Mysore: E-KYC Registration of all ration card holders, initiated by the Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies from 1 to 10 August, crippled by bad server connectivity and erratic power supply in the whole country.
State reached 67% progress against 4.2 crore beneficiaries targeted on August 11.
Sowing season and other problems also affect the drive.
The department is launching a drive in March last year to get rid BOGUS beneficiaries, to avoid theft in the system in addition to streamline the distribution of rations in the entire state after launching the center of the country, one ration scheme and, stopping for a pandemic.
More than 4.2 crore BPL, anyodaya and ALF receiver utilizing rations under free rice distribution scheme Anna Bhagya scheme targeted public distribution system up to 20 178 fair price shops scattered throughout the state.
After the department decided to re-launch the E-KYC registration, he bears responsibility for all licensees FPS to collect biometric thumb impression through laptops and other systems.
Currently, the state and central government distribute 10kg rice at no cost to ration card holders.
Mysore District also has 7.3 lakh ration card holders in which 6, 55 751 are BPL card holders, are 50 444 and 26 343 Antyodaya card holders are APL card holders.
The district has 1,011 fair price shops, including 232 in the city of Mysore alone.
Mysore city only had 1, 47 488 cardholders.
Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies Department Commissioner Shamla Iqbal told TOI that the department has reached 67% of the total target of 11 August.
“The Department will continue the drive for the next month as well as from 1 to 10 September for covering the rest of the beneficiaries,” The officer added.
“Despite the threat of a third wave Covid, the shop owner a fair price across the country do their best to achieve the target enrollment E-KYC 100%.
Because they face problems such as server connection is bad, the power supply is erratic and technical interference other departments should extending the drive for a couple of months.
When the owners also find it difficult to collect biometric thumb impression of children and the elderly, the government should open the Aadhaar centers in all the Gram Panchayat limits, “said President of the Association of Owners Reasonable State Krishnappa told TOI.