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Govt refashions 'One Nation One Ration Card' as relief measure for migrants

Critics said the measure was unlikely to have any impact on migrant workers as most don't have their ration cards with them.

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According to the central government, so far around 90 per cent of the over 500,000 ration shops in the country have electronic-point of sale (e-PoS) devices, while 90 per of the 220 million ration cards have been seeded with Aadhar numbers.

Sanjeeb Mukherjee New Delhi

2 min read Last Updated : May 15 2020 | 3:51 AM IST

The government on Thursday refashioned the 'One Nation, One Ration Card' scheme as a relief measure for migrant workers, but pushed the deadline for complete coverage to March 2021, an extension of nine months.

Critics said the measure was unlikely to have any impact on migrant workers as most don’t have their ration cards with them.

The scheme, which enables cardholders to avail cheap grains from any ration shop irrespective of current residence, was already operational in 12 states at a very limited scale by April. Thereafter, seven more states were added to the list, including Uttar Pradesh. The earlier

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