Hyderabad: Telangana government has implemented Ration Portability to get Ration commodities without any difficulty in the state particularly for poor people who migrate from one place to other in search of work. This Ration Portability has gained huge appreciation and became inspiration for Government of India’s project ‘One Nation-One Card’.
Centre was planning to implement National Portability throughout country by June next year. From August 1, the Centre decided to start the project under pilot mode in 2 clusters of two States each in a phased manner. In Cluster-I, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and Cluster-II Gujarat and Maharashtra.
On Friday, the Telangana Civil Supplies Department made a trial run on this scheme. Beneficiaries from Andhra Pradesh Eswara Rao of Rajamundry, East Godavari district, NFSA Card No WAP0481025B0472 and. Appa Rao, of Yelamanchali in Viskapatnam district, NFSA Card No. WAP034109700550 has taken commodities at FP Shop No1677750 situated in Punjagutta, said Civil Supplies Commissioner Akun Sabarwal.
In Telangana State, 2.82 crore beneficiaries are benefited with Ration Anywhere (Portability) as they can get their ration from any ration shop, which was introduced by Civil Supplies Department on April 1, 2018. Ration from Anywhere (Portability) gained huge success as number of beneficiaries using this facility was growing constantly. Till now, some 2.07 crore Portability transactions are recorded. Particularly, Hyderabad recorded highest transactions of 42 lakh as more people migrant from State wide for work. Next in the list of highest transactions are Medchal 29 lakhs; Ranga Reddy 18 lakhs; Nizamabad 10 lakhs and Warangal nine lakhs.
As Portability is gaining huge success in Telangana, Government of India decided to implement this scheme nationwide. From August 1stCentre will be implementing National Portability on Pilot basis in Four States. For that necessary changes are also done by Telangana Civil Supplies Department.
Accordingly, the Government of India has communicated eligibility criteria for beneficiaries for National Portability. Only NFSA beneficiaries shall be eligible for this scheme. Aadhaar number of at least the beneficiary should be seeded with his/her ration card. Ration card must be tagged to FPS in their home state of Telangana or Andhra Pradesh. Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as one cluster; Gujarat and Maharastra as second cluster National Portability is implemented from August 1. NFSA beneficiaries living in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh can avail their ration from any FP shop in these two States; the same with people in Gujarat and Maharashtra can get their ration from any FP shop in these States.
In this cluster, beneficiaries covered under NFSA only will be eligible to get commodities under National Portability. In Telangana, about 56 lakh beneficiaries will be benefited with this facility. Food grains i.e., rice, wheat and so on shall be issued at the same scale and Central issue prices as under NFSA. Each beneficiary will get Rice 5kg at Rs 3 per kg, wheat at Rs 2 per kg.
The State Apex Committee under Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary and State Project e-Mission Team (SPeMT) under the Chairmanship of the Commissioner of Civil Supplies was constituted for monitoring of implementation of the scheme. (NSS)
