When ration cards turn smart
Madi Eswari, 50, of Kolanara block in Rayagada is managing at last to keep hunger at bay. Earlier, despite having a ration card entitling her to subsidised rice at Rs 2 a kilo through the PDS, Eswari would be forced to buy rice in the open market at five times this price because local fair price shop claimed that stocks of subsidised rice had not come in. The implementation of the biometric ration card system that is helping to ease Eswari's life is an initiative of the Odisha state government in collaboration with the United Nations World Food Programme. Rayagada district collector Dr Nitin Bhanu Das Jawale describes the scenario that existed before the introduction of the biometric based smart card project came into force on August 18, 2010. Every transaction between the beneficiaries and the fair price shops is now available on the government website and the new system has introduced transparency in the working of ration shops.” The figures bear Mohanty out.
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