Question

To whom the yellow card is issued?
A)To shopkeepers
B)To landlords
C)To government employees
D)To people below the poverty line.

Answer 1

Hint: Food procured from India is distributed through government regulated ration shops among the poorer section of the society. This is the Public Distribution System through which food is made available to people at subsidised rates through Ration Shops. To avail the facility of ration shop, one has to get a ration card made.

Complete Step by Step answer:
Ration card is an official document that the State government issues. Through this card, a person can buy food grains in ration shops. This card also serves as a form of proof of identity for many Indians. Before the National Food security act was passed, there were the following three kinds of ration cards
-Above poverty line ration card: These were issued to people above the poverty line and didn’t require any minimum amount of income to be mentioned.
-Below poverty line ration card: These were issued to people who fell below the poverty line as determined by the State government.
-Antyodaya card: These were issued for the poorest of the poor like labourers, unemployed women etc.
The government had colour coded the ration cards. Yellow cards were issued to the people below the poverty line.
Option (A) , (B ) and (C ) are not correct as these are groups that fall above the poverty line and hence are usually issued orange coloured ration cards.

Hence, The correct answer is Option D.

Note: As the National Food Security has been passed, the ration cards have been classified into Priority Household Ration Cards and Non Priority Household Ration Cards. There are other colours of ration cards like the orange card for people above the poverty line and green cards for antyodaya families.