Bhubaneswar, Feb. 15 -- Odisha Government further extended the deadline by another 45 days to update e-KYC for ration card holders under food security programme.

As per announcement by Odisha Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra, the deadline for updating e-kyc has been extended till March 31.

The e-KYC update deadline was set to expire today February 15.

As many people are yet to update their e-KYC to avail PDS benefits in remote areas, the state government considered extending the deadline further till end of March.

"New device will be installed near Public Distribution System (PDS) points for improving the network within 2-4 days. More than 30 lakh people have not updated their e-KYC due to network error ...