Odisha, Mizoram and Sikkim have been included in One Nation , One Ration Card” scheme on 30 June

    Odisha, Mizoram and Sikkim have been included in One Nation , One Ration Card” scheme on 30 June:

   Consumer Affairs  Minister Ram Vilas Paswan announced the three more states have been included in One Nation, one Ration Card” scheme on “Integrated Management of public Distribution System’(IM-PDS).

Under the “One Nation-One Ration Card” initiative, eligible beneficiaries would be able to avail their entitled food grains under the NFSA(National Food Security Act) from any Fair price shop in the country using the same ration card.

  About One Nation and one Ration card: this scheme is enable migrant workers and their family members to access public distribution system benefits from any fair price shop in the country. It is an electronic ration card portability scheme to make a single ration card eligible at any fair price shop.