Lok Sabha Question No. 262 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-05
Subject: PoS Devices in Fair Price Shops
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 262

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 FEBRUARY, 2019

## POS DEVICES IN FAIR PRICE SHOPS

## 262. SHRI KESINENI NANI:

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- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  install  Point  of  Sale  (PoS) devices in Fair Price Shops (FPS) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the total number of fair price shops in each State including Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) the number of Food Corporation of India (FCI) storehouses in each State including Andhra Pradesh; and
- (d) whether the Government plans to set up more fair price shops and FCI centres in the country in the coming years 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) & (b): To plug leakages and diversion of foodgrains in Public Distribution System (PDS), this Department in association with States/UTs is implementing the scheme on End-to-End Computerisation of PDS Operations including  automation  of  Fair  Price  Shops  (FPSs)  through  installation  of electronic  Point  of  Sale  (ePoS)  devices  in  all  FPSs  for  identification  of entitled persons  and  households  for  delivery of foodgrains,  based  on 'Aadhaar  number'  or  other  authentication  tools,  specified  by  the  Central Government  from  time  to  time.  Out  of  nearly  5.33  lakh  FPSs  across  the country,  about  3.88  lakh  FPSs  have  been  automated  so  far.  A  statement showing State/UT-wise number of total and automated FPSs including Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure-I.
- (c) & (d): As on 31.12.2018, a total of 2,006 warehouses (553-owned & 1,453hired) are with FCI across India including Andhra Pradesh. State-wise details are at Annexure-II. In addition, Steel Silo storages with bulk handling facility are also being constructed. Till date locations for silos with capacity of 82.75 LMT have been approved and State wise breakup is at Annexure-III.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 262 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 5 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019 IN THE LOK SABHA

State-wise status automation of FPSs

| Sl.   | States/UTs        | Total No. of Fair Price Shops   | No. of FPSs with Operational ePoS   |
|-------|-------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 28,663                          | 28,663                              |
| 2     | A & N Islands     | 482                             | 401                                 |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh | 1,912                           | 28                                  |
| 4     | Assam             | 38,237                          | 109                                 |
| 5     | Bihar             | 41,483                          | 62                                  |
| 6     | Chandigarh        | 0                               | 0                                   |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh      | 12,300                          | 11,970                              |
| 8 D & | N Haveli          | 65                              | 62                                  |
| 9     | Daman & Diu       | 51                              | 51                                  |
| 10    | Delhi             | 2,254                           | 0                                   |
| 11    | Goa               | 456                             | 456                                 |
| 12    | Gujarat           | 17,210                          | 17,210                              |
| 13    | Haryana           | 9,698                           | 9,317                               |
| 14    | Himachal Pradesh  | 4,934                           | 4,933                               |
| 15    | Jammu & Kashmir   | 6,493                           | 6,411                               |
| 16    | Jharkhand         | 23,926                          | 23,997                              |
| 17    | Karnataka         | 20,021                          | 19,111                              |
| 18    | Kerala            | 14,429                          | 14,370                              |
| 19    | Lakshadweep       | 39                              | 39                                  |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh    | 24,428                          | 23,661                              |
| 21    | Maharashtra       | 52,532                          | 52,532                              |
| 22    | Manipur           | 2,682                           | 0                                   |
| 23    | Meghalaya         | 4,736                           | 10                                  |
| 24    | Mizoram           | 1,252                           | 0                                   |
| 25    | Nagaland          | 1,691                           | 0                                   |
| 26    | Odisha            | 12,577                          | 12,577                              |
| 27    | Puducherry        | 0                               | 0                                   |
| 28    | Punjab            | 16,933                          | 16,000                              |
| 29    | Rajasthan         | 26,657                          | 25,579                              |
| 30    | Sikkim            | 1,421                           | 1,336                               |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu        | 34,776                          | 34,776                              |
| 32    | Telangana         | 17,170                          | 17,170                              |
| 33    | Tripura           | 1,806                           | 1,806                               |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh     | 81,137                          | 62,779                              |
| 35    | Uttarakhand       | 9,908                           | 2,230                               |
| 36    | West Bengal       | 20,806                          | 366                                 |
|       | Total             | 5,33,165                        | 3,88,012                            |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 262 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 5 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019 IN THE LOK SABHA

## FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA

State-wise Number of Storage available with FCI as on December, 2018.

