As a part PDS reforms, to modernise the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) and to improve the transparency and efficiency in its operations. A total of nearly 4.39 Crore ineligible/bogus ration cards have been weeded out in the country during the period 2013 to 2020.
Highlights:
♦ Transparency in TPDS achieved through digitization of ration cards/beneficiaries databases, Aadhaar seeding, detection of ineligible/bogus ration cards, de-duplication of digitised data, migration/deaths of beneficiaries and during the run-up to the implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA)
♦ The respective quota of NFSA coverage is regularly utilised by concerned State/UT for the ‘Rightful Targeting’ of beneficiaries under NFSA i.e. inclusion/addition of other genuine & rightfully eligible beneficiaries/households by issuing new ration cards to them, while remaining within the respective ceiling limits of coverage defined for each States/UT under the Act.
♦ NFSA provides coverage for 81.35 Crore persons to receive highly subsidised foodgrains through TPDS, which is nearly 2/3rd of the country’s population as per the Census of 2011.
♦ Currently, more than 80 Crore persons in India are receiving foodgrains (Rice, Wheat and Coarse grains) at highly subsidised Central Issue Prices of Rs. 3, 2 and 1 per Kg respectively under NFSA, on monthly basis
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