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Cover Story Sankalp years
Shakti of

ONE COUNTRY ONE RATION CARD ONE NATION - ONE MOBILITY CARD

With the 'One Nation, One Ration Card' system,
citizens moving from one place to another got
freedom from unnecessary hassles. For the first
time in the country, it was possible to take food
grains anywhere with a single ration card.

5.33 ration shops from
where food grains
lakh
can be collected

n Assam became the 36th State/UT in the country to
implement the One Nation One Ration Card scheme. National Common Mobility Card (NCMC)
With this, food security has now been implemented in all in Metro, Bus, Cab, Monorail, and all Urban
states and union territories. Railways across the country i.e. the facility
of traveling in all types of transport modes
n On 9 August 2022, 3 years of this scheme were
with a single card.
completed. The scheme was launched in 2019 as a pilot
project in four states. A mobile app named 'Mera Ration'
n Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched One Nation,
has also been launched.
One Card for transport mobility during a function in
Ahmedabad on 4 March 2019. The Indigenous Automatic
Fare Collection System based on the National Common
ONE NATION - ONE GAS GRID Mobility Card is the first of its kind in India.

n The customer can use this single card to make payments
The objective of 'One Nation - One Gas Grid' is across sectors including Metro, Bus, Suburban Railway,
to make LPG available to every household and Toll, Parking, Smart City, and Retail Shopping. This card
supports monthly passes, season tickets, etc.
CNG for vehicles. This is ensuring seamless gas
connectivity to areas where gas-based living
and economy used to be a dream earlier.
ONE NATION, ONE FASTAG
25000 Now more than 16,000
kilometers of pipelines In February 2021, all fee plaza lanes of
20000 22306
km are being laid across national highways were declared as
15000 the country. FASTag lanes.
15000
10000 km In the 27 years before
2014, only 15,000
5000
kilometers of gas
0 pipeline were laid.
2014 2023
n With the increase in gas access and connections, the
consumption of kerosene has not only been reduced, but
many states and union territories have become kerosene n Nearly 5 crore FASTag issued, without FASTag double fee
free. has to be given on entry . Queue reduced, toll revenue
estimation made easy.
n The government's plan is to connect the country with
n
the 'One Nation One Gas Grid' to become a gas-based One Nation, One FASTag has made travel on highways
economy and to strengthen environment-friendly lifestyles. across the country seamless and faster.
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