Thu. Mar 28th, 2024
PDS Shop

Now there will be no need to stand in the long queue and to bear the tantrums of the ration vendors for taking ration for the homes. After linking 3.5 crore ration cards with Aadhar, the state food and civil supplies department is all set to launch one-time password(OTP) system for people to get their ration in Karnataka. The OTP system will be launched in the coming weeks.

The all new OTP system will be added for ration cardholders so that even basic phone users can their ration on their mobiles. The OTP can be handed over to the PDS shop manager, who will enter the password in his point of sale (POS) system to give the ration to the cardholder. To seek the information on allocated ration, any ration cardholder can call the IVRS line.

The IVRS will provide an option to seek details. The cardholder will have to press the designated number along with his Aadhar card number to cross-verify the details. Once verified, the system will send a text with an OTP to the registered cell number of the Aadhaar cardholder.The same can then be given to the PDS shop manager to collect ration.

The POS system is a laptop or palmtop attached to a fingerprint scanner. Once details are entered, the PDS shop gets connected to the main server of the food and civil supplies department will have every ration cardholder’s details.

There are 20,384 PDS shops in Karnataka out of which 4,785 PDS shops have been installed with the POS system. While some of the PDS shops have resisted to shift to the POS system. In order to encourage all shops to shift towards the POS system, the department has planned to provide in total 175% commission on the distribution of foodgrains to PDS shops.

By Bharat