New Delhi: State and Union region have canceled 4.39 crores, duplicates, and fake ration cards since 2013, the United States government said on Tuesday.
In a written reply to Lok Sabha, the Minister of State for Food and Consumer Affairs Sadhvi Narayan Jyoti said the targeted public distribution system (TPDS) under the 2013 National Food Security Law (NFSA) was operated with a joint responsibility for the central and state / state state UT.
Operational responsibility for household inclusion / exclusion / beneficiaries under the NFSA leaning on the state / UT government in question.
The minister said the addition and removal of a ration card under TPDS was a sustainable process.
State / UTS regularly review their list to identify and get rid of a ration card that does not meet the requirements and to enter the household / beneficiaries left behind and truly qualify under the NFSA, to the ceiling limit of each coverage of the population under the action , Jyoti said.
“Therefore, and because of the use of technology in TPDS operations, namely de-duplication due to digitizing ration card data, aadhaar seeding, ration card detection, duplicate, ration, migration, death, etc.
The country / UTS has removed a total of around 4.39 crores Which does not meet the requirements, duplicate and ration card during 2013 to 2020 so far, “said Minister.
Jyoti also said the state / UTS has been recommended to do the right verification to ensure that the original beneficiary ration card is not deleted or suspended.