Lok Sabha Question No. 2297 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-29
Subject: Violation of PDS Order 2001 and NFSA 2013
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, SATYA PAL SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2297

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH  November, 2016

## VIOLATION OF PDS ORDER 2001 AND NFSA 2013

2297. SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

DR. SATYAPAL SINGH:

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- (a) whether  the  cases  of  violation  of  provisions  of  Public  Distribution System (Control) Order, 2001 and Food Security Act, 2013 have come to the notice of the Government during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if so, the details and nature of violations thereof, State/UT-wise and the reasons therefor;
- (c)
- the present status of such cases; and
- (d) the other steps being taken by the Government to prevent violation of the provisions of the said Acts?

## A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE FOR  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a)  to  (c):  There  have  been  complaints/reports  from  individuals  and organizations as well as through press reports relating to untimely supply of foodgrains, leakage/diversion, inclusion/exclusion errors, bogus/ineligible ration cards being in circulation, diversion/theft of foodgrains,  irregular  functioning  of  FPS,  beneficiaries  not  getting  their entitled quota of foodgrains and allotment of fair price shops in an arbitrary manner, etc. Under National Food Security [NFSA] Act, 2013   and Targeted Public Distribution System[TPDS] (Control) Orders, responsibility of addressing all these issues falls under the purview of  respective State/UT Governments. Therefore, as and when shortcomings/complaints are received by this Department, these are referred to the State/UT Governments concerned for inquiry and appropriate action.

A statement indicating State-wise number of complaints on Targeted Public  Distribution  System  [TPDS]  received  from  2013  to  2016  (upto 10.10.2016) is at Annexure.

(d) : To prevent the violation of provisions of TPDS[Control] Order 2015 and NFSA  2013, the Department of Food & Public Distribution  is implementing a Plan Scheme on 'End-to-end Computerisation of TPDS Operations' under 12 th Five  Year  Plan  (2012-17)  on  cost  sharing  basis  with  the  States/UTs. The Scheme  comprises of activities namely, digitization of ration cards/beneficiary  and  other  databases,  computerisation  of  supply-chain management, setting up of transparency portals and grievance redressal mechanisms and installation of   e PoS devices at Fair Price Shops and issuance of foodgrains through biometric authentication.

Besides above, all States/UTs have been also requested to seed the Aadhaar  numbers  in  Ration  Card  database.  The  scheme  will  enable removal  of  bogus/ineligible  ration  cards  and  better  targeting  of  food subsidy,  facilitate  availability  of  foodgrains  to  intended  beneficiaries  at Fair Price Shops (FPS), check leakages and diversions etc.

Further, NFSA provides for two tier Grievance Redressal Mechanism in each  State/UT  including  District  Grievance  Redressal  Officer  and  State Food Commission.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2297 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 29.11.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

## STATEMENT:   COMPLAINTS ON TPDS RECEIVED  IN THE DEPARTMENT FROM INDIVIDUALS, ORGANISATIONS & THROUGH MEDIA REPORTS ETC FROM 2013 TO 2016 (upto 10.10.2016)

| S. No.   | State/UT          | 2013   | 2014   | 2015   | 2016   |
|----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 3      | 4      | 8      | 3      |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | -      | 1      | 1      | -      |
| 3        | Assam             | -      | 5      | 34     | 31     |
| 4        | Bihar             | 32     | 55     | 106    | 61     |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 3      | 3      | 6      | 9      |
| 6        | Delhi             | 37     | 78     | 113    | 79     |
| 7        | Goa               | -      | -      | -      | 1      |
| 8        | Gujarat           | 4      | 16     | 8      | 9      |
| 9        | Haryana           | 11     | 26     | 35     | 29     |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  | -      | -      | 4      | 3      |
| 11       | J&K               | -      | -      | 5      | 3      |
| 12       | Jharkhand         | 8      | 16     | 32     | 21     |
| 13       | Karnataka         | 6      | 6      | 16     | 18     |
| 14       | Kerala            | 1      | 1      | 16     | 16     |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    | 17     | 7      | 17     | 15     |
| 16       | Maharashtra       | 20     | 25     | 48     | 49     |
| 17       | Manipur           | 2      | 1      | 6      | 3      |
| 18       | Meghalaya         | 1      | 2      | 7      | 9      |
| 19       | Mizoram           | -      | -      | -      | -      |
| 20       | Nagaland          | -      | 3      | -      | -      |
| 21       | Orissa            | 3      | 8      | 22     | 41     |
| 22       | Punjab            | 6      | 5      | 10     | 4      |
| 23       | Rajasthan         | 18     | 31     | 33     | 40     |
| 24       | Sikkim            | 0      | -      | -      | -      |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu        | 9      | 7      | 22     | 24     |
| 26       | Telangana         | -      | -      | 10     | -      |
| 27       | Tripura           | -      | -      | -      | 1      |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 2      | 8      | 24     | 18     |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh     | 92     | 137    | 197    | 350    |
| 30       | West Bengal       | 7      | 11     | 32     | 23     |
| 31       | A&N Island        | -      | -      | -      | 1      |
| 32       | Chandigarh        | -      | 3      | 6      | 2      |
| 33       | D&NHaveli         | -      | 1      | -      | -      |
| 34       | Puducherry        | -      | -      | -      | -      |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL             | 282    | 460    | 818    | 863    |