One Nation One Ration Card

The ONORC scheme is being implemented by the Department for the nation-wide portability of ration cards under National Food Security Act (NFSA). Through this all eligible ration card holders/beneficiaries covered under NFSA can access their entitlements from anywhere in the country.

Benefits

This system allows all NFSA beneficiaries, particularly migrant beneficiaries, to claim either full or part foodgrains from any Fair Price Shop (FPS) in the country through existing ration card with biometric/Aadhaar authentication in a seamless manner. The system also allows their family members back home, if any, to claim the balance foodgrains on same the ration card.

Implementation plan

Under this plan, the distribution of highly subsidized food grains is enabled through nation-wide portability of ration cards through the implementation of IT-driven system by installation of ePoS devices at FPSs, seeding of Aadhaar number of beneficiaries with their ration cards and operationalisation of biometrically authenticated ePoS transactions in the State/UTs.

Beneficiaries can quote either their ration card number or the Aadhaar number to any Fair Price Shop's dealer across the country. Anyone in the family, who have seeded Aadhaar in the ration card can undergo authentication and lift the ration. There is no need to share or carry the ration card or Aadhaar card with ration dealer to avail the benefit. Beneficiaries can undergo Aadhaar authentication by using their finger prints or iris based identification.

The One Nation One Ration Card facility was started as inter-State portability of ration cards in 4 States w.e.f. August 2019. As on February 2022, 35 states/UTs have implemented the scheme. 

List of states implementing ONORC scheme (the year of enablement of ONORC)

1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands (December 2020) 
2. Andhra Pradesh (August 2019)
3. Arunachal Pradesh (Oct 2020)
4. Assam (June 2022)
5. Bihar (May 2020)
6. Chandigarh (Nov 2020)
7. Chhattisgarh (Feb 2022)
8. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (May 2020)
9. Delhi (Jul 2021) 
10. Goa (Jan 2020)  
11. Gujarat (Aug 2019)
12. Haryana (Oct 2019)
13. Himachal Pradesh (May 2020)
14. Jammu and Kashmir (Aug 2020)
15. Jharkhand (Jan 2020)
16. Karnataka (Oct 2019)
17. Kerala (Oct 2019)
18. Ladakh (Sep 2020)
19. Lakshadweep (Sep 2020) 
20. Madhya Pradesh (Jan 2020)
21. Maharashtra (Aug 2019)
22. Manipur (Aug 2020)
23. Meghalaya (Dec 2020)
24. Mizoram (Jun 2020)
25. Nagaland (Aug 2020) 
26. Odisha (Jun 2020)
27. Puducherry (Nov 2020)
28. Punjab (May 2020)
29. Rajasthan (Oct 2019)
30. Sikkim (Jun 2020) 
31. Tamil Nadu (Oct 2020)
32. Telangana (Aug 2019)
33. Tripura (Jan 2020)
34. Uttarakhand (Aug 2020)
35. Uttar Pradesh (May 2020)
36. West Bengal (Aug 2021)