Lok Sabha Question No. 559 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-20
Subject: Linking Ration Cards with Aadhaar
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Aparupa  Poddar, Rajendra Dhedya  Gavit, Ramesh Chand Bind

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.559 To BE ANSWERED ON JULY, 2022 20H

## LINKING RATION CARDS WITH AADHAAR

559. SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR: SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT: SHRI RAMESH CHAND BIND:

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

- (a) the numberlpercentage of ration cards in the country which are now available on transparency portals of StateslUnion Territories;
- (b) the details of the percentage of Aadhaar cards that have been linked in each StatelUnion Territory;
- (c) the date by which the remaining ration cards are likely to be linked with Aadhaar numbers; and
- (d) whether the Government has taken any steps to bring transparency in the functioning of Public Distribution System and if the details thereof?

## A NSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a): The digitization of ration cards has been completed in all States/UTs and all the 19.5 Crore (approx) Ration Cards are available on transparency portal of respective States/UTs:
- (b): A statement showing StatelUT-wise progress of Aadhaar seeding in ration card is Annexed:
- (c): 99% of total 19.5 Crore ration cards under NFSA have already been seeded with Aadhaar number (i.e: at least one member of the household) States/UTs have been given time upto 30.09.2022 to complete the Aadhaar seeding of the remaining ration cards:

(d): For effective implementation and bringing transparency in Public Distribution System (PDS), Government has implemented a scheme "Endto-end Computerization of Targeted Public distribution System (TPDS) Operations"\_ Under this scheme, various activities were carried out such as digitization of ration cardslbeneficiary and other databases, online allocation, computerization of supply-chain management, setting up of transparency portal and grievance redressal mechanism, etc. Besides, automation of fair price shop (FPS) had also been done which involves installation of electronic Point of Sale (ePos) device at FPS for authentication of beneficiaries and electronic capturing of transaction data: About 5.32 Iakh FPSs out of total 5.33 lakh FPSs across the country have been automated So far.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 559 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 20.07.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## statement showing State/UT-wise progress of Aadhaar seeding in ration card

|    | StatesfUTs                  | % Seeding of Ration Cards   |
|----|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1  | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 100%                        |
| 2  | Andhra Pradesh              | 100%                        |
| 3  | Arunachal Pradesh           | 85%                         |
| 4  | Assam                       | 93%                         |
| 5  | Bihar                       | 100%                        |
| 6  | Chandigarh                  | 100%                        |
| 7  | Chhattisgarh                | 100%                        |
| 8  | Dadra & NH and Daman Diu    | 100%                        |
| 9  | Delhi                       | 100%                        |
| 10 | Goa                         | 100%                        |
| 11 | Gujarat                     | 100%                        |
| 12 | Haryana                     | 100%                        |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh            | 100%                        |
| 14 | Jammu & Kashmir             | 100%                        |
| 15 | Jharkhand                   | 98%                         |
| 16 | Karnataka                   | 100%                        |
| 17 | Kerala                      | 100%                        |
| 18 | Ladakh                      | 99%                         |
| 19 | Lakshadweep                 | 100%                        |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh              | 100%                        |
| 21 | Maharashtra                 | 100%                        |
| 22 | Manipur                     | 99%                         |
| 23 | Meghalaya                   | 38%                         |
| 24 | Mizoram                     | 98%                         |
| 25 | Nagaland                    | 92%                         |
| 26 | Odisha                      | 99%                         |
| 27 | Puducherry                  | 97.4%                       |
| 28 | Punjab                      | 100%                        |
| 29 | Rajasthan                   | 100%                        |
| 30 | Sikkim                      | 100%                        |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu                  | 100%                        |
| 32 | Telangana                   | 100%                        |
| 33 | Tripura                     | 100%                        |
| 34 | Uttarakhand                 | 100%                        |
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh               | 100%                        |
| 36 | West Bengal                 | 95%                         |
|    | National Summary            | 99.1%                       |