Public Distribution System
A new committee has been formed by the government to examine whether the home ministry’s resident ID card (RIC) scheme can be used to deliver financial services, rural employment, public distribution system and health insurance. For the public distribution and direct cash transfers, the government has planned to use the Aadhaar platform of the Unique [...] Continue Reading »
The food government department has decided to release and make available 19.97 lakh tonnes of sugar to the consumers for the month of October this year in New Delhi. The quantity released is said to be sufficient to meet the internal demand of sugar for the month of October, 2011. The sugar released for now [...] Continue Reading »
The Unique Identification Authority of India‘s (UIDAI) is introducing new norm scheme Know Your Resident (KYR+) in concern with the Adhaar project. This project has taken forward the Karnataka state in establishing the Resident Data Hub. Government has ensured the estimate of nearly 30% of benifits being enrolled in this scheme. The CEO of Centre for e-Governance, [...] Continue Reading »
