Question

Q. Consider the following pairs:

List A (Portals)	List B (Purpose)
1. Integrated Management of Public Distribution System (IM-PDS)	For intra state transactions under ONORC
2. Annavitaran	For inter state transactions under ONORC
3. Agmarknet	For information related to agricultural Marketing

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

• A. 3 only
• B. 1 and 2 only
• C. 2 only
• D. 1, 2 and 3

Answer 1

The correct option is A 3 only

Explanation:

• One Nation One Ration Card is a national ration card that will enable migrant workers and their families to access the public distribution system (PDS) benefits from any fair price shops across the country. The beneficiaries will be identified through biometric authentication on electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) devices. These devices will be installed at each fair price shop.
• The national portability will work using the:
  • Integrated Management of Public Distribution System (IM-PDS) portal – It will provide the technological platform for the ration card’s portability. It records inter-state transactions.
  • Annavitran portal – It will host the data of the food grains distribution through ePoS devices within a state. This will help a beneficiary to access subsidized food grains within a state (inter-district). Hence Pair 1 and Pair 2 are incorrect.
• Agmarknet portal is a Government of India portal on agricultural marketing. It provides information on infrastructure-related (Storage, warehousing, Cold Storage, grading, and packing facilities), Market – related (market fee/ charges, weighment, handling, market functionaries, development programs, market laws, the composition of market Committees, income, and expenditure, etc) and Promotion-related information (Standards, Grades, Labelling, Sanitary, and Phyto-Sanitary requirements, Pledge Financing, Marketing Credit and new opportunities available, etc.). Hence Pair 3 is correct.