Bihar, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal and Daman and Diu have been integrated with the ‘one nation, one ration card’ scheme.
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution approved this.
The aim of the scheme is inter-state portability of ration cards.
It will ensure all beneficiaries especially migrants.
They can access PDS across the nation from any PDS shop of their own choice.
Already there are 12 more states in the scheme.
These states include Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Rajasthan and Tripura.