| SL. NO.   | REGION/U.T.                 | COVERED         | COVERED     | COVERED   | COVERED   | COVERED   | COVERED        | COVERED   | COVERED         | COVERED     | COVERED       |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------------|-------------|---------------|
| SL. NO.   | REGION/U.T.                 | FCI OWNED OWNED | STATE GOVT. | CWC       | SWC       | PEG       | HIRED PWS 2010 | SILO      | PRIVATE PARTIES | TOTAL HIRED | TOTAL COVERED |
| 1         | BIHAR                       | 12              | 3           | 9         | 22        | 24        | 1              | 0         | 3               | 62          | 74            |
| 2         | JHARKHAND                   | 6               | 0           | 2         | 11        | 21        | 0              | 0         | 1               | 35          | 41            |
| 3         | ORISSA                      | 28              | 0           | 6         | 18        | 0         | 0              | 0         | 0               | 24          | 52            |
| 4         | WEST BENGAL                 | 23              | 1           | 3         | 0         | 0         | 0              | 1         | 5               | 10          | 33            |
| 5         | ARUNACHAL                   | 10              | 1           | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0              | 0         | 2               | 3           | 13            |
| 6         | ASSAM                       | 20              | 1           | 3         | 4         | 0         | 0              | 0         | 11              | 19          | 39            |
| 7         | MANIPUR                     | 4               | 1           | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0              | 0         | 0               | 1           | 5             |
| 8         | NAGALAND                    | 5               | 0           | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0              | 0         | 0               | 1           | 6             |
| 9         | MEGHALAYA, MIZORAM, TRIPURA | 14              | 2           | 0         | 3         | 0         | 0              | 0         | 0               | 5           | 19            |
| 10        | DELHI                       | 6               | 0           | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0              | 0         | 0               | 0           | 6             |
| 11        | HARYANA                     | 33              | 23          | 20        | 37        | 125       | 0              | 0         | 1               | 206         | 239           |
| 12        | HIMACHAL PD.                | 6               | 6           | 3         | 0         | 3         | 0              | 0         | 0               | 12          | 18            |
| 13        | J &K                        | 16              | 1           | 0         | 0         | 14        | 0              | 0         | 0               | 15          | 31            |
| 14        | PUNJAB                      | 121             | 2           | 24        | 215       | 181       | 0              | 2         | 8               | 432         | 553           |
| 15        | RAJASTHAN                   | 36              | 0           | 22        | 57        | 14        | 0              | 0         | 3               | 96          | 132           |
| 16        | UTTAR PRADESH               | 46              | 0           | 25        | 127       | 64        | 0              | 0         | 0               | 216         | 262           |
| 17        | UTTRANCHAL                  | 4               | 3           | 4         | 5         | 1         | 0              | 0         | 0               | 13          | 17            |
| 18        | ANDHRA PRADESH              | 24              | 0           | 3         | 22        | 6         | 0              | 0         | 0               | 31          | 55            |
| 19        | KARNATAKA                   | 22              | 0           | 4         | 21        | 12        | 0              | 1         | 0               | 38          | 60            |
| 20        | KERALA                      | 23              | 0           | 2         | 0         | 3         | 0              | 0         | 0               | 5           | 28            |
| 21        | TAMIL NADU                  | 14              | 0           | 15        | 19        | 9         | 0              | 2         | 0               | 45          | 59            |
| 22        | TELANGANA                   | 11              | 1           | 7         | 35        | 6         | 0              | 0         | 0               | 49          | 60            |
| 23        | CHHATTISGARH                | 20              | 0           | 3         | 10        | 5         | 0              | 0         | 0               | 18          | 38            |
| 24        | GUJARAT                     | 14              | 3           | 12        | 0         | 3         | 0              | 0         | 0               | 18          | 32            |
| 25        | MADHYA PRADESH              | 22              | 0           | 2         | 1         | 29        | 0              | 0         | 0               | 32          | 54            |
| 26        | MAHARASHTRA                 | 13              | 0           | 9         | 22        | 27        | 8              | 1         | 0               | 67          | 80            |
| 27        | COUNTRY TOTAL               | 553             | 48          | 179       | 629       | 547       | 9              | 7         | 34              | 1453        | 2006          |

## ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  to (d) OF  THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 262 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 5 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019 IN THE LOK SABHA

Statement showing state-wise status of silo construction (Fig. In LMT) is as under:

| Agency              | State               | Target   |   Completed |   Under Impleme n-tation |   Awarded |   Tendered |   Approved | Total   |
|---------------------|---------------------|----------|-------------|--------------------------|-----------|------------|------------|---------|
| FCI                 | Assam               |          |        0    |                      0.5 |       0   |        0   |        0   | 0.5     |
| FCI                 | Bihar               |          |        0    |                      2.5 |       3.5 |        0   |        1   | 7       |
| FCI                 | Delhi               |          |        0    |                      0.5 |       0   |        0   |        0   | 0.5     |
| FCI                 | Gujarat             |          |        0    |                      1   |       2   |        0   |        0   | 3       |
| FCI                 | Haryana             |          |        0    |                      2.5 |       0.5 |        0   |        0   | 3       |
| FCI                 | Maharashtra         |          |        0    |                      0   |       0.5 |        0   |        0   | 0.5     |
| FCI                 | Punjab              |          |        0.25 |                      4   |       0   |        0   |       10.5 | 14.75   |
| FCI                 | Uttar Pradesh       |          |        0    |                      3   |       2   |        0   |        1   | 6       |
| FCI                 | West Bengal         |          |        0    |                      0.5 |       0   |        4.5 |        1   | 6       |
| Total (FCI)         | Total (FCI)         | 29       |        0.25 |                     14.5 |       8.5 |        4.5 |       13.5 | 41.25   |
| CWC                 | Punjab              | 2.5      |        0    |                      0   |       0   |        0.5 |        0   | 0.5     |
| Total (CWC)         | Total (CWC)         | 2.5      |        0    |                      0   |       0   |        0.5 |        0   | 0.5     |
| State Govt.         | Haryana             |          |        0    |                      0   |       0   |        0   |        6.5 | 6.5     |
|                     | Madhya Pradesh      |          |        4.5  |                      0   |       0   |        0   |        0   | 4.5     |
|                     | Punjab              |          |        1.5  |                      0   |      15.5 |        0   |       11.5 | 28.5    |
|                     | Uttar Pradesh       |          |        0    |                      0   |       0   |        0   |        1.5 | 1.5     |
| Total (State Govt.) | Total (State Govt.) | 68.5     |        6    |                      0   |      15.5 |        0   |       19.5 | 41      |
| Grand Total         | Grand Total         | 100      |        6.25 |                     14.5 |      24   |        5   |       33   | 82.75*  |

* In addition 15.10 LMT Rice Silos to be taken up depending on outcome of pilot project of Kaimur & Buxar.

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