Lok Sabha Question No. 844 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-07
Subject: Linking Ration Cards with Aadhaar
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: C. MAHENDRAN, SHARAD TRIPATHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 844

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07 th  FEBRUARY, 2017

## LINKING RATION CARDS WITH AADHAAR

844.  SHRI  C. MAHENDRAN:

SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI:

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- (a) the number of ration cards issued, State and category-wise;
- (b) whether there is a provision of regular correction in BPL list and ration card in the concerned rules and if so, the details in this regard and the position of its implementation;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  received  a  proposal  to  increase  the number  of beneficiaries under  different  schemes of  the  Ministries  and  if  so, details in this regard and the response of the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether the Aadhaar has helped the Government to eliminate bogus ration cards in the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (e) whether  all  the  Aadhaar  cards  in  the  country  are  now  linked  with ration cards and if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (f) whether the Government is planning to make the linking of Aadhaar with ration cards compulsory and if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

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

- (a): After  implementation  of  NFSA,  beneficiaries  are  identified  under following two categories namely:
- (i)  Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) Households, and
- (ii) Priority Households.

As  per  information  received  from  States/UTs,  a  statewise  statement showing the number of ration cards issued as on 15.11.2016 is at Annexure-I.

- (b): TDPS (Control) Order, 2015 stipulates that State/UT Governments are required  to  review  the  lists  of  beneficiaries  every  year  for  the  purpose  of deletion  of  ineligible  families  and  inclusion  of  eligible  families. State/UT Governments have been requested from time to time to carry out drives for reviewing  the  list  of  beneficiaries  under  TPDS.  The  exercise  of  deletion  of bogus/ineligible  cards  and  inclusion  of  eligible  families  is  a  continuous process and State/UT Governments are to periodically carry out the same.
- (c): Proposal from States/UTs are regularly received for revising allocation of foodgrains whenever there is any increase/ decrease in number of  beneficiaries  identified  under  National  Food  Security  Act.  Allocation  of foodgrains under the Act are made on the basis of identification of eligible households within the prescribed ceiling, reported by the States/UTs, availability of beneficiaries details on the PDS  portal and foodgrains entitlements prescribed for eligible households under the Act. As and when request from States/UTs for revision in the allocation, based on identification of additional eligible households, within the ceiling on coverage, is received, such request is considered and foodgrains allocation is revised.
- (d)  to  (f):  All  States/UTs  have  also  been  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.  As  on  24.01.2017,  100%  digitization of ration  cards  and  approx  73%  seeding  of  Aadhaar  has  been  achieved  and approx 1.78 lakh e PoS are currently operating at Fair Price Shops. A statewise statement showing the deletion of ration cards during the year 2013 to 2016  (upto  16.11.2016)  due  to  detection  of  ghost  /  fraudulent  /  duplicate  / ineligible  /  migration  /  deaths  etc  during  the  process  of  digitization,  deduplication/ Aadhaar seeding is at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 844 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 07.02.2017 IN THE LOK SABHA

STATEMENT  INDICATING  STATE-WISE  NUMBER  OF    RATION  CARDS  UNDER  NATIONAL  FOOD SECURITY ACT, 2013 राष्ट�य खादय  सररा  अ�ध�यय , 2013 के  ंतगरत ककर  कक गक राा� काड� क� राजय 1कार  ंखया

(Compilation of information received from States/UTs by 15.11.2016)

( �दनांक 15.11.2016 तक राज् / संघ राज् �ेत से ेापत सप्ना का संकान )

(Figures in lakhs)  ( आंकड़े लाख य� )

