Ration Card  

The deadline for linking Aadhaar with ration card has been extended till September 30. The websites for linking Aadhaar card with ration card are state wise. However, the process is extremely easy.

Earlier, rice was sold at the same rate to the customers in bulk through the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS). The process lacked efficiency and faced criticism. The Government decided to retail rice through the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to address the shortcomings.

Nine states have successfully implemented the One Nation One Ration Card scheme
 

Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Nagaland and Uttarakhand have joined the 'One Nation-One Ration Card' scheme, taking the total number of states and union territories connected under the scheme to 24
 

The Prime Minister’s intention to streamline things through his One Nation One Ration Card is indeed praiseworthy 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation to inform it about the government’s initiative to provide free rations to 80 crore people till the end of November under One nation one ration card scheme 

Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has said that from June 1 2020, the 'One Nation, One Ration Card' scheme will be implemented nationwide. 
During the Question Hour in Lok Sabha on 3rd December Paswan gave this information. He said that at present the facility of Point of Sale POS machines for ration cards has been started in 14 states. It will be started in other states soon. This would be made available after biometric/Aadhaar authentication on ePoS (electronic Point of Sale) devices.
 

Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of West Bengal stated that ration cards should be divided into 2 categories. Banerjee asked food and supplies minister Jyotipriya Mallick to convene an all-party meeting to take their suggestions in this connection.

During her stay, the woman had obtained an Aadhaar card, PAN card, voter ID, ration card, secured a gas connection, and even obtained a pension certificate for the elderly in her name
 

Hundreds of ration card holders surged forward pushing a 63-year-old to the ground. The woman was stamped upon.
 

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Soon, medicals tests, medicines and deliveries would be conducted for free for those who have white ration cards in private hospitals listed under NTR Vaidya Seva

The Madras high court has said that distribution of free rice has made the people of Tamil Nadu lazy and observed that free PDS rice given to ration card holders should be restricted only to families below the poverty line.