Sri. Ashok Meena, IAS , Commissioner-cum- Secretary to Government, Food and Civil Supplies dept. visited Rayagada on 10th August 2010, to review the preparation for the kick off the Targeted Public distribution system in Rayagada on 18th August 2010 by Honourable Chief Minister, Sri. Naveen Patnaik. This project is assisted by the World Food Programme of the United Nations and Sri B. K. Bal, IAS, who is the state head of WFP is overseeing its preparation right the start, in Rayagada.
4G technologies the IT firm from Hyderabad, which is preparing the Bio metric based Smart PDS cards and bar coded Ration cards and coupons for this project, gave a presentation explaining the preparation in this matter. For the first time in the entire country all the 13 indicators of Biometric identification ( 2 eyes' iris, face and 10 fingers) will be taken for a Targeted PDS project. All the ghost cards have already been eliminated, right at the primary stage of collection of biometric data. In due course of time e-mutation of these Smart PDS cards will also be introduced.
