Thursday, 07 January 2016 | PNS | Chandigarh | in Chandigarh
Haryana Government has decided to Aadhaar-link all new ration cards to be issued under the National Food Security Act, 2013.
The State Minister of State for Food and Supplies Karan Dev Kamboj on Wednesday said that the process of making online ration cards was making progress and the de-duplication procedure would be completed by the end of this month.
Describing well targeted and properly functioning public distribution system (PDS) as a key constituent of food security, Kamboj said that digitization and certification of more than 29.4 lakh families had already been carried out. Master data of 9,355 fair price shops and 441 godowns has been entered and the portal haryanafood.gov.in is being updated regularly.
The Department is also implementing FEAST software and supply chain management for making online allocations. Department officials are being imparted training in software and e-PDS, said he.
While online allocation has started this month, the supply chain management would be implemented in April, 2016.
He said that an integrated model had been finalised for automation of the fair price shops in the State. From October, 2015, commodities are being disbursed to the beneficiaries after Aadhar-based biometric certification through 20 fair price shops.