Almost 79% migrants availed PDS at their home locations, says study

Despite implementation of the One Nation One Ration Card Scheme, which is a game-changer for beneficiaries, portability among migrants has been found to be low.

This is because 79 per cent of them avail PDS only at their home locations, a new study has found.

The study conducted jointly by the Council for Social Development (CSD) and German Development Bank, KFW, showed that a greater proportion of intra-state migrant families are exercising portability (42 per cent). This compares to only 16.9 per cent and 5.3 per cent among inter-state and both inter and intra-state migrant households respectively. The study was