Lok Sabha Question No. 1245 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-27
Subject: Implementation of ONORC
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Abhishek Banerjee, Sougata Ray

## GOVERNMET{T OF INDIA

## MrNtsTRy oF coNsuMER AFFAIRS, FOOD &  puBl.tc  DtsTRtBUTtON DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTTON

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. {245 TO BE ANSWERED  ON 27't1HJatLY,2O21

## IMPLEMENTAT!ON  OF ONORC

1245.

SHRI'TBHISHEK  BAilERJEE:

PROF. SOUGATA RAY:

Wall the Minister  of GONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD AND  pUBLtC DTSTRIBUTTON  :lssiTdr err*,  gl,r.a gt{  Erffif ftflFr d*  be pteased  to state:

- (a)  whether the Government  has taken any steps to imprement  one Nation one Ration Gard (or{oRG) scheme, if so, the detairs thereof including the progress made in it in the country and if not the reasons therefor;
- (b)  whether  there has been any budget allotted and funds disburced  for the same so far, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there are any steps being taken to minimize  the massive gap in digital  access and titeracy  an migrant tabourerc for smooth functioning  of the same, if so, the details thereofi
- (d)  the number of ration cards incruded in the schemel  state wise: and
- (e)  whether  the policy hetps to check the multiplication  of ration cards and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF STATE FOR MINISTRY  OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT  AND cot{suMER AFFAIRS, FOOD &  puBl.tc  DtsTRtBUTION (sADHVt  NTRANJAN  JYOTT)

(a): Yes sir. So far, the One Nation One Ration Card (ONORG) ptan for nation-wide portability Nat:onal Food security Act (NFSA),  2o{3 ration cards is enabled in 33 states/urs,  covering almost  g6.z%  NFSA population (about  69 Grore NFSA beneficiaries)  in the country. Dethi being the tatest to enable the same from July 2o2{. Further, regular fottow up has been done with 3 remaining states/ur of Assam, Ghhattisgarh and west Bengat to enable  the oNoRc plan for the benefit of migrant NFSA beneficiaries.

- (b): The implementation  of oNoRG plan is a key component of a Gentral sector scheme on lntegrated  Management  of  pubric  Distribution system (lM-PDs)  having  a total ouflay of Rs. {27.3 Grore for imptementafion  in all states/urs.  so far, the Department  has released a total fund of Rs. 63.gg Grore to States/UTs and NIC/NIGSI under the scheme.
- (c):  Under ONORG, the Department  has launched  a very simple to use 'Mera  Rationt mobite apprication for the benetit of a[  beneficiaries, including  migrant NFSA beneficiaries.  Through this apptication, beneficiaries can easiry access usefu! information  and services  by  iust entering their  ration card number or  Aadhaar  number. simirarry, beneficiaries  can share either ration card number or Aadhaar number  at any ePoS enabled FpS to easily lift their foodgrains  under ONROC.
- (d): All ration card horders under ationat Food security Act (NFSA)  can equally take the benefit of portability  under oNoRG. state/ur-wise  number of NFSA ration cards under oNoRG in 33 states/urs at present is shown at Annexure.
- (e): Under Targeted pubric  Distribution system (TpDs)  ration cards are issued by respective State/UT Governments,  and the technotogy  and Aadhaar  driven oI{oRG pran is ensuring the unaqueness  of ration cards.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.I245  FOR ANSWER  ON 27.07.2021IN  THE LOK SABHA.

## lyts um of n u er

| sl.   | StateAJT                     | No. of Ration Cards under OIIROC   |
|-------|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| I     | furdaman and Nicobar Islands |                                    |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh               | 16,767                             |
| 3     | Arunachal Prurdesh           | 88,91,200                          |
| 4     | Bihar                        | 1,68,817                           |
| 5     | Chandigarh                   | t,77,54,023                        |
| 6     | Dadra & NH and Daman Diu     | 65,970                             |
| 7     | Delhi                        | 60,244                             |
| 8     | Goa                          | 17,24,189                          |
| 9     | arat                         | 1,43,185                           |
| t0    | Haryana                      | 71,85,086                          |
| 1l    | Himachal Pradesh             | 27,04,847 7,01,913                 |
| t2    | Jammu & Kashmir              | 16,17,431                          |
| l3    | Jharkhand                    |                                    |
| t4    | Kamataka                     | 58,06,858                          |
| l5    | Kerala                       | 1,17,45,359                        |
|       |                              | 38,97,173                          |
| t6    | Ladakh                       | 28,738                             |
| l7 l8 |                              | s,t69                              |
|       | Madhya Pradesh               | 1,12,17,430                        |
| l9    | Maharashtra                  | 1,51,59,088                        |
| 30    | Manipur                      | 5,39,350                           |
| 2t    | Me alaya                     | 4,21,503                           |
| 22 23 | Mizoram Nagaland             | 1,61,320                           |
| 24    | Odisha                       | 2,99,234                           |
| 25    | Puduc                        | 92,77,518                          |
| 26    | Pun                          | 1,76,025                           |
| 27    | ab                           | 39,29,810                          |
|       | Rajasthan                    | 1,06,53,784                        |
| 28    | Sikkim                       | 9t,879                             |
| 29    | Tamil Nadu                   | 1,11,68,873                        |
| 30    | Telangana                    | 53.51,261                          |
| 3l    | Tri                          | 5,95,016                           |
| 32    | Uttar Pradesh                | 3,60,80,01 I                       |
| 33    | Uttarakhand                  | 13,83,902                          |