Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has exempted the usage of biometric authentication for PDS distribution in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic in the State.
This has been informed by Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain.
“In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, biometric mode of Aadhar authentication using fingerprint scanner and IRIS device has been exempted, during distribution of PDS ration through e-PoS device at Fair Price Shops until further orders,” the Minister said.