Lok Sabha Question No. 212 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Implementation of ONORC
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.212

## To BE ANSWERED ON 7TH DECEMBER, 2022

## IMPLEMENTATION OF ONORC

t212. SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has implemented the 'One Nation-One Ration Card' (ONORC) scheme across the nation under which any ration card holder of the country will also be able to buy his ration from any PDS shop of any State and those people who live in other States in connection with their jobs will the maximum benefits of this scheme and such get
- people will not be required to get their ration cards made at the local level;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the number of people likely to benefited from this scheme, Statewise? get

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

- (a) to (c): The One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan, for nation-wide portability of the National Food Security Act 2013 (NFSA) benefits, is presently enabled in all the 36 States/UTs (across the nation), covering entire NFSA population (around 80 Crore NFSA beneficiaries) in the country: Under the plan; the NFSA beneficiaries have been empowered with the choice to lift their entitled foodgrain from any Fair Price Shop (FPS) of their choice, anywhere in the country, by using their existing ration card with biometric authentication on an electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) device: ONORC plan is particularly beneficial for those NFSA beneficiaries who frequently change their place of dwelling in search of temporary employment or for other reasons and miss out their food security benefits due to migration such as numerous workersllabourers, daily-wagers, urban poor like rag-pickers, street-dwellers, temporary workers in both organized and un-organized sectors, domestic workers, etc. So a total of 93.31 crore portability transactions are recorded under ONORC. State-wise list of ONORC portability transactions is Annexed: far,

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.212 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 07.12.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA REG. IMPLEMENTATION OF ONORC

## States/UT-wise inter and intra State portability transactions During the August 2019 to 30" November 2022

| S: No   | States                                   | Total Intra State Portability Transactions   | Total Inter- State Portability Transactions   | Total Portability Transactions   |
|---------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|         | A&N ISLANDS                              | 32,786                                       | 367                                           | 33,153                           |
| 2       | ANDHRA PRADESH                           |                                              | 3,697                                         | 114,141,289                      |
| 3       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                        | L,218                                        | 242                                           | 1,460                            |
| 4       | ASSAM                                    | 980,145                                      | 49                                            | 980,194                          |
| 5       | BIHAR                                    | 292,475,640                                  | 44,704                                        | 292,217,344                      |
| 6       | CHANDIGARH                               |                                              | 318                                           | 318                              |
| 7       | CHHATTISGARH                             | 1,952,910                                    | 1,667                                         | 1,954,577                        |
| 8       | DELHI                                    | 17,166,126                                   | 4,127.019                                     | 21,293,145                       |
| 9       | GOA                                      | 29,934                                       | 13,573                                        | 43,507                           |
| 10      | GUJARAT                                  | 3,353,578                                    | 227,118                                       | 3,580.696                        |
| 1       | HARYANA                                  | 45,763,133                                   | 709,937                                       | 46,473,070                       |
| 12      | HIMACHAL PRADESH                         | 1,054                                        | 74,042                                        | 75,096                           |
| 13      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                        | 1,202,509                                    | 43,380                                        | L,245,889                        |
| 14      | JHARKHAND                                | 2,677.225                                    | 19,845                                        | 2,697,070                        |
| 15      | KARNATAKA                                | 55,626.509                                   | 28,891                                        | 55,655.400                       |
| 16      | KERALA                                   | 51,510,248                                   | 28,281                                        | 51,538,529                       |
| 17      | LADAKH                                   |                                              | 315                                           | 315                              |
| 18      | LAKSHADWEEP                              | 9,575                                        | 54                                            | 9,629                            |
| 19      | MADHYA PRADESH                           | 29,874,926                                   | 33,052                                        | 29.907,978                       |
| 20      | MAHARASHTRA                              | 515,895 46,                                  | 284,724                                       | 800,619                          |
| 21      | MANIPUR                                  | L505                                         | 20                                            | L525                             |
| 22      | MEGHALAYA                                | 38                                           | 103                                           | 141                              |
|         | MIZORAM                                  | 5.306                                        | 4                                             | 5,310                            |
| 24      | NAGALAND                                 | 28,898                                       | 410                                           | 29.308                           |
| 25      | ODISHA                                   | 83,501                                       | 1,164                                         | 84,665                           |
| 26      | PUDUCHERRY                               |                                              | 236                                           | 236                              |
| 27      | PUNJAB                                   | 8,546.426                                    | 12210                                         | 8,563,636                        |
| 28      | RAJASTHAN                                |                                              | 59,954                                        | 103,118,366                      |
| 29      | SIKKIM                                   |                                              | 932                                           | 12,491                           |
| 30      | TAMIL NADU                               | 5,715.430                                    | 11,736                                        | 5,727.166                        |
| 31      | TELANGANA                                | 79,832,263                                   | 13,427                                        | 79,845,690                       |
| 32      | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 254,178                                      | 108,464                                       | 362,642                          |
| 33      | TRIPURA                                  |                                              |                                               | 4103.979                         |
| 34      | UTTAR PRADESH                            | 61,444,491                                   | 484                                           |                                  |
| 35      | UTTARAKHAND                              |                                              | 57,384                                        | 57,384                           |
| 36      | WEST BENGAL                              | 4,052,508                                    | 1766                                          | 4,054,274                        |
|         | Total                                    | 927,138,202                                  | 5,963,864                                     | 933,102,066                      |