1.5. Recent PDS Reforms

1. Digitization of almost all of 23 crore ration cards.

2. 56% of the digitised cards have been seeded with unique identification number Aadhaar.

3. Installation of ePOS (electronic point of sale) devices by many states at the fair price shops to track the sale of foodgrains to actual cardholders on a real time basis.

4. Three UTs-Chandigarh, Puducherry and Dadra and Nagar Haveli have implemented DBT on a pilot basis.