Food Security · indicator 307
Ration portability transactions
Modi aheadPortability did not exist before August 2019, so there is no pre-2014 value to compare against and no comparator country series. Reported as a scheme output. The verdict here compares observed Indian figures over time — a weaker basis than the estimated indicators.
2014
0.000
baseline
2026
220
latest observed
Change
new
2014 vs latest observed
What this measures
Ration portability transactions, in crore transactions, cumulative. A rising number is an improvement. Reported by Department of Food & Public Distribution — One Nation One Ration Card.
It stood at 0.000 in 2014, and under Modi’s current India reached 220 by 2026 — a change. That is a deterioration against India’s pre-2014 figure.
No comparison country reports an equivalent series, so there is no Rahul's India to compare against. This is a before-and-after reading, not a treatment effect.
Decade totals
crore transactions, cumulative · Department of Food & Public Distribution — One Nation One Ration Card
Why no counterfactual
Portability did not exist before August 2019, so there is no pre-2014 value to compare against and no comparator country series. Reported as a scheme output.
Observation quality
- 2014
- 0.000
- 2024
- 128
- 2026
- 220
Administrative or programme reporting, not a survey measure · portability did not exist
Administrative or programme reporting, not a survey measure · to end-2024
Administrative or programme reporting, not a survey measure · July 2026
Ration collected at a shop other than the one a household is registered at — 220 crore such transactions since August 2019, delivering 559 lakh tonnes of grain, now running around 3 crore a month across 80 crore NFSA beneficiaries. The entitlement itself comes from the National Food Security Act 2013; what changed after 2019 is portability, not coverage.
The counterfactual is 'India without the 2014 structural break', estimated from comparator countries. It is not a forecast of any individual's policies.