ONORC New Delhi: Since its inception in August 2019, about 77.88 Crore portable transactions have taken place under “One Nation One Ration Card” (ONORC), a technology-driven scheme that is being implemented for the nationwide portability of ration cards under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said Tuesday.
This system allows all NFSA beneficiaries, particularly the migrant beneficiaries, to claim either full or part of their entitled food grains from any Fair Price Shop (FPS) in the country through an existing ration card with biometric/Aadhaar authentication in a seamless manner.
The system also allows their family members back home, if any, to claim the balance foodgrains on the same ration card.
Assam joined the plan on June 22, completing the pan-India rollout of the programme.
"Presently, the system covers nearly all the ( approximately 80 Crore) NFSA beneficiaries (almost the entire NFSA population). Moreover, on average, about nearly 3 crore portability transactions per month are being recorded under the scheme," the ministry said in a statement.
"The scheme has proved to be a tremendous value-added service to each NFSA beneficiary during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly migrant beneficiary. It facilitated them to avail the benefit of subsidised foodgrains with flexibility from any location during the lockdown/crisis period, it added.
A specially customized Android Mobile App on ONORC “Mera Ration” has also been launched for the benefit of all NFSA beneficiaries.
The application provides multiple functionality and makes portability of ration easier, specifically for migrant NFSA beneficiaries. Moreover, the application is now available in 13 languages.
Besides, a 5-digit ‘14445’ toll-free number is also available in most States/UTs under ONORC, the ministry said.
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