Lok Sabha Question No. 357 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Aadhaar Linkage to PDS
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka

## GOVERiIITIENT  OF INDIA

## ilUNtSTRY OF GOilSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD &  pUBLtC  DISTRIBUTIOI| DEPARTMEiIT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA U}ISTARRED OUESTIOiI NO. 357 TO BE ANSWERED  ON 4rh FEBRUARY,2O2O

## AAD!{AAR LINXAGE TO PDS

357. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

SHRI SAPTAGIRI  SANKAR  ULAKA:

Will the Minister of  GONSUMER AFFAIRS,  FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION  5lnftril TrrA, srdF rik srffir fur(ur  d* be pteased  to state:

- (a) whether it as a fact that many people in the States of Bihar and UP do not have their Aadhaar cards linked to the PDS Scheme;
- the details of the proportion  of pensons who have had their Aadhaar
- (b) cards linked to the PDS scheme, State-wise;
- (c)  whether there is any major causes responsible for non-linkage  of Aadhaar cards with PDS system for persons  without the said linkage so fa4
- (d)  the details of the steps being taken by the Government to ensure that
- benefits of PDS reach every eligible citizen includang  those not having Aadhaar card or those who are unable to have their Aadhaar cards linked to the PDS schemel
- (e)  whether the Government  is planning  to include more items in the list of subsidized food like Millets specially for tribals and if so, the details thereof;  and
- (0 whether the Government  plans to implement "One ilation One Ration Card" in the country and if so, the details ther€ot along with its proposed timeline?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD &

PUBLIC DISTR!BUTIOT{ (sHR! DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)

(a) to (e): Under Public Distribution System (PDS) reforms, digitazation  of ration cards/beneficiaries  and distribution of highly subsidised foodgrains, namely- Rice, Wheat and Goarce,.grains,  to targeted beneficiaries under NFSA through electronic Point of Sale  (ePoS) devices' after biometric/Aadhaar  authentication of beneficiaries  are key objectives  to improve the efficiency  and transparency in the distribution process.

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At present, nearly 9O7o of total 23.4 Grore ration cards under NFSA across the country have been seeded with Aadhaar number of at least one member of the household. Linking of Aadhaar with ration cards is also dependent  on enrolment/generation and delivery of  Aadhaar card to beneficiaries. A statement showing State/UT-wise  progress  of Aadhaar seeding including Bihar and Uttar Pradesh is Annexed. !n this connection, as per the notification of this Department daled OBlO2l2O{  7 (as amended from time to time) the timeline given to States/UTs  for linking of Aadhaar with all ration cards has been extended up to 31lO3l2O2O.

Further, this Department  vide letters dated 2411Q12O17  anll OAnll2O1a has advised all States/UTs  that genuine  beneficiaries/households shall not be denied from their entitled foodgrains under NFSA only on the ground of not possessing an Aadhaar number, or due to any technical failure of ePoS device including  failure of biometric/Aadhaar authentication of beneficiary owing to network/connectivity/linking  issues.

The Act provides  for distribution of Coarse-grains including millets for distribution to beneficiaries  through  PDS, however, distribution  of coarsegrains to their beneficiaries  depends  on the willingness of respective State/UT.

(f): To sustain the reforms brought in by the scheme on  rEnd.to.End

Gomputerization of TPDS Operations' and to introduce new reforms, the Department in  association with States/UTs is  implementing another scheme namely  trlntegrated  Management of Public Distribution  System (lMPDS)" w.e.f. April 2O{8 with a tota! outlay of Rs. 127 Crore. The main obiective of the scheme is to introduce nation-wide portability of ration card holders under l{ational Food Security Acf, 2013 (NFSA)r through 'One I{ation  One Ration Gard' system. This system enables  the migratory ration card holders/beneficiaries  to lift their entitled foodgrains from any Fair Price Shop (FPS) of their choice in the country by using their existing/same ration card issued in  their home State/UT after biometric/Aadhaar authentication on etectronic  Point of Sale (ePoS) devices installed at the FPSs. So far this facility is available in {2 States. Further,  integration of remaining States/UTs depends on the readiness of States/UTs to implement the same.

