Lok Sabha Question No. 950 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: Status of ONORC
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Dilip Ghosh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.950 TO BE ANSWERED ON 87H FEBRUARY, 2023

## STATUS OF ONORC

## 950. SHRI DILIP GHOSH:

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

- (a) the details of the total demand received so far from West Bengal for the supply of wheat, rice, sugar, foodgrains and kerosene under Public Distribution System (PDS) during the last five years, the quantum actually collectedllifted by the State during the period and the utilisation thereof;
- (b) the number of people who have been benefitted in West Bengal under PDS in BPL category during each of the last five years and the steps being taken by the Government to improve the efficiency of PDS in various parts of the country;
- (c) the status of implementation of linking of Aadhaar numbers of beneficiaries with their ration cards in West Bengal; and
- (d) the status of implementation of the One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) scheme along with details of percentage of population covered, State-wise?

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

(a): Details 0f allocation and offtake of foodgrains (i.e. Rice and Wheat) to West Bengal during last five years as well as current year, under Targeted Public Distribution Systemt (TPDS) are placed at Annexure-I.

The National Food Security Act (NFSA); 2013 is now being universally implemented in the entire country: The Government reviewed the sugar subsidy scheme in 2017 and decided to continue it only for AAY families- The Central Government reimburses, a fixed subsidy of Rs: 18.50 per kg 1 kg per month per AAY family to participating Statesl UTs: The StateslUTs are also allowed either to absorb the additional cost on account of handling, transportation and dealer's commission or pass it on to the consumer by adding it to the Retail Issue Price (RIP) of Rs: 13.50 per kg under the Public Distribution System (PDS): The annual quota of sugar of West Bengal for distribution in PDS for AAY families is 23828 MT and total numbers of beneficiary families are 16.42 Lakh May

The detail of sugar distributed quantity as per the sugar subsidy released to West Bengal during the last Five Financial years as per claim submitted by the state government during the respective financial year and current year is as under:-

| SL No.   | Financial year   |   Sugar distributed (in MT) |
|----------|------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1        |                  |                     9102.12 |
| 2        | 2018-19          |                    14686    |
|          | 2019-20          |                     9456.23 |
| ;        | 2020-21          |                    32844.6  |
|          | 2021-22          |                    20207.2  |
| 6        | 2022-23          |                     8832.43 |

Government of India makes allocation of Public Distribution System on quarterly basis for cooking and lighting purpose: The allocation of PDS Kerosene to the State of West Bengal and the quantum of allocation actually lifted by the State during last five years are as under:

Fig. In KL

| FY      |   Allocation |   Upliftment |
|---------|--------------|--------------|
| 2017-18 |       704016 |       653631 |
| 2018-19 |       704016 |       699313 |
| 2019-20 |       704016 |       692683 |
| 2020-21 |       704016 |       696512 |
| 2021-22 |       704016 |       689651 |

(b): After  implementation of NFSA, 2013, Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) has been delinked from APL and BPL category: Now, there are only two categories of households under TPDS which are:

- Antodaya Anna Yojana (AAY); and
- (ii) Priority Household (PHH)

A total number of approx: 601.84 Lakh beneficiaries are being provided foodgrains under TPDS in West Bengal:

Further as part of technological reforms, the scheme of End-to-End Computerization of PDS has been implemented all over' the country that ensures transparency and rightful targeting of NFSA beneficiaries in the country through Aadhar-biometric authenticaticn. The One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) Plan provides portability of NFSA ration benefits throughout the country for migrant beneficiaries in a seamless manner with the existing (old) ration card:

(c): The State Government of West Bengal has achieved 98% of Aadhaar seeding with Ration Cards (RCs) of NFSA beneficiaries in the State-

(d): The One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan, for nation-wide portability of the National Food Security Act 2013 (NFSA) beneficiaries, is presently enabled in all 36 StateslUTs (across the nation) and covering around 80 Crore NFSA beneficiaries (100% of NFSA beneficiaries) in the country: State-wise details of number of beneficiaries covered under NFSA, 2013 as on 31.01.2023, are placed at Annexure-II

