Completing issue of Aadhaar numbers to all and then linking them to the public distribution system (PDS) system along with completing the Aadhaar-LPG consumers linkage are his priorities, new Joint Collector J. Nivas said here on Monday.
Linking Aadhaar and PDS, which he called ePDS, would be completed in a phased manner once all were issued Aadhaar numbers. This method would eliminate many problems like diversion of stocks meant for PDS, etc., Mr. Nivas told reporters after taking charge. Bogus ration cards was one of the reasons for diversion of rice and other stocks and once the bogus ration cards were eliminated through Aadhaar linkage, the situation would be better, he said.
Implementing methods while using technology would be difficult but once it was in place procedures would be simplified, he said.
Chandranna Kaanukalu
Mr. Nivas said that all the commodities in the hampers of ‘Chandranna Kaanukalu’ would be distributed to the beneficiaries in the GVMC area by today morning and in the rural areas by today evening. Adequate stock of ghee, one of the items in the hamper, has arrived and there was no problem in giving away the gift hampers to all the beneficiaries, he said.
Later he called on Collector N. Yuvaraj and participated with him in Collector’s weekly video conference with Tahsildars and Prajavaani, the public grievances redressal programme.
Mr. Nivas, son of an Assistant Commercial Taxes Officer and retired Headmisterss of a school, is a native of Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu. A graduate in mechanical engineering from VIT, he worked in a company constructing water treatment plants for three years before getting selected to the Tamil Nadu Group I services. He worked as Deputy Superintendent of Police for nine months before getting selected to the IAS in 2010.
He was Project Officer of ITDA at Utnoor in Adilabad and was posted here following distribution of all-India cadre officers between A.P. and Telangana. He came in the place of Pravin Kumar, who was transferred and posted as Commissioner of GVMC.
ePDS will put a check to bogus ration cards
J. Nivas
Joint Collector
