If you are a ration card holder and raise food grains at the government rate, then this news is special for you. Yes … Annapurna and Antodaya card holders, including ration card holders, will not get ration every month from the biometric system. Instead, with the help of Mobile OTP and IRIS Authentication, you will get ration.
According to a news published in The Hindu, this rule related to ration card will be implemented in Telangana state of the country from 1 February 2021. It is being told that this step has been taken keeping in mind the protection from infection spread due to Corona epidemic.
Due to the infection of the corona epidemic, the work of biometric authentication has been discontinued.
Linking Aadhaar to mobile is necessary: If the officers of Civil Supplies Department are to be believed, then all the card holders are required to link their Aadhar card to mobile number for rationing. This is so that OTP can be sent on mobile. Talking about this decision, the work has been done in accordance with the guidelines of the order issued by the High Court. This decision was taken by the court after hearing the petition filed. The petitioner had feared the spread of corona infection due to biometric authentication, on which the court gave this order during the hearing.
Here OTP will get ration: Iris Authentication facility is not available in Hyderabad and erstwhile Rangareddy district. Due to this, the ration content will be given to customers through mobile OTP. The Hindu, quoting Hyderabad’s Chief Rationing Officer B Bala Maya Devi, has told that from February 01, ration material will be distributed through mobile OTP authentication in all 670 Fair Shops in Hyderabad. The work of sending OTP to the mobile number associated with Aadhar card will be done to the people of this district. He has asked all the card holders to link their Aadhar card with mobile number to get the material at government rate.
Number of ration card holders: Talking about Telangana state, there are 87,44,251 ration card holders. The number of card holders in Hyderabad district is 5,80,680 while in Rangareddy the number is 5,24,656. In Medchal Malkajgiri, cardholders 4,94,881 while in Vikarabad 2,34,940 people raise rations at the government rate.
