Process to obtain Ration Card The Native resident Goans find it most annoying, tedious, time consuming to obtain this official document .To day multiple documents and ID cards like pan Card, Passports, AAdhar , EPIC, driving licence,senior citizens, service cards, bank books ,credit cards etc are available Consider in 1965, one could just walk in and walk out with the Ration card It was a s simple as that.I nostalgically recalled the process in a personal conversation with, Mr Antonio Piedade Moraes. He was officially in charge of issuing R.C for Municipal Corporation of Panjim on behalf. of Govt.(junta Freguesia )The personal interview in good faith with preliminary oral inquiries was all that was essential, no documentation of any sorts and the R.C was issued there and then , on the spot The forms then were printed in Roman Konkanim. Marathi&English One Mr Janardan Sinkre made a representation to the Govt. for his removal from the post, simply accusing him of professing his love and devotion to the Konkani language. The fact finding delegation led by Mr Tony Fernandes, then Minister In MGP Govt. did not find any illegality or Mr Moraes being lethargic in dispensing his duty . His love for konkanim, though true, could not be held against his official functioning to dislodge, terminate the excellent work carried out by him with utmost devotion love and concern , In fact Mr Tony was all praise for him notwithstanding the purported allegations of being a Konkanim protagonist and which in no way was a legal disqualification to move him out. I reminded Mr Moraes jokingly that even to this date one can get in and walk out with a ration card, provided one is willing to cough 8k to 10 K as rumours are doing rounds, He burst out into uncontrollable laughter. Besides, unnecessarily Ration Card is made an important document for all facilities, references ,services etc. The non Goans thus appear to obtain it more expeditiously and without hassles, delays, understandably for a reason The process to obtain a ration card should be stream lined without discretion, subjective interpretations, emphasis on multiple documentations and delinked as a point for reference It is the non Goans , who are also a captive vote banks, who derive maximum benefits, claiming all sorts of subsidies which are indirectly contributed by us Nelson Lopes. Chinchinim