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Kerala Minister impressed by IRIS

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HYDERABAD: Kerala Civil Supplies Minister C. Diwakaran said that his Government would examine the possibility of adopting IRIS (Iris Retrieval and Identification Software) technology in issuance of ration cards to weed out bogus cardholders.

Mr. Diwakaran called on the State Agriculture and Civil Supplies Minister N. Raghuveera Reddy at the Secretariat here on Friday and queried about the technology whereby the household data, digital photos and IRIS images of family members are gathered, integrated and a ration card is generated.

Mr. Raghuveera Reddy explained to his counterpart how the new technology allowed the Government to weed out bogus cards. .

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