Over 9.78 lakh ration card holder families in Chhattisgarh have been found ineligible.
In a written reply to BSP member Keshav Chandra, Food Minister Punnulal Mohle informed the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Tuesday that out of the 58.72 lakh Antyodaya and Priority ration cards, the data entry of which has been done in the State, 48.94 lakh ration card holder families have been found eligible.
Mohle said that under the Chhattisgarh Food and Nutrition Security Act 2012, 17.02 lakh Antyodaya ration cards, 48.15 lakh Priority ration cards, 4.29 lakh general ration cards and 9,358 destitute ration cards had been issued in 2013. In the ration card verification campaign started from June 2014, upto July 13, 48.94 lakh ration card holder families were found eligible.
He said that eligibility of 10 kg rice per month has been fixed for 5.06 lakh single member ration card holders.Mohle said that process for the final decision on the eligibility of those ration cards technically found ineligible and hearing on claim and objection was going on.Answering another question of Congress member Amarjeet Bhagat, Mohle said that 18.75 lakh BPl ration cards, 17.45 lakh ‘Mukhyamantri Khadyann Yojana’ ration cards and 18.15 lakh APl ration cards had been issued in the State.
In April and May 2014, 40,069 ineligible ration cards have been cancelled. Process for hearing on claims and objections on the ration cards technically found ineligible during the verification campaign started from June 2014 was going on, he added.In reply to a question of Congress member, Bhaiyyaram Sinha, the Food Minister said that under the Chhattisgarh Food and Nutrition Security Act 2012, 37,575 Antyodaya ration cards, 1,49,699 Priority ration cards, 12,253 general ration cards and 967 destitute ration cards had been issued as on January 2014 in Balod district.
Mohle said, to issue ration cards as per rule to the beneficiaries in Balod district, Janpad Panchayat CEO has been authorised in rural areas and Chief Municipal Officer in urban areas. Verification of ration cards was going on, he added.