ONE NATION ONE RATION CARD

 

With the digital revolution making strides across India, the PDS setup is all set to bring benefits to the people. 

 

• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had declared in mid-May that there will be digital integration of the national Public Distribution System (PDS) whereby national portability will be achieved in the 'one nation, one ration card' system by March 2021 throughout India.
• The Finance Minister said this while speaking to the citizens about the ₹20 lakh crore Covid-19 relief package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. -it will be performed by August for the 67 cr beneficiaries in 23 states and 67 cr is 83 per cent of the entire PDS system.

 

1. Key talks

 

 

• enforceable from 1 June 2020, the claiming of one's share of subsidised food grains will have fewer geographical limitations within the country as 17 states integrated on the management of PDS will allow/facilitate the claims of any PDS cardholder at any location across these geographical and political jurisdictions.

 

• In the present system that was created in a non-digitally compliant era, a ration cardholder can buy food grains only from an FPS that has been assigned to her in the locality in which she lives, a thing that is about to change. The entitled/cardholders will now be enabled to claim their entitled food grains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) from any Fair Price Shop in the country using the same ration card.

 

• Now, a standard format for ration card has been prepared after collating the various formats used by different states and after consultation with other stakeholders.

 

• This nationwide portability has been achieved as per a plan in which the concerned state governments have been asked to issue the ration card in a bi-lingual format, one being the state's official (local) language, the other language could be Hindi or English.

 

                     The 17 states that are linked on this nationwide integrated management of the public distribution system (PDS) are:

• Andhra Pradesh
• Telangana
• Gujarat
• Maharashtra
• Haryana
• Rajasthan
• Karnataka
• Kerala
• Madhya Pradesh
• Goa
• Jharkhand
• Tripura
• Bihar
• Uttar Pradesh
• Punjab
• Himachal Pradesh
• Daman and Diu

 

  How does this help?

 

• Now the beneficiaries registered on the PDS vide the National Food Security Act (NFSA)can buy subsidised foodgrains, rice at ₹3 per kg, wheat at ₹2 per kg, and coarse grains at Rupees 1 per kg, from anywhere in the country.
• The mobilized Management of Public Distribution System (IM-PDS) portal that is the body that developed and runs the technological platform for the inter-state portability of ration - however, shows that at the moment only a few hundred transactions were done through inter-state ration card portability.
• The picture may hopefully improve as the scheme is yet to be widely known and understood by beneficiaries.

 

 

Eat right of India

 

A significant campaign to boost nutrition in India has been launched it's conducted by FSSAI because the Indian government says this is often the most effective time.

for the country to begin consumption right with the launch of the Eat Right India movement.

• The ‘Eat Right India’ movement was launched by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to introduce a ‘new food culture’ by nudging businesses and customers to adopt safe, healthy and sustainable food practices and habits.

 

More info regarding eating right of India campaign

 

• “The ‘Green Good Deeds’, a campaign to safeguard [the] atmosphere and promote healthy living, has found global acceptance, and the ‘Eat Right India’ movement is additionally set to become a worldwide best observe with the support of national and international stakeholders,”
• The launch comes amidst the Rashtriya Poshan Maah, a month-long movement beneath the government’s National Nutrition Mission. Launched throughout the 2017-18 fiscal year, “supervise, monitor, fix targets and guide nutrition-related interventions all over the Ministries. it'll conjointly monitor an associate assortment of schemes contributive towards addressing malnutrition in India.”
• The Rashtriya Poshan Maah was launched on September first, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling it “a commendable initiative to make sure a healthier future…I urge individuals from all walks of life to support this exceptional endeavour.” beneath the scheme, states and union territories can run campaigns to lift awareness of the importance of correct organic process standards in way of life as a way of rising health and welfare, for each the rich and also the poor.
• India presently grapples with what's termed a ‘dual burden of malnutrition underweight children between 11.1 to 60.9 per cent; of children living with wasting between five.9 to 39.6 per cent; and of anaemic 5 between 17.8 to 83.6 per cent.

 

 

Boost the Indian citizen malnutrition

 

Diseases connected to malnutrition altogether its forms are immensely expensive to the national exchequer and exert a huge toll on the country’s already loaded down public health system. This system the need of programmes to boost nutritional standards, raising awareness among Indians of the main moto is a healthy, balanced diet and to confirm that children nationwide receive the nutritional support they have for a healthy future.

 

 

Message for the Indian people

 

citizens ought to select healthy food and therefore the food business ought to manufacture healthy food.”

 

 

What is Eat Right Mela?

 

 

ü The ‘Eat Right India’ movement was launched by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to inaugurate a ‘new food culture’ by nudging businesses and customers to adopt safe, healthy and property food practices and habits.

ü As a part of the Eat Right India movement, the ‘Eat Right Mela’ was planned to have interaction, excite and modify citizens to eat through an infotainment model.

ü Eat Right Melas are for enormous for massive outreach to make awareness on safe food and healthy

 

 

What citizens will expect?

 

The Eat Right Mela may be a complete food experience for the entire family. additionally, to showcasing street foods from everywhere the country, it consists of amusing however informative activities like food quizzes, talks by dieticians and nutritionists, live cooking demonstrations by chefs, discussions by leading food consultants and exhibits on healthy eating together with several cultural performances like street theatre, dances then on.

 

Important highlights of this year’s Eat Right Mela are as follows:

 

• FSSAI Pavillion: A walkthrough of FSSAI’s latest innovations to upgrade the quality of food.
• Healthy Diets Pavillion: an interactive exhibit provides info on healthy eating through interesting displays and games.
• FSSAI Game Changers: a show of FSSAI’s latest initiatives on promoting safe, healthy and sustainable food.
• Industry Innovators: displays by business partners on their latest innovations to push initiatives of Eat Right India
• In Conversation: One-on-one conversations with celebrities within the world of food on the most recent problems associated with food.
• Food Dialogue: Panel discussions with professionals in various areas of food and nutrition on healthy eating, particularly for children, the settings-based approach of Eat Right India
• Food Quiz: Informative quiz for guests on nutrition, food safety and adulteration with attractive prizes
• Live change of state Demos: cooking demonstrations by celebrated chefs on healthy and tasty recipes
• Workshops: coaching of Food Safety Mitras to facilitate the method of implementing food safety and hygiene standards in food businesses.
• Performances: Street theatre by school and college students, dances, poetry recitals, skits by Mascots Master and Miss Sehat on food fundas and Zumba for fitness.

 

 

Highlights from last year

 

the first National Eat Right Mela was held during 14th-16th December 2018 in new delhi|national capital} in partnership with the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI), Delhi State Food Safety Department, NDMC, IGNCA (Ministry of Culture) and Tasting India conference FSSAI at IGNCA, India Gate, New Delhi.

 

• recognizing that street food selling is a vital a part of the country’s food system, the primary National Eat Right Mela had with success brought people together from all walks of life beneath a single roof to celebrate the variety and flavours of Indian street food showcased by around five hundred street food vendors from all elements of the country.” In its integrated avatar the ‘Eat Right Mela’ not solely celebrated the Indian food culture however conjointly promoted safe and healthy ingestion through various partaking activities.
• This three-day Mela provided entire food expertise for the complete family; a chance to satisfy the visionary chefs, know about health and nutrition advantages of different types of food, together with fast tests for adulterants, dietary advice by specialists and a lot of. As a part of the celebrations of one hundred fifty years of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth, there was a themed pavilion on ‘Gandhiji, his habits of food and his thoughts on food and nutrition furthermore.