Lok Sabha Question No. 1547 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-03
Subject: Review of NFSA
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1547

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 03rd MAY, 2016

## REVIEW OF NFSA

## 1547. SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:

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- (a) the details of the States which are implementing the National Food Security Act (NFSA);
- (b) whether the Government has held a review meeting with the officials of various States and FCI on implementation of the scheme in the States, if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (c) whether there were many pending issues and challenges for effective implementation of NFSA that need to be sorted out immediately, if so, the details thereof and steps being taken thereon; and
- (d)  whether  the  Centre  and  the  States  have  worked  for  digitization, linking  ration  cards  with  Aadhaar,  computerization  of  PDS  shops  and supply chain network, which are required to implement the Act nationally, if so, the details and the present status thereof?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI RAM  VILAS PASWAN)

- (a):  National  Food  Security  Act,  2013  (NFSA)  is  being  implemented  in  33 States/Union Territories, list of which is at Annexure - I.
- (b): Implementation of the Act is reviewed on a regular basis through meetings/ conferences with States/UTs and Food Corporation of India. Four such meetings on  7  July,  1 st   September,  19  November  (With  North-Eastern  States)  and  23 November,  2015  -  were  held  in  the  year  2015.  Besides,  the  progress  is  also reviewed  through  video-conferencing.  During  such  meetings/conferences,  the points raised by the States/UTs are clarified and the need for proper implementation  of  the  Act  and  necessary  strengthening  of  Targeted  Public Distribution System (TPDS) in order to be able to successfully deliver entitlements in a rights-based approach under NFSA are emphasized.

- (c)  :      States/UTs  were  required  to  complete  certain  preparatory  activities  for implementation  of  the  Act,  which  inter-alia  included  identification  of  eligible households,  issuing  ration  cards  to  them,  making  arrangements  for  delivery  of foodgrains up to door-steps of fair price shops, setting up of grievance redressal mechanism as per provisions of the Act and TPDS computerization. 33 States/UTs are implementing the Act after completion of above activities.
- (d) : Yes, Madam. For proper implementation of the Act, end to end computerization of TPDS, including digitization of databases, computerization of supply  chain  and  automation  of  fair  price  shops  are  being  actively  pursued. Seeding of Aadhaar in the beneficiary database is also being encouraged for deduplication  of  the  beneficiary  database.  Present  status  in  this  regard  is  as follows:

| Digitization of database             | All the 36 States/UTs   |
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| Computerized supply chain management | 12 States/UTs           |
| Fair price shop automation           | 1,05,176 shops          |
| Aadhaar seeding in Ration cards      | 54.4 %                  |

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## ANNEXURE - I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1547 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 03.05.2016 IN LOK SABHA

## LIST OF STATES/UTs IMPLEMENTING NFSA

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State/UT   |
|-----------|------------------------|
|         1 | Haryana                |
|         2 | Rajasthan              |
|         3 | Delhi                  |
|         4 | Himachal Pradesh       |
|         5 | Punjab                 |
|         6 | Karnataka              |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh           |
|         8 | Maharashtra            |
|         9 | Chandigarh             |
|        10 | Madhya Pradesh         |
|        11 | Bihar                  |
|        12 | West Bengal            |
|        13 | Lakshadweep            |
|        14 | Tripura                |
|        15 | Puducherry             |
|        16 | Uttarakhand            |
|        17 | Jharkhand              |
|        18 | Telangana              |
|        19 | Daman & Diu            |
|        20 | Odisha                 |
|        21 | Assam                  |
|        22 | Goa                    |
|        23 | Andhra Pradesh         |
|        24 | Sikkim                 |
|        25 | Uttar Pradesh          |
|        26 | Meghalaya              |
|        27 | Jammu & Kashmir        |
|        28 | Andaman & Nicobar      |
|        29 | Mizoram                |
|        30 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli   |
|        31 | Gujarat                |
|        32 | Arunachal Pradesh      |
|        33 | Manipur                |