Five more States/UTs board ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ national portability platform

NEW DELHI: Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan has approved the integration of 5 States and Union Territories – Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu – with the National Cluster under the ”One Nation One Ration Card” plan.

Twelve States are already onboard the National Cluster, namely – Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Karnataka Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana and Tripura, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said in a statement on Friday.  (AGENCIES)