HIMACHAL BECOMES FIRST STATE TO LAUNCH AADHAAR-BASED FACE AUTHENTICATION FOR RATION DISTRIBUTION

SHIMLA, Himachal Pradesh, July 5 -- The Department of Information and Public Relations, Himachal Pradesh issued the following press release:

In a significant technological advancement, the department of Digital Technologies and Governance (DDTG), Himachal Pradesh, has introduced Aadhaar-based face authentication (FaceAuth) for distribution of ration to eligible beneficiaries under the Public Distribution System (PDS).

Principal Advisor (Innovation, Digital Technologies & Governance) to the Chief Minister, Gokul Butail informed that until now, authentication was being carried out using either OTP-based or biometric methods. However, frequent challenges such as SMS delivery failures and biometric mismatches at the UIDAI end had been causi...