Lok Sabha Question No. 2354 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Losses suffered by TPDS
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2354 To BE ANSWERED ON 15TH MARCH, 2023

## LOSSES SUFFERED BY TPDS

## 2354. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

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

- (a) the data of the number %f beneficiaries who are on the waiting list for ration cards under the Government's Targeted Public Distribution System and the date on which they have applied for the same, Stateldistrict-wise for the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the measures the Government is taking to reduce the procurement period ration card applicants; for
- (c) whether there are any losses suffered by TPDS due to leakages of foodgrains during transportation to and from ration shops into the open market;
- (d) if so, the details of such leakages, grainwise;
- (e) the percentage of ration cards that have been digitized and linked with Aadhaar out of the total number of ration cards issued, State-wise; and
- the names of States that are to implement online allocation of ration cards? yet

## ANSWE R

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

(a): As conveyed by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, the district wise list of  applications for new ration card is enclosed as Annexure-I.

- (b): As conveyed by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, Service Level Agreement (SLA) period of 21 days (after submission of new ration card application) has been kept for checkinglfinalizing eligibility of applicants throughout the year whereas ration cards are issued to eligible applicants bi-annually (June December):
- (c): No leakage of foodgrains has been reported during transportation to the Fair Price Shops (FPSs):
- (d): Doesn't arise.
- (e): At present, 100% ration cards have been digitized, wherein, more than 99% ration cards have been seededllinked with Aadhar. State-wise details of Issued ration cards is attached as Annexure-II.
- (f): As on date, 100% online allocation of foodgrains has been achieved: In this regard, State Government of Andhra Pradesh has submitted that State has already implemented the online allocation of ration cards. So far online allocation of ration cards is concerned, it is submitted that as per the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) Control Order 2015, the issuance of ration cards & its review, identification of duplicate ration cards and inclusion of genuine eligible beneficiaries households.is the responsibility of the StatelUT Government:

## ANNEXURE REFERRED To IN REPLY To PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2354 FOR ANSWER ON 15.03.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## District-wise List of New Ration Cards ApplicationsAs Reported by Andhra Pradesh From 01-Jan-2023 to 09-Mar-2023)

| S. No.      | District Name         | Pending Count   |
|-------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|             | Alluri Sitharama Raju | 1228            |
| 2           | Anakapalli            | 1840            |
| 3           | Ananthapur            | 3252            |
| 4           | Annamayya             | 2479            |
| 5           | Bapatla               | 2154            |
| 6           | Chittoor              | 2444            |
| 7           | East Godavari         | 2501            |
| 8           | Eluru                 | 2819            |
| 9           | Guntur                |                 |
| 10          | Kadapa                | 2638            |
| 11          | Kakinada              | 2696            |
| 12          | Konaseema             | 2259            |
| 13          | Krishna               | 1942            |
| 14          | Kurnool               |                 |
| 15          | Manyam                | 1343            |
| 16          | Nandyal               | 2329            |
| 17          | Nellore               |                 |
| 18          | NTR                   | 2133            |
| 19          | Palnadu               | 2234            |
| 20          | Prakasam              | 3213            |
| 21          | Srikakulam            | 2858            |
| 22          | Sri Satya Sai         | 3048            |
| 23          | Tirupati              | 2462            |
| 24          | Visakhapatnam         | 1360            |
| 25          | Vizianagaram          | 2036            |
| 26          | West Godavari         | 2639            |
| Total Count | Total Count           | 62696           |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY To PART (e) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2354 FOR ANSWER ON 15.03.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA:

| S. No.   | StateslUTs                  | Total Number of Ration Cards in Central System   |
|----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|          | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 16,767                                           |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              | 99,65,574                                        |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           | 1,66,602                                         |
| 4        | Assam                       | 56,00,174                                        |
| 5        | Bihar                       | 1,83,70,289                                      |
| 6        | Chandigarh_                 | 72,119                                           |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                | 52,61,519                                        |
| 8        | Dadra & NH and Daman Diu    | 59,056                                           |
| 9        | Delhi                       | 17,84,097                                        |
| 10       | Goa                         | 1,43,884                                         |
| 11       | Gujarat                     | 75,15,676                                        |
| 12       | Haryana                     | 31,56,630                                        |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh            |                                                  |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir             | 16,52,376                                        |
| 15       | Jharkhand                   | 60,14,954                                        |
| 16       | Karnataka                   | 1,14,92,451                                      |
| 17       | Kerala                      | 40,90,620                                        |
| 18       | Ladakh                      | 28,996                                           |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                 | 5,180                                            |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh              | 1,23,22,876                                      |
| 21       | Maharashtra                 | 1,54,64,376                                      |
| 22       | Manipur                     | 5,66,966                                         |
| 23       | Meghalaya                   | 4,21,565                                         |
| 24       | Mizoram                     | 1,65,741                                         |
| 25       | Nagaland                    | 3,22,749                                         |
| 26       | Odisha                      | 93,20,721                                        |
| 27       | Puducherry                  | 1,90,362                                         |
| 28       | Punjab                      | 40,66,032                                        |
| 29       | Rajasthan                   | 1,05,30,105                                      |
| 30       | Sikkim                      | 97,209                                           |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                  | 1,11,47655                                       |
| 32       | Telangana                   | 53,96,571                                        |
| 33       | Tripura                     | 6,00,910                                         |
| 34       | Uttarakhand                 | 13,57,182                                        |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh               | 3,51,86,258                                      |
| 36       | West Bengal                 | 4,39,73,550                                      |
|          | National Summary            | 19,72,79,183                                     |