- It stands for Scheme for Modernization and Reforms through Technology in Public Distribution System.
- Envisaging a new and unified scheme to strengthen the PDS technology components by standardization of its operation and implementation of data driven decision making through the data analytics.
- Smart ration cards are issued to beneficiaries of public distribution system.
- Fingerprint template of the beneficiary is recorded in these smart ration cards, which records all transactions.
Aim:
To transform the entire PDS IT ecosystem by leveraging the usage of Cloud and new age technology
| Public Distribution System:
● Public distribution system is a government-sponsored chain of shops entrusted with the work of distributing basic food and non-food commodities to the needy sections of the society at very cheap prices. ● Items distributed: ● Wheat, rice, kerosene, sugar, etc. ● Implementing Authority: Food Corporation of India.
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SOURCE: THE HINDU, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, PIB