Lok Sabha Question No. 49 (STARRED), answered on 2023-12-06
Subject: Launch of ONORC
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NOn49 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6TH DECEMBER, 2023

## LAUNCH OF ONORC

## '1'49. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will  the Minister of  CONSUMER AFFAIRS,  FOOD AND  PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION affur qpa, @rH aT RTfgfRv f+TM Ht be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has launched One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) Scheme in the country;
- (b) if so, the salient features thereof;
- (c) the number of ration cardholders in the country, State-wise including Bihar;
- (d) the number of ration cardholders whose ration cards have been linked with  Aadhaar, Statewise  including Bihar; and
- (e) the status  of  supply of foodgrains to  these  cardholders  under the ONORC scheme, State-wise  including  Bihar?

## ANSWER

INISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRYI CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION AND TEXTILES (SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid  on the  Table  of the  House.

STATEMENT REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  THE STARRED QUESTION NO. 49  DUE FOR ANSWER ON 06.12.2023  IN THE

LOK SABHAu

(a) and (b): Yes, The nationwide portability of ration cards, popularly known as One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) has been implemented in all 36 States/UTs. After the successful implementation of the end-to-end computerisation of Public Distribution System (PDS) operations in all  States/UTs significant  progress has been achieved in the realms of digitization of ration cards, computerisation of  supply chain management, installation of electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) devices  at  Fair  Price  shops  across  the  country, availability of  online grievance redressal systems, transparency portals in all States/UTs etc. Buoyed by the technological progress the Department implemented One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan in August 2019 with  4 states and by the end of  June 2022 ONORC was operational across all  36 States/UTs of the country. Since its inception around 124  Crore portability transactions have been recorded under the  ONORC plan, which includes both inter-State and intra-State transactions  ensuring the food security of around 80 Crore National Food Security Act 2013 (NFSA) beneficiaries in the country,

ONORC plan is proving to  be especially beneficial to  the migrant labourers, internally  displaced persons (IDPs) etc.  who  frequently change their place of  dwelling in  search of  temporary employrnent. Under the  plan,  the  NFSA beneficiaries  are  empowered to  lift their entitled foodgrain from any Fair Price Shop (FPS) of  their  choice, anywhere in the country, by using their existing ration card/Aadhaar card with biometrie authentication on  an  electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) device. ONORC  also  enables the  family members of  such nrigrant NFSA beneficiaries back home (in the village/hometown) to  lift  the part /

balance foodgrains on the same ration card.

ONORC has  also facilitated the migrant beneficiaries/ family members to choose any Fair Price shop of their  choice without being dependent on visiting only the tagged FPS in their ration cards. Such flexibility was  not  available earlier under  the  traditional PDS.

To enable ONORC facility, alrnost all  FPSs are automated by installation  of an electronic Point of Sale device  (ePoS) and 99% Aadhaar seeding at  ration card level has been achieved. This achievernent enables NFSA beneficiaries visiting any FPS and availing ration using Aadhaar authentication through  ePoS device.

Thus this  technology-driven system for enabling migrants' access to Public Distribution System from any FPS in the country is built upon the strong pillars of Digitization of Ration Cards/Beneficiaries' data in all States/UTs, Aadhaar seeding in PDS databases, installation  of electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) devices and availability  of  all  NFSA beneficiaries' data in a Central Repository of Ration Cards for seamless exchange of ration cards information and entitlements between the  States/UTs. Besides, the end-to-end computerization  of Supply Chain Management of foodgrains and  automation of  Godowns/Depot level  operations are playing a vital role in this initiative,

- (c):  State-wise details including that of Bihar with  respect to  issued ration  cards  is  attached as  Annexure-1.
- (d):  At  present, 100% ration cards have been digitized, wherein, more than 99% ration cards have been seeded/linked with  Aadhaar. State-wise details with respect to Aadhaar seeding is placed at Annexure-I
- (e): State-wise  status  of  supply  of  food  grains  to  NFSA cardholders under the ONORC scheme, including Bihar, since inception in August 2019 to  November 2023 is attached  as Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO  IN  REPLY TO  PARTS (c)  &  (d)  OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO. 49  DUE FOR ANSWER ON 06.12.2023  IN THE LOK SABHAa

