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One Nation One Ration Card Scheme
Consider the following statements regarding the One Nation One Ration Card Scheme:
- One Nation One Ration Card Scheme will allow portability of food security benefits across the country by 2020.
- The pair of states between which the portability was first initiated are-: Andhra Pradesh - Telangana and Maharashtra - Gujarat.
Which ofthe following statements given above is/are correct? Choose the correct answers from the codes given below:
A |
Only 1
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B |
Only 2
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C |
Both 1 and 2
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D |
Neither 1 nor 2
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Your Ans is
Right ans is C
Your Answer Is Correct
Your Answer Is Wrong
Explanation :
- Launched in July, 2019, the ‘one nation, one ration card’ is an inter-state ration card portability scheme that allows migrants to get their quota of ration from any public distribution system (PDS) across the country. The Centre plans to extend this scheme to all states by 2020.
- At present, the scheme is operational between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, as well as of that Maharashtra and Gujarat.
- With effect from 1st October 2019, two new clusters, Kerala and Karnataka and Rajasthan and Haryana, will join the initiative of inter-state portability of ration cards.
Significance:
- This initiative shall be helpful for the large migratory population of the country, who migrate from one part of the country to another in search of job or employment, marriage, or any other reason, and find difficulty in accessing subsidi sed food grains in the present system.
Source: Civil Services Chronicle Online
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