Haryana Government decides to Aadhaar-link all new ration cards
Author(s): SK VyasChandigarh, January 6, 2016: Committed to eliminating fake beneficiaries and bringing transparency in the public distribution system, the Haryana Government has decided to Aadhaar-link all new ration cards to be issued...
Chandigarh, January 6, 2016: Committed to eliminating fake beneficiaries and bringing transparency in the public distribution system, the Haryana Government has decided to Aadhaar-link all new ration cards to be issued under the National Food Security Act, 2013.
Stating this here today, Mr Karan Dev Kamboj, Minister of State for Food and Supplies, said that the process of making online ration cards was making progress and the de-duplication procedure would be completed by the end of this month.
Describing well targeted and properly functioning public distribution system (PDS) as a key constituent of food security, Mr Kamboj said that digitization and certification of more than 29.4 lakh families had already been carried out. Master data of 9,355 fair price shops and 441 godowns has been entered and the portal haryanafood.gov.in is being updated regularly.
The department is also implementing FEAST software and supply chain management for making online allocations. Department officials are being imparted training in software and e-PDS. While online allocation has started this month, the supply chain management would be implemented in April, 2016.
The minister said that an integrated model had been finalized for automation of the fair price shops in the state. From October, 2015, commodities are being disbursed to the beneficiaries after Aadhar-based biometric certification through 20 fair price shops./ (SK Vyas, Jalandhar)
Date:
Wednesday, January 6, 2016