Ration cards to have biometric security feature
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Chennai: The Civil Supplies Department will soon embark on incorporating biometric security features in all ration cards. Since repeated attempts against fake cards have proved inadequate, the Department is pinning its hopes on systemic intervention. It would be later integrated with the Unique Identification Number (UID) database, reports Ajai Sreevatsan of Hindu. "During the recent house-to-house verifications, it was found that a lot of genuine cardholders were getting affected," said K.Shanmugam, Principal Secretary to the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department. A process which involves biometric collection of data and de-duplication will eliminate both multiple entries and multiple cards, Shanmugam added. The Department plans to undertake the process along with the Census 2011. It has written to the Directorate of Census seeking approval to collaborate in the data collection process. According to Shanmugam, both agencies require almost the same kind of data. "So collating efforts and going for combined enumeration makes sense. Once a formal approval is obtained, the State government will come out with a policy," he added.

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