New Delhi: Union Minister for food and public distribution Ram Vilas Paswan, on Monday announced that the ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme will be implemented across the country by June 1, 2020.“Under this scheme a beneficiary will be able to avail benefits across the country using the same ration card,” said Paswan.What is the National Food Security Act, 2013?This is a law to provide nutritional security by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices to people.Also read: Centre Announces ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ Plan for PDS BeneficiariesPersons belonging to priority households and beneficiaries of the Antyodaya Anna Yojana, as identified by the state or Union territories’ governments, are entitled to receive rice at Rs 3 per kilogram, wheat at Rs 2 per kilogram and coarse grains at Rs 1 per kilogram.What is a ration card?Ration card is a document issued by the state government, to be used for the purchase of essential commodities from fair price shops under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).What is a ration shop or a fair price shop?A fair price shop under the National Food Security Act means a shop which has been licensed by an order issued under Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, to distribute essential commodities to ration card holders under the TPDS.TPDS is a system for distribution of essential commodities to ration card holders through fair price shops.What is public distribution system?The Central government allocates and transports food grains from Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns to the ration shops.The state government issues ration cards to eligible households and licences to ration shop owners so that beneficiaries can avail themselves of essential commodities.What is the ‘one nation, one ration card’ scheme?Until now, ration card holders had been entitled to purchase essential commodities from ration shops within the state issuing the card.However, as per the 2011 Census, 4.1 crore people were inter-state migrants and 1.4 crore people migrated (inter and intra-state) in search of better opportunities.In cases where a ration card holder migrates to another state, he or she faces issues in availing themselves of the subsidised essential commodities from their original ration cards in the new state.The One Nation, One Ration Card scheme attempts to eliminate this problem. After the implementation of ONORC, the beneficiaries will be able to purchase essential commodities at any ration shop across India.