Eligible poor families to be brought into PDS after e-KYC: Rizwan Arshad

Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Rizwan Arshad meeting Tanveer Sait, Narasimharaja MLA and former Minister, on Tuesday (August 1). | Photo Credit: M.A. SRIRAM Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Rizwan Arshad said on Tuesday (September 1) that the State government would take steps to bring eligible economically disadvantaged families into the Public Distribution System (PDS) and weed out ineligible beneficiaries after completing the mandatory e-KYC process.Speaking to reporters in Mysuru, Mr. Arshad said the exercise would take some time as the government needed to examine the existing PDS database and identify eligible and ineligible families. The process of examining the system had already begun and could take about three months, he said.“Many eligible an