MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI RAM VILAS PASWAN)
(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO. *93 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 22.11.2016 IN LOK SABHA.
Department of Food and Public Distribution is implementing a Plan Scheme on ‘End-to-end Computerization of TPDS Operations’ during 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17). The scheme comprises activities namely digitization of ration cards/beneficiaries and other data bases, online allocation, computerization of supply chain management, setting up of transparency portals and grievance rederessal mechanisms. A statement showing the progress made in the ‘End-to-end computerization of TPDS Operations'' scheme and linkage of ration cards with Aadhaar (State-wise) is enclosed as annexure-I. A total of 2.33 crore bogus/ineligible ration cards have been deleted during 2013-16. A statement showing the State-wise details is at annexure-II.
Under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), Government has approved norms for FPS dealers'' margins @ Rs. 87/qtl. for 23 general category States/UTs and @ Rs. 160/qtl. for 13 special category States/UTs, which also includes reimbursement of Rs.17/qtl. for their expenditure towards purchase, operations and maintenance of Point of Sale (PoS|) device at the FPS for automation. Such expenditure would be shared between Centre and State Govts. on 75:25 basis for special category States/UTs and on 50:50 basis for General category States/UTs. Out of 5,27,734 Fair Price Shops across the country 1,69,623 FPSs have been automated so far.
For establishing requisite IT infrastructure and computerization of PDS processes under the End-to-End computerization scheme, the Govt. Of India is providing funds on sharing basis, 90:10 in respect of North Eastern States and 50:50 basis with other States/UTs. Under this scheme, a National Transparency Portal for TPDS has been developed which can be accessed at http://pdsportal.nic.in. Citizens may also access the Portals of the respective State/UT Food and Civil Supplies Department through the links provided on the National portal.
Online grievance redressal facility/Toll-free helpline numbers have been implemented in all States/UTs for grievance registration, tracking and redressal. The National Food Security Act (NFSA) provides for the setting up District Grievance Redressal Officers(DGRO) for effective redressal of grievances and State Food Commission (SFC) for the purpose of monitoring and review of implementation of the Act. All States/UTs have setup SFCs and DGROs. The implementation of PDS reforms is constantly monitored by the Central Govt.
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Annexure-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO. 93* DUE FOR ANSWER ON 22.11.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA
Status of End-to-End Computerization of TPDS Operations(as on 15.11.2016)
Sl.
States/UTs
Digitization of Ration Cards
Aadhaar Seeding in RCs
Online Allocation of Foodgrains
Computerization of Supply-chain Management
Transparency Portal
Online Grievance Redressal
Toll Free Helpline Numbers
Operational ePoS at Fair Price Shops
1
Andhra Pradesh
100%
100%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
29,082
2
Andaman & Nicobar
100%
97%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
290
3
Arunachal Pradesh
100%
44.5%
-
-
Yes
-
Yes
0
4
Assam
100%
0%
Implemented
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
0
5
Bihar
100%
0.13%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
0
6
Chandigarh
100%
100%
NA
NA
Yes
Yes
Yes
DBT (Cash)
7
Chhattisgarh
100%
100%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
12,080
8
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
100%
89%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
62
9
Daman & Diu
100%
100%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
51
10
Delhi
100%
100%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
34
11
Goa
100%
88%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
42
12
Gujarat
100%
88%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
17,000
13
Haryana
100%
91%
Implemented
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
7,556
14
Himachal Pradesh
100%
96%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
0
15
Jammu and Kashmir
100%
62%
Up to TSOs*
-
Yes
-
Yes
0
16
Jharkhand
100%
94%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
14,250
17
Karnataka
100%
99%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
3,877
18
Kerala
100%
98%
Implemented
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
0
19
Lakshadweep
100%
97%
-
NA
Yes
Yes
Yes
0
20
Madhya Pradesh
100%
83%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
22,409
21
Maharashtra
100%
87%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
93
22
Manipur
100%
1.28%
Partial
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
0
23
Meghalaya
100%
0%
-
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
0
24
Mizoram
100%
11.99%
-
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
0
25
Nagaland
100%
6.50%
-
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
0
26
Odisha
100%
81%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
32
27
Puducherry
100%
97%
NA
NA
Yes
Yes
Yes
DBT (Cash)
28
Punjab
100%
97%
Implemented
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
0
29
Rajasthan
100%
100%
Implemented
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
25,721
30
Sikkim
100%
70%
Implemented
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
20
31
Tamil Nadu
100%
80%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
34,769
32
Telangana
100%
100%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
1,622
33
Tripura
100%
92.55%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
-
Yes
25
34
Uttar Pradesh
100%
70%
Implemented
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
600
35
Uttarakhand
100%
66%
Implemented
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
8
36
West Bengal
100%
61%
Implemented
Implemented
Yes
Yes
Yes
0
100%
70.97%
29
19
36
33
36
1,69,623
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Annexure-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO. 93* DUE FOR ANSWER ON 22.11.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA
Updated Statement of Deleted Ration Cards
Sl.
