Govt initiates e-KYC of PDS beneficiaries

As per the guidelines of the Centre, the Himachal Government has initiated the e-KYC of the beneficiaries of the public distribution system (PDS) to streamline the customer identity verification process and ensure transparency in ration distribution.

A spokesperson of the Food and Civil Supplies Department says to facilitate the PDS beneficiaries, the department has made a provision to complete the e-KYC process through the ePoS by visiting any fair price shop and using Aadhaar-based finger biometric authentication or through a web application by visiting the Lok Mitra Kendra using Aadhaar-based fingerprints/iris biometric authentication or themselves through a mobile application “eKYC PDS HP” by using Aadhaar-based face biometric authentication.