Centre gives 1-year deadline to states for rolling out ‘one nation, one ration card'This is one of the 100-days agenda of the Modi 2.0 government, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said.
Delhi PDS server hits capacity issues despite high Aadhaar reliability: StudyThe study found that the Aadhaar authentication attempts for around 1.55 million ration cards were made in Delhi’s AePDS in March 2018.
Tamil Nadu to go digital, Smart Cards replacing ration cards launchedConsumers can continue to buy commodities at PDS outlets by using their existing ration cards till such time they received the smart cards,...
Six more states keen to implement DBT in kerosene: GovernmentThe Minister said PDS kerosene is distributed to ration card holders through the state government and the state civil supplies authorities ...
Centre asks states to modernise ration shopsIn order to make PDS system totally transparent, Paswan said that the government is implementing end-to-end computerization of PDS operatio...
Aadhar not mandatory, but can be used in PDS, LPG schemes: SCThe Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the government to inform people that Aadhaar was not mandatory.
Maharashtra Cabinet okays plan to issue Aadhar-linked ration cardsAccording to the Chief Minister, the first phase will cost the government Rs 69.73 crore, while the second phase will cost Rs 103.99 crore.
CVC has pointed out corruption in PDS: MinisterThe government supplies highly subsidised foodgrains through PDS to ensure food security to the poor.
'Use of smart cards in PDS can help save Rs 20,000 cr a year'Smart card technology can help India save around Rs 20,000 crore in the PDS by eliminating ghost beneficiaries who cause huge leakage in th...
Chattisgarh and Kerala using RSBY cards for public distribution systemChhattisgarh and Kerala are using smart card-based IT platform of the RSBY for all public distribution system (PDS) beneficiaries in their ...
Chhattisgarh goes for smart card solution to plug PDS leaksChhattisgarh government plans to plug leakages in the public distribution system by identifying the beneficiaries through biometric data st...
- Smart card: A solution for public distribution system problem
RSBY is just the beginning. The smart card has the potential to change the way we think and to transform the entire delivery system.
- Food minister K V Thomas raps states for poor grain offtake, says storage modernisation must in readyness for Food Security Act
Modernisation of PDS had ensured that close to two crore bogus BPL ration cards had been weeded out nationally.
- PM's core group for cash transfer of food subsidy
Manmohan Singh's core group on food and (PDS) is looking at the option of providing foodgrain subsidies using Aadhar Unique Identification ...
- Economic survey suggests food coupons for poor people
Asserting that there are major deficiencies in the Public Distribution System, Economic Survey has mooted the idea of providing food coupon...
- National ID card needs new name
PDS has no relevance for a great number of Indians today but ration card still is a must-have.
- Indians prefer sugar from open mkt
Maximum people buy sugar from open markets rather than public distribution system in rural and urban India.