The 'JAM Trinity' of the Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile, made it easier to identify bogus beneficiaries and preventing leakages in government sche...

As much as Rs 19,263 cr of savings have accrued till end-December due to the DBT-linked scheme, the govt said.

This is one of the 100-days agenda of the Modi 2.0 government, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said.

The 45% jump in saving resulted from further pruning of fake or duplicate beneficiaries and plugging of leakages that enabled “deserving be...

Once portability of PDS is implemented , the beneficiaries will be free to receive their entitlements from any fair price shops without bei...

Aadhaar — unlike Google or any other digital service —is compulsory in India, when the country doesn’t even have a data protection and priv...

"Aadhaar is mandatory for PDS, as this system is mostly misused in our country. The subsidised food grains were not reaching the poor. Some...

Consumers can continue to buy commodities at PDS outlets by using their existing ration cards till such time they received the smart cards,...

Nearly 31 cr beneficiaries, Lavasa said, have been covered by DBT and more than Rs 1.9 cr disbursed to them directly under various schemes ...

During the hearing, the court also observed that though it is often said that Aadhaar is not mandatory, but at times, some authorities do "...

According 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.

Govt approved the first phase of the end-to-end computerization of Targeted Public Distribution System that will cost the Centre and states...

Nilekani has proposed use of coupons, smartcards, and direct cash transfers, along with GPS tracking of trucks carrying ration, as some met...

Ten adivasis from the tribal hamlet of Tembhli became the first to receive UID numbers from PM and Sonia Gandhi.

The public distribution system (PDS) has failed to deliver on its objectives in many parts of the country.

The Public Distribution System is to be linked to UID’s central data repository to plug leakages.

The sale of foodgrains through the public distribution system to poor families throughout the country at highly subsidised prices is stinki...