Chhattisgarh government made Aadhaar authentication mandatory in two districts - in Dhamatar and Raigarh - six months back. All beneficiaries have to go to the ration shop and carry out fingerprint authentication or get photographed when they go to the ration shope before they can collect their 7 kilo rations per month.

Surjomati Yadav. an elderly widow, with no immediate family members, in Baghburha village in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh was unable to get 7 kilo grains after Aadhaar made mandatory.