Hyderabad | Tuesday, Sep 1 2015 IST |
Andhra Pradesh Minister for Civil Supplies, Paritala Sunitha today said in the house that large quantity of rice was saved after introduction of bio-metric system in Fair Price shops in the state. The Below Poverty Line(BPL) ration cards stood at about 1.29 crore after Aadhaar seeding and bio-metric system adopted in Public Distribution System against about 1.37 crore cards earlier, the Minister informed in the House during question hour. Steps have been taken by the government for effective implementation ofPDS in the State. Periodical inspections of FP shops by departmental enforcement, vigilance and enforcement officials to ensure proper distribution of essential commodities and to curb diversion of essential commodities in the state, the Minister added. UNI KNR KVV AK 2017 |