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A Pilot Project on Food Credit Cards under the Targeted Public Distribution system is going on in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, Eranakulam in Kerala and Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh.
The Government of Andhra Pradesh has already introduced coupon system and are going for the issue of bar coded coupons in Krishna district based on the recommendations of the Group of Ministers constituted by them. The bar coded coupons shall have details like district code, Mandal code, Fair Price Shop code and number of members/units in the cards.
This information was given in Lok Sabha today by the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh in a written reply.
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