The apex court has also called for transitioning to one nation, one ration card (ONORC) by the end of July. As of March 11, per a finance ministry release, just 17 states had “successfully operationalised” ONORC—defined as Aadhaar-seeding of all ration cards and beneficiaries in a state and automation of the fair price shops with installation of e-PoS devices to allow biometric authentication.