Lok Sabha Question No. 250 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-24
Subject: One Nation One Ration Card
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 250 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24th JULY, 2024

## ONE NATION ONE RATION CARD

## 250 SHRI JAN ARD AN SINGH SIGRIWAL

Will  the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION aPftm wi+, ©Ta siT aT#XfM  fqHpr git  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has launched One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan in the country ;
- (b) if  so, the salient features thereof;
- (C) the number of Ration Card holders in the country, State-wise including Bihar;
- (d) the number of ration  card holders whose ration card have been linked  with  Aadhaar, State-wise including Bihar; and
- (e) the status of supply of food grains to these card holders under the ONORC scheme, State-wise including Bihar?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## (SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)

(a) and (b): Yes, The nationwide portability  of ration cards, popularly known as One Nation One Ration Card (ONC)RC) 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(FPS) across the  country,  availability  of online  grievance redressal systems, transparency portals in  all  States/UTs etc. Buoyed by the  technological progress, the Departmult initially  implemented One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan in August 2019 with 4 states and by the end of June 2022, it  was operational  across all 36 States/UTs of the country.  Since its inception more than 144 Crore portability  transactions have been recorded under the ONORC plan, which includes both inter-State and intra-State transactions, ensuring the food security of more than 80 Crore National Food Security Act  2013 (NFS A)  beneficiaries  in the country.

ONORC initiative  is proving  to be beneficial especially to  the migrant labourers,  intemally displaced persons (IDPs)  etc.  who  frequently  change their  place of  dwelling in  search of  temporary employment. Under  the  initiative,  the NFS A  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 biometric  authentication on an electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) device. ONORC also enables the family  members of such migrant NFS A beneficiaries to lift  the part / balance foodgrains on the same ration card, back home (in the village/hometown)

Further,  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

(c) &  (d): State-wise details including that of  Bihar with respect to issued ration cards and Aadhaar Seeding is attached as Annexure-I

(e): State-wise status of  supply of  food  grains to NFS A  cardholders under the ONORC scheme, including Bihar, since inception in August 2019 to July 2024 is attached as Annexure-II. #####

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART(S)  (c)  &  (d)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 250 FOR ANSWER ON 24.07.2024 IN THE LOK SABHA.

| SI. No   | 1State/UT     | Total Ration Card in Central System   | 1Total Ration Cards 1Seeded with Aadhaar   | 1% Seeding of 1Ration Cards   |
|----------|---------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|          | I IIslands    | 1                                     | Tl                                         |                               |
| 2        | r             | 90,25 ,839                            | 90,25,83'                                  | 100%                          |
| 3        | r             | mI                                    | 1 ,50,28'                                  | 81%                           |
| 4        | [Assam        | ZB7B1                                 | V6                                         | -100%                         |
| 5        | ml            | nl                                    | 1,95, 10,531                               | - 1 00%                       |
| 6        | Tma           | n8                                    | 84,40:                                     | - 100%                        |
| 7        | [cRman        | W5                                    | BFaIR                                      | 100%                          |
| 8        | a IDaman& Diu | m5                                    | 58,67:                                     | 100%                          |
| 9        | me            | HI                                    | min                                        | 100%                          |
| 10       | no            | ml                                    | ml                                         | 100%                          |
| 11       | Tam           | HI5 :o;51                             | 78,55,09:                                  | 1009                          |
| 12       | in            | m4                                    | 48,49,11                                   | 100%                          |
| 13       | r             | 7,65 ,7571                            | IB)=1                                      | 100%                          |
| 14       | a             | Tino31                                | ml                                         | 1009                          |
| 15       | rharkhand     | amI8                                  | mI                                         | 99%                           |
| 16       | ma            | -iltllnl6                             | 1,14,16, 141                               | 100%                          |
| 17       | He            | m4                                    | 4 1 ,95,56:                                | 1009                          |
| 18       | ma            | IF7831                                | 29,56(                                     | 99%                           |
| 19       | a             | W5                                    | 5,37'                                      | 100%                          |
| 20       | mamI          | 1,26,3 1 ,43(                         | 1 ,26,27,20]                               | 100%                          |
| 21       | [NInaiii?i    | 1 ,63,75,0751                         | 1,63,74,64 l3                              | 100%                          |
| 22       | Fhm           | !jTFo-61                              | m5                                         | -100%                         |
| 23       | Fm            | m4                                    | HRH                                        | -72%                          |
| 24       | nz            | ml                                    | HI                                         |                               |

