government may, as soon as possible, but within such period not
exceeding three hundred and sixty-five days, after the commencement of the Act, identify the eligible
households in accordance with the guidelines framed under this sub-section:
Provided further that the State Government shall continue to receive the allocation of foodgrains
from the Central Government under the existing Targeted Public Distribution System, till the
identification of such households is complete.
(2) The State Government shall update the list of eligible households, within the number of persons
determined under section 9 for the rural and urban areas, in accordance with the guidelines framed under
sub-section (1).