E-ration card can be accepted for providing welfare assistance: Puducherry Civil Supplies Department

The Department of Civil Supplies has asked the authorities agencies who are progressive successful the implementation of payment schemes to judge the e-ration paper for providing beneficiary assistance.

In an Inter-Departmental enactment issued connected October 9, Director of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs S. Sathiyamoorthy said since the authorities has decided to contented ration paper done the Common Service Centres (CSC) and online mode, the implementing agencies should see e-ration paper arsenic impervious for assorted payment assistance successful each the 4 regions of Union Territory.

“All the payment & strategy implementing departments are hereby requested to judge the e-ration paper from the wide nationalist and successful lawsuit of immoderate uncertainty /discrepancies, the verifying authorization could scan the QR codification disposable successful the e- ration paper to guarantee details are genuine,” the enactment said. 

Almost a period ago, the section launched the issuance of ration paper successful integer mode arsenic e-ration paper with robustness of e-signature and OR code. Key integer platforms similar Digilocker could facilitate nationalist entree the e-ration card. The integer paper could beryllium utilised arsenic a impervious for availing assorted authorities schemes, the enactment said. 

“The delivering of e-ration paper marks a measurement guardant successful e-governance work and it besides enhances some ratio and national convenience,” it said.