Tamil Nadu has not been given any allocation of foodgrains under the ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ (ONOR) scheme.
Normally, 5% of foodgrains in excess of the State’s allocation is set apart for such cardholders.
13.816 tonnes of foodgrains - 13.263 tonnes of rice and 0.553 tonnes of wheat - were allocated to the State during 2023-24.
Around 22.8 tonnes of wheat and 0.036 tonnes of rice were distributed in the State under the inter-State portability arrangement in the first six months of the current financial year.
The State draws an average 65,000 tonnes of rice every month.
As for wheat, the Centre provides approximately 8,575 tonnes a month.
In addition, the State also procures another 8,500 tonnes every month from the National Co-operative Consumer’s Federation (NCCF) under the Open Market Sales Scheme.