The Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced that Seventeen states have successfully operationalized "One Nation One Ration Card system" with Uttarakhand being the latest State to complete the reform, making them eligible for an additional borrowing of 0.25 percent of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP).

Accordingly, these States have been granted additional borrowing permission of Rs. 37,600 crore by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.

One Nation One Ration Card System is a key citizen-centric reform. Its implementation ensures the availability of ration to beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act and other welfare schemes, especially the migrant workers and their families, at any Fair Price Shop across the country.

The reform especially empowers the migratory population mostly labourers, daily wagers, urban poor like rag pickers, street dwellers, temporary workers in organised and unorganized sectors, domestic workers etc, who frequently change their place of dwelling to be self-reliant in food security. This technology-driven reform enables the migrant beneficiaries to get their entitled quota of food grains from any electronic point of sale (enabled fair Price Shops of their choice anywhere in the country.

The reform also enables the States in better targeting of beneficiaries, elimination of bogus and duplicate ineligible cardholders resulting in enhanced welfare and reduced leakage.

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