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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
RAJYA SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. 333
TO BE ANSWERED ON 24TH MARCH, 2026
PORTABILITY BENEFITS UNDER ONORC SCHEME
333 # SHRI SHAMBHU SHARAN PATEL:
Will the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution be pleased to
state
(a): the current number of beneficiaries receiving portability benefits under One Nation One
Ration Card (ONORC) Scheme;
(b) : whether Government has assessed the migration trends reflected through ONORC
transactIons;
(C): if so, the details thereof;
(d): the number of inter-State portability transactions recorded during the last two years;
and
(e): the steps taken to ensure the uninterrupted availability of ration for migrant workers?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION AND MINISTRY
OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
(SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)
(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the HouseSTATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF STARRED
QUESTION NO. 333 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 24.03.2026 IN THE RAJYA SABHA.
(a) to (e): The One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) scheme is a technology-driven initiative
of the Department of Food and Public Distribution to enable nationwide portability of ration cards
for beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
The ONORC facility has been implemented in all 36 States/Union Territories, covering more than
80 crore beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY). Under
this system, beneficiaries can lift their entitled foodgrains from any Fair Price Shop (FPS) across
the country using their existing ration card with Aadhaar-based biometric authentication on
electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) devices.
The system particularly benefits migrant workers and other mobile populations by ensuring
seamless access to subsidized foodgrains irrespective of their location. It operates through
integration of ration card databases of all States/UTs and interoperable ePoS devices at FPSs.
The State-wise portability data capturing instances where beneficiaries registered in one
State (home State) lift their entitled foodgrains in another State (sale State) are available on public
domain i.e Integrated Management of Public Distribution System (IMPDS) portal
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A statement showing the number of inter-State portability transactions recorded during the
last two years is placed at Annexure.
88888Annexure
State wise inter-State portability transactions recorded during the last two years
Sr. State / UT 2024 2025
No.
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 340 162
2 Andhra Pradesh 159
'j1 Arunachal Pradesh 3
4 Assam 423 766
5 Bihar 53,521 84,747
6 Chhattisgarh 3,892 8,131
7 Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu 1 ,02,189 1 ,03,028
8 Delhi 49,75,113 58,11,947
9 Goa 20,725 30,127
10 Gujarat 1 ,98,559 2,11,316
11 Haryana 7,09,555 9,33,610
12 Himachal Pradesh 1,17,600
13 Jammu & Kashmir 74,094 81,350
14 Jharkhand 21 ,942 25,666
15 Karnataka
16 Kerala 30,805 38,250
17 Ladakh 302 92
18 Lakshadweep
19 Madhya Pradesh 58,836 58,367
20 Maharashtra 6,70,750 8,74,642
21 Meghalaya 149 221
22 Mizoram
23 Nagaland 7
24 Odisha 55
25 Punjab 13,836 47, 145
26 Rajasthan 1 ,48,770 2,35,454
27 Sikkim
1 ,271 1 ,044
28 Tamil Nadu 4,618 1 ,290
29 Telangana 60,454 71 ,038
30 Tripura 5,192 5 ,494
31 Uttar Pradesh 165 636
32 Uttarakhand 1 ,56,241 1,85,573
33 West Bengal 46,439 75,010
Grand Total 74,75,848 88,85,266