Kolkata, May 15 -- The Bengal Government will not adhere to the "one nation one ration card" scheme as it already has a "unique policy" in place, State Food and Civil Supplies Minister Jyotipriya Mullick said on Thursday.
Soon after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's declaration that the entire country would be covered under the ONOR within a specific period of time, Mullick said "One thing is for sure that Bengal is not going to be a part of this scheme because we already have a different scheme in place."
The Minister said "our State had taken this decision more than six months ago because we are already running a scheme called Khadya Saathi that ensures food for all," adding "at least for the time being we can say that Bengal'...