Lok Sabha Question No. 5601 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Discrepancies in Aadhaar Linked Ration Cards
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5601

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 6TH APRIL, 2022

## DISCREPANCIES IN AADHAAR LINKED RATION CARDS

## 5601 . SHRI N. REDDEPPA:

Will the Minister of FOOD AND

CONSUMER AFFAIRS, PUBLIC be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of implementation of the One Nation One Ration Card scheme along with State-wise details of percentage of population covered;
- aware of discrepancies in Aadhaar linked ration cards in case of people engaged in construction labour and domestic work since their fingerprints may change or fade with time and
- (b) whether the Ministry is may not match with the ones entered in Aadhaar; and
- (c) if s0, the measures taken in this regard to ensure their inclusion in the scheme?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan for portability of NFSA ration cards, is enabled in 35 covering about 77 Crore beneficiaries, that 96.8% of the total NFSA population in the country: A StatelUt wise statement showing the current coverage of NFSA beneficiaries under ONORC is at Annexure. is,
- The timeline given to all for   linking of Aadhaar numbers of beneficiaries with their ration cards has been extended up to 30/06/2022. Until then, as per the extant instructions of the Department, States/UTs have been advised that no genuine NFSA beneficiarylhousehold shall be denied from receiving their entitled quota of subsidized foodgrains only for want of Aadhaar; or due to failure of biometriclAadhaar authentication due to networkl connectivityl linking related issues, poor biometrics of the beneficiary or any other technical reasons:

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5601 FOR ANSWER ON 06.04.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## Statement showing StatelUT wise Coverage of NFSA Beneficiaries under One Nation One Ration Card:

| SI:   | StatesfUT                   | Current Coverage of Beneficiaries under NFSA (in Lakhs)   |
|-------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1     | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 0.61                                                      |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh              | 268.22                                                    |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh           | 8.40                                                      |
| 4     | Bihar                       | 871.16                                                    |
| 5     | Chandigarh                  | 2.74                                                      |
| 6     | Chhattisgarh                | 200.77                                                    |
| 7     | Dadra & NH and Daman Diu    | 3.02                                                      |
| 8     | Delhi                       | 72.78                                                     |
| 9     | Goa                         | 5.32                                                      |
| 10    | Gujarat                     | 344.68                                                    |
| 11    | Haryana                     | 126.49                                                    |
| 12    | Himachal Pradesh            | 28.64                                                     |
| 13    | Jammu & Kashmir             | 72.41                                                     |
| 14    | Jharkhand                   | 263.70                                                    |
| 15    | Karnataka                   | 401.93                                                    |
| 16    | Kerala                      | 154.80                                                    |
| 17    | Ladakh                      | 1.44                                                      |
| 18    | Lakshadweep                 | 0.22                                                      |
| 19    | Madhya Pradesh              | 482.58                                                    |
| 20    | Maharashtra                 | 700.17                                                    |
| 21    | Manipur                     | 19.97                                                     |
| 22    | Meghalaya                   | 21.46                                                     |
| 23    | Mizoram                     | 6.68                                                      |
| 24    | Nagaland                    | 14.05                                                     |
| 25    | Odisha                      | 324.15                                                    |
| 26    | Puducherry                  | 6.24                                                      |
| 27    | Punjab                      | 141.1                                                     |
| 28    | Rajasthan                   | 440.01                                                    |
| 29    | Sikkim                      | 3.79                                                      |
| 30    | Tamil Nadu                  | 364.69                                                    |
| 31    | Telangana                   | 191.62                                                    |
| 32    | Tripura                     | 24.83                                                     |
| 33    | Uttarakhand                 | 61.94                                                     |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh               | 1,487.44                                                  |
| 35    | West Bengal                 | 601.84                                                    |
|       | National Summary            | 7,720.30                                                  |