Check complete details about Tamil Nadu
Smart Ration Card Replace to Ration Card from beloe tailored section .As an
initiative towards digitization, Tamil Nadu government is launching Smart
Family Card Scheme to make the ration cards in Tamil Nadu digital. Under the
system, about 1.89 crore ration cards in TN will be replaced by smart cards at
the cost of Rs. 330 crore.
Read: Reliance JIO 4G Plan
The scheme will not interrupt the consumer;
they can use the old ration card to buy merchandise at PDS outlets until they
receive the smart card. After receiving an SMS on their registered mobile
number, the card holder can acquire their smart card from their particular PDS
outlets. SMS for a smart card would be sent by the authorities to the card
holder’s mobile number.
Government is creating a new database of
ration card holders by accumulate their Aadhaar card details. Of 6.90 crore
members of ration cards, Government has collected the Aadhar details of about
5.85 crore.
Smart
Cards:
·
These Smart Cards are being
produced on the basis of Card holder’s Aadhar information and the expenditure
on the distribution of these cards will be borne by the state government.
·
Smart card scheme is the
automation of the Public Distribution System which is now becoming a reality
and the method will benefit the public in different ways.
·
The scheme will stop the
duplication of cards. Besides, it will ensure the distribution of PDS
commodities to the deserving person and also stop the bogus billings.
·
Under the scheme, the observing
of allocation of commodities to PDS outlets and movement of necessary
commodities from warehouses to outlets will be done.
·
All the task such as new card
application, addition or deletion of members and change of address can be done
online.
·
Smart card system was broadcasted
by former CM late Jayalalithaa in 2012 with the plan to make the PDS
computerized.
·
An amount of Rs. 5,500 crore is
being allocated annually for the Food department as a subsidy.
Note:
Bookmark this page by pressing cntrl+d
Read: Rozgar Career India
Advertisement
No comments:
Post a Comment
If you have any query, Write in Comment Box