Lok Sabha Question No. 449 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Integrated Management of PDS
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shobha Karandlaje

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA

## MINISTRY  OF CONSUmER  AFFAIRS, FOOD &  pUBLtc  DtSTRtBUTtOlrt

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIG DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. ZI49 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4Ih FEBRUARY, 2O2O

## INTEGRATED iiANAGEMENT OF PDS

## 449.  KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD AND  pUBLtC DISTRIBUTION  rcl{ttrdr rrrd, ur<.r 3it{ srffif,fi futr{q d'* be pteased  to state!

- whether the Govemment has launched a new central sector scheme namely lntegrated  Management  of Public Distribution  System, if so, the details thereof
- (a) including the objectives;
- (b) whether  the Government  has introduced national portability  of ratlon card holders to llft foodgrain from any fair price shops across the country,  if so, the
- details  thereof;
- whether the Government has launched One Nation One Ration Gard initiative on a pilot basas an a cluster of six States, if so, the details thereof and the time by
- (c) which this facility will be implemented across the country;
- (d)  the current status of the scheme and the difficulties being faced in Implementing the scheme;
- (e) whether  a format for standardized  ration card has been prepared  for issue of ration card under the National Food Security Act, if so, the details thereto; and
- (0 the number of beneficiaries  covcred so far against the target under the National Food Security Act (NFSA)?

ANSWER

MrNrsrER oF srATE FOR iIIINISTRY OF CONSUi'ER AFFATRS, FOOD & PUBLTC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)

(a) to (f):To sustain the reforms brought in by the scheme on 'End-to-End Gomputerization of Targeted  Public Distribution System (TPDS) Operationst  and to introduce new reforms, the Department in assoclation wlth States/UTs is implementing  another scheme namely  r'lntegrated  ]Ulanagement  of  Public Distribution System (IM-PDS)" w.e.f, April 2O{8. The main objective of the scheme is to introduce nation.wide portability of ration card holders under National Food Security Act, 2O{3 (NFSA), through  'One Nation One Rataon Gard' systern. This system enables the migratory rataon card holderc/beneficiaries  to laft their entitled foodgrains  from any Fair Price Shop (FPS) of their choice in the country by using their existlng/same ration card issued in  their home State/UT after biometric/Aadhaar  authentication  on electronac  Point of Sale (ePoS)  devlces installed  at the FPSs. There ls no need to prinUissue  new ration card for portability under One Nation One Ration Gard plan.

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Under this scheme, the facility of inter-State/national  portabllity  ot ration card holders through  'One  Nation One Ration Cardt system  was inltlally  launched in two clusters of two adjoining States of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana and Gularat  & Maharashtra w.e.f. August 2019. Further,  two more clusters of two adiolning  States each of Haryana & Rajasthan and Karnataka & Kerala w.e.f. October  2O19. However,  the facility  of national/inter-State  portability  under One Nation One Ration Card is now available in a single cluster of {2 States, covering about 4O% of total NFSA population  in the country. Further, integration  of remalning  States/UTs  depends on the readiness  of Statesi/UTs  to implement the samG,