Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah launches the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)-based Public Distribution System (PDS) in Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat

• CBDC-based PDS: pilot integrating the Reserve Bank of India's Digital Rupee (e₹) into India's food subsidy delivery, launched by Union Home & Cooperation Minister Amit Shah at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
• Replaces repeated Aadhaar/biometric authentication at Fair Price Shops (FPS) with programmable QR/coupon-code transactions in beneficiaries' CBDC wallets.
• Exam relevance: convergence of DBT + CBDC + NFSA 2013 PDS, prelims-grade scheme detail and mains-grade governance/tech theme.