Lok Sabha Question No. 2410 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Beneficiaries under One Nation One Ration Card Scheme
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Pallab Lochan Das

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF GONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DTSTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMEilT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.241 O TO BE ANSWERED  ON {6rH MARCH,2022

## BENEFICIARIES  UNDER ONE NATION ONE RATION CARD SCHEME

## 241O. SHRI PALLiIB LOGHAN DAS:

Will the Minister  of GONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION  vq-+trrqm+,  era ettmffi+ftcwr{* be pteased  to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the Govemment has introduced  the  .One Nation One Ration Gard' scheme (ONORG) to allow beneficiaries  to access food entitlements from anywhere in lndia irrespective of the place where the ration card ls registered;
- (b) if so, the number of beneficiaries of ONORG; and
- (c) the details of States that have implemented  ONORC scheme?

## ANSWER iIINISTER OF STATE FOR MIilISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMEilT  AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS,  FOOD & PUBLIC DTSTRIBUTTON (sADHVr NTRANJAN JYOT!)

- (a): Yes Sir. The Government  has implemented One Nation One Ration Gard (ONORG) plan for nation-wide  portabilityr  of the ration cards under National Food Security Act (NFSA). The ONORG plan empowers all NFSA beneflciaries,  particularly  migratory beneficiaries, ln the country to lift their entitled foodgrains from any Fair Price Shop (FPS) of their choice anywhere in the country by using their existing/same  ration card with blometric authentication  on an electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) devices installed at the FPS.
- (b) & (c): Presently, the ONORG plan is enabled in 35 States/UTs covering about 77 Grore beneficiaries (approx. 96.8% of  NFSA populataon) in the country. State/UT-wise beneficiaries covered under ONORG is at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO lN REPLY TO PARTS (b) & (c) oF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.241O FOR ANSWER ON 16.03.2022  IN THE LOK SABHA,

## Statement showing  State/UT-wise  number of NFSA beneficiaries covered under ONORC

(ln lakh)

| st.   | States/ UTs       | Total Persons   |
|-------|-------------------|-----------------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 268.22          |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh | 8.40            |
| 2     | Bihar             | 871 .1 6        |
| 4     | Chhattisgarh      | 200.77          |
| E     | Delhi             | 72.78           |
| o     | Goa               | 5.32            |
| 7     | Gujarat           | 341.71          |
| B     | Haryana           | 126.49          |
| I     | Himachal Pradesh  | 28.64           |
| 10    | Jharkhand         | 263.70          |
| 11    | Karnataka         | 401.93          |
| 12    | Kerala            | 154.80          |
| a1    | Madhya Pradesh    | 482.58          |
| 14    | Maharashtra       | 700.17          |
| 15    | Manipur           | 19.97           |
| to    | Meghalaya         | 21.46           |
| 17    | Mizoram           | 6.68            |
| 18    | Nagaland          | 14.05           |
| 19    | Odisha            | 324.15          |
| 20    | Punjab            | 141.51          |
| 21    | Rajasthan         | 440.01          |
| 22    | Sikkim            | 3.79            |
| z3    | Tamil Nadu        | 364.69          |
| 24    | Telangana         | 191.62          |
| 25    | Tripura           | 24.83           |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh     | 1471.92         |
| 27    | Uttarakhand       | 61.94           |
| 28    | West Bengal       | 601.84          |
| 29    | A&N               | 0.61            |
| 30    | DNH&DO            | 3.02            |
| 31    | Lakshadweep       | 0.22            |
| 32    | Chandigarh (DBT)  | 2.75            |
| 33    | Puduchery (DBT)   | 6.24            |
| 34    | J&K               | 72.41           |
| 35    | Ladakh            | 1.44            |
|       | Total             | 7701.82         |