Agartala, Aug 05, 2022, By Special Correspondent

Agartala, Aug 5: The Centre on Friday launched a common registration facility in 11 states and UTs including Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland on a pilot basis.

The purpose is to enable homeless people, destitutes, migrants and other eligible beneficiaries to apply for ration cards.

Goa, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, Punjab and Uttarakhand are among the other states and UTs.

By the end of this month, all 36 states and UTs will be covered on the platform.

All the 36 states/UTs have been onboarded under the One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan.

The National Food Security Act (NFSA) provides a maximum coverage for about 81.35 crore persons. At present, around 79.77 crore persons are given highly subsidised foodgrains under the Act. So, 1.58 crore more beneficiaries can be added.