mera ration: Government launches ‘Mera Ration’ mobile app for migrant PDS beneficiaries – Latest News

Below the Nationwide Meals Safety Act (NFSA), the government provides extremely subsidised foodgrains at Rs 1-3 per kg to over 81 crore folks by means of public distribution system (PDS). Additionally it is providing ration card portability service ‘One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC)’ in 32 states and union territories.

After the launch, Meals Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey mentioned the brand new cellular app goals to facilitate the ONORC-related providers amongst beneficiaries of the NFSA, significantly migrant beneficiaries, truthful value store (FPS) or ration store sellers and different stakeholders.

“We plan to have this cellular app in 14 languages. These languages are recognized based mostly on locations the place most migrant folks transfer,” he mentioned.

Amongst key options, the secretary mentioned migrant beneficiaries can register their migration particulars by means of the cellular app. Migrant beneficiaries can register themselves earlier than beginning his journey and the system will mechanically allocate the entitled foodgrains.

In addition to, NFSA beneficiaries can determine the closest FPS, simply verify particulars of their foodgrains entitlement, earlier six-month transactions and standing of Aadhaar seeding.

“A beneficiary would really know what he’s entitled to. He needn’t ask FPS vendor how a lot he would get,” Pandey mentioned.

Beneficiaries can login giving Aadhaar or ration card quantity.

The federal government provides 5 kg of subsidised foodgrains to every individual per thirty days by means of 5.4 lakh ration outlets.