| S. No. क . .   | Name of the State/UT राजय / ंघ राजया रेेत के �ाय   | Ration Cards राा� काडर   | Ration Cards राा� काडर   | Ration Cards राा� काडर                 |
|----------------|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| S. No. क . .   | Name of the State/UT राजय / ंघ राजया रेेत के �ाय   | AAY कककाई                | PHH पीकचकच               | Total (AAY+PHH) कसल ( कककाई + पीकचकच ) |
| 1              | Andhra Pradesh आंध ेदे्                            | 9.08                     | 82.95                    | 92.03                                  |
| 2              | Arunachal Pradesh अरुा्ा ेदे्                      | 0.37                     | 1.39                     | 1.76                                   |
| 3              | Assam असम                                          | 7.04                     | 50.78                    | 57.82                                  |
| 4              | Bihar �बहार                                        | 25.01                    | 129.00                   | 154.01                                 |
| 5              | Chhattisgarh छतततससग                               | 7.19                     | 43.78                    | 50.97                                  |
| 6              | Delhi �दलाल                                        | 0.77                     | 18.75                    | 19.52                                  |
| 7              | Goa सोआ                                            | 0.13                     | 1.25                     | 1.38                                   |
| 8              | Gujarat सुजरात                                     | 8.05                     | 62.05                    | 70.11                                  |
| 9              | Haryana ह�र्ाुा                                    | 2.56                     | 26.74                    | 29.30                                  |
| 10             | Himachal Pradesh �हमा्ा ेदे्                       | 1.93                     | 5.04                     | 6.98                                   |
| 11             | Jammu & Kashmir जममप - कशमतर                       | 2.32                     | 13.65                    | 15.97                                  |
| 12             | Jharkhand झारखंड                                   | 9.17                     | 49.24                    | 58.41                                  |
| 13             | Karnataka कनार्क                                   | 7.97                     | 97.52                    | 105.48                                 |
| 14             | Kerala केरा                                        | 5.96                     | 28.37                    | 34.33                                  |
| 15             | Madhya Pradesh मध्ेदे्                             | 13.87                    | 102.71                   | 116.58                                 |
| 16             | Maharashtra महाराष्                                | 25.05                    | 123.23                   | 148.28                                 |
| 17             | Manipur म�ुपुर                                     | 0.66                     | 4.51                     | 5.17                                   |
| 18             | Meghalaya मेघाा्                                   | 0.15                     | 4.07                     | 4.22                                   |
| 19             | Mizoram �मजोरम                                     | 0.26                     | 1.16                     | 1.42                                   |
| 20             | Nagaland नासाा�ड                                   | 0.48                     | 2.36                     | 2.84                                   |
| 21             | Odisha ओड़त्ा                                       | 10.19                    | 75.35                    | 85.54                                  |
| 22             | Punjab पंजाब                                       | 1.20                     | 32.82                    | 34.03                                  |
| 23             | Rajasthan राजस्ान                                  | 6.27                     | 92.90                    | 99.17                                  |
| 24             | Sikkim �सिककम                                      | 0.17                     | 0.81                     | 0.98                                   |
| 25             | Tamil Nadu त�मानाडु                                | 17.17                    | 78.54                    | 95.71                                  |
| 26             | Telangana तेांसाना                                 | 5.74                     | 43.08                    | 48.82                                  |
| 27             | Tripura �तपुरा                                     | 1.10                     | 4.80                     | 5.90                                   |
| 28             | Uttar Pradesh उततर ेदे्                            | 40.95                    | 294.02                   | 334.96                                 |
| 29             | Uttarakhand उततराखंड                               | 1.84                     | 11.46                    | 13.30                                  |
| 30             | West Bengal प. बंसाा *                             | 51.82                    | 550.03                   | 601.85                                 |
| 31             | A&N Island अंडमान और �नकोबार द्तप समपह             | 0.04                     | 0.09                     | 0.13                                   |
| 32             | Chandigarh ्ंडतसग                                  | 0.00                     | 0.59                     | 0.59                                   |
| 33             | D & N Haveli दा. ए्ं न. ह्ेाल                      | 0.04                     | 0.37                     | 0.41                                   |
| 34             | Daman & Diu दमु ए्ं दल्                            | 0.01                     | 0.23                     | 0.24                                   |
| 35             | Lakshadweep ा�द्तप                                 | 0.01                     | 0.04                     | 0.05                                   |
| 36             | Pudducherry पुडडु्ेरल                              | 0.28                     | 1.53                     | 1.81                                   |
| TOTAL          | TOTAL                                              | 264.86                   | 2,035.22                 | 2,300.08                               |

## Updated Statement of Deleted Ration Cards (16 November2016)

| Sl.          | States/UTs           | State-wise Total   |
|--------------|----------------------|--------------------|
| 1            | Andaman & Nicobar    | 37                 |
| 2            | Andhra Pradesh       | 9,67,000           |
| 3            | Arunachal Pradesh    | 14,911             |
| 4            | Assam                | 72,746             |
| 5            | Bihar                | 41,369             |
| 6            | Chandigarh           | 0                  |
| 7            | Chhattisgarh         | 10,39,000          |
| 8            | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 1,647              |
| 9            | Daman & Diu          | 0                  |
| 10           | Delhi                | 35,056             |
| 11           | Goa                  | 1,11,020           |
| 12           | Gujarat              | 1,39,174           |
| 13           | Haryana              | 1,92,130           |
| 14           | Himachal Pradesh     | 3,260              |
| 15           | Jammu and Kashmir    | 0                  |
| 16           | Jharkhand            | 7,933              |
| 17           | Karnataka            | 46,19,988          |
| 18           | Kerala               | 0                  |
| 19           | Lakshadweep          | 1,390              |
| 20           | Madhya Pradesh       | 1,09,436           |
| 21           | Maharashtra          | 21,62,391          |
| 22           | Manipur              | 0                  |
| 23           | Meghalaya            | 0                  |
| 24           | Mizoram              | 997                |
| 25           | Nagaland             | 0                  |
| 26           | Odisha               | 7,61,460           |
| 27           | Puducherry           | 28,008             |
| 28           | Punjab               | 1,01,249           |
| 29           | Rajasthan            | 13,23,406          |
| 30           | Sikkim               | 4,760              |
| 31           | Tamil Nadu           | 3,70,727           |
| 32           | Telangana            | 19,39,481          |
| 33           | Tripura              | 1,76,986           |
| 34           | Uttar Pradesh        | 24,72,135          |
| 35           | Uttarakhand          | 0                  |
| 36           | West Bengal $        | 66,13,961          |
| Grand Totals | Grand Totals         | 2,33,11,658        |

$ West Bengal has individual Ration Cards system

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