Distribution of Ration Card in Pilot Phase - Bhubaneswar Municipality Corporation (BMC) Hon ble Chief Minister giving away the first Ration Card under NFSA in Ward No. 5 of BMC
National Food Security Act 2013 (NFSA) provides for food & nutritional security in human life cycle approach by ensuring access to adequate quantity and quality of food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity. Identification of beneficiaries for Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) is the first step for implementing NFSA in states. TPDS computerization has been taken up in the State as a National Plan Scheme to address various challenges of the current system such as leakages, diversion of food grains in the supply chain, fake and bogus ration cards, inclusion and exclusion errors, lack of transparency, weak grievance redressal and social audit mechanism. The National Plan Scheme has two components. National Food Security Act 2013 & Identification of PDS beneficiaries of Odisha Component I Digitization of ration card and beneficiary databases. Automation of supply chain management system. Setting up a transparency portal and grievance redressal mechanisms. Component II Automation of Fair Price Shop transactions. Architecture of TPDS Transformation in Odisha
Identification of Eligible Households and Issuance of Ration Cards under NFSA Transparency Portal / www.foododisha.in Identification of PDS beneficiaries under NFSA in Odisha has been linked to the economic well-being of families and carried out on principle of exclusion. Nine exclusion criteria have been notified by Government of Odisha. Families not falling under the scope of approved exclusion criteria were asked to apply through a pre-designed application form at Registration Centers to get a Ration Card. The application forms with relevant documents were digitized with reference to NPR (National Population Register) ID wherever available in the Central Digitization Centre located at District level to create Applicant database. The Applicant database de-duplicated with respect to same name string, Aadhaar Number, EPIC Number and NPR TIN Number fetched the list of duplicate individuals and families. Similarly the Socio Economic Cast Census (SECC) exclusion criteria relevant to NFSA was superimposed over the applicant database to identify Suspect Lists. This consolidated applicant database was compared with an integrated National Population Register (NPR) database created by mapping external Government databases pertaining to exclusion criteria with the NPR database. This exercise identified ineligible families. The list of duplicate and suspect families were physically verified and decided as to whether they would be retained or deleted. The list of eligible applicants were reviewed at Block/Urban bodies and in the Gram/Ward Sabha. The final list of PDS beneficiaries has been hosted in www.foododisha.in and www.pdsodisha.gov.in. Laminated bar-coded Ration Cards are being issued to the beneficiaries. There will be a Ration Card database Management System (RCMS) to consider request for new Ration Card for the eligible leftout families and modification (additions, deletions, mutations, etc.) in the existing Ration Card on account of shifting of residence, birth or death, change in category of beneficiary, corrections in the details mentioned in the card or any other such reason. The State Government shall maintain the ration card data in the digitized database and ensure that issue of a new ration card and modification in the existing card is undertaken through the software programme so that the database is automatically updated. The State Government would prescribe the procedure for receiving the application through on-line mechanism including the use of e-service centres, like Jana Seva Kendra or CSCs. The designated officials would issue a Ration Card to an eligible applicant within a reasonable time of the receipt of application after necessary checks and verification. The details of Ration Cards and time frame for delivery of services would be notified by the State Government and displayed in the public domain including the State web portal. There would be endeavors to eliminate ineligible Ration Cards on continuous basis.
The Odisha Gazette EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2069, CUTTACK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 05, 2014 / MARGASIRA 14, 1936 FOOD SUPPLIES & CONSUMER WELFARE DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION The 17th July, 2014 Inclusion Criteria: 1 Household without shelter. 2 Household with destitute who is living on alms. 3 All households of Primitive Tribal Groups. 4 Household having a widow pension holder, if not otherwise ineligible as per the nine exclusion criteria. 5 A person with disabilities of 40% or more. 6 Any transgender person. Inclusion (6) and Exclusion Criteria (9) for Identification of Beneficiaries Exclusion Criteria: Any family covered under any of the nine exclusion criteria are not eligible for being a beneficiary under NFSA 2013 in Odisha 1 Household owning motorized three wheeler (two or more) / a four wheeler / a heavy vehicle / a trawler / motor boats (two or more). 2 Household owning mechanized agricultural equipment such as Tractors or Harvesters. 3 Household with any member who is a regular employee - gazetted or non-gazetted - of Central Government, State Government, Public Sector Undertakings, Government aided autonomous bodies and local bodies. This will exclude incentive and other honorarium based workers. 4 Household with any member in the family earning more than Rs.10,000/- per month in the rural and Rs.15,000/- per month for urban areas. 5 Pensioners with monthly income of more than Rs.10,000/- per month in rural areas and Rs.15,000/- per month in urban areas. 6 Household with enterprises (other than micro-enterprises) registered with the Government for manufacturing and services. 7 Household paying Income Tax or Professional Tax. 8 Household having domestic electric connection with a load of 2 KW or more and consuming an average of 300 units of energy (KWH) per month. 9 Household with three or more rooms with pucca walls and pucca roof. An advertisement on the occasion of launch of distribution of new Ration Cards on 2 nd October 2015.
