(a) whether the Union Government has received complaints/representations from poor PDS beneficiaries for not getting food items due to non-possession of Aadhaar cards or not linking the ration cards to aadhaar cards on non matching of thumb/finger impression in various States across the country, if so, the facts and details thereof, State-wise;
(b) whether the Union Government has given/issued any instructions/ guidelines to various States/UTs not to deny PDS benefits to those who does not have Aadhaar or not linked ration card to biometric identifier and warned them of strict action for violation;
(c) if so, the details thereof and the extent to which the instructions/guidelines issued in this regard by the Union Government are properly adhered to by the various State Governments/UTs;
(d) whether it is also true that the Government has also asked the State Governments not to delete eligible households from the list of beneficiaries for non-possession of Aadhaar, if so, the details thereof; and
(e) whether the Government would issue instructions to provide rations to elderly persons whose fingerprints are not read by the machine and to other eligible persons who for other reasons are not given rations?