Bokaro Deputy Commissioner KN Jha has executed an order and asked the affluent persons to surrender their ration cards issued under Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) by July 20 anyhow otherwise stringent action would be taken against them.
Earlier in the month of January this year all total 5490 ineligible ration cards under Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) were surrendered and deleted following the directive of deputy commissioner.
Despite giving sufficient time to surrender, a lot of ineligible persons or affluent persons are still having ration cards, said Jha. Such people must surrender their ration cards at their nearby PDS shop by 20 July. Otherwise criminal case would be registered against them. In order to identify the inefficient ration card holders, door-to-door inquire would be conducted after 20 July; strict disciplinary action will against those people who found with ineligible card, said informed a District Supply Official. We are on move, a large number of ration cards, which were grabbed by the ineligible beneficiaries have to be surrendered before the district administration, informed DSO.The order stated eight-point guidelines for the ineligible persons of AAY card includes: Any family member having vehicles including two-wheelers, Any family member having business with TIN (taxpayer identification number) or pays Income Tax, Service Tax or Sales Tax, Any member employed with Central or State Government, Family having Air Conditions, Refrigerators or Washing Machine, Family having more than Five acres of irrigated land or ten acres of normal land, Family having three roomed concrete house, Family having agriculture apparatus running on four wheels were ineligible to get ration AAY cards.
There are still a large number of ration cards, which were grabbed by the ineligible beneficiaries have to be surrendered before the district administration, said the official.