THE GOAN NETWORK
PANAJI:
As the Centre extends the deadline, the Goa government has directed all the beneficiaries of the public distribution system (PDS) to link their ration card with Aadhar, by March 31, failing which their entries from the PDA system would be deleted temporarily.
The department of civil supply and consumer affairs, in a statement issued on Wednesday said that the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Department of Food & Public Distribution, New Delhi has extended the date for Aadhar Enrollment/ application for Aadhar Enrollment of the non-seeded Aadhaar Ration Card beneficiaries up to March 31, 2025.
As such, the department has directed all the non-seeded Aadhar Ration Card beneficiaries to submit their Aadhaar Card to respective Taluka Civil Supplies Office on or before March 31 as Aadhar card is compulsory document for ration card.
“Further, all the non-seeded Aadhar Ration Card beneficiaries are notified that upon failure to get their Aadhar seeding done by visiting Taluka Civil Supplies Office by March 31, then their names will be temporarily deleted from the ration card database,” the department said.
The department clarified that the deleted names would not be allowed to be retrieved to the database unless an application specifying reasons for non-seeding along with Aadhar Card is submitted to the respective Taluka Civil Supplies Office.
