Over 93.31 crore portability transactions recorded under One Nation One Ration Card

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

Over 93.31 crore portability transactions recorded under One Nation One Ration Card

Posted On: 07 DEC 2022 6:23PM by PIB Delhi

The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ms. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today informed that One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan, for nation-wide portability of the National Food Security Act 2013 (NFSA) benefits, is presently enabled in all the 36 States/UTs (across the nation), covering entire NFSA population (around 80 Crore NFSA beneficiaries) in the country. Under the plan, the NFSA beneficiaries have been empowered with the choice to lift their entitled foodgrain from any Fair Price Shop (FPS) of their choice, anywhere in the country, by using their existing ration card with biometric authentication on an electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) device.

ONORC plan is particularly beneficial for those NFSA beneficiaries who frequently change their place of dwelling in search of temporary employment or for other reasons and miss out their food security benefits due to migration – such as numerous workers/labourers, daily-wagers, urban poor like rag-pickers, street-dwellers, temporary workers in both organized and un-organized sectors, domestic workers, etc. So far, a total of 93.31 crore portability transactions are recorded under ONORC. State-wise list of ONORC portability transactions is under.

States/UT-wise inter and intra State portability transactions

During the August 2019 to 30th November 2022

S. No.

States

Total Intra State Portability Transactions

Total Inter-State Portability Transactions

Total Portability Transactions

1

A&N ISLANDS

32,786

367

33,153

2

ANDHRA PRADESH

114,137,592

3,697

114,141,289

3

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

1,218

242

1,460

4

ASSAM

980,145

49

980,194

5

BIHAR

292,175,640

41,704

292,217,344

6

CHANDIGARH

318

318

7

CHHATTISGARH

1,952,910

1,667

1,954,577

8

DELHI

17,166,126

4,127,019

21,293,145

9

GOA

29,934

13,573

43,507

10

GUJARAT

3,353,578

227,118

3,580,696

11

HARYANA

45,763,133

709,937

46,473,070

12

HIMACHAL PRADESH

1,054

74,042

75,096

13

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

1,202,509

43,380

1,245,889

14

JHARKHAND

2,677,225

19,845

2,697,070

15

KARNATAKA

55,626,509

28,891

55,655,400

16

KERALA

51,510,248

28,281

51,538,529

17

LADAKH

315

315

18

LAKSHADWEEP

9,575

54

9,629

19

MADHYA PRADESH

29,874,926

33,052

29,907,978

20

MAHARASHTRA

46,515,895

284,724

46,800,619

21

MANIPUR

1,505

20

1,525

22

MEGHALAYA

38

103

141

23

MIZORAM

5,306

4

5,310

24

NAGALAND

28,898

410

29,308

25

ODISHA

83,501

1,164

84,665

26

PUDUCHERRY

236

236

27

PUNJAB

8,546,426

17,210

8,563,636

28

RAJASTHAN

103,058,412

59,954

103,118,366

29

SIKKIM

11,559

932

12,491

30

TAMIL NADU

5,715,430

11,736

5,727,166

31

TELANGANA

79,832,263

13,427

79,845,690

32

DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU

254,178

108,464

362,642

33

TRIPURA

1,092,684

11,295

1,103,979

34

UTTAR PRADESH

61,444,491

41,484

61,485,975

35

UTTARAKHAND

57,384

57,384

36

WEST BENGAL

4,052,508

1,766

4,054,274

 

Total

927,138,202

5,963,864

933,102,066

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(Release ID: 1881527)

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