Fingerprint mandatory to buy ration items from 15th October
Posted on: 19/Sep/2018 12:00:42 PM
The state government of Tamil Nadu has introduced the regulation that the fingerprints are mandatory to buy ration items in the Fair Price Shops - this is mainly in order to prevent any misuse or maloperations which is presently prevalent in a large scale in the ration shops.
The earlier ration cards have been replaced throughout Tamil Nadu with the handheld smart ration cards.
So far, 1.86 Crore smart ration cards linked with Aadhar card details have been distributed. Presently, the ration items are being sold/distributed with the presentation of the smart ration cards.
Nevertheless, in order to prevent any maloperations, the system of biometric ration system. Accordingly, only those whose names are included in the ration card will be given the ration items. So, only after the fingerprints are registered, the ration items will be sold.
As the smart ration cards have been issued with Aadhar card details, the government has the data of all the fingerprints of the members as per the ration card. So, it has now been announced that only if any one of the members whose name is registered in the ration card, the ration items would be given. As the fingerprint data is already available, it is easy to check and verify. This will prevent selling the ration items to the wrong persons.
In this situation, the biometric system is all set to be introduced in all the Fair Price Shops from 15th October.
