Chennai: Tamilnadu government today implemented One Nation One Ration Card scheme to enable ration card holders to get their entitled quota of subsidised foodgrain from PDS outlets of their choice anywhere in the State.
The government will ensure biometric authentication for all cardholders in the shops for getting their monthly entitlement.
All shops in the network that have Point of Sales (POS) devices would keep track of the beneficiaryās withdrawal of monthly entitlements.
The functioning of intra-State portability was already tried with a pilot project in Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli districts earlier this year.
According to reports, the State has 2.09 crore cardholders and has allocated Rs 6,500 crore towards food subsidy and Rs 400 crore towards cooperatives for implementing the PDS this fiscal year.