Lok Sabha Question No. 5786 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-03
Subject: Portability in PDS
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: SHER SINGH GHUBAYA, RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5786 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd  APRIL 2018

## PORTABILITY IN PDS

## 5786.   SHRI SHER SINGH GHUBAYA:

## DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY:

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- (a) whether  the  Government  is  contemplating  to  introduce  portability facility in Public Distribution System (PDS);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)
- the benefits of portability; and
- (d) the number of ration cards linked so far to Aadhaar in the country as on  date  and  the  number  of  PDS  machines  installed  in  ration  shops,  Statewise?

## A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE FOR  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a) to (c): A new central sector scheme namely 'Integrated Management of Public Distribution System (IM-PDS)' has been approved for implementation during  2018-19  and  2019-20.  The  key  objectives  of  the  scheme  are  to integrate  PDS  system/portals  of  States/UTs  with  Central  System/portals, introduction  of  National  Portability,  and  National  level  de-duplication  of ration cards/beneficiary, etc.

The new scheme will bring efficiency in distribution of foodgrains as it will provide the option to PDS beneficiaries to lift their entitled foodgrains from the Fair Price Shops of their choice at the national level. Presently, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi have started portability at the State level, and Karnataka,  Maharashtra,  Chhattisgarh  and  Telangana  have  also  started portability in the few FPS areas within the State.

- (d):      At  present  Aadhaar  seeding  in  Public  Distribution  System  (PDS)  at National Level is  82.39% against the total 23.27 crore ration cards. Out of 5.27 lakh FPSs, electronic Point of Sale (e-PoS) devices have been installed in 3.02 lakh FPSs across the country for the biometric/Aadhaar authentication of eligible beneficiaries, electronic capturing of sale transactions at FPSs etc. The State-wise details of ration cards seeded with
- Aadhaar and the number of e-PoS devices installed at FPSs is at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO PART (d) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5786 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 03.04.2018 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## Status of Aadhaar seeding with ration cards and ePoS installation

regarding 'Portability in PDS' (as on 27.03.2018)

| Sl.   | States/UTs        | Total Number of Ration Cards   | Number of Ration cards seeded with Aadhaar   | Aadhaar Seeding in RCs   | Total No. of Fair Price Shops   | No. of FPSs with Operational ePoS   |
|-------|-------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 94,27,381                      | 94,27,381                                    | 100%                     | 28,663                          | 28,663                              |
| 2     | A & N Islands     | 12,922                         | 12,922                                       | 100%                     | 482                             | 373                                 |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh | 1,76,342                       | 78,473                                       | 45%                      | 1,731                           | 0                                   |
| 4     | Assam             | 57,63,737                      | 0                                            | 0%                       | 38,238                          | 109                                 |
| 5     | Bihar             | 1,54,01,000                    | 1,27,14,407                                  | 83%                      | 41,483                          | 62                                  |
| 6     | Chandigarh        | 63,187                         | 63,187                                       | 100%                     | 0                               | 0                                   |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh      | 53,69,000                      | 53,08,000                                    | 99%                      | 12,292                          | 11,898                              |
| 8     | D & N Haveli      | 42,555                         | 42,555                                       | 100%                     | 62                              | 62                                  |
| 9     | Daman & Diu       | 23,472                         | 23,472                                       | 100%                     | 51                              | 51                                  |
| 10    | Delhi             | 19,41,750                      | 19,41,750                                    | 100%                     | 2,254                           | 2,217                               |
| 11    | Goa               | 1,39,941                       | 1,39,611                                     | 100%                     | 450                             | 42                                  |
| 12    | Gujarat           | 71,81,521                      | 69,49,921                                    | 97%                      | 17,210                          | 17,210                              |
| 13    | Haryana           | 29,62,790                      | 26,47,948                                    | 89%                      | 9,413                           | 9,413                               |
| 14    | Himachal Pradesh  | 7,13,096                       | 6,63,471                                     | 93%                      | 4,924                           | 4,905                               |
| 15    | Jammu & Kashmir   | 16,67,229                      | 9,87,806                                     | 59%                      | 6,583                           | 4,076                               |
| 16    | Jharkhand         | 57,25,982                      | 55,58,234                                    | 97%                      | 23,356                          | 23,115                              |
| 17    | Karnataka         | 1,15,71,715                    | 1,15,54,076                                  | 100%                     | 20,319                          | 18,573                              |
| 18    | Kerala            | 35,02,509                      | 34,44,042                                    | 98%                      | 14,335                          | 3,000                               |
| 19    | Lakshadweep       | 5,110                          | 5,005                                        | 98%                      | 39                              | 0                                   |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh    | 1,16,39,786                    | 1,07,71,713                                  | 93%                      | 22,469                          | 22,469                              |
| 21    | Maharashtra       | 1,48,28,050                    | 1,29,11,973                                  | 87%                      | 52,147                          | 51,987                              |
| 22    | Manipur           | 5,55,528                       | 1,69,829                                     | 30.57%                   | 2,154                           | 0                                   |
| 23    | Meghalaya         | 4,21,548                       | 0                                            | 0%                       | 4,651                           | 0                                   |
| 24    | Mizoram           | 1,45,254                       | 1,11,714                                     | 76%                      | 1,249                           | 0                                   |
| 25    | Nagaland          | 2,84,934                       | 1,28,860                                     | 45%                      | 1,691                           | 0                                   |
| 26    | Odisha            | 86,69,686                      | 79,75,396                                    | 92%                      | 12,577                          | 12,577                              |
| 27    | Puducherry        | 1,69,784                       | 1,69,784                                     | 100%                     | 0                               | 0                                   |
| 28    | Punjab            | 34,54,404                      | 33,75,311                                    | 98%                      | 16,657                          | 180                                 |
| 29    | Rajasthan         | 99,85,415                      | 95,63,410                                    | 96%                      | 26,237                          | 26,080                              |
| 30    | Sikkim            | 96,306                         | 83,362                                       | 87%                      | 1,421                           | 80                                  |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu        | 99,78,902                      | 99,85,517                                    | 100%                     | 34,773                          | 34,773                              |
| 32    | Telangana         | 49,27,847                      | 49,27,847                                    | 100%                     | 17,027                          | 17,027                              |
| 33    | Tripura           | 5,88,557                       | 5,74,871                                     | 98%                      | 1,806                           | 25                                  |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh     | 3,37,18,876                    | 3,02,68,256                                  | 90%                      | 81,088                          | 13,202                              |
| 35    | Uttarakhand       | 13,30,404                      | 11,97,364                                    | 90%                      | 9,212                           | 8                                   |
| 36    | West Bengal       | 6,01,85,752                    | 3,79,30,606                                  | 63%                      | 20,278                          | 0                                   |
| Total | Total             | 23,26,72,272                   | 19,17,08,074                                 | 82.39%                   | 5,27,322                        | 3,02,177                            |