No ration card will be cancelled for not seeding with Aadhaar: Centre

Instructions have also been issued that food grains under NFSA shall not be denied due to failure of biometric/Aadhaar authentication

The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution clarified on Monday that no ration card of the beneficiaries under PDS will be cancelled or name of the beneficiaries be deleted on the ground of not possessing an Aadhaar number till September 30, 2020.

The ministry said, "It has been reported in a section of newspapers today that ration cards of those who do not provide Aadhaar number will be cancelled.''

The Department of Food and Public Distribution (PDS) said that the timeline given to all states/UTs, under the Aadhaar notification of the Department of Food and Public Distribution