Uptake, Implementation, Portability, and Operability of the One Nation One Ration Card: A Study

Publication | November 2023
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This brief analyzes India’s One Nation One Ration cards that allow poor migrants to access subsidized grains nationwide and assesses how improving awareness and strengthening technological infrastructure could boost their take up.

The brief explains the evolution of the cards, which are used at ePos-enabled fair price stores. It offers insights into migrants’ perceptions and use of the cards and illustrates how they helped people access food during the pandemic. It highlights supply chain and technological challenges, emphasizes the need to improve access for women and vulnerable groups, and shows why training and capacity building could help improve food security.

Additional Details

Authors
Type
Series
Subjects
  • Agriculture and natural resources
  • Agricultural and food productivity
  • Social development and protection
  • Social protection - social assistance programs
Countries
  • India
Pages
  • 10
Dimensions
  • 8.5 x 11
SKU
  • BRF230495-2
ISBN
  • 978-92-9270-419-3 (print)
  • 978-92-9270-420-9 (electronic)
ISSN
  • 2071-7202 (print)
  • 2218-2675 (electronic)

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