NEW DELHI: Linking Aadhaar with ration cards has resulted in a huge saving of Rs 14,000 crore for the exchequer, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said today.
“Eighteen crore ration cards have been linked to Aadhaar cards in the country. This has resulted in savings of Rs 14,000 crore due to weeding out of bogus ration cards,” the Food Minister said at the India Integrated Transport & Logistics Summit 2017 here.
The government, he said, aims to computerise the Public Distribution System to help check pilferages and plug leakages by installing electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) devices at all fair price shops.
“There are a total of 5.22 lakh fair price shops across the country,” he said.
Procurement, storage and distribution of agricultural produce need proper and efficient logistics system to plug leakages, avoid rotting of grains and other perishable items and timely transport of the produce to the market, he said.
There is a need to develop a National Common Market, Paswan added. (AGENCIES)
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