Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan today held video conference with Food Ministers of States and Union Territories.
The meeting was held to discuss the roll out of One Nation One Ration Card scheme in remaining 14 states and Union Territories. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Paswan said that in the time of Covid-19 pandemic, the scheme proved immensely beneficial for migrant labourers, stranded and needy persons to access their quota of food.
He said by August this year, three more States – Uttarakhand, Nagaland and Manipur will be added to the national cluster. He said, the Department is making all necessary arrangements to include all remaining 14 States under One Nation One Ration Card scheme by end of this year. Mr Paswan said that sufficient food grains are available in buffer stock and assured no one will go hungry in this difficult time. The Minister said that around ten States have written to the ministry to extend the distribution of free food grains under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana for three more months.
Mr Paswan asked the remaining States and UTs to speed up the authentication of biometric and ePoS, so that the beneficiaries can conveniently lift their entitled quota of subsidised food grains from anywhere across the country.
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