Bumps in Gujarat's PDS highway

System formally in place for Aadhaar-linked payment through the state but people yet to adopt it

When young housewife Sarojben Rabari comes to buy rice from the Public Distribution System (PDS) shop in Ramnagar, on the northern fringes here, the shopkeeper asks her to pay by using her Aadhaar card. The woman refuses — she has  neither an Aadhaar card nor a bank account. She wishes to pay in cash; after all, it’s a paltry Rs 20.

The shop was anything but crowded, being the end of the month. As such, the average transaction size at these shops is in the range of Rs 60-100. Hence, the preference for cash. 

The situation is similar at most