|   Sl.No | 1State/UT      | Total Ration Card in Central System   | 1Total Ration Cards I Seeded with Aadhaar   | 1% Seeding of 1Ration Cards   |
|---------|----------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|       1 | IAI Islands    | 1                                     | 1                                           |                               |
|       2 | ,ndhra Pradesh | 9,034,662                             | 9,034,662                                   | 100%                          |
|       3 | IA             | 186,417                               | 150,284                                     | 81%                           |
|       4 | .ssarrl        | 5,440,807                             | 5,434, 128                                  | 100%                          |
|       5 | ml             | 19, 131,233                           | 19,040,802                                  | 100%                          |
|       6 | :handigarh     | 72,119                                | 71,815                                      | 100%                          |
|       7 | :hhattisgarh   | 5,367,525                             | 5,365,356                                   | 100%                          |
|       8 | a IDaman& Diu  | 58,075                                | 58,075                                      | 100%                          |
|       9 | me             | 1,782,960                             | 1,782,960                                   | m                             |
|      10 | IGoa           | 143,899                               | 143,5 14                                    | 100%                          |
|      11 | mI             | 7,720,071                             | 7,708,799                                   | 100%                          |
|      12 | Wa             | 4,205,273                             | 4,205,273                                   | 100%                          |
|      13 | r              | 761,830                               | 761,830                                     | 100%                          |
|      14 | Fammu& Kashmir | 1,661,875                             | 1,661,855                                   | 100%                          |
|      15 | Fharkhand      | 6,087,900                             | 5,995,805                                   | 98%                           |
|      16 | :arnataka      | 11,452,956                            | 11,452,956                                  | 100%                          |
|      17 | Im             | 4, 137,623                            | 4, 135,672                                  | 100%                          |
|      18 | ma             | 29,3 12                               | 29,026                                      | 99%                           |
|      19 | a              | 5,381                                 | 5,377                                       | 100%                          |
|      20 | Mmr=           | 12,769,373                            | 12,764,059                                  | 100%                          |
|      21 | a              | 15,95 1,462                           | 15,950,721                                  | 100%                          |
|      22 | FM             | 566,335                               | 563,705                                     | 100%                          |
|      23 | We             | 416,296                               | 286,969                                     | 69%                           |
|      24 | IMizZ          | 173,361                               | 172,748                                     | 100%                          |
|      25 | lagaland       | 329,257                               | 319,396                                     | 97%                           |
|      26 | mc             | 9,3 15,606                            | 9,258,661                                   | 99%                           |

| 27       | IPuducherry   | 198,387     | 198,213     | 100%   |
|----------|---------------|-------------|-------------|--------|
| 28       | )unjab        | 3,787,561   | 3,787, 1 32 | 100%   |
| 29       | [FaT;M        | 10,745,332  | 10,734,653  | 100%   |
| 30       | mc            | 97,711      | 97,433      | 100%   |
| 31       | -arnil Nadu   | 11,442,384  | 11,442,366  | 100%   |
| 32       | -elangana     | 5,433,885   | 5,433,885   | 100%   |
| 33       | 'ripura       | 604,373     | 603,950     | 100%   |
| 34       | a             | 1,395,319   | 1,395,240   | 100%   |
| 35       | Fttar Pradesh | 36,034,758  | 36,03 1,240 | 100%   |
| 36       | e             | 13,723,275  | 13,711,722  | 100%   |
| Fational | Summary       | 200,281,567 | 199,807,256 | 99,8%  |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (e)  OF  THE  STARRED QUESTION NO. 49 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 06.12.2023  IN THE LOK SABHA.

| Sl. No   | States                       | Total Portability Transactions [August2019 to November 2023   |
|----------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDAMAN AND NICOB AR ISLANDS | 47,258                                                        |
| 2        | ANDHRAPRADESH                | 138,525,850                                                   |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH            | 1,460                                                         |
| 4        | ASSAM                        | 1.811.269                                                     |
| 5        | BIHAR                        | 400,065,307                                                   |
| 6        | CHANDIGARH                   | 605                                                           |
| 7        | CHHATrISGARH                 | 2,739,387                                                     |
| 8        | DELHI                        | 35,026,594                                                    |
| 9        | GOA                          | 67,577                                                        |
| 10       | GUJARAT                      | 5.129,217                                                     |
| 11       | HARYANA                      | 63,369,807                                                    |
| 12       | HIMACHAL PRADESH             | 151,934                                                       |
| 13       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR            | 1,947,084                                                     |
| 14       | JHARKHAND                    | 2,707,650                                                     |
| 15       | KARNATAKA                    | 70,401,528                                                    |
| 16       | KERALA                       | 65,494,324                                                    |
| 17       | LADAKH                       | 612                                                           |
| 18       | LAKSHADWEEP                  | 18,218                                                        |
| 19       | MADHYA PRADESH               | 43,932,720                                                    |
| 20       | MAHARASHTRA                  | 61,793,537                                                    |
| 21       | MANIPUR                      | 1,527                                                         |
| 22       | MEGHALAYA                    | 376                                                           |
| 23       | MIZORAM                      | 12,327                                                        |
| 24       | NAGALAND                     | 194 51                                                        |
| 25       | ODISHA                       | 111,738                                                       |
| 26       | PUDUCHERRY                   | 1,385                                                         |
| 27       | PUNJAB                       | 10,409, 163                                                   |
| 28       | RAJASTHAN                    | 132,337,346                                                   |
| 29       | SIKKIM                       | 19,306                                                        |
| 30       | TAMILNADU                    | 9,445,606                                                     |
| 31       | TELANGANA                    | 100.595.333                                                   |
| 32       | D&N D&NH                     | 540,278                                                       |
| 33       | TRIPURA                      | 1,547,065                                                     |
| 34       | UTrAR PRADESH                | 85,633,594                                                    |
| 35       | UTFARAKHAND                  | 131,951                                                       |
| 36       | WESTBENGAL                   | 8,652,345                                                     |
| Total    |                              | 1.242.722.472                                                 |