<span style="color: #222222;">In Uttar Pradesh national ration portability will be implemented today across all PDS shops in the state under One Nation One Card scheme.<br />''<br />''State government has decided to implement the scheme under which any beneficiary whether he is a resident of state or not can get ration at any PDS shop. This will be a great help to the migrant labours in the Lockdown.<br />''<br />''AIR Correspondent reports, from today beneficiaries of other states can get ration in Uttar Pradesh and beneficiaries of Uttar Pradesh can get ration from PDS shops in other states by just telling their ration card number.<br />''<br />''This facility will be given only on those cards who are active from last 6 months. Right now the One Nation One card scheme will be available in 16 states and Union territories.<br />''<br />''State government has issued new ration cards to more than 3 lakh 80 thousand families after staring of lock down and they are getting free ration from 15 April.<br />''<br />''From today the routine distribution of food grains will start across the state and this scheme will benefit the migrant workers of UP and other state who are stranded at their places.<br />''<br />''The Supreme Court has recently asked the Central government to examine the feasibility of implementing the "one nation one ration card" scheme during the national lockdown so as to alleviate the hardships faced by migrant labourers who have been stranded in other states.</span><br />
News On AIR | May 1, 2020 9:33 AM
National ration portability to be implemented in Uttar Pradesh today