Lok Sabha Question No. 3589 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-08
Subject: Aadhaar Enabled Public Distribution System
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, RAGHAV LAKHANPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3589

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 th  AUGUST, 2017 AADHAAR ENABLED PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

3589. SHRI R. GOPALAKRISHNAN: SHRI RAGHAV LAKHANPAL:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC

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- (a) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  plug-in  the  leakages  in  the Public Distribution System;
- (b) whether the Government has planned to make all ration shops under Public Distribution System in the country Aadhaar-enabled, if so, the details thereof and the progress made so far, State-wise;
- the  number  of  Aadhaar  Cards  linked  with  the  ration  cards  as  on
- (c) 30.06.2017;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to link all the ration cards with the Aadhaar cards;
- (e) the  details  of  provisions  of  distributing  the  items  under  PDS  for cases in which ration cards are not linked with the Aadhaar cards; and
- (f) the extent to which the Aadhaar-enabled ration shops will be helpful in preventing black marketing by ration shops?

## A N S W E R

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

- (a)  &  (b):  With  a  view  to  addressing  various  challenges  such  as  plugging leakages and diversion of foodgrains in Public Distribution System, Department in association with States/UTs is implementing the installation of  electronic  Point  of  Sale  (e-PoS)  devices/mobile  terminals  at  Fair  Price Shops  which  includes  authentication  of  beneficiaries  (preferably  Aadhaar based),  recording  of  sales  to  beneficiaries  electronically  and  uploading  of sale  transactions  data  on  public  portal.  Out  of  5.27  lakh  FPSs  across  the country,  2,59,370  FPSs  in  23  States/UTs  have  been  automated  so  far.  The State-wise detail is annexed.
- (c): Against  the  total  number  of  23.16  crore  NFSA  ration  cards,  18.05 crore ration cards are seeded with Aadhaar as on 30.06.2017, as reported by the States.

(d) & (e): Department  had  issued  a  Notification  dated  8.2.2017  under section  7  of  the  Aadhaar  Act  2016,  which  requires  individual  beneficiaries under  NFSA  to  furnish  proof  of  possession  of  Aadhaar  number  or  undergo Aadhaar authentication to receive subsidies under NFSA (i.e. subsidised food grains or Cash Transfer of Food Subsidy under NFSA). The above notification is amended by notification dated 29 th  June, 2017. New beneficiaries who are not  yet  enrolled  for  Aadhaar  are  required  to  make  application  for  Aadhaar enrolment  by  30 th   September,  2017  to  get  enrolled.  Till  the  Aadhaar  is assigned, the entitlements shall be given to such individuals on production of Ration Card and Aadhaar Enrolment ID slip or copy of his/her request made to State  Govt.  for  Aadhaar  enrolment  along  with  any  of  the  8  documents  as specified in the notification.

(f): Aadhaar based authentication of beneficiaries enables States/UTs to achieve rightful targeting of food subsidies.

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## ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3589  TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 th  AUGUST, 2017 IN LOK SABHA.

## Status of End-to-End Computerization of TPDS Operations

## (as on 31.07.2017)

| Sl.   | States/UTs           | Operational ePoS   |
|-------|----------------------|--------------------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh       | 28,643             |
| 2     | Chhattisgarh         | 12,176             |
| 3     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 62                 |
| 4     | Daman & Diu          | 51                 |
| 5     | Gujarat              | 17,197             |
| 6     | Jharkhand            | 23,115             |
| 7     | Tamil Nadu           | 34,773             |
| 8     | Karnataka            | 6,336              |
| 9     | Madhya Pradesh       | 22,401             |
| 10    | Rajasthan            | 25,617             |
| 11    | Telangana            | 5,775              |
| 12    | Andaman & Nicobar    | 373                |
| 13    | Delhi                | 17                 |
| 14    | Goa                  | 42                 |
| 15    | Haryana              | 9,510              |
| 16    | Himachal Pradesh     | 4,176              |
| 17    | Maharashtra          | 46,322             |
| 18    | Odisha               | 13,305             |
| 19    | Sikkim               | 20                 |
| 20    | Tripura              | 25                 |
| 21    | Uttar Pradesh        | 9,367              |
| 22    | Bihar                | 59                 |
| 23    | Uttarakhand          | 8                  |
| Total | Total                | 2,59,370           |