Gandhinagar, Feb. 15 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday inaugurated a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)-based Public Distribution System (PDS) in Gujarat's Gandhinagar, marking a significant step in enhancing transparency in the country's food distribution network.

This initiative is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital India campaign, which aims to improve the delivery of essential services to the public.

Speaking at the launch event here, Shah highlighted the transformation brought about by the Digital India initiative.

"When I use the term 'Digital India' and look back 11 years, we couldn't even imagine that 60 crore people in this country belonged to families that didn't have a single bank account. Today, under...