Introducing the Unified Card: The Future of Ration Cards in Egypt

2023-07-11 19:10:00

In the coming days, the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade will start applying a new system to ration cards, which is to cancel the ration cards and replace them with the unified card, so that it can be obtained through mail and ration offices and issued by the Post Authority for free.

Cancellation of the ration card

Cancellation of the ration card

Confirmation Ministry Supply In her statements, the decision was made not to leave the card with the dealers and bakery owners to use it to obtain support for purposes other than the purposes designated for it by the state.

The unified service card system is considered within the governance system targeted by the state, in order to eliminate forms of corruption, speed and ease of providing services to citizens, and unify the package of services provided to them.

The unified card system represents a quantum leap in the system of services provided to the citizen, within a giant system of digital transformation, and comes as a complement to the systems of digital transformation and comprehensive health insurance, and the mechanization of state assets and property.

The reason behind choosing Port Said Governorate to start the trial operation is that the state found from the comprehensive health insurance experience in the governorate an incentive to expand the services to be covered by the unified card, whether related to the disbursement of ration goods, treatment services, mail, and what will be added later in terms of pensions, transportation services, etc., and in the event of success of the experiment. It will be circulated to the rest of the governorates, in addition to that, the implementation of the digital transformation in the governorate and the mechanization of the comprehensive health insurance system and its various sectors have been completed.

And after the experience of comprehensive health insurance and catering services, the people of Port Said will have other experiences related to the use of the unified card to ride all types of transportation, as well as its use in the exchange of pensions, solidarity and dignity, banking services, and other services.

Cancellation of the ration card

What about the unified card?

The “Echo of the Country” website monitors for you the most important information about the unified card as an alternative to the ration cards:

The card is a modern, advanced and safer tool for holders. It ensures that the service reaches its beneficiaries and is equipped with a feature that prevents theft. It is insured by a cyber security company against digital attacks, hacking or forgery, stressing at the same time that the card is equipped with a smart fingerprint that enables the state to ensure that the service has reached The unified card will be implemented in Port Said Governorate on the first of August. It will be a substitute for the 23 million ration cards. The unified card will be issued in cooperation between the Ministry of Communications and Post. The experience will be circulated to all governorates after its evaluation and experience in Port Said. The unified card includes catering services and health insurance Comprehensive, Postal Services and PensionsIt will be available for use in transportation and banks in the coming periods. Activating the unified card will require opening a personal account at the Postal Authority.

About 496,000 accounts have been opened for citizens in Port Said Governorate, all of which are ready for activation in the unified service card system, in order to simplify and speed up procedures for services provided to citizens, in addition to ensuring that support is directed to those who are eligible and supporting the financial inclusion system.

Every citizen who obtains the “Unified Card” must open a personal account at the Postal Authority, as it carries the citizen’s primary data, such as the data of the national ID card, and the mobile number registered in his name with a mobile company, as the “Unified Card” is multi-purpose and services, and the card It is not compulsory and no one is forced to obtain it, and the disbursement takes place regularly for those who hold the unified card or card.

For his part, Dr. Amr Madkour, Advisor to the Minister of Supply for Information Systems and Documentation, said that the support card continues, and there is no cancellation of the ration card, pointing to the regular disbursement of ration courses and subsidized bread to about 23 million families through ration cards.

Madkour explained that a new experiment will be launched from Port Said Governorate, which is the “Unified Card”, for whoever wishes, and this card can be used to disburse courses and bread, and this does not mean canceling the ration card, as the citizen can be disbursed for his subsidy dues using this or that.

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