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 about the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)’ the Government of India, Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) started distribution of ‘additional’ and ‘free-of-cost’ food grains (Rice/Wheat) to around 80 Crore National Food Security Act (NFSA) beneficiaries.

As per the phase wise distribution reports available from the States/UTs, so far, a cumulative total of about 726 Lakh MT of food grains have been lifted and nearly 690 Lakh MT food grains have been distributed by the States/UTs. Year wise and food grain wise figures are shown below:

 

Year wise	Lifting % against Allocation	Quantity Distributed in LMT
		Wheat	Rice	Total
FY 2020-21	95%	102.4	196.2	298.6
FY 2021-22	96%	184.5	206.6	391.1

 

A Statement showing State/UT-wise inter-State and intra-State portability transactions since inception of ONORC plan is at Annexure.

About 10% of such transactions take place through portability One Nation One Ration Card Plan.

The primary responsibility of beneficiary outreach and awareness generation under NFSA/ PDS has been entrusted to the States/UTs. All States/UTs have been requested to undertake wide-spread publicity and awareness of PM-GKAY and ONORC plan. The Department has also shared various IEC (Information, Education and Communication) materials about ONORC with all States/UTs for regular awareness generation through Fair Price Shops and other public places of importance. Further, the Department also undertakes wide-publicity of ONORC through regular press releases and through Social Media. All States/UTs have also been requested to enable a dedicated 14445 toll-free number for ONORC operations for information dissemination and other matters pertaining to portability of ration cards. States/UTs are also requested to promote awareness about ‘Mera Ration’ Mobile application that has been developed by the Department, in association with NIC, for the benefit of NFSA beneficiaries.

ANNEXURE

State/UT wise Inter-State and Intra-State portability Transactions
States	Total Intra-State Portability Transactions	Total Inter-State Portability Transactions	Total Inter-Intra Portability Transactions
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS	15,091	199	15,290
ANDHRA PRADESH	9,62,88,126	3,193	9,62,91,319
ARUNACHAL PRADESH	1,124	137	1,261
BIHAR	17,88,29,488	13,329	17,88,42,817
CHANDIGARH	-	187	187
CHHATTISGARH	1,44,889	47	1,44,936
DELHI	47,36,890	16,89,605	64,26,495
GOA	19,938	9,096	29,034
GUJARAT	18,30,921	1,00,487	19,31,408
HARYANA	2,37,50,504	2,65,909	2,40,16,413
HIMACHAL PRADESH	960	22,654	23,614
JAMMU AND KASHMIR	6,36,409	15,294	6,51,703
JHARKHAND	16,99,982	11,070	17,11,052
KARNATAKA	3,86,77,177	15,465	3,86,92,642
KERALA	3,64,65,424	10,741	3,64,76,165
LADAKH	-	188	188
LAKSHADWEEP	122	54	176
MADHYA PRADESH	1,81,52,823	13,134	1,81,65,957
MAHARASHTRA	3,21,26,222	1,29,876	3,22,56,098
MANIPUR	1,505	14	1,519
MEGHALAYA	-	49	49
MIZORAM	1,924	4	1,928
NAGALAND	10,450	318	10,768
ODISHA	38,002	787	38,789
PUDUCHERRY	-	1	1
PUNJAB	38,26,986	10,280	38,37,266
RAJASTHAN	7,20,58,541	14,814	7,20,73,355
SIKKIM	4,503	300	4,803
TAMIL NADU	15,71,962	4,950	15,76,912
TELANGANA	5,73,80,836	11,147	5,73,91,983
THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU	1,15,658	47,381	1,63,039
TRIPURA	5,96,857	7,996	6,04,853
UTTAR PRADESH	4,68,56,037	35,372	4,68,91,409
UTTARAKHAND	-	30,676	30,676
WEST BENGAL	-	260	260
Total	61,58,39,351	24,65,014	61,83,04,365

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