"We will make all 5.58 lakh ration shops Aadhar-enabled by June 30. We are in discussion with Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry for this. Our IT department will work with food and supply department to enable this. We will also request states to come on Aadhaar ecosystem," Prasad told reporters here.
He said that the government is soon going to roll out 20 lakh Aadhaar-enabled point of sales (PoS) machines for delivery of rations.
"In Gujarat, even payment in ration shops is being made using thumb impression which is linked to Aadhaar," Prasad said.
He said that Rajasthan has reported saving of 14.68 per cent wheat, 20.12 per cent sugar and 39.13 per cent kerosene after implementation of Aadhaar-based ration system.
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"We give food subsidy to the tune of Rs 1.2 lakh which, if saved, can be used for welfare schemes," Prasad said.
He also said that the government is working on bringing everyone under the Aadhar system by June 30.
The Minister said that the government is working on new rules for digital wallets and the draft will be soon placed in public domain for comments.
"Our act will be framed under IT Act. It will take care of consumer interest and cyber security," Prasad said.
He said that a Mission will be set up with a target of 2,500 crore digital transactions for 2017-18 through UPI, USSD, Aadhaar Pay, IMPS and debit cards. Banks have targeted to introduce additional 10 lakh new PoS terminals by March.