## An re

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO lN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.357 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 04.02.2020  tN THE LOK SABHA.

## Status of End-to-End  Gomputerization of PDS Operations Scheme as on l4.O{.2O2O

| st.   | States/UTs                     | Rataon Gard Digatization      | Rataon Gard Digatization   | Aadhaar Seeding with Ration Cards   |
|-------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| st.   | States/UTs                     | Total Ration Cards under NFSA | Digitization ("/"1         | Aadhaar Seeding with Ration Cards   |
| 1     | Andaman & Nicobar              | 16,342                        | 1()00/"                    | 98%                                 |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh                 | 90,27,634                     | ,tooyo                     | lOOo/o                              |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh              | 1,77$O7                       | 1000/"                     | 57o/o                               |
| 4     | Assam                          | 57,87,006                     | 1000/"                     | o"                                  |
| 5     | Bihar                          | 1,671231631                   | 1000/"                     | 76o/o                               |
| 6     | Ghandigarh (DBT)               | 67,527                        | 1()00/"                    | 99%                                 |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh                   | 52,82,969                     | 10()0/"                    | 980/"                               |
| I     | Dadra & Nagar Havela           | 45,736                        | 100y"                      | lOOo/o                              |
| 9     | Daman & Diu                    | 19,993                        | 1000/"                     | 1000/"                              |
| 10    | Delhi                          | 17,49,526                     | lOOo/o                     | 100%                                |
| 11    | Goa                            | 1142,147                      | 1000/"                     | 98o/o                               |
| 12    | Gujarat                        | 65,8{,540                     | 1OO"/"                     | lOOo/o                              |
| 13    | Haryana                        | 261971110                     | lOOo/o                     | 1000/0                              |
| 14    | Himachal Pradesh               | 6,78,675                      | 100yo                      | lOOo/o                              |
| {5    | Jammu & Kashmir (incl. Ladakh) | ,l617514/,3                   | 1OO"/o                     | A4o/o                               |
| 16    | Jharkhand                      | 57119,194                     | 100yo                      | 95"/"                               |
| 17    | Kamataka                       | 1126,78,228                   | ,looo/o                    | lOOo/o                              |
| t8    | Kerala                         | 37,29,759                     | 100yo                      | 1000/"                              |
| ,t9   | Lakshadweep                    | 5,153                         | 1000/0                     | 100%                                |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh                 | 1r17r471674                   | lOOo/o                     | 9O"/o                               |
| 21    | Maharashtra                    | 1,50,67,4O3                   | lOOo/o                     | 99"/o                               |
| 22    | Manipul                        | 5,88,837                      | 1000/"                     | a2%                                 |
| 23    | Meghalaya                      | 4,21,5O2                      | 100%                       | o%                                  |
| 24    | Mizoram                        | 1,55,643                      | 1lJ()o/"                   | 93"/"                               |
| 25    | Nagaland                       | 2,82,2O9                      | lOOo/o                     | 7oyo                                |
| 26    | Odisha                         | 93,2O,884                     | 1000/"                     | 99"/"                               |
| 27    | Puducherry (DBT)               | 1r77,977                      | 1000/"                     | ,toov"                              |
| 2E    | Puniab                         | 35rlg1327                     | 100yo                      | ,too%                               |
| 29    | Rajasthan                      | 11111061203                   | 1000/"                     | 97Yo                                |
| 30    | Sikkim                         | 94,704                        | 1000/"                     | 91%                                 |
| 3,1   | Tamil Nadu                     | I,0{,4{,800                   | 10lJ0/"                    | 100%                                |
| 32    | Telangana                      | 53,24,5O8                     | 100"/"                     | 99"/"                               |
| 33    | Tripura                        | 5,78,828                      | 1o()yo                     | lOOo/o                              |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh                  | 3153r22r427                   | lOOo/o                     | lOOo/o                              |
| 35    | Uttarakhand                    | 13,36,938                     | 100y"                      | 94yo                                |
| 36    | VYest Bengal                   | 5,63,49,434                   | ,looo/"                    | ao"/"                               |
|       | Summary                        | 23r43r39r518                  | {o0%                       | 90%                                 |