Delhi’s claim of ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ launch ‘misleading’: Centre to SC

‘Only a handful of transactions conducted in a single circle with about 42 electronic points of sale machines cannot be considered as implementation of ONORC,’ it says.

The Centre has maintained in the Supreme Court that Delhi government’s claim to have launched in the Capital is “misleading”. “The claim of Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi regarding launch of One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan in NCT of Delhi is misleading, as they claim to have implemented it only in circle 63 Seemapuri. Only a handful of transactions conducted in a single circle with about 42 electronic points of sale (ePOS) machines cannot be considered as implementation of ONORC,” the Centre submitted before the Supreme Court. The Centre, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, said the implementation of the ONORC would require national portability transactions to be rolled out formally in all the fair price shops of all the circles of Delhi in which more than 2,000 ePoS machines had been supplied and were waiting for operation.