Lok Sabha Question No. 4866 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Integrated Management of PDS
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shobha Karandlaje

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MlNtsTRy  oF coNsuMER AFFAIRS, FOOD &  pUBLtc  DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIG DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4866 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23Id JULY, 2oI9

## INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF PDS

## 4866. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

Will  the  Minister  of  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND  pUBLtC DlsTRlBuTtoN 5ctTfrdr enr*, ur6u sit{ wffif,fi' Frwr d* be pteased  to state:

- (a) whether the Govemment is set to implement  One Nation One Ration Card Scheme across the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the Ministry  has written to the States/UTs  to fasl traek the rolt out of the scheme, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the new mechanism will ensure that no poor person is deprived of Public Distribution System (PDS), if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  Andhra Pradesh, Guiarat, Haryana, Jharkhand,  Kamataka,  Kerala, Maharashtra, Raiasthan, Telangana and Tripura are already  providing  portability of PDS entitlements,  if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether lntegrated Management  of PDS is creating a central reposltory  of Ration cards to help national level de.duplication,  if so, the details thereof; and
- (0 the steps taken on the digitization of rataon  cards and to remove  fake ration cards?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF GONSUMER AFFAIRS,  FOOD & PUBLTC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)

(a) to (e): To sustain the reforms brought in by scheme on  'End  to End Gomputerizataon of Targeted Public Distribution System  (TPDS)  Operations' the Department  has launched a new scheme namely  "lntegrated  Management of Public Distribution System (IM-PDS)"  for implementation  during 2Ol8-19 and 2O19-2O.  The main obiective  of the scheme is to introduce nation.wide poftability  of ration card holders under Nationa! Food Security  Act, 2013 (NFSA), to lift their entitlement foodgrains  from any FPS of their choice ln the country without the need of obtaining a new ration card, by integrating the existing PDS systems/portals of States/UTs  with the Gentral systems/portals under Gentral Repository  of all NFSA ration cards/beneficiaries thereby enabling One Nation One Ration Card system.  The central repository also ensures that no duplicate ratlon card/beneticiary exist in any State/UT under NFSA. ln this regard' so fal Memorandum  of Understanding  (MoU) have been signed for the implementation of IM-PDS scheme with 26 States/uTs,

Further, at present the State Governments  of Andhra Pradesh, Guiarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kamataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, Tripura, Chhattisgarh  (partially)  and Madhya Pradesh (partially)  have introduced lntra-State  leve! portability of ration card holders to lift the foodgrains  from any FPS within the State.

(0: Wath a view to address challenges  such as leakage and diversion of foodgrains, inclusion/exclusion errors, fake and bogus ration cards, Govemment Is implementang  a scheme on  "End-to-End  Gomputerization  of Targeted Public Distributaon System  (TPDS)  Operations".  The scheme  comprises digitization  of ration cards/beneficiary  and other databases, online allocation,  computerizatlon of supply.chain management,  setting up of transparency  portal and grievance redressal  mechanisms. As a result of use of technology in PDS operations' the State/UT Govemments are able to delete/cancel  a total of 2.98 Grore ration cards during 2O13-2O1  A.