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Himachal becomes first state to launch Aadhaar-based face authentication for ration distribution

YUGMARG NEWSPAPER

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July 06, 2025

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

- DINESH AGARWAL

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 causing inconvenience to the be

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