e-KYC registration mandatory for purchasing ration under CBDC scheme in Union Territory

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Under the caller   scheme, beneficiaries volition  beryllium  issued integer  currency (e-wallet) valued for 3  months from the day  of issuance which tin  beryllium  utilised to bargain  ration wrong   the validity period. 

Under the caller scheme, beneficiaries volition beryllium issued integer currency (e-wallet) valued for 3 months from the day of issuance which tin beryllium utilised to bargain ration wrong the validity period.  | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO

Under the caller scheme, beneficiaries volition beryllium issued integer currency (e-wallet) valued for 3 months from the day of issuance. 

Beneficiaries are entitled to usage the e-wallet for purchasing ration (rice) wrong the validity period. To avail the CBDC, completion of e-KYC registration was mandatory, an authoritative merchandise present said. 

Under the caller scheme, beneficiaries volition beryllium issued integer currency (e-wallet) valued for 3 months from the day of issuance. 

Beneficiaries are entitled to usage the e-wallet for purchasing ration (rice) wrong the validity period

Under the caller scheme, beneficiaries volition beryllium issued integer currency (e-wallet) valued for 3 months from the day of issuance. 

Beneficiaries are entitled to usage the e-wallet for purchasing ration (rice) wrong the validity period

The Department of Civil Supplies has directed beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana to implicit the mandatory registration nether the newly-introduced Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) system. 

The CBDC system, introduced successful the Union Territory with effect from February 26 this year, replaces the Direct Benefit Transfer - Cash exemplary followed earlier for organisation of provisions to ration paper holders. Under the caller scheme, beneficiaries volition beryllium issued integer currency (e-wallet) valued for 3 months from the day of issuance. 

Beneficiaries are entitled to usage the e-wallet for purchasing ration (rice) wrong the validity period. To avail the CBDC, completion of e-KYC registration was mandatory, an authoritative merchandise present said. 

“Beneficiaries who person already updated their e-KYC are not required to bash it again. Those who person not completed their e-KYC are requested to sojourn the nearest Common Service Centre on with their Aadhaar and Ration cards. The e-KYC process volition beryllium completed escaped of cost. Only beneficiaries who implicit e-KYC volition beryllium eligible to person the integer currency. The beneficiaries are besides advised to utilise the peculiar camps held successful each constituency from this period onwards,” the merchandise said. 

Published - May 09, 2026 08:19 p.m. IST

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