Refuting the "misleading and false reports" circulated in this regard in certain sections of the media, state Food Commissioner Saurav Babu said that ration card verification was a normal process which took place from time to time.
According to food dept officials, ration cards, which remain inactive for consecutive 3-months, are liable to be cancelled.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday directed authorities concerned to provide new ration (PDS) cards to eligible beneficiaries from July 26.
With complaints of "bogus" ration cards piling up in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government is mulling cancellation of some six lakh such cards, an official said here on Saturday.
Patna: Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said many eligible beneficiaries in Bihar are not getting subsidised food grain under the National Food Security Act as fresh ration cards have not been issued to them.Paswan was
Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh government has issued a notification regarding new ration cards in which the oldest woman of a family would be considered as the head in place of its male members.As per Section
Khandwa: Madhya Pradesh Food and Civil Supplies Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah said that electronic ration cards (food stamps) would soon be made and there would be surveillance through cameras or CCTVs at all distribution centres.Shah
New Delhi, Oct 5: Aiming to eliminate bogus ration cards and ensure that food subsidy reaches the genuine beneficiaries, the government Thursday approved a Rs.884 crore plan for end-to-end computerisation of the Targeted Public Distribution
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