Lok Sabha Question No. 1219 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-09
Subject: Porting of Ration Card
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal, Rodmal Nagar

## GOVERNIiENT OF INDIA

## lf,tNtsTRy oF GONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD &  puBLtc  DISTRIBUT|ON DEIPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLTC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.{2{9 TO BE ANSWERED  ON 9TIIFEBRUARY, 2022

## PORTING  OF RATION CARD

## tI2I9.  DR. BHARATIBEN  DHTRUBHAI SHTYAL: SHRI RODMAL NAGAR:

ruill the Minlster of coNsuMER aFFAtRs, FooD aND  puBLtc  DtsrRtBurtoN Jvrttmr arr*, urrr $tr  grdqfo  fud{sr d+ be pteased  to state:

- (a) tho details of the number of ra0on cards ported  from one  gtate  to another in the country so faq State-wtse;
- (b)
- whether the Govemment has made any assessment of beneftuloss for the ratlon card holders ln thls portabllity  scheme; and
- (c) If so, the detalls thereof?

## ANSWER THE mINISTER  OF STATE CONSUiiER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND

## PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(sHRr ASHTYTN!  KUTUAR  GHOUBEY)

- (a): Under the technology driyen One Nafion One Ration card (ONORC) ptan, as such there ls no need to physically port the ratton card from one state/ur to another,  as the beneflciaries  have chotce  to fift thelr foodgrains  from any electronic Point of sale (ePos)  deylce onabled Falr  price  shop (Fps) from anywhere in tte country,  by using thelr same/exisUng  ration card issued in their home state/ur. slnce anception  of the oiloRc plan in august 2o{9, a total of about 56 Grore portability transactaons have been recorded  ln the states/urs  under oNoRc up to 31, January 2022. A state/ur wase statement  showing tota! number of portability  transactlons recorded under ONORG is at Annexure.
- (b) & (c):
- As part of the Goncurrent Evaluation of the implementataon  of Nattonal Food securityr  Act (NFSA)  and rargeted  pubtic  Distribution  system (TpDs) operations through Monltoring  Institutes  (Mts),  which are esteemed universlties and Institutlons  of national repute, the Department has conducted assossments of the lmplementation  of the oHoRG ptan in states/UTs  in a phased manner. Atso, from the large volume of portabitity transactions  under ot{oRG, it is ovadent that the beneficlaries  are leveraging the facility of ration portabiltty  to access their FsA as well as PM-GKAY  foodgralns  from any Fps of thear cholce, without being dependent on the tagged rataon shop ln the ration card. such a flexibility was not available earlier under the traditlonal rPDs opera ons when baneficiaries  had to lose thelr food securitxr  benefits ln the event of migration or being away from their village/town  or deslgnated  FPS.

## ANNEXURE REFIERRED TO lN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.I2I9 FOR ANSWER ON O9.O2.2O22 !N THE LOK SABHA.

## wise statem number of t nsactions States/UT under ONORC  since inceotion in Au ust 2019  and unto 3l J nutw 2022:

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| sl.   | StateAlT (as Snle State/UT)          | ONORC Enabled in State/UT From   | No. of Total Portability Transactions under ONORC   |
|-------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| I     | Andaman & Ni,oobar Islands           | Dec 2020                         | 10,591                                              |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh                       | Aug2019                          | 8,62,33,519                                         |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh                    | Oct2020                          | 1,230                                               |
| 4     | Assam                                |                                  |                                                     |
| 5     | Bihar                                | May 2020                         | 15,90,43,162                                        |
| 6     | Chandigarh                           | Nov 2020                         | t75                                                 |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh                         |                                  |                                                     |
| 8     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | May 2020                         | 1,34,833                                            |
| 9     | Delhi                                | Jul202l                          | 49,09,874                                           |
| l0    | Goa                                  | Jan 2020                         | 26,714                                              |
| ll    | Gujarat                              | Aug 2019                         | 16,30,859                                           |
| 12    | Haryana                              | Oct 2019                         | 2,17,87,306                                         |
| t3    | Himachal Prader;h                    | May 2020                         | 15,420                                              |
| l4    | Jammu & Kashrnir                     | Aug 2020                         | 5,70,861                                            |
| l5    | Jharkhand                            | lan 2020                         | 1s,96,043                                           |
| l6    | Kamataka                             | Oct 2019                         | 3,s0,69,194                                         |
| t7    | Kerala                               | Oct 2019                         | 3,37,s8,683                                         |
| l8    | Ladakh                               | Sep 2020                         | 169                                                 |
| t9    | Lakshadweep                          | Sep 2020                         | 54                                                  |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh                       | Jan 2020                         | t,61,13,402                                         |
| 2t    | Maharashtra                          | Aug 2019                         | 3,06,22,910                                         |
| 22    | Manipur                              | Aug2020                          | 1,5t9                                               |
| 23    | Meghalaya                            | Dec 2020                         | 37                                                  |
| 24    | Mizoram                              | Jun 2020                         | t,604                                               |
| 25    | Nagaland                             | Aug2020                          | 8,429                                               |
| 26    | Odisha                               | Jun 2020                         | 28,578                                              |
| 27    | Puducherry                           | Nov 2020                         | 1                                                   |
| 28    | Punjab                               | May 2.020                        | 32,74,644                                           |
| 29    | Rajasthan                            | Oct 2019                         | 6,67,66,502                                         |
| 30    | Sikkim                               | Jun 2020                         | 1 )))                                               |
| 3l    | Tamil Nadu                           | Oct2020                          | 1t,04,524                                           |
| 32    | Telangana                            | Aug 2019                         | 5,16,65,402                                         |
| 33    | Tripura                              | Jan 2020                         | s,44,626                                            |
| 34    | Uttarakhand                          | Aug2020                          | )171\                                               |
| 35    | Uttar Pradesh                        | May 2020                         | 4,26,5t,136                                         |
| 36    | West Bengal                          | Aug202l                          | 229                                                 |
|       | Total                                |                                  | 55,75,99,187                                        |