West Bengal, Delhi also begin ration card portability service

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West Bengal and Delhi have also operationalised the ration card portability while the remaining two states of Assam and Chhattisgarh are expected to join next few months, Union Food Ministry said on Saturday. With this, now a total of 34 States and Union Territories are connected under the ‘One Nation, One Ration Card (ONORC)’ programme, covering 75 crore beneficiaries.  According to the ministry, Delhi which operationalised ONORC in July this year provides ration card portability for 33 states covering 69 crore beneficiaries. Whereas West Bengal implemented it in August and provides portability of ration cards for 34 states covering 74.9 crore beneficiaries.

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