NEW DELHI : The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s ambitious ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ programme to offer subsidized food products to migrant labourers and unorganized sector workers, is likely to miss its March 2021 deadline. Senior food ministry officials could not even tell the members of the labour committee how many fair price shops there are in India. “Our problem is also that there is a sizeable membership for the ration-based state scheme. We demand that when our state card holders go to other states, even those covered under our state scheme should get the same facilities. Senior food ministry officials told the parliamentary panel that the beneficiaries must take the initiative to register with FPS through e-POS technology.

Source: Mint August 19, 2020 02:48 UTC