Lok Sabha Question No. 1534 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: Implementation of One Nation-One Ration Card
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Sudheer Gupta, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Nama Nageswara Rao, Shrirang Appa Barne, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik

## GOVERNMEilT OF INDIA

## MtNtsTRy oF coNsuMER AFFAIRS, FOOD &  pUBLtC  DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIG DTSTRIBUTION

## LOK SABI{A

UNSTARRED SUESTION  NO. {534

TO BE AilSWERED ON {{th FEBRUARY, 2O2O

## IMPLEMENTATION  OF ONE ilATION.ONE  RATIOil GARD

{534. SHRI GAJANAil KIRTII(AR:

SHR! SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI I{AMA NAGESWARA RAO:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIV  RAO MANDLIK:

Will the Minister of  COI{SUMER AFFAIRS,  FOOD AND PUBLIG

DTSTRIBUTION  Jqttrrdr rrfi*, Equ sk srffio krtul ri* be pleased to state:

- (a)  the details of the total number  of Ration Gard holdens in the country at present, State/UT-wisel
- (b)  whether the Government  proposes to implement  'One  Nation-One Ration Gad (OilORC)t scheme across the country, if so, the details thereof along with the aims and obiectives and the salient features of the said schemel
- (c) the details ol  the States in which the scheme is  yet to  be implemented  and the time by which such scheme is  likely to  be implemented all over the country;
- (d)  the details of facilities likely to be provided by the Government through this Ration Gard and the details of the steps taken by the Government to ensure that vulnerable and marginalized  group of people are not excluded from the Public Distribution System (PDS) on account of implementation of ONORG; and
- (e)  whether the Government  proposes  to provide kerosene oil to the f,armers  at subsidized rate through this Ration Gard, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS,  FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTIOil (sHR! DAilVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)

(a): A Statement showing State/UT wise total number of Ration Gards in the country at present is annexed.

(b) to (d):  Under the scheme on  *lntegrated  Management of Public Distributlon System (tIUl-PDS)t  the Department  is lmplementing nation-wide portabiltty of ration card holders through'One Nation One Ration Gard'plan, whlch enables any ellglble  ratlon cani holder/beneficiary  covered  under Natlonal Food Securltyl Act, 2013 (NFSA) to llft thelr entitled foodgralns from any Fair Prlce Shop (FPS) of thelr cholce ln  the  country by  using their existing/same ratlon card after blometric/Aadhaar  authentication  on electronic Point of $ale (ePoS) devlces lnstalled at the FP$s. So far, the facility of natlonal/lnter-State  portabllity under thls plan is avallable  ln {2 States, namely - Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gufarat, Haryana, Jharthand,  Kerala, Kamataka, Madhya Pradcsh, taharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana  and Tripura. Further, integration of remaining States/UTs depends on the readlness of States/UTs  to implement the same.

Further, Targeted Public Distrlbution System (TPD$) ls operated  under the folnt  responsibilltyr  of the Gentral and the State/Union Terrltory (UT) Governments, whereln, lnter-alia the operational responsibilities for ldentiflcation  of eliglble households/beneficiarles  under NFSA, issuance of ration cards to them rest wlth the concerned $tate/UT Governments.  However, to ensure that the beneflts of NFSA are reachlng to all vulnerable and economically  weakcst scctlons of the socleQt through TPDS, the Department  has advised all States/UTs  to take proactlve approach for reaching out to such sections of the population  through speclal drives from time-to.time  to ldentlfy and lssue ratlon cards to them under IrlFSA.

(e): Under I{FSA ration cards, at present beneficiaries  can only lift foodgralns namely Rice, Wreat and Goarcegrains  from the Fair Price Shops (FP$s).

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## AililEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UilSTARRED QUESTIO]{ NO.{534 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 11.0/2.2020-  t}t THE LOK SABHA

## Status of End-to-End Gomputerization  of PDS Operiations Scheme

| sl. No.             | States/UTs                     | Total Ration Gards under NFSA   |
|---------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1 Andaman & Nicobar | 16,,B42                        |                                 |
| 2                   | Andhra Pradesh                 | 9O?716,34                       |
| 3                   | Arunachal Pradesh              | 1,77'G,O7                       |
| 4                   | Assam                          | 57rE7,006                       |
| 5                   | Bihar                          | 1t671231631                     |
| 6                   | Ghandlgarh (DBT)               | 67'.527                         |
| 7                   | Ghhattlsgarh                   | 52r821969                       |
| 8                   | Dadra & Nagar Haveli           | 451736                          |
| 9                   | Daman & Dlu                    | {9,993                          |
| '10                 | Delhi                          | 17rtl8626                       |
| t1                  | Goa                            | 1r42rtl47                       |
| 12 Gujarat          |                                | 6518{,54O                       |
| {3                  | llaryana                       | 26',97r11O                      |
| 14 Hlmachal         | Pradesh                        | 6178r675                        |
| {5                  | Jammu & Kashmlr (incl. Ladakh) | 16t7514143                      |
| {6                  | Jharkhand                      | 57r1gr1g4                       |
| 17                  | Karnataka                      | 1 1261781228                    |
| {8                  | Kerala                         | 37r29t759                       |
| {9                  | Lakshadweep                    | 5r{53                           |
| 20 Madhya           | Pradesh                        | 1r171471674                     |
| 21                  | Maharashtra                    | ,l,5or671403                    |
| 22                  | Manipur                        | 5,ggrg37                        |
| 23 Meghalaya        |                                | 4121r5O2                        |
| 24                  | Mizoram                        | 11551643                        |
| 25                  | ilagaland                      | 2182r2O9                        |
| 26                  | Odisha                         | 93r2O,884                       |
| 27 (DBT)            | Puducherry                     | 1t77p77                         |
| 28                  | Punjab                         | 3511813,27                      |
| 29                  | Ralasthan                      | 1r111061203                     |
| 30                  | Slkkim                         | 94t704                          |
| 3.1 Tamil Nadu      |                                | {ro,lr4.tr8oo                   |
| 32                  | Telangana                      | 53124,5O8                       |
| 33                  | Trlpura                        | 5r781828                        |
| 34                  | Uttar Pradesh                  | 3.r53r22r427                    |
| 35 Uttarakhand      |                                | 131361938                       |
| 36                  | West Bengal                    | 5163r191434                     |
|                     | Summary                        | 23r4:!r39r518                   |

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