Ration cards of households that fail to collect their quota for six consecutive months are temporarily deactivated, not permanently cancelled, Goa Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Director Jayant Tari has clarified. Under the SMART-PDS framework, inactive cards are identified on the 21st of every month and deactivated from the first day of the following month. Beneficiaries cannot collect subsidised rations while their cards remain inactive.Affected households have three months to complete mandatory e-KYC and verification to reactivate their cards. The Dept has issued several advertisements in local dailies earlier stating that failure to complete the process within this period could lead to permanent deletion.
