The family said their only earning member, Marandi’s grandson, died three months ago, leaving them dependent on government ration. To check pilferage and weed out ghost beneficiaries, the government has linked Aadhaar, the 12-digit biometric identity number, to the public distribution system (PDS). The family alleged their ration card was cancelled as it could not be linked to Aadhaar. More than 460,000 white ration cards have been distributed among families not covered under NFSA. More than one million fake ration cards were scraped and 931,000 new cards issued under NFSA so far, food and public distribution officials said.

Source: Hindustan Times October 24, 2017 11:40 UTC