Lok Sabha Question No. 1802 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-10
Subject: Ration Card Cancellations and e-KYC Verification
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri Karti P Chidambaram, Dr. Kirsan Namdeo, Shri Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy, Shri Charanjit Singh Channi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1802

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10TH DECEMBER, 2025

## RATION CARD CANCELLATIONS AND E-KYC VERIFICATION

## 1802. SHRI KARTI P CHIDAMBARAM:

DR. KIRS AN NAMDEO :

SHRI RAMASAHAYAM  RAGHURAM REDDY:

SHRI C[IARANJIT  SINGH CHANNI:

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

- (a) the total number of  active ration  cards in the country, State/UT-wise, as of October 2025
- (b) the total number of ration cards cancelled since 2020, State/UT and year-wise;
- (c) the key  reasons cited for  the cancellation of  ration  cards and the number of ration cards cancelled  under  each of  these reasons since 2020,  year-wise;
- (d) the year-wise number of ration cards cancelled due to failure  to complete e-KYC  or Aadhaar authentication;
- (e) whether the  Government has  received reports or complaints of wrongful cancellations; and
- (f) if  so, the details thereof  and steps taken by  the Government to verify  and reinstate eligible beneficiaries?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRIM ATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI  BAMBHANIYA)

- (a): A statement showing States/UT-wise number of ration card is at Annexure-1.
- (b): A  statement showing deleted Ration Cards reported till date year-wise is  at Annexure-II.
- (c)  to (d): Under the NFSA,  the  operational responsibility for  identification of beneficiaries  and management of the beneficiary  lists rests with  the respective States/UTs.

Key  reasons reported by  States/UTs for cancellation of ration cards include identification of duplicate or  ineligible  beneficiaries,  e-KYC  mismatches, deaths, and  permanent migration of households. No ration cards have been reported to be cancelled solely due to failure to complete e-KYC  or Aadhaar authentication.

(e) &  (f): No specific report or  complaints of wrongful cancellation of  ration card is received

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## States/UT-wise number of Ration Cards as on date

| S. No.   | States/UTs                  | No of Ration Cards   |
|----------|-----------------------------|----------------------|
| 1        | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS | 17,986               |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH              | 88,37,973            |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH           | 1,86,406             |
| 4        | ASSAM                       | 70,68, 187           |
| 5        | BIHAR                       | 2,08,74, 181         |
| 6        | CHANDIGARH                  | 86,572               |
| 7        | CHHATriSGARH                | 56,04,617            |
| 8        | DELHI                       | 17,46,316            |
| 9        | GOA                         | 1,30,240             |
| 10       | GUJARAT                     | 75,17,392            |
| 11       | HARYANA                     | 40,62,740            |
| 12       | HirViACHAL PRADESH          | 7,47,697             |
| 13       | JAIVIIVIU AND KASHIVIIR     | 16,58,939            |
| 14       | JHARKHAND                   | 58,68,596            |
| 15       | KARNATAKA                   | 1, 10,07,879         |
| 16       | KERALA                      | 42,43,050            |
| 17       | LADAKH                      | 28,955               |
| 18       | LAKSHADWEEP                 | 5,434                |
| 19       | rViADHYA PRADESH            | 1,31,57,651          |
| 20       | IVIAHARASHTRA               | 1,67,76,077          |
| 21       | IVIANIPUR                   | 5,80,587             |
| 22       | IVIEGHALAYA                 | 4, 16,735            |
| 23       | IV]lZORAIVI                 | 1,79,704             |
| 24       | NAGALAN D                   | 3,30,075             |
| 25       | ODISHA                      | 71,08,753            |
| 26       | PUDUCHERRY                  | 2,08,089             |
| 27       | PUNJAB                      | 40,93,188            |
| 28       | RAJASTHAN                   | 1,09,73,983          |
| 29       | SIKKllVI                    | 96,787               |
| 30       | TAMIL NADU                  | 1,17,25,032          |
| 31       | TELANGANA                   | 56,60,367            |
| 32       | TRIPURA                     | 6,04,704             |
| 33       | UTrARAKHAND                 | 13,91,325            |
| 34       | UTrAR PRADESH               | 3,62,30,842          |
| 35       | WEST BENGAL                 | 1,37,25,879          |
|          | Total                       | 20,29,52,938         |

