Rajasthan becomes twelfth state to undertake 'One Nation One Ration Card system'
Rajasthan becomes twelfth state to undertake 'One Nation One Ration Card system'
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Rajasthan became the twelfth state in the country to successfully undertake 'One Nation One Ration Card system' reform stipulated by the Department of Expenditure. The Department of Expenditure gave Rajasthan permission to mobilise additional financial resources through Open Market Borrowings.

With this, the state has become entitled to mobilise additional financial resources of Rs 2,731 crore through Open Market Borrowings. Permission for the same has been granted by the Department of Expenditure.

On completion of 'One Nation One Ration Card' system reform, these 12 states have been granted additional borrowing permission of Rs 33,440 crore by the Department of Expenditure.

Rajasthan has now joined 11 other states viz, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh, who have completed this reform.

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

The reform especially empowers the migratory population, mostly labourers, daily wagers, urban poor like ragpickers, street dwellers, temporary workers in organised and unorganised 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 (e-PoS)-enabled fair price shops of their choice anywhere in the country.

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