{
  "id": 2162385,
  "title": "‘Public can draw essential commodities at fair price shops by providing family card number, biometrics’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/public-can-draw-essential-commodities-at-fair-price-shops-by",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T15:16:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/public-can-draw-essential-commodities-at-fair-price-shops-by-providing-family-card-number-biometrics/article71369702.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Original smart cards need not be produced, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies P. Venkataramanan tells Assembly",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}