Relief for poor in One Nation-One Ration Card
The government has made a record purchase of Rs 2.75 lakh crore on MSP in 2021-22. Union Minister , Narendra Singh Tomar gave the credit to the Prime Minister
The government has made a record purchase of Rs 2.75 lakh crore on MSP in 2021-22. Union Minister , Narendra Singh Tomar gave the credit to the Prime Minister
To prevent corruption, the department has come up with an SMS system for the beneficiaries.
The 'one nation, one ration card' programme has already been implemented as a pilot project in Bhubaneswar, and now, it has been extended all over the state.
The top court directed all state governments to implement the one nation one ration card scheme, which allows migrant workers to avail ration benefits from any part of the country,
Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan has reviewed the progress of One Nation One Ration Card plan.
The facility so far is enabled in 17 States/UTs.
Thakur said the scheme would help the consumers, especially migrant labourers to take ration from any fair price shop in the country and this would be done through National Portability Scheme of Ration Card.
The Union minister of food and public distribution system(PDS), Ram Vilas Paswan, had announced the scheme earlier and said it will be implemented in the country by 1 June 2020.
The eligible beneficiaries will be eligible to avail their entitled food grains under the National Food Security Act from and Fair Price Shop in the country using the same ration card.
