Lok Sabha Question No. 283 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: Fake Ration Cards
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS, MURALI MOHAN MAGANTI, RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 283

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH  JULY, 2016

## FAKE RATION CARDS

## 283.   SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  lists  of  forged/fake  ration  cards  have  been  received  by  the Government during the last two years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof indicating the number of forged ration card holders detected in the country and the losses incurred on this account during the said period, State-wise;
- (c) the action taken against persons/officers held responsible for the said fake cards;
- (d) whether  the  number  of  new  ration  card  holders  has  increased,  if  so,  the details of the new cards issue and the quantum of foodgrains distributed during the said period, State-wise; and
- (e)
- the present status of the program for linking PDS cards with Aadhaar?

A N S W E R

MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI RAM  VILAS PASWAN)

- (a)  to  (c):  As  per  the  information  received  from  State/UTs  Government,  a Statement showing the number of de-duplicated/ghost/ineligible forged/fake ration cards  deleted  by  the  State/UT  Governments  in  year    2014  and    2015  is  at Annexure - I.

Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) is operated under joint responsibility  of  Central  and  the  State/Union  Territory  (UT)  Governments  and operational part i.e. identification of eligible beneficiaries under various categories and distribution of ration to them falls under the purview of respective State/UT Governments.  As per clause 13 of TPDS [Control] Order 2015, State/UT Governments  have  been  empowered  to  take  action  under  Section  7  of  the Essential Commodities Act against persons who contravene any of the provision of the TPDS[C] Order, 2015.

- (d): As  per  the  information  provided  by  the  State/UT  Government,  statement showing the State-wise total  number of  ration  cards  during  2014-15  and  during 2015-16  are at Annexure-II. State-wise Statement showing allocation and offtake of  foodgrains (rice and  wheat) normal and special adhoc additional allocations made during 2014-15 to 2015-16 under TPDS is at Annexure - III.
- (e): As on 14-7-2016, overall AADHAR seeding of ration card stands at 60.23% at the National level.

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## ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART(a)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 283 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 19.07.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER OF DELETED* RATION CARDS IN THE YEAR 2014 & 2015

|   Sl. | States/UTs          | 2014      | 2015      |
|-------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|
|     1 | Andaman& Nicobar    | 0         | 37        |
|     2 | Andhra Pradesh      | 8,58,000  |           |
|     3 | Arunachal Pradesh   | 993       | 43        |
|     4 | Assam               | 0         | 0         |
|     5 | Bihar               | 21,712    | 16,401    |
|     6 | Chandigarh (on DBT) | 0         | 0         |
|     7 | Chhattisgarh        | 5,66,953  | 2,92,738  |
|     8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0         | 0         |
|     9 | Daman &Diu          | 0         | 0         |
|    10 | Delhi               | 0         | 22,171    |
|    11 | Goa                 | 93        | 1,17,801  |
|    12 | Gujarat             | 0         | 0         |
|    13 | Haryana             | 11,884    | 66,580    |
|    14 | Himachal Pradesh    | 0         | 0         |
|    15 | Jammu and Kashmir   | 0         | 0         |
|    16 | Jharkhand           | 19        | 7,914     |
|    17 | Karnataka           | 53,52,047 | 9,33,935  |
|    18 | Kerala              | 0         | 0         |
|    19 | Lakshadweep         | 76        | 872       |
|    20 | Madhya Pradesh      | 0         | 0         |
|    21 | Maharashtra         | 85,160    | 8,20,780  |
|    22 | Manipur             | 0         | 0         |
|    23 | Meghalaya           | 0         | 0         |
|    24 | Mizoram             | 98        | 48        |
|    25 | Nagaland            | 0         | 0         |
|    26 | Odisha              | 0         | 0         |
|    27 | Puducherry (on DBT) | 17,392    | 9,507     |
|    28 | Punjab              | 0         | 93,627    |
|    29 | Rajasthan           | 0         | 26,329    |
|    30 | Sikkim              | 0         | 0         |
|    31 | Tamil Nadu          | 96,406    | 1,14,175  |
|    32 | Telangana           | 11,75,354 | 10,27,000 |
|    33 | Tripura             | 0         | 66,580    |
|    34 | Uttar Pradesh       | 0         | 6,38,152  |
|    35 | Uttarakhand         | 0         | 0         |
|    36 | West Bengal         | 19,77,311 | 18,34,284 |

