Minister K.H. Muniyappa has said that all ration card holders in the state must undergo e-KYC verification of their cards without fail.
Speaking at a progress review meeting with officials and the president of the Fair Price Shop Owners Association at the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha auditorium, he said that ration beneficiaries must mandatorily get their cards e-KYC done.
If the eligible persons have changed to APL during the revision, they should visit the office of the Tahsildar of the concerned taluk and submit a request. It will be reviewed and transferred back to BPL, he said.
3 lakh 96 thousand ration cards should be revised within a month and action should be taken to issue new cards. Under the Minimum Support Price Scheme, this year, per quintal of ragi is being purchased at a price of Rs 4,886. Farmers have already registered to purchase 6 lakh metric tonnes of ragi. This will benefit 2.57 lakh farmers with a total of Rs 3,000 crore, he said.
Doing e-KYC
Visit your local ration or PDS dealer
Provide Aadhaar number of the head of the family
Authenticate with fingerprint or OTP through e-POS machine
Complete biometric verification
Visit your state’s Public Distribution System (PDS) website
Click on ‘e-KYC for Ration Card’
Enter ration card number and Aadhaar number
Enter the OTP received on your registered mobile number
Fill in the details and submit
All National Food Security Act (NFSA) beneficiaries
Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) card holders
Priority Families (PHH) listed under the scheme
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has sent letters to all state governments to ensure full compliance by April 30. States have been directed to intensify awareness campaigns to inform the public.
If you or your family is dependent on subsidized food grains through ration cards, ensure that you complete your e-KYC before June 30, 2025. After July 1, the new rules will be implemented and non-compliance may lead to permanent cancellation of benefits.
Who should do KYC and how?
As per the guidelines issued by the department, it is mandatory for every ration card holder to do KYC. All the members whose names are on the ration card must do KYC. Suppose there are four names on your ration card, father, wife, one son and one daughter. In such a case, if the daughter does not do KYC, then as per the rules, her name will be removed from the ration card. However, if four people do not do KYC, their ration card will be cancelled.
Why is KYC being done?
If you are also a ration card holder, then know that KYC is being done to identify the active card holders and their members. Understand this in case there are four members in the ration card, one of them has died or one has married and separated, etc. Despite this, free ration is given every month in the name of those inactive members. KYC is being done to identify this.