State | Launch Date | NFSA Coverage % | NFSA Eligibility | Price (Rs/per kg) | Kgs | Application Form | Toll free Helpline | Key Features |
Chhattisgarh | 21 December 2012 | Rural: 84.25%
Urban: 59.98%
Reality: Near Universal
| Inclusion and Exclusion | AAY: Re 1 = Rice
Priority: Rs 2 per kg
General: Rs 9.5 = Rice, Rs 7.5 = Wheat (English | Hindi)
Pulses: Rs 10/Kg (in non-scheduled areas); Chana: Rs. 5/kg (in scheduled areas); 2 kg iodized salt (free) | Priority: 7 kilos per person
Pulses: 2 kgs
| Self-declaration form | 18002333663 | Chhattisgarh Food Security Act, 2012 (Hindi)
(Presentations and more)
Cash Transfer Pilots |
Haryana | September 2013 | Rural: 54.61%
Urban: 41.05% | Inclusion and Exclusion Beneficiary List | Rs 2: Wheat Rs 20: Pulses
| AAY: 35 kgs per family Pulses: 2 kgs | Application Form | 1967 or 1800-180-2090 | Presentation
State Food Commission |
Himachal Pradesh | September 2013 | Rural: 56.23%
Urban: 30.99%
Reality: Near Universal | Inclusion and Exclusion | See details here including pulses, oil and iodised salt | See details here | Application Form (Hindi) Application Form (English) | 1800-1808-026 | Priority to cooperatives
Grievance Redressal |
Delhi | 20 August 2013 | Rural: 37.69%
Urban: 44%
NFSA | Inclusion and Exclusion | Beneficiary List | Rs 3: Rice Rs 2: Wheat | AAY: 35 kg per family Priority: 5 kg per person | Application Form (Phase 2) | 1967 or 1800110841
| Apply at 70 ration offices | Apply Online | Track Application| Get e-Ration Card |
Punjab | December 2013 | Rural: 54.79%
Urban: 44.83%
| Inclusion and Exclusion | ‘Active’ Beneficiaries | Rs 1: Wheat (Atta Dal Yojana) | 5 kgs per person | Application Form | Department Heads | Annual entitlement given at one go in 30 kg bags |
Rajasthan | 2 October 2013 | Rural: 69.09%
Urban: 53% | Inclusion and Exclusion | List of beneficiaries | Rs 3 = Rice Rs 2 = Wheat Rs 1 = Bajra (Guidelines) | 5 kgs per person | Application Form | 1800 180 6127 | Government order on auto-exclusion | Note on Identification |
Karnataka | January 2014 | Rural: 76.04%
Urban: 49.36%
| Inclusion and Exclusion | ABY: FREE = Rice | minimum 10 kgs and maximum 30 kgs per family | Application Form | Application Process | Track Applications | 1967 & 1800-425-9339 |
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Maharashtra | 1 February 2014 | Rural: 76.32%
Urban: 45.34%
Reality: NFSA + retain existing card holders | Inclusion and Exclusion | AAY and Priority: Rs 1= Millets Rs 2 = Wheat Rs 3 = Rice non-NFSA: Rs 9.6 = Rice Rs 7.2 = Wheat | 5 kgs per person | Application Form | 1800-22-4950 and 1967 (only BSNL and MTNL) | PIL in Bombay High Court |
Chandigarh | February 2014 | Rural: 38.54%
Urban: 47.26%
| Inclusion and Exclusion | - | - | Completely converted to cash transfers from 1 September 2015 | 1800-180-2068 | Cash Transfers from 1 September |
Bihar | 1 February 2014 | Rural: 84%
Urban: 65% | Inclusion and Exclusion | Rs 1 = Coarse Grain Rs 2 = Wheat Rs 3 = Rice
| 5 kgs per person | Application process | 1800 345 6188 |
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Madhya Pradesh | 1st March 2014 | Rural: 80.10%
Urban: 62.61% | Inclusion | Eligibility Criteria | Beneficiary List | Rs 1 = Wheat Rs 1 = Rice, Rs 1 = Iodized salt and Rs 13.5 = Sugar | 35 kgs per family | - | 181 | Identification based on Samagra database |
Odisha | 2 Oct - 1 Nov
| Rural: 82.17%
Urban: 55.77% | Inclusion and Exclusion (English) | Beneficiary List | Rs 3 = Rice Rs 1 = Rice (Poor Left Out - PLO families)
| 5 kgs per person | Application Form | 1800-3456-724 |
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Telangana | September 2015 | Rural: 60.96%
Urban: 41.14% | Inclusion and Exclusion | Beneficiary List | Re 1 = Rice | 6 kgs per person | | 1967 & 180042500333 | |
Uttarakhand | 20 August 2013 | Rural: 65.26%
Urban: 52.05% | | See here for details | 5 kgs per person | Application Form |
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Jharhand | 25 September 2015 | Rural: 86.48%
Urban: 60.2% | Exclusion Criteria | List of Beneficiaries | Rs 1 = Wheat, Rice Rs 0.5 = Iodised Salt Pulses from next fiscal | 5 kgs per person | |
| Pulses to be introduced |
Tripura | September 2015 | Rural: 74.75%
Urban: 49.54% | Beneficiary List | Rs 35 cash subsidy per person per month in lieu of pulses and oil | 5 kgs per person |
| 1800-345-3665 |
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Lakshwadeep | September 2015 | Rural: 35.30%
Urban: 33.56% |
