<span style="color: #222222;">Two more States, Tamil Nadu and Arunachal Pradesh have been integrated today with existing national portability cluster of 26 States and UTs under One Nation One Ration Card. <br />''<br />''The necessary preparatory activities to integrate these States with the national cluster, upgradation of ePoS software, integration with central IM-PDS and Annavitran portals, availability of ration cards or beneficiaries data in Central Repository, requisite testing of national portability transactions, etc. have already been completed in these two States. With this, a total of 28 States and UTs are now seamlessly connected with each other under the One Nation One Ration Card plan.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Department of Food and Public Distribution under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution is implementing nation-wide portability of the benefits under NFSA through "One Nation One Ration Card" plan, which aims to provide an option to all NFSA beneficiaries. <br />''<br />''The beneficiaries of these states can lift their entitled foodgrains under NFSA from any ePoS enabled Fair Price Shop of their choice anywhere in the country, by using their existing/same ration card with Aadhaar authentication on ePoS device.</span><br />''