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There is a new scheme of
Punjab Government under Smart Ration Card Scheme under NFSA of Punjab
Government. Which was launched on 12 September 2020 by the Chief Minister of Punjab,
Captain Amarinder Singh. The state government of Punjab
had already given its approval to replace the blue cards of blue card holders
with new smart ration cards under the Atta Dal scheme. Now the name of Atta Dal
Scheme has been changed to Smart Ration Card Scheme as per the order of Punjab
State Government. According to the new list of new scheme of Punjab
government will cover 1.41 crore beneficiaries. Beneficiaries who were not
covered under NFSA by the Chief Minister. Will provide subsidized ration to 9 lakh beneficiaries for which a new state funded
scheme has also been announced.
Smart Ration Card will be
used without any additional documents
Which will be done through e-POS
machines. Smart Ration Card will be used to draw food grains from Fair Price
Shops (FPS). There will be a system of swiping smart ration cards on the EPOS
machines. Through this, the details of the family can be obtained at the fair
price shops. The card will have to be swiped for the withdrawal of food grains.
After that biometric authentication will be necessary.
One of the major benefits of
smart ration cards will be given
Under which these cards will be intra-state
portable. The benefit of which smart ration card holders will be able to
withdraw food grains to their permanent residents in the district or anywhere
in the state.
What will be the re-verification
of beneficiaries?
The Deputy Commissioners of all the districts of the state
will be responsible for the re-verification of the beneficiaries. Punjab Government. Subsidized ration will be distributed
to BPL families. The process of making chip smart ration cards for subsidized
ration to BPL families has been started.
Total number of smart ration
card beneficiaries 1.42 crore
The eldest woman in the smart
ration card will be the head of the family.
Wheat will be given under
smart ration card at Rs 2 per kg.
Under smart ration card, biennial
entitlement of wheat will be given in one go.
Distribution under smart
ration card will be done by the department directly at the doorstep of the
beneficiary.
Under smart ration card, the
beneficiary gets to keep wheat sacks in which he gets food grains.
Under Smart Ration Card, beneficiaries
are de-duplicated on the basis of Aadhar card number.
Under the smart ration card, if
the beneficiary does not get wheat according to his eligibility, the consumer
can go to the court.
Wheat will be delivered in 30 kg standard packing under smart ration card.
Department officials, beneficiaries,
transporters, gram panchayats, monitoring committees - all will work together
for the distribution of wheat under smart ration cards.
There is no upper cap under
Smart Ration Card. Each member gets five kg of wheat per month.
Smart ration card details are
as follows
The smart ration card of Punjab will have the following details:
Punjab government logo
Scheme Name: Smart Card
Ration Scheme
Name of the Department: Food,
Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Punjab
Ration Card Number: 12 Digit Number
Name of District, Block, Village
Name of Head of Household
fps owner name
beneficiary address
details of family members
QR code on the back
Punjab Smart Ration Card Scheme Apply Online
All the details of the
cardholder beneficiaries have been digitized. Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer
Affairs are available on the Punjab Department's Transparency Portal.
Under the Smart Ration Card
Scheme, the Punjab Government is going to provide smart ration cards to around 36 lakh NFSA families across the state.
For any information
Punjab Smart Ration Card Helpline
Beneficiaries can register
their complaints to Vigilance Committees, Departmental Officers, District
Grievance Redressal Officers (Additional Deputy Commissioner level officers), State
Food Commission OR
toll free number 1800
300 61313
new portal http://connect.punjab.gov.in/