Around 70 per cent works related to distribution of new ration card forms under National Food Security Scheme have been completed in the State.
The department officers have been deployed for conducting verification of received forms and they have been directed to complete their assigned works within stipulated time so that intended beneficiaries can be provided new ration cards under NFSS in the state. State Food and Civil Supply additional secretary Ravinath Raman said this while taking to The Pioneer on Tuesday.
Raman said that as per the reports received from the districts, around 70 per cent works related to distribution of new ration card forms under the scheme have been completed in the State. Now, the district officials are deployed for verifying received forms and with the completion of this work, new ration cards will be issued to the intended beneficiaries under the NFSS.
Under this scheme, department concerned will issue around 52 per cent new ration cards to intended beneficiaries in the urban area and around 66 per cent in rural areas in the State. Raman further said that new ration cards will be issued on priority basis. In the first stage of issuing ration card, the department concerned will issue new ration cards to those beneficiaries who are having Below Poverty line ration card and Antyodaya ration card while in the second stage, those families having monthly income of 15, 000 and residing in slum areas will be given this card.
In the third stage, the new ration card will be issued to those persons who are beneficiaries of old age pension, widow pension, physically handicapped persons, rickshaw drivers, porters, daily wagers, sanitation workers, cobblers, blacksmiths, carpenters, village craftsmen, domestic helpers and others.