Minister for Food and Civil Supplies U.T. Khader has said that directions have been issued to Fair Price Shops to install biometric devices within the next two months.
Addressing reporters here yesterday, he said that biometric proof would be in addition to the coupon system to distribute rations under the Public Distribution System (PDS). “Any family member in a card holder’s family can give biometric proof to collect rations. Aged and unwell persons may get the coupon numbers on their mobile phones to get their quota through their assistants,” he added. The Minister said that the rule to install biometric devices would be relaxed in tribal places and remote villages where power supply is a problem.
