Lok Sabha Question No. 1378 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-27
Subject: Bogus Ration Cards
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Nitesh Ganga Deb

## GOVERNMET{T  OF INDIA

## MtNtsTRy  oF GONSUMER  AFFATRS, FooD &  puBLtc  DISTRTBUTTON DEPARTMEII|T  OF FOOD AtitD pUBLtc  DISTR|BUT|ON

## LOK SABHA UilSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1378 TO BE AilSWERED  ON 27rHJt LY,2O21

## BOGUS RATIO}I CARDS

137A. SHRI NaTESH GAilcADEB!

VUitt  the Minister  of  GONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD AitD  pUBLtC DlsTRtBUTtoil  rs$t{il arr&, urEv sitr grffio fuf,{ur  d,+ t"-p,"".to ,o state:

- (a)  whether  the Government  has ach:eved  ats target by cancelting the bogus ration cards by rinking at with Aadhaar numbers of the benerlciaries ;
- (b)  if so  , their numbers during last three years,  State-wise  ; and
- (c) the states which has not carried out these rinkings  tirt date? AT{SWER

## MIiIISTER  OF STATE FOR MINISTRY  OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT  AND coNsuMER AFFAIRS,  FooD &  puBLtC  DtsTRtBUTtON (sADHVt  NTRANJAN  JYOTT)

Aadhaar seeding  of ration cards ensure uniqueness  of beneliciaries  in public Distribution System (PDS), avoiding duplicate/bogus rataon cards/beneficiaries. So far, more than  g2o/o  ration cards (at least one member  of household )  have been Aadhaar seeded  at the nationa! levet. (a): Under NFSA,

- (b): A  state/ur wise statement  showing number of  ration cards cancelled/  deleted during the last three years  is at Annexure.
- (c): So far, 3O States/UTs  have completed/almost  compteted  the Aadhaar seeding of ar! ration cards under  rise.  onry 6 states/urs are at different stages of Aadhaar seeding of ration cards as mentioned  below:

|   st. | State/UT           | 7o Aadhaar Seeding   |
|-------|--------------------|----------------------|
|     1 | Ladak.h            | 94,70/o              |
|     2 | Na a! and          | 86/o                 |
|     3 | West lBe           | 79,Ayo               |
|     4 | Aruna,chal Pradesh | 59.7yo               |
|     5 | h:rla              | 16.5o/o              |
|     6 | Assanr             | 18.20/"              |

## A!{NEXURE REFERRED  TO tN REpLy To PART (b) oF THE UNSTARRED QUESTIOil NO.I378 FOR AI{SWER  ON 27.f/7.2021  IN THE LOK SABHA.

il::ffi*"" report  of ration  cards deleted/canceiled  by states/urs  during  lasr

| st.   | States/UTs                           | 2018      | 2019      | 2020    |
|-------|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| I     | Andhra Pradesh                       |           |           |         |
| 2     | Andam an & Nicobar Arunachal Pradesh | 47        | 421       | 431     |
| -)    |                                      |           |           |         |
| 4     | Assam                                | 135 0     | 22,412    | i2,395  |
| 5     | Bihar                                |           |           |         |
| 6     |                                      |           |           |         |
| 7     | Chhatti                              |           |           |         |
| 8     | DNH Dam and & itn 1 D u              | s6,000    | 140 000   |         |
| 9     | Delhi                                | 4,898     | 577       | 3,531   |
| 10    | Goa                                  | 256,987   | 381       | 518     |
| ll    | Gu arat                              | 1,130     | 888       | 639     |
| t2    |                                      | 95,659    |           |         |
| l3    |                                      | 291,926   |           |         |
| t4    | Himachal Pradesh                     | 56,858    | 367       | 2,210   |
|       | Jammu and Kashmir                    | 3 428     | 13,869    | 13 224  |
| l5    | Jharkhand                            | 82,394    | 60,333    | 65,234  |
| t6    | Kamataka                             | 73.675    | 109 t2    | 45,203  |
| t7    | Kerala                               | 3.314     | 2 543     | 39,542  |
| l8    | Ladakh                               | NA        |           |         |
| l9    | Laksha                               |           |           |         |
| 20    | Madh Pradesh                         | t27,441   | 6t 65     | 165,829 |
| 2t    | Maharashtra                          | t,281,922 | 6s3,677   | 348 I   |
| ))    | Man ur                               |           |           |         |
| 23    | Me a                                 | 568       | 10,52s    | t6      |
| 24 25 | Mizoram                              | 107       | 156       | I 743   |
| 26    | Odisha                               | 7 723     | 18,552    | 7 04    |
| 27    | Puduc                                |           |           |         |
|       |                                      | 33 J      | 2,093     | 621     |
| 28    | Pun ab                               | 34 972    | 94,031    | 158,47t |
| 29 30 | Sikkim                               | 0t6 3,377 | 72,276    | 218,832 |
| 3l    |                                      |           | 5,622     | 6 981   |
| 32    | Tamil Nadu                           |           |           |         |
|       | Tel                                  | 3,t01     | 684       | 12,t54  |
| 33    |                                      | 18,874    | 40 5s2    | 903     |
| 35 34 | Uttar Pradesh                        | 4,372 49t | 4,152,273 | 8s4,025 |
| 36    | Uttarakhand West B                   | t2 88,593 | l00, t 5l | 59 666  |