‘One Nation – One Ration Card’ scheme launched for the first time, beneficiaries will benefit
The Central Government’s ambitious scheme ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ scheme started on Friday. Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan launched the scheme. Currently, as a pilot project, the scheme has been started in two cluster states Andhra Pradesh-Telangana and Maharashtra-Gujarat.
After this, residents of Andhra Pradesh can now take food grains from any ration shop in Telangana and residents of Telangana. A similar rule will also apply to the residents of Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Target to be implemented across the country by June 2020
one nation one ration card
Gradually, this scheme will be implemented across the country. After the implementation of this scheme across the country, beneficiaries will be able to take their share of grain from any ration shop anywhere in the country.
The government aims that the scheme of ‘one country, one ration card’ will be fully implemented by June 2020 across the country. Even in the last week of June, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan had given a year to implement the scheme after meeting with all the states and union territories.
one country – one tax
one nation one ration card
Let us tell you that this scheme is being started on the lines of ‘one country – one tax’. After the implementation of this scheme. If a poor person moves from one place to another, then he will not have trouble in getting ration. Also, it will help to ban fake ration card. Apart from this, the system of connecting all ration cards to the Aadhar card and distribution of food grains through Point of Sale, PoS machine is in its final stage.