* Cards deleted due to detection of Ghost / fraudulent / duplicate / ineligible / migration / deaths, etc. during the the process of digitization, de-duplication, Aadhaar seeding in run up /implementation of NFSA

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## ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART(d) OF THE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 283 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 19.07.2016

## Statement Indicating State-wise no. of Ration Card

| Status of Ration Card   | Status of Ration Card    | Status of Ration Card   | Status of Ration Card   |
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| S.No                    | State/UT                 | Total Ration Card-2014  | Total Ration Card-2015  |
| 1                       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 1,04,180                | 1,04,763                |
| 2                       | Andhra Pradesh           | 2,62,40,376             | 1,30,40,584             |
| 3                       | Arunachal Pradesh        | 3,45,653                | 3,45,653                |
| 4                       | Assam                    | 60,00,000               | 55,51,269               |
| 5                       | Bihar                    | 2,17,00,000             | 1,35,81,179             |
| 6                       | Chandigarh               | 1,01,649                | 56,689                  |
| 7                       | Chhattisgarh             | 70,27,306               | 63,33,695               |
| 8                       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli   | 72,500                  | 40,726                  |
| 9                       | Daman and Diu            | 34,648                  | 21,493                  |
| 10                      | Delhi                    | 20,54,787               | 16,00,226               |
| 11                      | Goa                      | 3,81,155                | 4,15,927                |
| 12                      | Gujarat                  | 1,11,13,995             | 1,17,44,704             |
| 13                      | Haryana                  | 58,53,000               | 28,47,209               |
| 14                      | Himachal Pradesh         | 16,99,255               | 15,54,636               |
| 15                      | Jammu and Kashmir        | 20,66,000               | 19,72,000               |
| 16                      | Jharkhand                | 55,55,799               | 55,78,029               |
| 17                      | Karnataka                | 1,31,90,596             | 1,29,00,000             |
| 18                      | Kerala                   | 82,50,000               | 82,60,619               |
| 19                      | Lakshadweep              | 18,000                  | 17,176                  |
| 20                      | Madhya Pradesh           | 94,79,535               | 1,16,60,281             |
| 21                      | Maharashtra              | 2,12,05,629             | 2,32,00,000             |
| 22                      | Manipur                  | 4,06,000                | 4,06,593                |
| 23                      | Meghalaya                | 5,08,000                | 4,49,078                |
| 24                      | Mizoram                  | 2,74,678                | 2,41,452                |
| 25                      | Nagaland                 | 2,39,000                | 2,73,797                |
| 26                      | Odisha                   | 85,13,076               | 1,07,35,162             |
| 27                      | Puducherry               | 3,29,030                | 3,32,285                |
| 28                      | Punjab                   | 67,16,469               | 35,00,000               |
| 29                      | Rajasthan                | 1,77,82,712             | 1,75,64,761             |
| 30                      | Sikkim                   | 1,16,876                | 1,40,000                |
| 31                      | Tamil Nadu               | 1,98,02,532             | 2,00,30,910             |
| 32                      | Telangana                | 89,73,425               | 90,28,670               |
| 33                      | Tripura                  | 9,62,390                | 9,62,390                |
| 34                      | Uttarakhand              | 12,00,000               | 12,99,833               |
| 35                      | Uttar Pradesh            | 4,41,00,000             | 4,52,10,748             |
| 36                      | West Bengal              | 9,44,83,000             | 9,44,00,000             |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 283 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 19.07.2016

STATEMENT SHOWING ALLOCATION AND OFFTAKE OF FOODGRAINS (RICE+WHEAT) NORMAL AND SPECIAL ADHOC ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS MADE DURING 2014-15 to 2015-16 UNDER TPDS

