NEW DELHI : If your ration card is not yet linked to Aadhaar card you can continue to get your quota of foodgrains as the government has extended the deadline of seeding Aadhaar card with ration card till the end of this September.
The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has issued a clarification stating that no ration card of the beneficiaries under public distribution system (PDS) will be cancelled or name of the beneficiaries be deleted on the ground of not possessing an Aadhaar number till September 30, 2020.
There were reports that ration cards of those without Aadhaar number will be cancelled. The ministry has issued clear instructions to all states and union territories (UTs) that no genuine beneficiary