MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI RAMVILAS 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. *30 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 05.02.2019 IN THE LOK SABHA REGARDING
(a) to(e): As per Targeted Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2015, State/UT Governments are required to review the lists of beneficiaries every year for the purpose of deletion of ineligible families and inclusion of eligible families. State/UT Governments have been requested from time to time to carry out drives for reviewing the list of beneficiaries under TPDS.
By November 2016, all State/UT Governments adopted the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA). Under NFSA, the coverage of beneficiaries has been de-linked from the poverty estimates. As such, no BPL cards are issued under NFSA.
Government is also implementing a scheme on End-to-End Computerization of TPDS Operations in collaboration with all State/UT Governments. As part of the scheme, all 23 Crore (approx.) ration cards data across the country has been digitized. Further, for targeted delivery, Aadhaar numbers of beneficiaries are seeded with their ration cards for authentication. So far about 86% ration cards are seeded with Aadhaar number at the National level.
Due to the technology led reforms, State/UT Governments are able to detect and delete ineligible/fake/duplicate ration cards as also delete beneficiaries due to migration/death and change in economic status of household, etc. A total of 1.99 Crore ration cards have been deleted since the year 2015 to 2018. State-wise statement regarding the same is annexed.
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ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO. *30 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 5TH FEBRUARY, 2019 IN THE LOK SABHA
Statement showing State/UT-wise number of deleted ration cards during last three years and current year
Sl.
State/UT
2015
2016
2017
2018
Total
1
Andhra Pradesh
129,202
475,023
5,449
6,09,674
2
Andaman & Nicobar
37
-
37
3
Arunachal Pradesh
115
4,396
56
4,567
4
Assam
-
108,681
42,077
135,250
2,86,008
5
Bihar
16,401
6,291
22,692
6
Chandigarh
-
-
88
88
7
Chhattisgarh
143,000
150,000
150,000
4,43,000
8
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
-
549
549
9
Daman & Diu
262
101
272
4,898
5,533
10
Delhi
38,496
22,696
3,969
486
65,647
11
Goa
145,471
10,115
1,55,586
12
Gujarat
45,833
22,119
18,965
95,659
1,82,576
13
Haryana
43,515
19,648
29,686
291,926
3,84,775
14
Himachal Pradesh
-
1,148
172
56,858
58,178
15
Jammu and Kashmir
3,325
50,709
664
54,698
16
Jharkhand
7,914
446,025
4,53,939
17
Karnataka
761,326
144,432
326,382
4,572
12,36,712
18
Kerala
-
-
-
3,314
3,314
19
Lakshadweep
872
442
1,314
20
Madhya Pradesh
-
389,124
184,673
5,73,797
21
Maharashtra
820,780
1,155,908
19,76,688
22
Manipur
-
-
336
336
23
Meghalaya
-
-
-
370
370
24
Mizoram
53
101
559
713
25
Nagaland
-
-
8,521
8,521
26
Odisha
-
650,471
35,740
6,86,211
27
Puducherry
56,121
9,886
66,007
28
Punjab
-
-
69,945
34,972
1,04,917
29
Rajasthan
26,329
1,371,230
73,110
8,016
14,78,685
30
Sikkim
-
11,714
1,126
12,840
31
Tamil Nadu
114,175
84,470
9,089
-
2,07,734
32
Telangana
83,048
521,790
6,04,838
33
Tripura
66,236
92,728
1,58,964
34
Uttar Pradesh
233,847
2,586,541
4,441,748
72,62,136
35
Uttarakhand
111,367
89,984
318,718
126,268
6,46,337
36
West Bengal
2,184,152
-
21,84,152
Grand Total
50,31,877
84,26,322
57,21,345
7,62,589
1,99,42,133
Remarks:
1) 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. The information is compiled as per information received from the States/UTs.
2) West Bengal has individual Ration Cards system
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