Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday launched the distribution of new smart ration cards, targeting 10.5 million eligible families across the state.
“Beneficiaries can access rations at fair price shops by scanning the QR code or entering the card number, followed by biometric authentication by any eligible family member.
They are required to download the T-Ration app, link the card using an OTP and create an M-PIN,” state civil supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said. Launching the cards at a public meeting in Sangareddy, Revanth Reddy said the card was not merely a document enabling people to procure rice but represented of poor families’ self-respect and dignity . “Wherever they go, they have the assurance that their hunger can be addressed,” the chief minister said.
He said the ration system itself had been introduced by the Congress and asserted that his government was drawing inspiration from former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in implementing welfare programmes for the poor.
Revanth Reddy alleged that the opposition BRS and BJP had never ever thought of supplying quality rice to the consumers. He also hit out at critics who had predicted that power supply would deteriorate if the Congress came to power. Did the power supply stop anywhere?” he asked.
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“They said that if Congress came to power, there would be no electricity.