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED To IN REPLY To PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 950 FOR ANSWER ON 08.02.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA

## Details of Allocation and Offtake of foodgrains Wr.t: West Bengal under TPDS, from 2017-18 onwards

(In thousand tons)

| Year     | Foodgrains   |   Allocation NFSA |   Offtake NFSA |
|----------|--------------|-------------------|----------------|
| 2017-18  | Rice         |           1605.51 |        1443.01 |
| 2017-18  | Wheat        |           2360.69 |        2346.79 |
|          | Total        |           3966.2  |        3789.8  |
| 2018-19  | Rice         |           1607.54 |        1535.46 |
| 2018-19  | Wheat        |           2362.34 |        2361.55 |
| 2018-19  | Total        |           3969.88 |        3897.01 |
| 2019-20  | Rice         |           1607.54 |        1559.71 |
| 2019-20  | Wheat        |           2362.67 |        2359.77 |
| 2020-21  | Rice         |           1607.95 |        1595.3  |
| 2020-21  | Wheat        |           2362.67 |        2346.26 |
| 2020-21  | Total        |           3970.62 |        3941.56 |
| 2021-22  | Rice         |           1607.95 |        1548.59 |
| 2021-22  | Wheat        |           2362.67 |        2268.44 |
| 2022-23# | Rice         |           2253.3  |        2139.24 |
| 2022-23# | Wheat        |           1717.32 |        1396.69 |
|          | Total        |           3970.62 |        3535.93 |

# Offtake data upto January, 2023

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 950 FOR ANSWER ON 08.02.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA

## State-wise details of number of beneficiaries under NFSA, 2013

(in Lakh)

| SI Name of the StatelUt No   |   Number of beneficiaries covered under NFSA (As on 31.01.2023) |
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh             |                                                          268.22 |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh          |                                                            8.4  |
| 3 Assam                      |                                                          251.17 |
| 4 Bihar                      |                                                          871.16 |
| 5 Chattisgarh_               |                                                          200.77 |
| 6 Delhi                      |                                                           72.78 |
| 7 Goa                        |                                                            5.32 |
| 8 Gujarat                    |                                                          344.15 |
| 9 Haryana                    |                                                          126.49 |
| 10 Himachal Pradesh          |                                                           28.64 |
| 11 Jharkhand                 |                                                          264.12 |
| 12 Karnataka                 |                                                          401.93 |
| 13 Kerala                    |                                                          154.8  |
| 14 Madhya Pradesh            |                                                          511.32 |
| 15 Maharashtra               |                                                          700.17 |
| 16 Manipur                   |                                                           20.08 |
| 17 Meghalaya                 |                                                           21.46 |
| 18 Mizoram                   |                                                            6.68 |
| 19 Nagaland                  |                                                           14.05 |
| 20 Odisha                    |                                                          325.03 |
| 21 Punjab                    |                                                          141.51 |
| 22 Rajasthan                 |                                                          440.01 |
| 23 Sikkim                    |                                                            3.81 |
| 24 Tamil Nadu                |                                                          364.69 |
| 25 Telangana                 |                                                          191.62 |
| 26                           |                                                           24.32 |
| Tripura 27 Uttar Pradesh     |                                                         1497.77 |
| 28 Uttarakhand               |                                                           61.94 |
| 29 West Bengal               |                                                          601.84 |
| 30 A&N                       |                                                            0.61 |
| 31 DNH&DD                    |                                                            2.73 |
| 32 Lakshadweep               |                                                            0.22 |
| 33 Chandigarh (DBT)          |                                                            2.76 |
| 34 Puduchery (DBT)           |                                                            6.34 |
| 35 Jek                       |                                                           72.41 |
| 36 Ladakh                    |                                                            1.44 |
| Total                        |                                                         8010.78 |