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States deleted 2.12 crore bogus PDS beneficiaries so far: CentreUnder the Public Distribution System (PDS) via the National Food Security Act (NFSA), beneficiaries get 5 kg of foodgrains per person per m...- Digitisation drive transforms PDS system; 5.8 crore fake ration cards eliminated: GovtIndia's Public Distribution System (PDS) has undergone a digital revolution, eliminating 5.8 crore fake ration cards through Aadhaar authen...
- Closing fake accounts in Govt schemes saved Rs 3.35 lakh crThe government's efforts to eliminate fake beneficiaries from various schemes resulted in saving approximately ₹3.35 lakh crore between FY1...
- How 351 Modi government schemes saved Rs 1.70 lakh croreThe 'JAM Trinity' of the Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile, made it easier to identify bogus beneficiaries and preventing leakages in government sche...
- PDS biggest saver for government in DBT in 2019-20As much as Rs 19,263 cr of savings have accrued till end-December due to the DBT-linked scheme, the govt said.
- 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.
- Savings from direct benefit transfer pegged at Rs 83,000 croreThe 45% jump in saving resulted from further pruning of fake or duplicate beneficiaries and plugging of leakages that enabled “deserving be...
- Centre working on portability of PDS entitlements: Food minister Ram Vilas PaswanOnce portability of PDS is implemented , the beneficiaries will be free to receive their entitlements from any fair price shops without bei...
- Why government's push to make Aadhaar mandatory could erode public faith in Aadhaar-enabled paymentsAadhaar — unlike Google or any other digital service —is compulsory in India, when the country doesn’t even have a data protection and priv...
- Aadhaar made mandatory to ensure poor get food: Centre to Delhi High Court"Aadhaar is mandatory for PDS, as this system is mostly misused in our country. The subsidised food grains were not reaching the poor. Some...
- 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,...
- Government strikes out 1.6 crore bogus ration cards, to save Rs 10,000 croreNearly 31 cr beneficiaries, Lavasa said, have been covered by DBT and more than Rs 1.9 cr disbursed to them directly under various schemes ...
- Nobody should be at disadvantageous position for want of Aadhaar cards: Supreme CourtDuring the hearing, the court also observed that though it is often said that Aadhaar is not mandatory, but at times, some authorities do "...
- 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.
- 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...
- Two-phase IT strategy can solve Public Distribution System mess: Nandan NilekaniNilekani has proposed use of coupons, smartcards, and direct cash transfers, along with GPS tracking of trucks carrying ration, as some met...
- PM Manmohan Singh launches Unique Identification NumbersTen adivasis from the tribal hamlet of Tembhli became the first to receive UID numbers from PM and Sonia Gandhi.
- No easy route to food securityThe public distribution system (PDS) has failed to deliver on its objectives in many parts of the country.
- Govt to dish out online food account for ration-card holdersThe Public Distribution System is to be linked to UID’s central data repository to plug leakages.
- Entire PDS has collapsed, says SC panelThe sale of foodgrains through the public distribution system to poor families throughout the country at highly subsidised prices is stinki...
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