The State Government announced on Wednesday that the ration card holder families with more than seven members will be entitled to receive additional 5 kg of food grains under Chhattisgarh Food Security and Nutrition Security Act 2012 .
A family of eight members will receive monthly supply of 40 kg food grains and family of nine will receive monthly supply of 45 kg food grains on respective ration cards.It is noteworthy that under Chhattisgarh Food Security and Nutrition Security Act 2012, each family of the State is entitled for supply of 35 kg food grains on ration card every month.
Food, Civil Supply and Consumer Protection Department Officials on Wednesday informed that the Department has issued a circular to all the district collectors of State, regarding ration card verification under this Act.It is stated in the circular that verified list of eligible-ineligible beneficiaries identified during this ration card verification drive should be displayed at all fair price shops as well as offices of gram panchayats and local urban development bodies by July 5, 2014 and claims-objections should be invited till July 15.
The claims-objections received should be redressed by July 21 and then till July 25 the necessary corrections in the ration cards should be done. Thereafter, distribution of ration cards to eligible beneficiaries should be completed by July 31.The district collectors have been instructed to promote and publicise the provision of 5 kg food grains for each additional member of the family of more than seven, every month.About the verification of ration cards, it has been stated in the circular that after verification, the final list of eligible and ineligible beneficiaries should be displayed at all fair price shops, gram panchayats’ and local urban bodies’ offices till July 5, 2014.
Collectors have been instructed to ensure that the final lists are made available to all fair price shops, gram panchayats and local bodies by July 31 so that the beneficiaries identified as eligible in the verification start receiving the ration supply from August.While the procedure of redressing claims-objections completes, only the beneficiaries found eligible in the physical verification of ration cards shall continue to receive the provisioned ration supply.
The ones identified as ineligible during the verification, will receive ration supply only after they are declared as eligible after claim-objection redressal.
Circular also states that under Chhattisgarh Food Security and Nutrition Security Act 2012, it has the provision of ration cards for ‘family’. Single-member ration cards are not considered under the term ‘family’. Hence, the single-member ration cards of non-dependent beneficiaries should be integrated with the ration card of their respective families.