# Telangana to roll out 1.05 crore QR-code ration cards from August 15 2026-08-06T07:21:17+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Telangana's government will launch distribution of 1.05 crore laminated Public Distribution System ration cards from 15 August, Independence Day, The Hindu reported. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy will formally commence the rollout in Sangareddy, with distribution proceeding simultaneously across all 119 Assembly constituencies. The existing cards, which carry a beneficiary's name and family photo, will be replaced by cards the size of a debit card, each bearing a number and a QR code that can be used to fetch beneficiary details online, officials said only the card itself changes, and the quantity of food grains distributed will not. Civil Supplies Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has directed officials to finalise and verify constituency-wise beneficiary lists and arrange registration and distribution, calling the rollout one of the most significant welfare initiatives of the state government, aimed at strengthening food security and extending Public Distribution System benefits to newly eligible families. Food grains for August, September and October continue to be distributed at ration shops in the meantime. ## Indian Opinion Analysis A shift from name-and-photo ration cards to a debit-card-sized format carrying a number and a QR code is a concrete administrative change, and officials' statement that only the card is being replaced, with no change in the amount of food grains distributed, answers the question a cardholder would ask first. The rest of the account is the state government's own: Uttam Kumar Reddy's description of the rollout as one of its most significant welfare initiatives, and the extension of Public Distribution System benefits to newly eligible families, are his words rather than figures the report supplies. The constituency-wise beneficiary lists Uttam Kumar Reddy ordered officials to finalise and verify are due before distribution starts in all 119 constituencies on 15 August. ## Coverage - www.thehindu.com Tags: Revanth Reddy, Telangana Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/telangana-cm-to-launch-new-ration-cards-distribution-on-august-15/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/telangana-cm-to-launch-new-ration-cards-distribution-on-august-15/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.