Good news has come for the people who are deprived of basic facilities like ration due to non-availability of biometric matching. Now they can send another person to the ration shop to take their ration instead.
Ration Card: Good news has come for the people who are deprived of basic facilities like ration due to non-matching of biometrics. Now they can send another person to the ration shop to take their ration instead. The Delhi government has given the facility of nomination to the people.
Complaints were coming continuously, in
fact, e-POS system is applicable at ration shops in the capital Delhi. There the cardholder is being given ration after biometric matching through e-POS machine to take ration. But, biometric matching of many elderly people and other people was not being done through e-POS. Due to this people were not getting the facility of ration. After such complaints, the Delhi government started the nomination facility.
‘No one should be deprived of ration’
According to reports, Food Minister Imran Hussain said that the ration card holders in Delhi whose biometrics are not matched to get free ration, can now nominate another person to take it on their behalf. can. It should be ensured that no person is deprived of ration due to biometric lapses.
Elderly, handicapped will benefit
Elderly and sick people will benefit greatly from this facility. Families where all the people are elderly or ill can nominate another person to bring their ration. Similarly, people with disabilities and working class will also get the benefit of this facility. Because while working, the thumb lines of many laborers get erased. Provided that, the person whose name is to be decided, his ration card should also be registered at the same shop from where the ration of the family concerned is received.
‘There should be no delay in issuing ration card’
According to media reports, Imran Hussain instructed in the review meeting regarding ration cards that there should be no delay in issuing ration cards. Officials told them that the central government has set a target of about 72.78 lakh ration beneficiaries in Delhi under the National Food Security Act 2013.
