Lok Sabha Question No. 3830 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-16
Subject: Aadhaar Card Link with Ration Cards
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Rajan Baburao  Vichare

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3830 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  JULY, 2019

## AADHAAR CARD LINK WITH RATION CARDS

## †3830. SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

Will  the  Minister  of  CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD  AND  PUBLIC be  pleased  to

DISTRIBUTION उपभोक्ता त मल , ाखतद्ा औा तावर्ज�ाका्औता  मं state:

- (a) whether the process of linking e-ration cards with Aadhaar card under National Food Security Act (NFSA) has helped in cancellation of a number of bogus ration cards;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- the  details  of  the  ration  cards  issued  linked  with  Aadhaar  and  found
- (c) bogus in respect of the State of Maharashtra, so far?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## (SHRI   DANVE  RAOSAHEB   DADARAO)

- (a) & (b): Department is implementing a Scheme on 'End-to-end Computerization of TPDS Operations' in collaboration with all States/UTs on cost sharing basis. The Scheme comprises activities, namely, digitization of ration  cards/beneficiary  and  other  databases,  computerization  of  supplychain  management,  setting  up  of  transparency  portals  and  grievance redressal  mechanisms.  The  Digitization  of  ration  cards/  beneficiaries  data has been completed in all 36 States & UTs and digitized details of Ration Cards  are  available  on  transparency  portals  of  States/UTs.  Apart  from  the above,  in  order  to  identify  and  weed-out  duplicate/ineligible  beneficiaries from the TPDS, and to enable better targeting of food subsidies - States/UTs have been asked to seed the Aadhaar number in ration cards/beneficiaries database. At present, 85.5% Ration Cards (at least one member of family) are  seeded  with  Aadhaar  number.  The  bogus  ration  cards  have  been identified/detected due to digitisation of ration cards, de-duplication due to seeding of Aadhaar numbers in digitised PDS database, apart from adoption of other means  such  as  detection  of  in-eligible beneficiaries/families, transfer/migration of families, death(s), change in the economic status of the household  etc  and  has  resulted  in  the  deletion/cancellation  of  ghost/ineligible  ration  cards.  As  per  the  information,  a  total  of  2.98  crore  ration cards stand deleted/cancelled by States/UTs during 2013-18.
- (c):    The  details  of  ration  cards  issued,  linked  with  Aadhaar  and  found bogus in respect of State of Maharashtra is at Annexure.

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3830 DUE FOR ANSEWERED ON 16.07.2019 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## Status of ration cards issued, linked with Aadhaar and Deleted/cancelled ration cards in the State of Maharashtra

|   Sl. | States/UTs   | No. of Ration Cards under NFSA   | Number of Ration Cards linked with Aadhaar   | % of Aadhaar Seeding with Ration Cards (at least one member of family)   | No. of Ration Cards Deleted/Cancelled (2013-2018)   |
|-------|--------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | Maharashtra  | 1,46,49,768                      | 1,42,47,780                                  | 97%                                                                      | 21,62,391                                           |

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