One Nation One Ration Card

Recently, Assam has become the 29th State to implement One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC).

  • With this, the ONORC plan is successfully implemented in all the 36 states/UTs, making food security portable throughout the country.

About One Nation One Ration Card

  • The Scheme was rolled out by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in 2019.
  • It is being implemented under National Food Security Act (NFSA).
  • It allows all NFSA beneficiaries, particularly migrant beneficiaries, to claim either full or part foodgrains from any Fair Price Shop (FPS) in the country through existing ration card with biometric/Aadhaar authentication in a seamless manner.

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