In the country’s capital Delhi, a large -scale disturbances have come to light under the free ration scheme. Investigation by the Food and Supplies Department has revealed that about 6.52 lakh beneficiaries have been found ineligible. This beneficiary is about 10% out of a total of 72.77 lakh beneficiaries. These include people who have private vehicles, have precious land in the city, they pay income tax or are the director of a registered company.

Who was found ineligible?

According to the data of the department…

• 95,741 beneficiaries have private cars, they have also been found ineligible for this.
• Apart from this, 2.80 lakh people are land owners, income tax pair or director of any company, they are also ineligible for this scheme.
• 89,084 duplicate beneficiaries have also been found under investigation, whose names are recorded in more than one state.
• Apart from this, there are also 1.84 lakh silent beneficiaries who have not been taking ration for more than 6 months and e-KYC has not been completed.

Duplicate and fake beneficiaries also come out

Officials said that a large number of people are taking advantage of ration cards in more than one states. For example, a family was taking ration from both Bihar and Delhi. After investigation, it has been recommended to remove 27,745 duplicate names. At the same time, 41,181 beneficiaries were retained in Delhi itself.

Dead and also in the list of over 100 years of age

The department has also received the names of about 10,000 deceased beneficiaries. Also, there are 1,033 such names, whose age is said to be between 100 and 120 years. All these will be removed from the list.

Why is this action taking place?

Delhi currently has 17.46 lakh ration card holders. Out of which 16.80 lakh priority families and 66,150 Antyodaya fall under the Annan Scheme. Aay families get 35 kg of food grains every month, while PHH card holders get 5 kg of grain per member. From January 2024, free ration is being given for 5 years under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana. But the benefit of the scheme should be given only to those whose annual income is less than one lakh. For this purpose, the Central Government started a ration card verification campaign in July 2023, which was implemented rapidly in Delhi from January.

E-KYC and on-ground verification

Officials said that so far about 80% of the ration card holders of Delhi have been completed. The names of those whose e-KYC have not been done can also be removed from the list, the department has sent the list of those found ineligible to local food supply officers and inspectors so that it can be investigated at the ground level.

Government claims

Delhi Food and Supplies Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said that the government is committed to ensure that no eligible family is deprived of the ration of their rights. He said that the verification process is going on, we are making the system more transparent so that the benefits of the scheme reach only the right and real people.

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New update for ration card holders: The Government of India runs several schemes for ration card holders. Under the National Flower Security Scheme, ration card holders not only get free food grains, as well as the benefit of many other central schemes. The central government is conducting e-KYC to prevent frauds through ration cards. If there is no e-KYC, the free ration facility of ration card holders can be discontinued. The government has given strict instructions regarding this.

Now the Delhi government has also given a big update regarding the ration card. Actually, the Delhi government is going to verify ration card holders. Under this, ration cards of those people will be canceled, who do not fall in the BPL category or who have died. In such a situation, you will have to give a certificate of living, if you do not get the facilities available on the ration card.

Delhi has not been verified for 12 years

According to the rules, there should be verification and renewal of ration cards every five years. Under this, new people are added to the ration card and ineligible people are removed. However, since the formation of Aam Aadmi Party government in 2013, there has not been a verification of ration cards in Delhi and since then many applications of ration cards have been pending. Ration cards are now being verified to form a BJP government in Delhi, in which many ration cards will be canceled and new ration cards will be added.

The ration card of these people will be canceled

According to the officers, during verification, ration cards of those people who only have ration cards for residence certificate or those who have got government jobs or have increased their income. It will also include people who have died after 2013. During verification, such people will be investigated and ration cards will be removed. Let me tell you, according to the official data, there are currently 1778372 ration card holders in Delhi. Among them, Aay holders are 68,708 and PHH holders are 17,09,664.

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