❖ Tamil Nadu has not been given any allocation of foodgrains under the ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ (ONOR) scheme.

❖ Normally, 5% of foodgrains in excess of the State’s allocation is set apart for such cardholders.

❖ 13.816 tonnes of foodgrains - 13.263 tonnes of rice and 0.553 tonnes of wheat - were allocated to the State during 2023-24.

❖ Around 22.8 tonnes of wheat and 0.036 tonnes of rice were distributed in the State under the inter-State portability arrangement in the first six months of the current financial year.

❖ The State draws an average 65,000 tonnes of rice every month.

❖ As for wheat, the Centre provides approximately 8,575 tonnes a month. In addition, the State also procures another 8,500 tonnes every month from the National Co-operative Consumer’s Federation (NCCF) under the Open Market Sales Scheme.