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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ Could Have Changed How the Pandemic Affected Migrants -Bal Krishan Negi and Seema Bathla

‘One Nation One Ration Card’ Could Have Changed How the Pandemic Affected Migrants -Bal Krishan Negi and Seema Bathla

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published Published on Jun 4, 2020   modified Modified on Jun 5, 2020

-TheWire.in

It is high time migrant workers were included in the ambit of the public distribution system.

The government’s proposal for ‘one nation one ration card’ is a longstanding need for migrant labourers across the country. The proposed measure will provide workers not only with monthly food entitlements wherever they are living for work, but also improve their nutritional status.

Tracing developments in the public distribution system (PDS), it can be seen that India followed a universal system for a long time and replaced it with a targeted one from 1997. The purpose was mainly to contain the mounting fiscal burden due to food subsidies and increase the efficiency of the PDS by making food reach households who need it.

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TheWire.in, 4 June, 2020, https://thewire.in/rights/one-nation-one-ration-card-migrant-workers


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