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Patna,(BiharTimes): The next set of Public Distribution System (PDS) ration coupons in Bihar will be bar-coded. The June 2011 to May 2012 coupon has gone into print and will have bar code to prevent duplication and corruption.
A bar code is a group of thin and thick lines printed on products, and which a computer can read. It contains information such as the price. |
According to state’s Food and Civil Supplies Minister Shyam Rajak the state government has ordered a press in Kolkata to print bar-coded coupons for 1.45 crore BPL families. The idea came from bar-coding of products at department stores.
Marketing officers and dealers can face cases under non-bailable sections of existing anti-hoarding laws if proven guilty of duplicating coupons. They are liable to imprisonment between six months and one year.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had said that till the Centre implements direct cash transfer under PDS to BPL families, bar-coding of coupons will ensure wheat, rice and kerosene to the legitimate beneficiaries. Nitish had welcomed direct cash transfer method, but the Centre has not committed any time frame for its implementation.
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