## States/UTs-wise deleted  Ration  Cards (2020-25)

| SI.   | State/UT                         | 2020      | 2021      | 2022          | 2023       | 2024      | 2025 (till Oct 25)   |
|-------|----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|------------|-----------|----------------------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh                   | a4        | U3        | 0             | W2         | U9        | 50,681               |
| 2     | Andaman And Nicobar Islands      | 431       | 196       | 950           | 47         | 512       | 102                  |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh                |           |           | 1,151         | 328        | 268       | 1,128                |
| 4     | Assam                            | 21,291    | 11,120    | 28,590        | 38,590     | 1,61,516  | 24,381               |
| 5     | Bihar                            | 99,404    | W5        | 1,61,809      | 4,49,525   | 16,86,266 | 1,49,043             |
| 6     | Chandigarh                       |           |           | 684           | 2,291      | 207       | 2,401                |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh                     | 4,508     | 10,400    | 20,715        | 29,108     | 57,371    | 60,496               |
| 8     | Dadar& NagarHaveli & Daman & Diu | 5,840     | 2,454     | 73            | 1          | 151       | 1,101                |
| 9     | Delhi                            | 518       | 448       | 116           | 3,686      | 61,292    | 11,438               |
| 10    | Goa                              | 148       | 805       | 2,117         | 5,801      | 166       | 3,467                |
| 11    | Gujarat                          | 47,936    | 2,19,151  | 1,32,519      | 1,35,362   | 30,889    | 69,102               |
| 12    | Harya na                         |           |           | 1,96, 174 [ I | I 8,49,972 | 3,28,557  | 13,43,474            |
| 13    | HimachalPradesh                  | 4,376     | 2,538     | 3,299         | 7,551      | 9,673     | 7,400                |
| 14    | JammuAnd Kashmir                 | 13,224    | U.GII     | 2,927         | 5,403      | 4,767     | 3,036                |
| 15    | Jharkhand                        | 65,234    |           | 75,137        | 29,771     | 6,374     | 67,730               |
| 16    | Karnataka                        | 31,753    | 42,558    | 48,477        | 74,401     | 27,105    | 50,594               |
| 17    | Kerala                           | a2        | 1,04,511  | 41,998        | 40,800     | 11,555    | 7,261                |
| 18    | Ladakh                           |           | 614       | 30            | 58         | 615       | 764                  |
| 19    | Lakshad weep                     | 7         | 33        | 38            | 89         | 88        | 32                   |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh                   | 1,65,829  | 9,93,704  | 98, 186       | 4,96,092   | 7,04,848  | 2,60,285             |
| 21    | Maharashtra                      | 1,31,986  | 36,119    | 1,44,985      | 2,01,676   | 1,74,342  | 1,33,469             |
| 22    | Manipur                          | 45,321    | U4        | 30,493        | 9,684      | 7,215     | 6,515                |
|       | Meghalaya                        | 16        |           | 402           | 1,612      | 449       | 102                  |
|       | Mizoram                          | 1,443     | 1,637     | 3,617         | 4,115      | 2,548     | 742                  |
| 25    | Nagaland                         | 7,304     |           | 3,428         | 3,177      | 3,924     | 1,347                |
| 26    | Odisha                           |           |           | 64,122        | 31,240     | 19,420    | 1,21,134             |
| 27    | Puducherry                       | 1,881     | 1,731     | 538           | 847        | 898       | 763                  |
|       | Punjab                           | 1,79,837  | 3,305     | 1,52,497      | 1,23,722   | 7,520     | 2,290                |
|       | Rajasthan                        | 5,80,241  | 1,35,283  | 2,65,390      | 26,386     | 1,03,444  | 6,05,826             |
| 30    | Sikkim                           | a9        |           | 458           |            | 604       | 2,116                |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu                       |           | 2,00,942  | 86,150        | 73,875     | 63,905    | 33,339               |
| 32    | Telangana                        | 12,154    |           | 4,988         | 34,064     | 3,424     | 1,40, 947            |
| 33    | Tripura                          | 1,099     | 1, 100    | 1,254         | 800        | 467       | 4,334                |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh                    | 5         | 7,19,213  | 9,99,100      | 7,00, 138  | 8,41,123  | 5,97,012             |
|       | Uttarakhand                      |           | 49,712    | 66,627        | 9,691      | 4,589     | 3,014                |
|       | West Bengal                      | 59,666    | 2,93,326  | 6,47,003      | 7,56,860   | 5,09,952  | 3,74,519             |
|       | Total                            | 24,19,451 | 29,02,794 | 63,80,274     | 41,99,373  | 48,85,259 | 41,41,385            |