Over one crore persons in the State have linked their Aadhaar numbers with their ration card entries. Now officials of the Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department are busy linking the customers’ Aadhaar number with their mobile number to create a database for smart cards.
Linking Aadhaar number with ration card details would go a long way in curbing irregularities in the public distribution system and pilferage of commodities.
“Of the seven crore persons in the State, about one crore have linked their Aadhaar numbers with their entries in ration cards. As more ‘Point of Sale’ (POS) machines are installed, the work is set to pick up pace,” a senior official said. At present, about 11,000 POS machines are in use, mostly in the southern districts in the State and another 22,000 machines are set to come from China.
“As per the agreement, the machines are to be supplied by the end of this month.” According to the Directorate of Census Operations, about 87.53 per cent of the population in the State have Aadhaar number.
“Biometrics have been collected from about 6.87 crore persons, which is about 95.32 per cent, whereas Aadhaar numbers have been generated for about 6.31 crore persons,” said M.R.V. Krishna Rao, Joint Director in the Directorate of Census Operations in Chennai.
This will help in creating a
database for smart cards, check
pilferage in PDS
