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Centre may issue nearly 3 crore more ration cards after states delete ineligible entries: Union Food Minister Pralhad JoshiUnion Food Minister Pralhad Joshi announced that approximately 3 crore new ration cards can be issued. This follows state governments remov...- Ration Card Upgrade: Govt to launch “Sarthak PDS”; what it is, how it works, and how it is beneficialThe central government has launched "Sarthak PDS," a Rs. 25,530 crore initiative to enhance transparency in the public distribution system ...
- Retail central bank digital currency in circulation falls by 24% in FY26The value of retail central bank digital currency in circulation saw a significant drop of 24.08 percent in 2025-26. Despite this, the Rese...
- RBI highlights strong banking sector health, says lenders can withstand severe shocksIn the fiscal year 2025-26, India's financial landscape demonstrated remarkable stability. Both banks and non-bank entities showcased solid...
- India’s invisible workforce gets a new safety net: Key labour reforms for migrant employees decodedIndia's inter-state migrant workers gain significant protections under new labour code rules notified on May 8, 2026. The Occupational Safe...
- Himachal becomes first state to launch Aadhaar-based face authentication for ration distributionHimachal Pradesh has pioneered Aadhaar-based face authentication (FaceAuth) for ration distribution under the Public Distribution System (P...
- ₹69,000 crore vanishes in grain leakages: Where is India’s free ration going?A new report reveals that India's Public Distribution System (PDS) suffers a 28% leakage of subsidized grains, amounting to 20 million tonn...
- Telangana govt mulling introducing 'one state-one digital card'The Telangana government is planning to introduce a 'one state-one digital card' to streamline access to welfare schemes, ration, health, a...
- Yes Bank partners with Maharashtra government for electronic PDSUnder the partnership, Yes Bank will empower more than 20,000 ration shops which can offer last mile basic banking services to more than se...
- 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.
- 'Aadhaar tied to just 2% of PDS exclusion'On exclusion due to Aadhaar, UID chief executive officer Ajay Bhushan Pandey said this is a concern which is being seriously addressed by v...
- Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan apprises Parliament panel about PDS reformsRam Vilas Paswan informed the members about steps being taken for making PDS more effective so that benefits reach the intended beneficiari...
- Gujarat establishes cashless system for PDSAccording to the Food ministry there are over 81 crore beneficiaries under NSAI in the country.
- Card, Aadhaar enabled payments at all PDS, fertiliser depots soonFinance Secretary Ashok Lavasa said over 1.7 lakh PoS machines have already been installed at public distribution system (PDS) shops and mo...
- Replacing PDS with DBT shows mixed results in Economic SurveyThe use of direct transfer was expected to eliminate a lot of wasteful expenditure, corruption and leakages, which would lead to much bette...
- Govt mulls making Aadhaar card essential for subsidised grainThe Centre also said that states have promised to install digital payment system at ration shops by June.
- '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...
- Cabinet approves 1st phase of PDS computerizationGovt approved the first phase of the end-to-end computerization of Targeted Public Distribution System that will cost the Centre and states...
- Food minister K V Thomas raps states for poor grain offtake, says storage modernisation must in readyness for Food Security ActModernisation of PDS had ensured that close to two crore bogus BPL ration cards had been weeded out nationally.
- Aim is to enrol 600 million in first phase of UIDAI: NilekaniWith the first phase of UIDAI aiming to enrol 600 million residents of the country into its database in next four years and its possible us...
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