Ration Cards  

Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has said that from June 1 2020, the 'One Nation, One Ration Card' scheme will be implemented nationwide. 
During the Question Hour in Lok Sabha on 3rd December Paswan gave this information. He said that at present the facility of Point of Sale POS machines for ration cards has been started in 14 states. It will be started in other states soon. This would be made available after biometric/Aadhaar authentication on ePoS (electronic Point of Sale) devices.
 

Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of West Bengal stated that ration cards should be divided into 2 categories. Banerjee asked food and supplies minister Jyotipriya Mallick to convene an all-party meeting to take their suggestions in this connection.

Soon, medicals tests, medicines and deliveries would be conducted for free for those who have white ration cards in private hospitals listed under NTR Vaidya Seva