The metal witnessed the fall in its price as the U.S. By 3 May, the rates of the precious white metal had dropped to Rs.41,210 per kg. In Tamil Nadu, the price of silver opened at the rate of Rs.42,530 per kg for the month of May 2020.Over 25 States across the country have already joined the one nation one ration card scheme so far. 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. Even as Tamilnadu implements the NFSA,cardholders from the state will continue to be covered under the universal PDS system in vogue over the past four decades extending subsidized commodities to all sections, with no income or social criteria. However, inter-state migrants will only be eligible for the National Food Security Act (NFSA) mandated quota as per which cardholders are entitled to get rice at Rs 3/kg and wheat at Rs 2/kg. The scheme will be fine-tuned based on initial feedback after it is implemented across the State. Officials said arrangements had been made for additional allotment of five percent of commodities so that any unexpected rush could be managed. It will be implemented in the remaining 6 districts from the 15th of this month.
The PDS shops in the network will ensure biometric authentication of all cardholders via point of sale devices to enable them to avail their monthly entitlement.Ī pilot project on intra-State portability was carried out in Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli districts earlier this year ahead of the roll out.The scheme is being implemented in 32 districts acrossTamil Nadu from today. The scheme will benefit migrant families by providing them rations at their place of residence irrespective of their State of origin. The scheme will allow ration cardholders to receive their monthly quota of commodities from any public distribution system (PDS) shop in the State. Palaniswami launched the scheme at the state secretariat in Chennai by handing over ration entitlements to three families.
The Tamil Nadu government launched the Centre's ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme across the state on Thursday Chief Minister Edappadi K.
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