Chandigarh: Haryana has canceled a 2.91 lakh ration card from beneficiaries that did not meet the requirements in the region in the last three years.
The neighbor drops Punjab has canceled 2.87 lakh ration card while State of Hermachal Pradesh found 59,435 ration card holders who have no right to enjoy the benefits of the targeted public distribution system (TPDS) from 2018 to 2020.
State minister at the Ministry of Rural Development and Consumer Affairs , Food and Public Distribution of Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti shared this information during the ongoing Monsun parliamentary session on Tuesday.
He said that under the National Food Security Law (NFSA), Seeding Aadhaar backpacks ensured the uniqueness of beneficiaries in the public distribution system, avoiding duplicate or bogus ration cards.
So far, more than 92% of ransum cards, at least one household member has been seeded aadhaar at the national level.
As many as 30 states and the United States have completed the seeding of the Aadhaar ration card under the NFSA, the Minister said.
The Punjab government has almost 1.41 Crore recipients under the NFSA of a total population of 2.77 crore, according to the 2011 census.
These beneficiaries are distributed wheat and rice under TPD from almost 17,360 stores reasonable prices through the electronic Point of Sale Machine (e-Pos ).
After the ruling Congress in the state in 2017, SAD has accused the Punjab government to cancel the ration or blue card from many sad workers who qualified.
Because almost 3.94 lakh ration card holders in Punjab did not draw wheat after the introduction of biometric systems in stores reasonable prices for TPD, the government had ordered an investigation in October 2018 and canceling a ration card found not qualify.
Responding to other questions, the minister told that the department had received 4,483 complaints about irregularities and corruption in the public distribution system from 2018 to 30 June this year in 36 states and UTS.
Of these, 174 complaints related to Haryana, 127 to Punjab, around 10 to 10 years to Gandigarh and five to Himachal.
TPD is operated based on responsibility with the central and state governments where operational responsibilities, such as identification of beneficiaries under national food security laws, the publication of the ration card to them, meadow allocations to all fair prices, distribution to recipients Benefits, licenses and monitoring stores are fair prices, complaints complaints recipient lies lies in the country concerned or the UT government.
Box: Ransum Card Canceled State / UT 2018 2019 2020 Haryana 2,91,926 – – Punjab 34,972 194,031 1,58,471 Himachal Pradesh 56.8568 367 2,210