Ration Card News: Ration cards of fake ration card holders are being cancelled in Delhi. The reason behind this is that the holder is not found at the address given for verification. Ration cards of new applicants are being made in place of the cancelled ration card holders.
The Food and Supplies Department of the Delhi government is investigating the card holders who have not taken ration for three months. Currently, there are 19 lakh ration card holders in Delhi, to whom ration is being distributed as per 71 lakh people.
Delhi government made a special appeal to the people
Delhi’s Food and Supplies Minister Imran Hussain says that people who have ration cards should continue to get ration from ration centres so that no one has to face any inconvenience. He said that the quota of ration cards in Delhi has been completed, while many people are still standing in lines to get ration cards. Minister Imran Hussain has also talked about writing a letter to the Center to increase the quota of ration cards.
40 thousand ration cards were cancelled in one year
In order to deliver ration to the right people in Delhi, the pension holders and ration card holders are verified door to door, due to which many people are not found at the given address. So that ration cards of new applicants can be made, the department is investigating those people who have stopped taking ration from the ration card. During this time, the Delhi government has canceled the ration cards of about 40 thousand people in 1 year.
Not being found at the address given during verification is the major reason for cancellation
Such cases were detected in July 2021, after which e-pass systems were installed at every ration shop. But the department was waiting for people to come to collect ration, when these people did not come to collect ration, the department verified it by going door to door, then more than 40 thousand people were not present at the addresses given for verification. Due to which the ration cards of these people were cancelled.
Ration theft stopped due to biometric system
It is reported that ever since the e-pass system has been installed at the shops and the Aadhar card has been linked to it, the biometric identity of the person taking ration is recorded. Ration is issued on this basis only. This has stopped the theft of ration and there has been a decline in scams. After this, such people have stopped taking ration who are either in government jobs or do not fall in this category of ration recipients. Apart from this, even after the Corona epidemic in 2020-21, many people went to their villages and did not return.
