Lok Sabha Question No. 2807 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-15
Subject: Time Limit for Ration Card
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Ramesh Chander Kaushik

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA

## MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPT.RTIIIENT  OF FOOD AND PUBLIC  DTSTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QU.ESTION NO.28O7

## TO BE ANSWERED  ON ISTH DECE BER, 2O2l

## TITE LIMIT FOR RATION GARD

## t2807.  SHR! RAME:SH  GHANDER  KAgsgl*

Uulll the triinister  of  GONSUIUER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND  pUBLtc DlsTRlBUTtoN 5cdtftr  qrrTa,  sr(q sit{ Trffim fudf{ur d.+ be pleased to state:

- (a) the time limilt fixed to issue ration cards to all the eligible  persons of the country under.One Nation, One Ration Gard.;
- (b) the State-wise details of the number of eligible ration card holderc and the cards issued  til! date along with the number of beneticiaries to whom rafion cards are yet to be issued; and
- (c) the State.wase deta:ls  of the agencies assuing the said cards?

## ANSWER

## i,IINISTER  OF STATE FOR ii!NISTRY  OF RURAL OEVELOPMENT  AND CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI  NIRANJAN  JYOT!}

- (a): Under One Nation One Rat:on Gard (ONORG)  ptan, there ls no requirement to Issue new ration cards for the purpose  of ration portability.  Under this technology driven portability  system, the NFSA beneficiarles  can use their same/existing  ration cards to access thelr quota of subsidlsed foodgrains from any Fair Price Shop (FPS) of choice In the country, with Aadhaar blometric authentication on an electronlc  Point of Eate (epoS) devlce.
- (b): The National Food Security Act, 2O{3 (NFSA) provides  for a maximum coverage of 81.35 crore beneficiaries  in the country to receive monthty  benefit of highly subsidise.l foodgralns through  the Targeted  public  Distribufion system (TPDS).  The Act also provides State/UT wise timit of beneficiary coyerage. Further, TPDS under NFSA ls operated in joint responsibitities of the Gentra! and state/ur Govemments, where inter-alia the operational responsibllities  of identification  of  ellgible beneticiaries/households  within their f urisdiction, issuance of ration cards to them, etc. rests with the respective  State/UT Govemments. State/UT wise details of the ration cards under NFSA are at Annexure.
- (c):  lt is the responsiblllty of  ,  all StateruT Govemments through respecflve Food & Civil Supplies Departments,  to issue ration cards under NFEA through Iocal arrangements.

## ANNEXURE  REFEIRRED  TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE UNSTARRED OUESTION NO.28O7 FOR ANSWER ON 15.12.20/2' IN THE LOK SABHA.

state/ur  wise number of ration cards  issued  by the state/ur Governments  under National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA)  as on 10.12.2021;

| st.   | States/UTs                  | Number of Ration Cards   |
|-------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1     | Andaman and Nicobar lslands | '16,767                  |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh              | 89,'t8,633               |
| .)    | Arunachal Pradesh           | 1,68,325                 |
| 4     | Assam                       | 58,88,696                |
| 5     | Bihar                       | 1,79,82,711              |
| 6     | Chandigarh                  | 67,862                   |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh                | s'1,16,587               |
| 8     | Dadra & NH and Daman Diu    | 60,239                   |
| I     | Delhi                       | 17,78,740                |
| 10    | Goa                         | 1,43,169                 |
| 11    | Gujarat                     | 72,55,767                |
| 12    | Haryana                     | 27,00,660                |
| 13    | Himachal Pradesh            | 7,32,708                 |
| 14    | Jammu & Kashmir             | 16,34,463                |
| 't5   | Jharkhand                   | 58,80,759                |
| 16    | Karnataka                   | 1 ,17,47,519             |
| 17    | Kerala                      | 39,42,019                |
| 18    | Ladakh                      | 28,715                   |
| 19    | Lakshadweep                 | 5,180                    |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh              | 't,14,55,485             |
| 21    | Maharashlra                 | 1,53,07,531              |
| 22    | Manipur                     | 5,75,132                 |
| 23    | Meghalaya                   | 4,21,504                 |
| 24    | Mizoram                     | 1,62,983                 |
| 25    | Nagaland                    | 3,03,464                 |
| 26    | Odisha                      | 92,69,321                |
| 27    | Puducherry                  | 1,76,088                 |
| 28    | Punjab                      | 39,42,934                |
| 29    | Rajasthan                   | 1,06,36,572              |
| 30    | Sikkim                      | 93,581                   |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu                  | 1 ,10,65,995             |
| 32    | Telangana                   | 53,58,509                |
| 5J    | Tripura                     | 5,96,234                 |
| 34    | Uttarakhand                 | 13,94,561                |
| 35    | Uttar Pradesh               | 3,55,48,799              |
| Jt)   | West Bengal                 | 5,63,23,911              |
|       | Total                       | 23,67,02,123             |