The Secretary-cum-Director of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department of the Government of Punjab has issued an order informing the beneficiary groups receiving wheat through ration depots in the state of Punjab that as per the instructions issued by the Government of India, E. K.Y.C. Completed by 30th April 2025, so that no blue card holder can face any difficulty in getting the facility of caste ration provided by the government, those who till 30th April AD. They will not get KYC, they will not get ration.
It is clarified in the orders issued by the Secretary-cum-Director that the said E. K.Y.C. While the facility is completely free, this facility is also available at every ration depot. It is said in the orders that the said E. K.Y.C. The information of all members of the ration card holder can be maintained as a record through ‘Electronic Know Your Customer’, which is a digital process.
He said that E. K.Y.C. Through which fingerprints or eye pupils of the family members included in the ration card are scanned, so that the identity remains and no one can benefit from the ration facility of another person in any way.