While the government is spending thousands of crores of rupees in various welfare programmes, food subsidy and is even planning a food security law for the poor, the rural development ministry said poverty has come down in magnitude. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, minister of state for rural development Pradeep Jain said that irrespective of the method used (old or new), the percentage of the population below poverty...
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'Why not abolish PDS for APL families?' by Dhananjay Mahapatra
In what could put the government on a politically difficult turf, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to answer within two weeks why cheap ration under public distribution system (PDS) to above poverty line card holders should not be abolished and the BPL category enlarged. Under the targetted PDS (TPDS), wheat and rice are available at cheap rates to one crore poorest of the poor families (Antyoday Anna...
More »More grain for APL Beneficiaries by Gargi Parsai
The Centre has decided to enhance the allocation of foodgrains sold to the Above Poverty Line (APL) population to 15 kg per family per month for six months with immediate effect. There will be no enhancement of the Central issue price at which wheat or rice is provided to the APL. The Below Poverty Line (BPL) Beneficiaries will continue to get 35 kg of foodgrains per family per month. This decision, taken...
More »Conflicting signals on inclusion of non-poor in PDS by Gargi Parsai
The Supreme Court's observation that the above the poverty line (APL) population should be kept out of the purview of the Public Distribution System (PDS) is in direct conflict with the National Advisory Council's (NAC) recent decision for universalisation of the system beginning with 150 yet-to-be-identified districts. At present APL Beneficiaries are getting up to 12 kg of foodgrains per family. The quantum was revised to 15 kg just this...
More »40 families languish without land
A total of 40 Adi Dravida Beneficiaries at Sengulathupatti in Vedasandur union near here have been searching for their lands allotted to them more than a decade back. Neither officials in the Revenue Department nor in the Department of Adi Dravida Welfare took any initiative to show the location of land. Lands offered by the State Government to these villagers are in paper only. In reality, they have been wallowing in a...
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