| 25   | Fagaland   | 3,38 ,4301   | 3,30, 1481   | -98%   |
|------|------------|--------------|--------------|--------|
| 26   | Mc         | 93,50,431    | n9           | m      |
| 27   | Mma        | 2,06,58(     | mq5          | m/     |
| 28   | Faiii)-    | m4           | aTTa-q       | 100%   |
| 29   | Wa         | 1 ,07,34,981 | taTE?721     | -100%  |
| 30   | mr         | 97,00t       | 79           | 100%   |
| 31   | mam        | 1 ,14,36,821 | T]IRa7       | 100%   |
| 32   | [T-emm     | N5           | =T9l4        | 1009   |
| 33   | mr         | mn2          | mM4]         | 100%   |
| 34   | mam        | 13,96,29 S   | 13,96,23 1   | 100%   |
| 35   | a          | m3           | Inn?q        | 100%   |
| 36   | e          | ml           | T37:Rl13     | 100%   |
|      | IN         | 20,33,57,37: | 2            | 99,8%  |

AMigA

ANNEXU RE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 250 FOR ANSWER ON 24.07.2024 IN THE LOK SABHA.

|   SI. No | States                      | Total Portability Transactions (August 2019 to July 2024)   |
|----------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS | 55,766                                                      |
|        2 | ANDHRAPRADESH               | 15,26,48,286                                                |
|        3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH           | 1,548                                                       |
|        4 | ASSAM                       | 20,73,203                                                   |
|        5 | BIHAR                       | 46,47,62,357                                                |
|        6 | CHANDIGARH                  | 848                                                         |
|        7 | CHHATTISGARH                | 27,42,400                                                   |
|        8 | DELHI                       | 4,29,78,017                                                 |
|        9 | GOA                         | 93,286                                                      |
|       10 | GUJARAT                     | 63, 1 8,556                                                 |
|       11 | HARYANA                     | 7,72,41 ,869                                                |
|       12 | HIMACHAL PRADESH            | 2,29,062                                                    |
|       13 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR           | 24,69,276                                                   |
|       14 | JHARKHAND                   | 48,9 1 ,300                                                 |
|       15 | KARNATAKA                   | 7,78.67,474                                                 |
|       16 | KERALA                      | 7,43,62,332                                                 |
|       17 | LADAKH                      | 753                                                         |
|       18 | LAKSHADWEEP                 | 30,852                                                      |
|       19 | MADHYA PRADESH              | 5 ,42,06, 192                                               |
|       20 | MAHARASHTRA                 | 7,00,79,086                                                 |
|       21 | MANIPUR                     | 1,527                                                       |
|       22 | MEGHALAYA                   | 454                                                         |
|       23 | MIZORAM                     | 17,903                                                      |
|       24 | NAGALAND                    | 60,889                                                      |
|       25 | ODISHA                      | 5,35,808                                                    |
|       26 | PUDUCHERRY                  | 1,385                                                       |
|       27 | PUNJAB                      | 1,51,11,104                                                 |

|       | RAJASTHAN     | 14,88,60,c)64   |
|-------|---------------|-----------------|
|       | SIKKIM        | 25,913          |
|       | TAMIL NADU    | 1,22,11,589     |
|       | TELANGANA     | 11 ,23,22,652   |
|       | D&N D&NH      | 6, 12,944       |
|       | TRIPURA       | 7,69,044        |
|       | UTTAR PRADESH | 10,80,20, 530   |
|       | UTTARAKHAND   | 53,70,536       |
|       | WEST BENGAL   | 1, 13,67,945    |
| Total | Total         | 1,44,93,43,650  |

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