Lok Sabha Question No. 2951 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-03
Subject: Beneficiaries under PDS
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Feroze Varun Gandhi

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

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2951 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3R0 AUGUST, 2022

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER PDS

## 2951. SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

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

- (a) the details of the beneficiaries of Public Distribution System or ration card holders;
- (b) the State-wise number of Antyodaya ration cards cancelled during Financial Year 2018-19, 2019-20 (till date);
- (c) the procedure laid down by the Government for cancelling ration cards;
- (d) the details of starvation deaths in States along with the measures under taken in the reported cases of such death; and
- (e) the steps takenlbeing taken by the Government to prevent such deaths in the future?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a): State-wise details of NFSA beneficiaries of Public Distribution System is attached as Annexure-I.
- (b) & (c): Digitization of ration cards data is a part of the technology driven PDS reforms. Due to this digitization and because of de-duplication, identification of ineligiblelduplicatelfake ration cards, permanent migration, deaths, the StateslUTs from time-to-time have reported the cancellation of about 1.80 Crore such  ineligible ration cards, which include Antyodaya Anna Yojana as well as Priority House Hold Ration Cards both, during the calendar year 2018 to 2021. StatelUT wise details are attached as Annexure-II: etc,

As per the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) Control Order 2015, the review of ration cardslbeneficiaries list, identification of ineligiblel duplicate ration cards and inclusion of genuine eligible beneficiarieslhouseholds is the role of concerned StatelUT Government: In this regard, States/UTs have been advised to undertake proper verification (including field verification) of each identified case to ensure that ration cards of   genuine beneficiaries are not deletedl suspended: Further, States/UTs issue new ration cards to the genuinely eligible householdslbeneficiaries in place of cancelled ration cards under ceiling limit of the National Food Security Act (NFSA), to achieve the rightful targeting of subsidised foodgrains.

- (d): No such report received from States by this Department:
- (e): Does not arise.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2951 FOR ANSWER ON 03.08.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA:

| SL;   | States/ UTs               | NFSA (as identified by StatesMUTs)   |
|-------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 0.61                                 |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh            | 268.22                               |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh         | 8.40                                 |
| 4     | Assam                     | 251.17                               |
| 5     | Bihar                     | 871.16                               |
| 6     | Chandigarh                | 2.76                                 |
|       | Chhattisgarh              | 200.77                               |
| 8     | Dadra &NH and Daman & Diu | 3.02                                 |
| 9     | Delhi                     | 72.78                                |
| 10    | Goa                       | 5.32                                 |
| 11    | Gujarat                   | 345.15                               |
| 12    | Haryana                   | 126.49                               |
| 13    | Himachal Pradesh          | 28.64                                |
| 14    | Jammu & Kashmir           | 72.41                                |
| 15    | Jharkhand                 | 264.12                               |
| 16    | Karnataka                 | 401.93                               |
| 17    | Kerala                    | 154.80                               |
| 18    | Ladakh                    | 1.44                                 |
| 19    | Lakshadweep               | 0.22                                 |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh            | 482.58                               |
| 21    | Maharashtra               | 700.17                               |
| 22    | Manipur                   | 20.08                                |
| 23    | Meghalaya                 | 21.46                                |
| 24    | Mizoram                   | 6.68                                 |
| 25    | Nagaland                  | 14.05                                |
|       | Odisha                    | 325.03                               |
| 27    | Puducherry                | 6.34                                 |
| 28    | Punjab                    | 141.1                                |
| 29    | Rajasthan                 | 440.01                               |
| 30    | Sikkim                    | 3.79                                 |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu                | 364.69                               |
| 32    | Telangana                 | 191.62                               |
| 33    | Tripura                   | 24.83                                |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh             | 1,487.44                             |
| 35    | Uttarakhand               | 61.94                                |
| 36    | West Bengal               | 601.84                               |
|       | Total                     | 7,973.47                             |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) & (c) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2951 FOR ANSWER ON 03.08.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA

## State/UT-wise report of ration cards (AAY & PHH) deleted/cancelled by States/UTs during the four years 2018-2021

| SI:   | State/UT            | 2018      | 2019      | 2020      | 2021      |
|-------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|       | Andhra Pradesh      | 15,209    | 12,762    | 24,523    | 13,128    |
| 2     | Andaman & Nicobar   | 47        | 421       | 431       |           |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh   |           |           |           |           |
| 4     | Assam               | 1,35,250  |           | 21,291    | 11,120    |
| 5     | Bihar               | 2,18,051  | 3,92,713  | 99,404    |           |
| 6     | Chandigarh          |           |           |           |           |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh        | 56,834    | 1,38,967  | 4,508     | 4,368     |
| 8     | DNH and Daman & Diu | 4,898     | 577       | 5,840     | 1,410     |
| 9     | Delhi               | 2,56,987  | 381       | 518       |           |
| 10    | Goa                 | 1,130     | 888       | 148       | 59        |
| 11    | Gujarat             | 95,659    | 23,038    | 47,936    | 11,958    |
| 12    | Haryana             | 2,91,926  |           |           |           |
| 13    | Himachal Pradesh    | 56,858    | 367       | 4,376     | 2,538     |
| 14    | Jammu and Kashmir   | 3,428     | 13,869    |           | NIL       |
| 15    | Jharkhand           | 82,394    | 60,333    | 65,234    |           |
| 16    | Karnataka           | 73,675    | 1,09,312  | 31,753    | 42,558    |
| 17    | Kerala              | 3,314     | 2,543     | 52,475    | 1,04,511  |
| 18    | Ladakh              | NA        | NIL       | NIL       | 614       |
| 19    | Lakshadweep         | 5         |           | 7         | 33        |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh      | 1,27,441  | 61,265    | 1,65,829  | 14,24,115 |
| 21    | Maharashtra         | 12,81,922 | 6,53,677  | 1,31,986  | 36,119    |
| 22    | Manipur             |           |           | 45,321    | 15,541    |
| 23    | Meghalaya           | 2,568     | 10,525    | 16        |           |
| 24    | Mizoram             | 107       | 156       | 1,443     | 1,637     |
| 25    | Nagaland            | 7,723     | 18552     | 7,304     |           |
| 26    | Odisha              |           |           |           |           |
| 27    | Puducherry          | 3,533     | 2,093     | 1,881     | 1,731     |
| 28    | Punjab              | 34,972    | 94,031    | 1,79,837  | 3,305     |
| 29    | Rajasthan           | 8,016     | 72,276    | 5,80,241  | 1,35,283  |
| 30    | Sikkim              | 3,377     | 5,622     | 6,981     |           |
|       | Tamil Nadu          |           |           |           |           |
| 32    | Telangana           |           | 40,684    | 12,154    | NIL       |
| 33    | Tripura             | 18,874    | 552       | 1,099     | 490       |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh       | 43,72,491 | 41,52,273 | 8,54,025  | 4,15,259  |
| 35    | Uttarakhand         | 426,268   |           |           |           |
| 36    | West Bengal         | 88,593    | 1,00,151  | 59.666    |           |
|       | Grand Total         | 73,74,651 | 59,90,446 | 24,19,451 | 22,25,777 |