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The Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Government of Meghalaya, today launched two major national initiatives — Aadhaar Mission Mode Project (MMP) 2.0 and Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) 3.0 — under the leadership of Shri Methodious Dkhar, Hon’ble Minister, at a high-level review and launch meeting held at the State Convention Centre, Shillong. The twin launches mark a major stride towards ensuring universal Aadhaar authentication and clean energy access for the poorest households. Under PMUY 3.0, free LPG connections will be facilitated for eligible Below Poverty Line (BPL) families, while Aadhaar MMP 2.0 will fast-track eKYC completion, data integrity, and seamless beneficiary verification under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). The meeting also reviewed ongoing reforms to enforce mandatory ePoS transactions across all Fair Price Shops (FPSs), scale up route optimisation, and operationalise Vehicle Location Tracking Systems (VLTS) for real-time monitoring of Public Distribution System (PDS) vehicles. The meeting was attended by Shri Pravin Bakshi, IAS, Commissioner & Secretary, Smti Saloni Verma, IAS, Director, along with Deputy Commissioners, Sub-Divisional Officers (Civil), senior Supply officials, IOCL officials, and representatives from the World Food Programme (WFP) and General Administration Department (GAD-B)