78.67% ration shops enable with Aadhaar
78.67% ration shops enable with Aadhaar
2, 45,706 Fair Price Shops automated so far
In line with the direction of the Hon’ble Supreme Court and National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, which has been implemented in all States & UTs and covers about 81 crore beneficiaries for receiving food grains, Department in association with States/UTs is implementing the installation of electronic Point of Sale (e-PoS) devices for the biometric authentication of and distribution of the subsidised foodgrains to eligible beneficiaries. e-PoS devices facilitate the authentication of beneficiaries (preferably Aadhaar based), recording of sales to beneficiaries electronically and uploading of sale transactions data in a central server.
Out of 5.27 lakh FPSs across the country, 2,45,706 FPSs have been automated so far. As a result of FPS automation, the State/UT Governments are able to reduce ghost lifting and achieve rightful targeting of food subsidies. The progress made so far towards Aadhaar Seeding and FPSs automation (State-wise) is given in the table below.
Status of End-to-End Computerization of PDS Operations
Sl.
States/UTs^
Aadhaar Seeding
Total FPS
Operational ePoS
1
Andhra Pradesh
100
29,528
28,643
2
Chandigarh
100
0
0
3
Chhattisgarh
98
12,319
12,176
4
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
96
62
62
5
Daman & Diu
100
51
51
6
Gujarat
95
17,197
17,197
7
Jharkhand
97
23,356
23,115
8
Puducherry
100
0
0
9
Tamil Nadu
100
34,773
34,773
10
Karnataka
100
20,456
6,336
11
Madhya Pradesh
91
22,401
22,401
12
Rajasthan
95
25,617
25,617
13
Telangana
100
17,159
4,464
14
Andaman & Nicobar
100
482
373
15
Delhi
100
2,264
17
16
Goa
91
446
42
17
Haryana
86
9,543
9,507
18
Himachal Pradesh
91
4,904
4,176
19
Maharashtra
87
51,363
41,085
20
Odisha
88
13,373
13,305
21
Punjab
97
16,657
0
22
Sikkim
82
1,440
20
23
Tripura
97.52
1,800
25
24
Uttar Pradesh
77
79,645
2,254
25
Arunachal Pradesh
44.50
1,683
0
26
Assam
0
38,794
0
27
Bihar
68.83
42,117
59
28
Jammu and Kashmir
45
5,970
0
29
Kerala
98
14,335
0
30
Lakshadweep
98
39
0
31
Manipur
21.81
2,154
0
31
Meghalaya
0
4,651
0
33
Mizoram
44.59
1,248
0
34
Nagaland
6.50
1,691
0
35
Uttarakhand
90
9,212
8
36
West Bengal&
62
20,278
0
Total
78.67%
5,27,008
2,45,706
This information was given by Shri C. R. Chaudhary, the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