## (IN THOUSAND TONS)

|       |                         | 2014-15    | 2014-15   | 2015-16    | 2015-16   |
|-------|-------------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| S.No. | STATES/UTS              | ALLOCATION | OFF TAKE  | ALLOCATION | OFF TAKE  |
| 1     | ANDHRA PRADESH          | 5259.586   | 3174.526  | 2231.39    | 2173.928  |
| 2     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH       | 203.112    | 193.292   | 109.152    | 107.314   |
| 3     | ASSAM                   | 3780.188   | 3680.586  | 1905.788   | 1746.652  |
| 4     | BIHAR (NFSA)            | 9829.8     | 7876.296  | 5241.275   | 5025.021  |
| 5     | CHHATTISGARH (NFSA)     | 2674.932   | 2659.402  | 1384.056   | 1384.056  |
| 6     | DELHI (NFSA)            | 713.386    | 721.85    | 424.5      | 425.886   |
| 7     | GOA                     | 126.296    | 114.478   | 64.148     | 64.373    |
| 8     | GUJARAT                 | 4175.59    | 3771.476  | 2247.672   | 2177.615  |
| 9     | HARYANA (NFSA)          | 1590       | 1464.946  | 795        | 780.211   |
| 10    | HIMACHAL PRADESH (NFSA) | 1015.992   | 996.73    | 507.996    | 511.97    |
| 11    | JAMMU & KASHMIR(NFSA)   | 1513.608   | 1332.09   | 802.882    | 761.029   |
| 12    | JHARKHAND(NFSA)         | 2718.884   | 1917.562  | 1551.942   | 1160.786  |
| 13    | KARNATAKA (NFSA)        | 5085.314   | 4626.192  | 2608.836   | 2238.332  |
| 14    | KERALA                  | 2948.698   | 2883.452  | 1591.86    | 1584.234  |
| 15    | MADHYAPRADESH (NFSA)    | 6388.494   | 5822.762  | 3390.015   | 3182.27   |
| 16    | MAHARASHTRA (NFSA)      | 9054.984   | 8091.558  | 4605.192   | 4324.368  |
| 17    | MANIPUR                 | 342.758    | 344.562   | 183.684    | 183.685   |
| 18    | MEGHALAYA               | 377.716    | 376.394   | 198.184    | 186.748   |
| 19    | MIZORAM                 | 140.28     | 134.838   | 74.548     | 76.554    |
| 20    | NAGALAND                | 253.752    | 274.658   | 136.38     | 143.523   |
| 21    | ODISHA                  | 4385.962   | 4016.442  | 2262.156   | 1990.977  |
| 22    | PUNJAB (NFSA)           | 1740.24    | 382.868   | 870.12     | 890.317   |
| 23    | RAJASTHAN (NFSA)        | 5583.144   | 5447.2    | 2791.572   | 2681.131  |
| 24    | SIKKIM                  | 88.566     | 85.578    | 47.042     | 45.808    |
| 25    | TAMIL NADU              | 7445.664   | 6164.814  | 4095.756   | 4115.22   |
| 26    | TELANGANA               | 2392.89    | 850.328   | 1530.612   | 1291.634  |
| 27    | TRIPURA                 | 606.498    | 600.448   | 293.861    | 284.429   |
| 28    | UTTAR PRADESH           | 14549.546  | 12427.714 | 8223.003   | 7866.992  |
| 29    | UTTARAKHAND             | 1025.294   | 1079.486  | 526.584    | 537.261   |
| 30    | WEST BENGAL             | 7721.942   | 7505.896  | 3927.445   | 3462.565  |
| 31    | A&N ISLANDS             | 68.04      | 49.454    | 35.618     | 22.378    |
| 32    | CHANDIGARH (NFSA)       | 62.424     | 54.036    | 13.005     | 14.762    |
| 33    | D&N HAVELI              | 20.94      | 24.872    | 11.617     | 11.072    |
| 34    | DAMAN & DIU             | 11.322     | 4.532     | 5.946      | 4.484     |
| 35    | LAKSHADWEEP(NFSA)       | 9.24       | 10.088    | 4.734      | 3.771     |
| 36    | PONDICHERRY(NFSA)       | 120.744    | 11.9      | 27.815     | 4.746     |
|       | GRAND TOTAL             | 104025.826 | 89173.306 | 54721.386  | 51466.102 |

Above allocation and offtake includes addl. APL  & addl. BPL allocation and offtake also.

Offtake source:  FCI

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