Under the Plan scheme on end-to-end computerisation of Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), states/UTs are interalia required to digitise their ration card/beneficiaries database, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said while replying to a question in the Lok Sabha.
"With a view to de-duplicate the beneficiaries database, States/Uts have also been requested to seed 'Aadhaar' numbers in digitised database," Paswan said.
Replying to a separate question, Minister of State for Food Raosaheb Patil Danve also said that a scheme on end-to-end computerisation of TPDS, with a total approved cost of Rs 884.07 crore is being implemented throughout the country.
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