-The Hindu Court holds that V. Narayanasamy could not question the President’s decision concurring with Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi, in favour of disbursing cash to Ration Cardholders. PUDUCHERRY: The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a writ petition filed by Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy challenging a decision taken by the President concurring with Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi, in favour of disbursing cash to Ration Cardholders instead of supplying them rice as...
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Jharkhand: Almost 90% of deleted Ration Cards belonged to real households, finds study
-Scroll.in In 2017, lakhs of Ration Cards were deleted in the state without informing the households. Almost 90% of the Ration Cards that the Jharkhand government declared invalid between 2016 and 2018 belonged to real households, a study by the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab revealed on Thursday. Almost 56% of these deleted Ration Cards were not linked with Aadhaar. The study comes at a time when the Jharkhand government...
More »'One nation, one Ration Card' scheme to be implemented by June 1 across India
-ANI * 'We will implement the 'one nation, one Ration Card' scheme by June 1 in the whole country,' says Ram Vilas Paswan * Under this scheme a beneficiary will be able to avail benefits across the country using the same Ration Card Patna: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday announced that the 'One Nation, One Ration Card' scheme will be implemented by June 1 across the country. "We will implement the 'One...
More »One state, one Ration Card: MP reforms its Aadhaar-enabled PDS, helps migrant workers -Milind Ghatwai
-The Indian Express Madhya Pradesh government has now found a solution. Under the Aadhaar-enabled PDS, the respective grain quota is given to the nominee after verification of his biometric details. It’s not uncommon for beneficiaries of the public distribution system (PDS) to miss out on their quota of monthly food grains for reasons ranging from disability to old age to failure of the biometric verification system. But the Madhya Pradesh government has now...
More »In India's second poorest state, Govt efforts to curb hunger are failing -Kunal Purohit
-IndiaSpend.com Garhwa district, Jharkhand: Bhagiya Birjia is in a fix. Each month, the 42-year-old farm labourer gets 35 kg food grains under Antyodaya Anna Yojana--a scheme meant to provide food security for the poorest Indians--on account of being a member of the Birjia tribe, designated a ‘Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group’ (PVTG). But she is forced to share the grains with seven members of her brother’s family, who live a short walk away...
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