The Delhi Government will start a door-to-door survey to track ration cards that have been inactive for the last two-three months. Food and Supply Minister Imran Hussain on Friday said the survey will start from next month.
According to food department officials, ration cards, which remain inactive for consecutive three months, are liable to be cancelled.
Inactive ration cards are those where beneficiaries do not collect subsidised ration from the fair price shops for consecutive three months.
“We will conduct a door-to-door survey from next month (November) to check beneficiaries who are not collecting ration for two-three months in a row.”We will check if the person has gone back to his hometown or is sick. In such genuine cases, ration cards will not be disconnected. “If the card is inactive and the person is not existing or has left Delhi for good then we will cancel such (inactive) cards and include new ones,” Hussain said. He added that any beneficiary’s ration card will not be cancelled without any valid reason. All factors behind not collecting ration will be thoroughly checked.