Centre makes Aadhaar card mandatory for availing foodgrain under PDS

Beneficiaries without an Aadhaar id will have to enrol themselves by June this year

The central government said an Aadhaar (unique citizen identification) number would be mandatory for taking foodgrain through the Public Distribution System (PDS) under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) and also for cash transfers in lieu of the food subsidy under it.
 
According to the Aadhaar Act, producing the document for identification is compulsory for any transfers made from the Consolidated Fund of India, stated the food ministry on Thursday. The subsidy in NFSA is drawn from the Consolidated Fund.
 
Those who don’t have an Aadhaar numbers will continue to get their monthly ration quota if they provide