One Nation One Ration Card Scheme Starts in A&N Islands
Important Fact:-
- The One Nation One Ration Card scheme commenced in Andaman and Nikobar Islands.
- It is to mention that 28 states and UTs have joined on the Network under One Nation One Ration Card . Rest are required to join by March 2021.
- This scheme will enable the eligible beneficiaries The National Food Security Act (NFSA) to available their entitled foodgrains from any fair price shop in the country using the same ration card.
Standard format of ‘one nation, one ration card’:
A standard format for ration card has been prepared after taking into account the format used by different states.
- For national portability, the state governments have been asked to issue the ration card in bi-lingual format, wherein besides the local langauge, the other language could be Hindi or English.
- The states have also been told to have a 10-digit standard ration card number, wherein first two digits will be state code and the next two digits will be running ration card numbers.
- Besides this, a set of another two digits will be appended with ration card number to create unique member IDs for each member of the household in a ration card.
