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Rationa Card is mainly used for drawing subsidized food and fuel (kerosene).

Ration Card in India is an important document for the poor people for subsistence, identity and to remain connected with the government database. It has become the proof of their existence.

Structure
Ration Card is either on paper card or a smart card. It is issued one per family by the State government. It has two categories - Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Above Poverty Line (APL).

Problem areas
There are plenty of fake and bogus ration cards.

Process comparison: Aadhaar, passport, driving license and PAN
The identities given in the following table other than Aadhaar were devised for special purpose. Passport is to identify international traveler, driving license is for eligibility to drive, PAN is to identify income tax payer.

In the absence of any National ID like Aadhaar, people started using these special purpose identities for general purpose despite various deficiencies, e.g. PAN card is not accepted as proof of address due to absence of address on the PAN card, driving license and passport cannot be verified instantly at the point of general service etc. The perusal and analysis of these identities from the viewpoint of people, process, tools and technology at authentication show its strength and weaknesses as general purposes identity, hence acceptability of these as general purposes identity.

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============================ Cumulative expenditure of UIDAI from January 2009 to December 2013 is Rs.3,813 crore.

Supreme court judgement of 24 March 2014: The UIDAI had approached SC against Bombay High Court order in February 2014 about sharing of Aadhaar data with police for crime investigation. UIDAI told SC that Aadhaar data (biometric and demographic) has been collected only for civil purpose and it cannot be shared with any agency without written consent of the Aadhaar-holder in order to maintain privacy. SC fully agreed with it and vindicated the stand of the UIDAI. However, SC also went on to say in continuation to its interim order dated 23 September 2013 that Aadhaar should not be compulsory for government services such as subsidy and welfare payout. This restriction of SC on Aadhaar use for public services has drawn mixed reactions from various quarters. Some say that Aadhaar is required to stop leakage and corruption. Others say that governance and policy making is not the work of judiciary but that of the government. Now the matter is left out to the next government at the Center to pass the bill post Parliamentary election of May 2014.

Process comparison for Aadhaar, passport, driving licence, PAN, ration card and voter card
The following table compares these token based identities with Aadhaar digital identity.

All these identity documents are obtained from government for specific purpose except Aadhaar which is a general purpose digital identity. These documents are also used as identity proof, date of birth / age proof and address proof for other purposes e.g. tatkaal train travel, mobile SIM, bank account, insurance etc. Except Aadhaar, none of these token-based IDs have the provision of being authenticated instantly with biometric consent of the holder at the point of service (PoS) with handheld device. That is the main reason for millions of such fake, defunct and non-unique identities (e.g. multiple PANs, multiple voter cards held by one person against law) in India.

Status of AN generation
The total number of Aadhaar enrolment as of March 2014 is over 750 million (75.0 crore) and is going at the rate of about 1 million per day. The total number of Aadhaar Number (AN) processed and assigned as of 26 March 2014 is over 608 million (60.8 crore).

The following table displays the progress of assigned AN (state-wise). The up-to-date information is available on the official website of UIDAI.