Beneficiaries of the National Food Security Scheme will not have to submit affidavit stating monthly income along with application form for procuring new ration cards, said Dehradun District Magistrate BVRC Purusho-ttam while interacting with media persons on Monday.
Those persons who have applied for new ration card and mentioned their monthly income as `15,000 in the application forms will be verified by three teams which will be appointed soon in the district. Apart from this, videography of the houses of beneficiaries will be done by the district officials before issuing them new ration card under the scheme in the district, he added.
“Due to black marketing of stamp papers and long queues of beneficiaries witnessed outside stamp vendors’ shop, we have decided not to take affidavit on monthly income of the beneficiaries for procuring new ration card in the district. The license of three stamp vendors who were caught indulging in black marketing of stamp papers will be cancelled in the district,” he added.
October 7 was the last date for the submission of new ration card forms at local Anganwadi centres. In spite of this, Anganwadi works have been directed to identify those intended beneficiaries who have not applied for new ration card in the area assigned to them. As per the reports received from the district officers, the residents of as many as 13 wards including ward number -10, ward no-11, ward no 36, ward no 32, ward no 33 and others in the city are facing difficulties in getting their new ration cards made.
Those persons facing difficulties in procuring new ration card can phone on this toll free number - 18001804119 and their grievances will be addressed by the district officials deputed there. “There is no shortage of forms for the new ration cards in the district,” he reiterated.
All the BPl card holders and Antyodaya card holders will automatically come under National Food Security Scheme.
Anganwadi card holders have been directed to identify only intended beneficiaries belonging to Above Poverty line in the area of their respective jurisdiction.
Purushottam said that as per the central government guidelines, a total of 65 per cent population in rural area and 52.5 per cent population in urban area will be issued new ration card in the district. According to him, the district officials who have been deputed on this work have been directed to distribute new ration card forms among poor people and widow in the first phase of distribution while in the second, those persons who are beneficiaries of old age pension, physically handicap pension, with an instruction to submit this form along with other relevant documents to the local Anganwadi centre.
Apart from this, those persons who are rickshaw drivers, porters, daily wagers, sanitation workers, cobblers, blacksmiths, carpenters, village craftsmen, domestic helpers and others will be distributed in the third phase. In the last phase, the employees were also directed that application forms should also be distributed among those families whose income is less than or equal to `15,000 per month, he added.