Lok Sabha Question No. 2372 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Impersonation and Duplication of Ration Cards
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Sanganna Amarappa Karadi, L.S. Tejasvi Surya, Prathap Simha, Umesh G. Jadhav, Annasaheb Shankar Jolle

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

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2372 To BE ANSWERED ON 15TH MARCH, 2023

## IMPERSONATION AND DUPLICATION OF RATION CARDS

2372. SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA: SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA: SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA: DR: UMESH 6. JADHAV: SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

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

- whether the Government has been able to identify and eradicate
- (a) duplicate, impersonated and unutilised ration cards;
- (b) if so, the total the cost saved by the Government in this regard, Statelyear-wise;
- (c) the measures taken by the Government to prevent further impersonation and duplication of ration cards and the details thereof; and
- (d) whether any action has been taken on agents and touts who are involved in faking ration cards, if So, the details thereof?

## AN SWE R

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

- (a) &(b): As per the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) Control Order 2015, the review of ration cardslbeneficiaries list, identification of impersonatedlduplicate ration cards and inclusion of genuine eligible beneficiarieslhouseholds is the responsibility of the concerned StatelUt Government, and the benefit of deleted ration cards is utilized by StateslUTs for targetingladdition of new beneficiarieslration cards subject to StatelUt wise ceiling on coverage under NFSA: Accordingly, Central Government maintain the details of around 80 Crore NFSA beneficiaries as reported by concerned StatesUTs: Due to such National level de-duplication exercise, around 55 lakh duplicate beneficiaries have been identified as on 01.01.2023. State-wise list of such duplicate beneficiaries is attached as Annexure-I.
- This Department has time-to-time conveyed instructionslcommunications to States/UTs for de-duplication of beneficiarieslration cards: Department has also drafted an indicative   guideline to manage the de-duplication process, which has been shared with all the States/UTs for necessary action, as deemed appropriate:

## Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)&(b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2372 FOR ANSWER ON 15.03.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA.

| DUPLICATE BENEFICIARIES REPORTED BY STATESMUTs (As on 01.01.2023)   | DUPLICATE BENEFICIARIES REPORTED BY STATESMUTs (As on 01.01.2023)   | DUPLICATE BENEFICIARIES REPORTED BY STATESMUTs (As on 01.01.2023)   |
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| SN.                                                                 | State Name                                                          | Total                                                               |
|                                                                     | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS(AN)                                     | 819                                                                 |
| 2                                                                   | ANDHRA PRADESH(AP)                                                  | 4,82,375                                                            |
| 3                                                                   | ARUNACHAL PRADESH(AR)                                               | 36,430                                                              |
| 4                                                                   | ASSAM(AS)                                                           |                                                                     |
| 5                                                                   | BIHAR(BR)                                                           | 6,67,688                                                            |
| 6                                                                   | CHANDIGARH(CH)                                                      | 25,175                                                              |
| 7                                                                   | CHHATTISGARH(CG)                                                    | 2,19.187                                                            |
| 8                                                                   | DNH AND DeD                                                         | 352                                                                 |
| 9                                                                   | DELHI(DL)                                                           | 4,26,865                                                            |
| 10                                                                  | GOA(GA)                                                             | 2,852                                                               |
| 11                                                                  | GUJARAT(GJ)                                                         | 1,94,029                                                            |
| 12                                                                  | HARYANA(HR)                                                         | 3,30,520                                                            |
| 13                                                                  | HIMACHAL PRADESH(HP)                                                | 21,657                                                              |
| 14                                                                  | JAMMU AND KASHMIR(JK)                                               | 33,982                                                              |
| 15                                                                  | JHARKHAND(JH)                                                       | 2,27,085                                                            |
| 16                                                                  | KARNATAKA(KA)                                                       | 1,29,001                                                            |
| 17                                                                  | KERALA(KL)                                                          | 28,396                                                              |
| 18                                                                  | LADAKH(LH)                                                          | 787                                                                 |
| 19                                                                  | LAKSHADWEEP(LD)                                                     | 1,902                                                               |
| 20                                                                  | MADHYA PRADESH(MP)                                                  | 3,68,950                                                            |
| 21                                                                  | MAHARASHTRA(MH)                                                     | 3.10,928                                                            |
| 22                                                                  | MANIPUR(MN)                                                         | 1,80,602                                                            |
| 23                                                                  | MEGHALAYAML)                                                        | 2,082                                                               |
| 24                                                                  | MIZORAM(MZ)                                                         | 2,338                                                               |
| 25                                                                  | NAGALANDNL)                                                         | 526 26,                                                             |
| 26                                                                  | ODISHA(OR)                                                          | 2,00.636                                                            |
| 27                                                                  | PUDUCHERRY(PY)                                                      | 2,435                                                               |
| 28                                                                  | PUNJAB(PB)                                                          | 4,16,168                                                            |
| 29                                                                  | RAJASTHAN(RJ)                                                       | 3,06,190                                                            |
| 30                                                                  | SIKKIM(SK)                                                          | 2,957                                                               |
| 31                                                                  | TAMIL NADU(TN)                                                      | 75,689                                                              |
| 32                                                                  | TELANGANA(TL)                                                       | 77,874                                                              |
| 33                                                                  | TRIPURA(TR)                                                         | 10,284                                                              |
| 34                                                                  | UTTARAKHAND(UK)                                                     | 92,181                                                              |
| 35                                                                  | UTTAR PRADESH(UP)                                                   | 921,175                                                             |
| 36                                                                  | WEST BENGAL(WB) TOTAL                                               | 271,701 55,37,294                                                   |