(a) whether the Government is contemplating to introduce portability facility in Public Distribution System (PDS);
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the benefits of portability; and
(d) the number of ration cards linked so far to Aadhaar in the country as on date and the number of PDS machines installed in ration shops, State-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)
(a) to (c): A new central sector scheme namely “Integrated Management of Public Distribution System (IM-PDS)” has been approved for implementation during 2018-19 and 2019-20. The key objectives of the scheme are to integrate PDS system/portals of States/UTs with Central System/portals, introduction of National Portability, and National level de-duplication of ration cards/beneficiary, etc.
The new scheme will bring efficiency in distribution of foodgrains as it will provide the option to PDS beneficiaries to lift their entitled foodgrains from the Fair Price Shops of their choice at the national level. Presently, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi have started portability at the State level, and Karnataka, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Telangana have also started portability in the few FPS areas within the State.
(d): At present Aadhaar seeding in Public Distribution System (PDS) at National Level is 82.39% against the total 23.27 crore ration cards. Out of 5.27 lakh FPSs, electronic Point of Sale (e-PoS) devices have been installed in 3.02 lakh FPSs across the country for the biometric/Aadhaar authentication of eligible beneficiaries, electronic capturing of sale transactions at FPSs etc. The State-wise details of ration cards seeded with Aadhaar and the number of e-PoS devices installed at FPSs is at Annexure.
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ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5786 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 03.04.2018 IN THE LOK SABHA.
regarding ‘Portability in PDS’
Status of Aadhaar seeding with ration cards and ePoS installation
(as on 27.03.2018)
Sl.
States/UTs
Total Number of Ration Cards
Number of Ration cards seeded with Aadhaar
Aadhaar Seeding in RCs
Total No. of Fair Price Shops
No. of FPSs with Operational ePoS
1
Andhra Pradesh
94,27,381
94,27,381
100%
28,663
28,663
2
A & N Islands
12,922
12,922
100%
482
373
3
Arunachal Pradesh
1,76,342
78,473
45%
1,731
0
4
Assam
57,63,737
0
0%
38,238
109
5
Bihar
1,54,01,000
1,27,14,407
83%
41,483
62
6
Chandigarh
63,187
63,187
100%
0
0
7
Chhattisgarh
53,69,000
53,08,000
99%
12,292
11,898
8
D & N Haveli
42,555
42,555
100%
62
62
9
Daman & Diu
23,472
23,472
100%
51
51
10
Delhi
19,41,750
19,41,750
100%
2,254
2,217
11
Goa
1,39,941
1,39,611
100%
450
42
12
Gujarat
71,81,521
69,49,921
97%
17,210
17,210
13
Haryana
29,62,790
26,47,948
89%
9,413
9,413
14
Himachal Pradesh
7,13,096
6,63,471
93%
4,924
4,905
15
Jammu & Kashmir
16,67,229
9,87,806
59%
6,583
4,076
16
Jharkhand
57,25,982
55,58,234
97%
23,356
23,115
17
Karnataka
1,15,71,715
1,15,54,076
100%
20,319
18,573
18
Kerala
35,02,509
34,44,042
98%
14,335
3,000
19
Lakshadweep
5,110
5,005
98%
39
0
20
Madhya Pradesh
1,16,39,786
1,07,71,713
93%
22,469
22,469
21
Maharashtra
1,48,28,050
1,29,11,973
87%
52,147
51,987
22
Manipur
5,55,528
1,69,829
30.57%
2,154
0
23
Meghalaya
4,21,548
0
0%
4,651
0
24
Mizoram
1,45,254
1,11,714
76%
1,249
0
25
Nagaland
2,84,934
1,28,860
45%
1,691
0
26
Odisha
86,69,686
79,75,396
92%
12,577
12,577
27
Puducherry
1,69,784
1,69,784
100%
0
0
28
Punjab
34,54,404
33,75,311
98%
16,657
180
29
Rajasthan
99,85,415
95,63,410
96%
26,237
26,080
30
Sikkim
96,306
83,362
87%
1,421
80
31
Tamil Nadu
99,78,902
99,85,517
100%
34,773
34,773
32
Telangana
49,27,847
49,27,847
100%
17,027
17,027
33
Tripura
5,88,557
5,74,871
98%
1,806
25
34
Uttar Pradesh
3,37,18,876
3,02,68,256
90%
81,088
13,202
35
Uttarakhand
13,30,404
11,97,364
90%
9,212
8
36
West Bengal
6,01,85,752
3,79,30,606
63%
20,278
0
Total
23,26,72,272
19,17,08,074
82.39%
5,27,322
3,02,177
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