Lok Sabha Question No. 30 (STARRED), answered on 2019-02-05
Subject: Fake Ration Cards
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA, RAMA DEVI

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 30 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 th  FEBRUARY, 2019

## FAKE RATION CARDS

- *30. SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

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- (a) whether  fake  ration  cards  are  still  in  use  in  the  country  and  BPL cards have been issued to several ineligible persons which is causing loss of revenue to the Government due to several anomalies in the public distribution system;
- (b) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) the number of fake ration cards seized by the Government during the last  three  years  and  the  current  year  and  the  number  of  ineligible  persons found to have been issued BPL cards, State-wise;
- (d) the source behind the distribution of the said fake ration cards and BPL cards issued to the ineligible persons including the reasons for failure on the part of the Government to get at the root of the problem; and
- (e) the reaction of the Government thereto?

A N S W E R MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI RAMVILAS PASWAN)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (e)  OF  THE STARRED QUESTION NO. *30 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 05.02.2019 IN THE LOK SABHA REGARDING

(a) to(e): As  per  Targeted  Public  Distribution  System  (Control)  Order, 2015, 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.

By November 2016, all State/UT Governments adopted the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA). Under NFSA, the coverage of beneficiaries has been de-linked from the poverty estimates. As such, no BPL cards are issued under NFSA.

Government is also implementing a scheme on End-to-End Computerization  of  TPDS  Operations  in  collaboration  with  all  State/UT Governments. As part of the scheme, all 23 Crore (approx.) ration cards data across the country has been digitized. Further, for targeted delivery, Aadhaar numbers of beneficiaries are seeded with their ration cards for authentication. So far about 86% ration cards are seeded with Aadhaar number at the National level.

Due to the technology led reforms, State/UT Governments are able to detect and delete ineligible/fake/duplicate ration cards as also delete beneficiaries  due  to  migration/death  and  change  in  economic  status  of household, etc. A total of 1.99 Crore ration cards have been deleted since the  year  2015  to  2018.  State-wise  statement  regarding  the  same  is annexed.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO. *30 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 5 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019 IN THE LOK SABHA

Statement showing State/UT-wise number of deleted ration cards during last three years and current year

| Sl.   | State/UT            | 2015      | 2016      | 2017      | 2018     | Total       |
|-------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|-------------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh      | 129,202   | 475,023   | 5,449     |          | 6,09,674    |
| 2     | Andaman &Nicobar    | 37        | -         |           |          | 37          |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh   | 115       | 4,396     | 56        |          | 4,567       |
| 4     | Assam               | -         | 108,681   | 42,077    | 135,250  | 2,86,008    |
| 5     | Bihar               | 16,401    | 6,291     |           |          | 22,692      |
| 6     | Chandigarh          | -         | -         | 88        |          | 88          |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh        | 143,000   | 150,000   | 150,000   |          | 4,43,000    |
| 8     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | -         | 549       |           |          | 549         |
| 9     | Daman &Diu          | 262       | 101       | 272       | 4,898    | 5,533       |
| 10    | Delhi               | 38,496    | 22,696    | 3,969     | 486      | 65,647      |
| 11    | Goa                 | 145,471   | 10,115    |           |          | 1,55,586    |
| 12    | Gujarat             | 45,833    | 22,119    | 18,965    | 95,659   | 1,82,576    |
| 13    | Haryana             | 43,515    | 19,648    | 29,686    | 291,926  | 3,84,775    |
| 14    | Himachal Pradesh    | -         | 1,148     | 172       | 56,858   | 58,178      |
| 15    | Jammu and Kashmir   | 3,325     | 50,709    | 664       |          | 54,698      |
| 16    | Jharkhand           | 7,914     | 446,025   |           |          | 4,53,939    |
| 17    | Karnataka           | 761,326   | 144,432   | 326,382   | 4,572    | 12,36,712   |
| 18    | Kerala              | -         | -         | -         | 3,314    | 3,314       |
| 19    | Lakshadweep         | 872       | 442       |           |          | 1,314       |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh      | -         | 389,124   | 184,673   |          | 5,73,797    |
| 21    | Maharashtra         | 820,780   | 1,155,908 |           |          | 19,76,688   |
| 22    | Manipur             | -         | -         | 336       |          | 336         |
| 23    | Meghalaya           | -         | -         | -         | 370      | 370         |
| 24    | Mizoram             | 53        | 101       | 559       |          | 713         |
| 25    | Nagaland            | -         | -         | 8,521     |          | 8,521       |
| 26    | Odisha              | -         | 650,471   | 35,740    |          | 6,86,211    |
| 27    | Puducherry          | 56,121    | 9,886     |           |          | 66,007      |
| 28    | Punjab              | -         | -         | 69,945    | 34,972   | 1,04,917    |
| 29    | Rajasthan           | 26,329    | 1,371,230 | 73,110    | 8,016    | 14,78,685   |
| 30    | Sikkim              | -         | 11,714    | 1,126     |          | 12,840      |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu          | 114,175   | 84,470    | 9,089     | -        | 2,07,734    |
| 32    | Telangana           | 83,048    | 521,790   |           |          | 6,04,838    |
| 33    | Tripura             | 66,236    | 92,728    |           |          | 1,58,964    |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh       | 233,847   | 2,586,541 | 4,441,748 |          | 72,62,136   |
| 35    | Uttarakhand         | 111,367   | 89,984    | 318,718   | 126,268  | 6,46,337    |
| 36    | West Bengal         | 2,184,152 | -         |           |          | 21,84,152   |
|       | Grand Total         | 50,31,877 | 84,26,322 | 57,21,345 | 7,62,589 | 1,99,42,133 |

## Remarks:

1) Cards deleted due to detection of Ghost/fraudulent/duplicate/ineligible/migration /deaths, etc. during the process of digitization, de-duplication, Aadhaar seeding in run-up /implementation of NFSA. The information is compiled as per information received from the States/UTs.

2) West Bengal has individual Ration Cards system