Lok Sabha Question No. 2583 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-07
Subject: Ration Shops
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri Tejasvi Surya

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2583

TO BE ANSWERED ON 7TH AUGUST, 2024

## RATION SHOPS

## 2583 SHRI TEJASVI SURY A

Will  the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION wfmT  qT'ie @rg 3Br VT#gfq% fqawr =Ht be pleased to state

- (a) the number of ration shops or PDS shops across the country involved in the dIstributIon of  foodgrains for the poor, State-wise;
- (b) the number of  staff  members or  shop managers operating these shops across the country; and
- (c) the  details about the  verification methods used to  authenticate beneficiaries for providing foodgrains?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)

(a) to (b): 5.43 Lakh (approx.) Fair Price Shops (FPSs) in the country are involved in the distribution  offoodgrains. Statement showing State/UT wise number FPSs is at Annexure.

Targeted Public  Distribution  System (TPDS)  under the National  Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) is  operated under the joint  responsibility of  the Central and the State/UT Governments. The operational responsibility & management of Fair Price Shops (FPSs) rest with  the concerned State/UT Government

- (c): The  verification of  beneficiaries  are  being  done  through  biometric  based  Aadhaar authentication using finger &  IRIS  scanner, OTP, other verification  methods

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## Annexu  re

## ANNXURE  REFERRED TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a) TO  (b)  OF THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2583 FOR ANSWER ON 07.08,2024 IN THE LOK SABHA

## Statement showing State/UT wise total number Fair  Price Shops (FPSs)

| S. N.           | State/UT          | Total Fair Price Shops   |
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
| 1               | A&N Islands       | 416                      |
| 2               | Andhra Pradesh    | 29.79 1                  |
| 3               | Arunachal Pradesh | 1 .68( )                 |
| 4               | Assam             | 34,300                   |
| 5               | Bihar             | 50,95 1                  |
| 6               | Chandjgarh        | NA                       |
| 7               | Chhattisgarh      | 13_675                   |
| 8               | DNH andm          | 114                      |
| 9               | Delhi             | T                        |
| 10              | Goa               | 452                      |
| 11              | Gujarat           | 1 6.040                  |
| 12              | Haryana           | 9.434                    |
| 13              | Himachal Pradesh  | 5,2 19                   |
| 14              | J&K               | 6,737                    |
| 15              | Jharkhand         | 25 .228                  |
| 16              | Karnataka         | 20.4(J3                  |
| 17              | Kerala            | 13,913                   |
| 18              | LadaU1            | 40+                      |
| 19              | Lakshad\vee I     | 39                       |
| 20              | --&TaTiKiTildesi  | 27,377                   |
| 21              | Maharashtra       | 52,642                   |
| 22              | M,lnipur          | 2.339                    |
| 23              | e                 | 4.735                    |
| 24              | Mizoram           | 1 .258                   |
| 25              | Na£,aland         | 1,783                    |
| 26              | Odisha            | 12_044                   |
| 27              | Puducherrv        | NA                       |
| 28              | Puniab            | 1 8_ 1 50                |
| 29              | Rajasthan         | 27.062                   |
| 30              | sikTtHr           | 1 ,312                   |
| 31              | Tamil Nadu        | 34_805                   |
| 32              | Telangdna         | 17_246                   |
| 33              | T=iCr;            | 2_057                    |
| 34              | Uttarakhand       | 9_059                    |
| 35              | Uttar Pradesh     | 79_2 1 6                 |
| 36              | West Bengal       | 20.4 70                  |
| National Summar | National Summar   | 5.43,259                 |