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| 5 kgs per person |
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Puducherry | September 2015 | Rural: 59.68%
Urban: 46.94% | Inclusion and Exclusion Ration Card Beneficiaries | DBT Beneficiary List | Cash transfer for central allocation since September Foodgrains under state allocation Free = 10 kgs single-boiled rice
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State: 10 kgs single-boiled rice |
| Puducherry - 1800 425 1082, Karaikal - 1800 425 1083, Mahe - 1800 425 1084 and Yanam - 1800 425 1085 | State Cash Transfer Experiment Abandoned
Free Sunflower Oil in lieu of wheat |
Mizoram | November 2015 | Rural: 81.88%
Urban: 48.6% | List of TPDS Beneficiaries |
| 5 kgs per person |
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Megha- laya | September 2015 | Rural: 77.79%
Urban: 50.87% | List of Beneficiaries | Online List |
| 5 kgs per person |
| 1967 |
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Sikkim | Not yet launched |
| Beneficiaries List |
| 5 kgs per person |
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West Bengal | 27 January 2015 | NFSA Rural: 74.47%
Urban: 47.55%
+ RKSY
| Beneficiary list | Re 2 = Rice, Wheat or Atta for most categories
(details - see here) | 5 kgs per person | Application and Rectification Forms | 1800 345 5505 / 1967 | Expanded by the state government to 90% of the population with the Rajya Khadya Suraksha Yojana (RKSY) |
Gujarat | expected in early 2016 | Rural: 74.64%
Urban: 48.25% | Inclusion and Exclusion | Beneficiary List |
| 5 kgs per person |
| 1800-233-5500 |
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Andhra Pradesh | Sept 2015 | Rural: 60.96%
Urban: 41.14% | List of Beneficiaries | Re 1 = Rice | 5 kgs per person |
| 1967 |
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Goa | December 2015 | Rural: 42.24%
Urban: 33.02% | Inclusion and Exclusion (Revised Guidelines) | List of Beneficiaries | Rs 2 = Wheat Rs 3 = Rice | 5 kgs per person | Application Forms | 1967, 18002330022 |
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Assam | Dec 2015 | Rural: 84.17%
Urban: 60.35% | Beneficiary List | Rs 2 = Wheat Rs 3 = Rice | 5 kgs per person |
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Uttar Pradesh | Jan 2016 | Rural: 79.56%
Urban: 64.43% | Beneficiary List | Rs 2 = Wheat Rs 3 = Rice Rs 1 = coarse grains | 5 kgs per person |
| 18001800150 |
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Jammu and Kashmir | expected Jan 2016 | Rural: 63.55%
Urban: 47.10% | Beneficiary List? | Rs 2 = Wheat Rs 3 = Rice | 5 kgs per person |
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| Protests in favour of the earlier 35 kilos per household |
Kerala | expected March 2016 | Rural: 52.63%
Urban: 39.50% | Beneficiary List | Rs 3 = Rice | 5 kgs per person |
| 1800-425-1550 and 1967 (Toll Free) |
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Arunachal Pradesh | Dec 2015 | Rural: 66.31%
Urban 51.55% |
| Rs 2 = Wheat Rs 3 = Rice | 5 kgs per person |
| 1967 |
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Manipur |
April
2016 | Rural: 88.56%
Urban: 85.75% |
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Rice:
Rs. 6.15/kg
Atta Rs. 6/kg | 5 kgs per person |
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Daman and Diu | 2016 | Rural: 26.66%
Urban: 54.67% |
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Rs 2 = Wheat
Rs 3 = Rice | 5 kgs per person |
| 1967 |
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Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 2016 | Rural: 84.19%
Urban: 51.54% |
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Rs 2 = Wheat
Rs 3 = Rice | 5 kgs per person |
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| DBT cash transfer stalled after protests from panchayats |
Nagaland | April 2016 | Rural: 79.83%
Urban: 61.98% |
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Rs
6.25 = Rice
Rs 6.15 = Wheat |
5 kg per person |
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Andaman and Nicobar | 2016 | Rural: 24.94%
Urban: 1.70% |
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Rs 2 = Wheat
Rs 3 = Rice |
5 kg per person |
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1967 or 1800-345-3197 |
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Tamil Nadu |
| Urban: 62.55%
Rural: 37.79%
Reality: universal |
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Free
= Rice
Rs 7.50 = Wheat |
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