<h1>State borrowing incentive for implementing ration portability and ease-of-doing-business reforms, to raise funds via open-market borrowings.</h1> Ministry of Finance authorized additional borrowing for States as a conditional incentive tied to specified reforms. Two States received permission to raise funds through Open Market Borrowings after completing PDS reforms implementing One Nation One Ration Card-requiring Aadhar seeding, biometric authentication, and FPS automation-and Ease of Doing Business reforms. Each eligible reform attracts an additional borrowing allowance equal to 0.25 percent of GSDP, assessed by the nodal Departments, and forms part of a broader temporary increase in State borrowing capacity linked to completion of enumerated reform categories.