AMARAVATI: Enforcing the instructions issued by the Centre, the state government has decided not to release ration for those who have not completed e-KYC by linking Aadhaar.
The government will release ration to only to those who have already authenticated Aadhaar. Civil supplies commissioner Kona Sasidhar said the e-KYC rule will be implemented starting October.
Speaking to the media on Friday, Sasidhar clarified that the process of eKYC was not taken up either to remove ration cards or reduce the ration quota. He said it was taken up to help migrant workers draw their ration anywhere in the country as part of the one-nation, one-ration concept of the Centre.
Sasidhar said notices for those who have not complied with e-KYC norms were issued in July and they were given three months to complete the process. He said the Centre had made it a must to complete e-KYC linking Aadhaar for all holders of a ration card to enable them to take stock anywhere in the country.
“In case, three members of a family of four completed the e-KYC, the ration will be released for three members. The quota of the fourth member will be released as and when they complete the authentication,” said Sasidhar.
He said children below the age of five have been exempted from e-KYC authentication, adding they will be automatically authenticated through their parents by the local village/ward volunteer.
He said the deadline for completion of Aadhaar linking ended in August but was extended till September keeping in view requests from public. “We have released the ration quota for all members of the ration cards. However, the ration will be distributed only proportionate to the members who completed Aadhaar,” said Sasidhar.
He said elderly people or daily wagers whose fingerprints have been tallied with those on the device could complete the eKYC with the help of fusion finger mode on the e-PoS machine.
