The Delhi Cabinet on Monday decided to implement the One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan to distribute ration free of cost to the public distribution system (PDS) cardholders in the national capital. The Delhi government said that all the beneficiaries would get ration free of cost in a phased manner through e-PoS (Electronic Point of Sale) on biometric authentication at all fair price shops (FPS) in Delhi. Earlier, the Supreme Court had ordered the implementation of the ONORC scheme across the country by July 31.

POLITICS UPDATE:

~Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Monday said the party was ready to face elections in Karnataka at any point in time, but maintained that there is no possibility of early assembly polls.

~Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh Government may witness its third and last cabinet expansion ahead of the 2022 state assembly polls soon.

~Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee president Govindas Konthoujam has resigned from his post. As many as eight Congress MLAs in the state will join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today.

~Delhi Cabinet on Monday decided to implement the One Nation One Ration Card plan to distribute ration free of cost to the public distribution system cardholders in the national capital.

~Samyukt Kisan Morcha on Monday accused Delhi Police of spreading misinformation by describing their protest outside Parliament as “Sansad gherao”.