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12.9 mn ration cards cancelled, deleted across India; UP, Maha top list

As many as 1.29 crore ration cards were deleted or cancelled by various states and union territories during the last three years with Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra topping the list

Ration cards to be issued to eligible beneficiaries from July 26 in T'gana

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has instructed the Civil Supplies department in the state to provide ration cards to the eligible beneficiaries from July 26

One-Nation-One-Ration-Card suffers from exclusion issues, say experts

Scheme does not embrace 100 mn people who are otherwise entitled to NFSA ration cards, but don't possess them simply because the list has not been updated since 2011

Implement ration scheme by July 31: Supreme Court to states, UTs

It also directed the states, UTs to run community kitchens for migrant workers till the COVID pandemic continues.

SC orders implementation of 'one nation, one ration card scheme' by July 31

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed states and union territories to implement the 'one nation, one ration card scheme' till July 31

AAP govt claim on 'one nation one ration card' misleading, Centre tells SC

The Centre has told Supreme Court that a large number of migrants workers are unable to take the benefit of subsidised National Food Security Act foodgrains in Delhi due to no full implementation.

SC asks states, UTs to implement 'one nation, one ration card' scheme

The court posed queries to the Centre as to how the benefit of free food grain till November this year under the 'PM Garib Kalyan Yojna' would reach to migrant labourers having no ration cards

Delhi procuring more foodgrains for needy without ration cards: Minister

Delhi Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain said the city government is in the process of procuring more foodgrains for distribution among the needy without ration cards

Centre extends free foodgrain scheme for 800 million till this Diwali

After today, extension, the additional subsidy requirement under PMGKAY-3 at the current rate should swell to over Rs 90,000 crore, including Rs 26,000 crore for the first two months

Savings dry up, few jobs: Covid second wave hits migrant workers harder

Workforce is facing grim reality of hunger as many people do not carry ration cards with them.

Universalising PDS feasible, badly needed in India: Right to Food Campaign

Says at present only 57% population is covered under PDS, while 67% has legal entitlement to subsidised grains under NFSA

Centre, Delhi govt spar over 'doorstep delivery of ration' scheme

The ruling AAP has vociferously opposed the Bill, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying that the struggle against the legislation will continue.

Delhi govt gave free rations to over 6 mn not having ration cards in 2020

The Delhi government provided free dry rations to more than 60 lakh people, who did not have ration cards, during the lockdown in April and May last year. Besides, 71 lakh existing ration card holders received free rations from April to November 2020, according to the Outcome Budget tabled in the assembly by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. Under a special coronavirus relief initiative, "Mukhya Mantri Corona Sahayata Yojana", 5 kg of food grains (4 kg wheat and 1 kg rice) per beneficiary free of cost was given against 69.60 lakh e-coupons to individuals under non-PDS category (who are not covered under regular public distribution system), the Economic Survey said. The dry rations were distributed through approximately 550 designated centres across Delhi from April 7, 2020. Complying with the Supreme Court order issued on September 29 last year, free dry rations were provided to sex workers registered with National Aids Control Organization (NACO) through NGOs from the fo

One nation, one ration card: 9 states can raise Rs 23,523 cr from markets

These nine states have received permission from Union finance ministry to raise additional funds from the markets as they have implemented the 'one nation, one ration card' reform

Is One Nation One Ration Card the panacaea for India's migrant population?

Currently, the scheme isn't all-embracing as it is based on 2011 census data, and leaves out 100 million people without ration cards

Free ration distributed among 155,000 families in Mizoram during Apr-Jul

The Mizoram government has provided free ration to over 1.55 lakh families under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKY)

One Nation, One Ration Card: Govt may extend implementation deadline

The food ministry on Friday said it is considering extending the implementation of ration card portability under the 'One Nation-One Ration Card' initiative beyond March 2021

Digital health, One Nation One Ration cards launched in Chandigarh

The One Nation One Ration Card and the digital health card schemes have been launched in the Union Territory of Chandigarh, officials said on Thursday. Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Union Territory administrator V P Singh Badnore received the first digital health card at the launch, according to an official release. The scheme is supposed to revolutionize the health administration in the country by providing digital health cards to each citizen. Badnore received the card from UT adviser Manoj Parida at the Raj Bhawan here, the release said. Parida said he proposed to cover the entire UT population within one month. He said on the first day itself, 4,000 people have got their digital health cards online. The digital data will contain details of doctors, their qualifications and medical infrastructure available for the citizens in the city. In future, it will be linked to e-pharmacy and tele-medicine too. Digital health cards will enable doctors to look at the medical history of

Govt fails to update Food Act list, millions of migrants left in cold

Centre says 6.7 million new ration card holders added after lockdown for free grain

Parliamentary panel report on One Nation One Ration Card in September

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour is not very enthused over the progress made on two schemes to provide food and rental housing to migrants