One Nation One Ration Card: Latest Update to Apply Online 2025

The “One Nation One Ration Card” (ONORC) Scheme was launched by the Department Of Food and Supplies and Consumers Affairs, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in 2018. It is national Ration Card portability scheme to ensure food security for all including internal migrants within India. Assam is the 36th State to implement the One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) Scheme.

What Is One Nation One Ration Card Scheme?

ONORC is an information technology – scheme implemented by the Central Government for the Nationwide portability of ration cards under the National Food Security Act(NFSA), 2013. Driven The ONORC plan has successfully been implemented in all 36 States/ UTs making food security portable through the country. The government has launched a Mobile App Namely MERA RATION for acquiring the maximum benefit of the ONORC plan. The mobile app shall provide the user with real-time information. It is available in 13 languages. As per the official website National Food Security Portal (NFSP),there are more than 20 crore Ration Cards issued through more than 4.5 lakh POS enable Fair Price Shops. One Nation One Ration Card Official Website https://dfpd.gov.in/

List Of States Under ONORC Scheme

State	Implementation Date
Andhra & Nicobar Islands	December 2020
Andhra Pradesh	August 2019
Arunachal Pradesh	October 2020
Assam	June 2022
Bihar	May 2020
Chandigarh	November 2020
Chhattisgarh	February 2022
Dadra & Nagar haveli & Daman Diu	May 2020
Delhi	July 2021
Goa	January 2020
Gujarat	August 2019
Haryana	October 2019
Himachal Pradesh	May 2020
Jammu & Kashmir	August 2020
Jharkhand	January 2020
Karnataka	October 2019
Kerala	October 2019
Ladakh	September 2020
Lakshadweep	September 2020
Madhya Pradesh	January 2020
Maharashtra	August 2019
Manipur	August 2020
Meghalaya	December 2020
Mizoram	June 2020
Nagaland	August 2020
Odisha	June 2020
Puducherry	November 2020
Punjab	May 2020
Rajasthan	October 2019
Sikkim	June 2020
Tamil Nadu	October 2020
Telangana	August 2019
Tripura	January 2020
Uttarakhand	August 2020
Uttar Pradesh	May 2020
West Bengal	August 2021

Present Status of One Nation One Ration Card

The One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) has been Successfully implemented in all 36 states / UTs enable food security portability throughout India.

Currently 5 Kilograms of food grains are provided to 80 crore eligible beneficiaries monthly through the NFSA at a highly subsidized rate of Rs 2-3 per kilogram.

The Centre also provides an additional 5 kilogram of food grains every person per month to 80 crore people through the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna (PMGKAY) scheme.

The scheme will provide free rations to 80 million people until December 2022 for Rs 44,700 crore.

Progress of ONORC

• The One Nation One Ration Card Plan was originally scheduled to launch Nationally by June 1, 2020.
• One August 1, 2020 it was introduced in 24 States / UTs benefiting around 65 crore people (80% of NFSA population).
• Efforts were made to expand this program to the remaining 12 States / UTs by march 2021.
• During the union budget 2021 announcement , Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that 32 States and UTs had adopted the One Nation One Ration Card, reaching 69 crore beneficiaries, covering 86% of the total number.
• The remaining four State / UTs were expected to join the program soon. As of march 11, 2021 , 17 States and UTs had Successfully implemented inter state ration card portability under the NFSA.