Ration Card PDS System: The government has taken major action against fake ration card holders. Information given by the ministry said that a total of 5.8 crore fake ration cards have been removed from the system. This number may increase further because all ration cards have not been matched with Aadhaar cards yet.
Fake Ration Card Update: Whether it is about the Kovid epidemic or after that, people have got a lot of benefit of free ration provided by the government on ration card. But some people have also misused it. Now the government has taken major action against all those fake ration card holders. According to the information given by the Union Food Ministry, 5.8 crore ration cards have been found fake across the country through verification of the card.
According to the information received from the ministry, many changes have been made in the Public Distribution System (PDS). All Ration Cards have been digitized. At the same time, the ministry said that for the verification of ration cards, along with matching them with Aadhaar card, the process of KYC i.e. identification of the customer has also been followed.
Benefit from digitization of public distribution system
The government has said that by digitizing the Public Distribution System (PDS), fake card holders could be removed. In a statement given by the ministry, it was told that under the reform of the PDS system providing service to 80.6 crore beneficiaries, 5.8 crore fake ration cards could be removed through verification through Aadhaar and electronic e-KYC system.
The ministry statement said that due to these efforts, the irregularities in the distribution system have been reduced to a great extent. According to the information, almost all 20.4 crore ration cards have been digitized. Of these, 99.8 percent are linked to Aadhaar and the identity of 98.7 percent beneficiaries has been verified through biometrics.
98 percent of the grain is being distributed through Aadhaar
According to the information given by the Union Food Ministry, E-POS equipment has been installed at Public Distribution System (PDS) shops across the country, through which beneficiaries are being verified at the time of grain distribution. This system has been started so that the right person gets ration. The ministry said, ‘Today, about 98 percent of the total grain is being distributed through Aadhaar verification.’ The government believes that this has helped a lot in removing fake people from the system.
Only 64 percent ration cards have been verified
The process of removing fake ration card holders through Aadhar card in the ration system is not complete. Only 64 percent cards have been verified through e-KYC. The work of verification of the cards of the remaining beneficiaries is still going on. It is feared that there may be some more fake ration cards. The number of fake ration cards may increase further till the verification is completed.
On the other hand, the government ministry has said about the timely supply of food grains that the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has implemented a supply management system to send food grains to the right place, including an integrated vehicle monitoring system with the railways for real-time monitoring of food supply. The ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ scheme has made ‘portability’ of ration cards possible across the country.
