From July 2014, foodgrains will be supplied to the verified rationcard holders only. Those who have not got their rationcard physically verified will not get ration for the month of July.
Under the Food and Nutrition Security Act 2012, total 3,25,312 ration cards were issued in the district. But as per the census 2011, the district has only 2,56,504 families. To remove this anomaly, the government had issued instructions for door-to-door physical verification of ration cards.
As per information received from the food department, single member ration card holder is not considered as family. Hence, the non-destitute single-member ration card will be added to the original family’s ration card. leaving the ration cards of destitute, all other single-member ration cards will be cancelled.
During the verification, if more than one ration card is found in a family, the ration card which was issued in the name of the woman head of the family would be considered legal and the remaining cards will be added to the card of the family. If, after the unification of cards, there is more than 7 members in the family, each additional member will be eligible for 5 kg food grain every month additionally.
As per the family list of Census 2011, the inspection teams so far have verified total 1,72,808 ration cards only, out of which 23,896 cards were unified and 1,844 beneficiaries have deposited their cards on their own.
For claims and objections, the beneficiary can apply to municipality/Nagar Panchayat in urban areas and Janpad Panchayat office in rural areas. Hearing on claims and objections will be held under the instructions of sub division officer revenue. The hearing will be completed by July 21. After final verification the list of beneficiaries will be made available by July 31, 2014, at all fair price shops and village panchayats.