Bhubaneswar, July 10 -- New Delhi: Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan has reiterated that 'One Nation, One Ration Card' (ONORC) scheme would likely start working across India by January next year, ahead of its March 31 deadline.

Paswan on Thursday said the ministry is trying to include all remaining States/UTs onboard of ONORC by January 2021. He said that earlier many States/UTs highlighted the challenges related to slow network connectivity.

In this regard, he informed that he has taken up the issue with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and there is a proposal to provide a free net connection to every gram panchayat for a one-year duration.

While interacting with reporters thr...