Ration cards are now being distributed by the government through online POS machines. Under which the process of linking the ration card with Aadhaar is also being done. Despite this, in seven years i.e. from 2014 to 2021, a large number of fake ration card holders have been caught. Those who were not eligible were still availing the benefit of ration.
In this, maximum number of fake ration card holders have been caught in Uttar Pradesh. Here 1 crore 70 lakh 75 thousand 301 fake ration card holders have been found. While 41 lakh 65 thousand 552 have been found in Maharashtra at number two and 41 lakh 9 thousand 873 fake ration card holders have been found in West Bengal at number three. This information has been given to the report presented by the Minister of State for Food and Public Distribution Ashwini Choubey on the question of MP Harnath Singh Yadav recently in the Rajya Sabha.
At the same time, Madhya Pradesh has been at number four, where ration cards of 23 lakh 53 thousand 760 people were found to be fake. That is, they were not eligible to take ration as per the rules. After scrutiny, all these names have been removed from the card.
70 percent population of the state in BPL list
In Madhya Pradesh, 70 percent of the population is in the list of BPL, while it has been decided by the government that only those people who get a monthly income of Rs 522 per person will be added. Here the names of those who do not take ration for three to four months are being collected, after which their ration card will be cancelled.
Still getting free ration facility in UP
Free ration is still being provided by the Uttar Pradesh government, under which poor families are taking advantage of it. However, this facility is being considered to be given further. A proposal has been sent to the government on behalf of the Food and Logistics Department.
Disturbances in the Prime Minister’s Garib Kalyan Yojana
Officials said that from 2020-21 to January 15, 2022, 30 complaints related to irregularities in distribution of ration under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana have been received in MP. After investigation, FIR was registered against 29 people in this.