States/UTs
2013
2014
2015
2016
Total
1
Andaman & Nicobar
0
0
37
0
37
2
Andhra Pradesh
0
8,49,000
0
1,18,000
9,67,000
3
Arunachal Pradesh
13,875
993
43
0
14,911
4
Assam
0
0
0
72,746
72,746
5
Bihar
0
21,712
16,401
3,256
41,369
6
Chandigarh
0
0
0
0
0
7
Chhattisgarh
1,03,000
7,10,000
1,43,000
83,000
10,39,000
8
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
0
0
0
1,647
1,647
9
Daman & Diu
0
0
0
0
0
10
Delhi
0
0
35,056
0
35,056
11
Goa
1,782
93
1,09,145
0
1,11,020
12
Gujarat
11,073
64,079
45,833
18,189
1,39,174
13
Haryana
67,243
22,903
43,515
58,469
1,92,130
14
Himachal Pradesh
3,025
235
0
0
3,260
15
Jammu and Kashmir
0
0
0
0
0
16
Jharkhand
0
19
7,914
0
7,933
17
Karnataka
1,17,058
34,17,560
9,33,935
1,51,435
46,19,988
18
Kerala
0
0
0
0
0
19
Lakshadweep
0
76
872
442
1,390
20
Madhya Pradesh
0
1,313
0
1,08,123
1,09,436
21
Maharashtra
1,00,543
85,160
8,20,780
11,55,908
21,62,391
22
Manipur
0
0
0
0
0
23
Meghalaya
0
0
0
0
0
24
Mizoram
743
98
48
108
997
25
Nagaland
0
0
0
0
0
26
Odisha
0
0
0
7,61,460
7,61,460
27
Puducherry
54
17,392
9,507
1,055
28,008
28
Punjab
7,982
93,267
0
0
1,01,249
29
Rajasthan
0
0
26,329
12,97,077
13,23,406
30
Sikkim
0
0
0
4,760
4,760
31
Tamil Nadu
1,23,956
96,406
1,14,175
36,190
3,70,727
32
Telangana
3,21,372
11,75,354
1,15,044
3,27,711
19,39,481
33
Tripura
6,208
11,814
66,236
92,728
1,76,986
34
Uttar Pradesh
2,76,079
19,117
2,33,847
19,43,092
24,72,135
35
Uttarakhand
0
0
0
0
0
36
West Bengal$
27,52,498
16,77,311
21,84,152
0
66,13,961
Grand Totals
39,06,491
82,63,902
49,05,869
62,35,396
2,33,11,658
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Cards deleted due to detection of Ghost / fraudulent / duplicate / ineligible / migration / deaths, etc. during the process of digitization, de-duplication, Aadhaar seeding in run up /implementation of NFSA
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West Bengal has individual Ration Cards system
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