The Centre on Monday asked state governments to submit their proposals seeking additional funds for the ration card portability scheme, called ‘One Nation-One Ration Card’ (ONORC), by February 15.
Under the ONORC plan, beneficiaries can lift their entitled foodgrains from any electronic point of sale device (ePoS)-enabled fair price shops of their choice by using their existing ration cards with biometric authentication.
Food Secretary SudhanshuPandey asked the states/UTs to deepen the progress about installation of ePoS devices, Aadhaar seeding of all beneficiaries, biometric authentication of public distribution system (PDS) transactions and portability transactions (both inter-state and intra-state), it said.
“The secretary requested all concerned states and Union Territories to submit their requisite proposal towards additional borrowing under ONORC to this department by February 15, 2021,” the statement added.