Ceiling of PDS Beneficiaries under NFSA (Rural + Urban) TPDS under NFSA covers 67% of the population of the country (75% rural and 50% urban population) with a uniform entitlement of 5 kg of food grains per person per month @ Rs. 3/-, Rs. 2/-, Re. 1/- per kg for rice, wheat and coarse grain respectively (Priority Households). Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) household s entitlements at 35 kgs of food grain per household per month to continue as before. Government of India has fixed the number of beneficiaries under NFSA at 82.17% of rural population and 55.77% of urban population for Odisha. The ceiling of PDS beneficiaries in Odisha has been fixed at 326.41 Lakh based on above formula. Considering the fact that all district in the state are not equal in terms of development, the percentage of SC & ST concentration in the district has been taken as weightage for determination of limits of NFSA for rural and urban areas of Odisha. District with less than 30 percentage of SC & ST population as per Census 2011 have been given a limit equal to 95 percentage of target population as per Government of India norm of 82.17 percentages for rural area and 55.77 percentages for urban areas. Similarly, for districts having more than 50% SC & ST population, 105% of the target population (as per GoI formula) has been taken. For rest districts, the target population as per GoI norm has been kept intact. The district-wise limit for NFSA beneficiaries are as under: Sl No District % of SC/ST Population Population as per 2011 Census Total population to be covered under NFSA as per GoI norms Percentage of multiplication due to SC / ST %age Target Beneficiaries to be covered under NFSA 1 Angul 33 1273821 992171 100 992171 2 Balasore 32 2320529 1839909 100 1839909 3 Baragarh 39 1481255 1177518 100 1177518 4 Bhadrak 24 1506337 1188696 95 112926 5 Bolangir 39 1648997 1302872 100 1302872 6 Boudh 36 441162 357111 100 357111 7 Cuttack 23 2624470 1962211 95 1864100 8 Deogarh 52 312520 250887 105 263431 9 Dhenkanal 33 1192811 949111 100 949111 10 Gajapati 61 577817 456136 105 478943 11 Ganjam 23 3529031 2697053 95 2562200 12 Jagatsinghpur 22 1136971 903630 95 858449 13 Jajpur 32 1827192 1465738 100 1465738 14 Jharsuguda 49 579505 415152 100 415152 15 Kalahandi 47 1576869 1263509 100 1263509 16 Kandhamal 69 733110 583315 105 612481 17 Kendrapara 22 1440361 1161492 95 1103417 18 Keonjhar 57 1801733 1413676 105 1484360 19 Khordha 18 2251673 1563940 95 1485743 20 Koraput 65 1379647 1073947 105 1127645 21 Malkangiri 80 613192 490784 105 515324 22 Mayurbhanj 66 2519738 2019544 105 2120521 23 Nawarangpur 70 1220946 980118 105 1029124 24 Nayagarh 20 962789 770073 95 731569 25 Nuapada 47 610382 492561 100 492561 26 Puri 20 1698730 1325905 95 1259610 27 Rayagada 70 967911 756533 105 794360 28 Sambalpur 53 1041099 774134 105 812841 29 Sonepur 35 610183 488203 100 488203 30 Sundergarh 60 2093437 1525320 105 1601586 Overall 41974218 32641250 32578820
Meeting of State Food Ministers for NFSA Implementation at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 7th July 2015. Meeting of Sri Sanjay Kumar Das Burma, Minister, Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Odisha with Sri Ram Vilas Paswan, Hon ble Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India.