States have been requested to determine and provides ration playing cards to the poor
The Government has urgently requested all states to succeed in out to the weak sections of the society and difficulty ration playing cards to them on precedence below the National Food Security Act (NFSA) after verifying their eligibility.
The directive has been issued maintaining in thoughts the Coronavirus pandemic raging throughout the nation and the necessity to present meals safety to the poorest part of the society.
The Department of Food and Public Distribution below the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, in an advisory to all states, has directed them to launch a particular drive to determine and difficulty ration playing cards to the poor like avenue dwellers, rag pickers, rickshaw pullers and others.
The operational tasks of identification of eligible individuals and households below NFSA and issuance of ration playing cards to them, rests with states and union territories.
