Food and Civil Supplies Minister Govind Singh Rajput directed the officials to prepare a list of those who do not take goods from ration shops. Symbolic photo
Highlights
Free food grains are being given to 5 crore people of 11 lakh families in the state. Biometric verification system is in place to provide ration to eligible people. Consumers are still not coming to many shops across the state to get ration.
State Bureau, Naiduniya, Bhopal (MP Ration Card Update). Under the public distribution system, five crore people from one crore 11 lakh families in Madhya Pradesh are being given five kilograms of foodgrains free every month. The names of those consumers who have not been taking ration for six months continuously will now be displayed outside the fair price ration shops.
Even after this, if the consumer does not come, action will be taken to remove his name from the list. The vacant space will be filled by including the name of another eligible person. Under the National Food Security Act, wheat and rice are distributed every month in the state. Biometric verification has been arranged to ensure that only eligible beneficiaries get ration.
Many consumers do not come to collect ration
Many consumers do not come to collect ration every month. The food grains that remain are kept safe by the shop owner, but it is seen that many consumers are not coming to collect food grains for six months.
The names of all these people will now be pasted on the information board outside the shop so that people nearby can see and tell them. Even after this, if they do not come to take food grains, then it will be assumed that they do not want to take food grains. The names of such people will be deleted and the names of other eligible people will be included in the list and they will be issued eligibility slips.
The minister gave instructions
For this, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Govind Singh Rajput has instructed the departmental officers to identify the consumers who have not taken food grains for six months. If they are unable to come for some reason, then it is okay, otherwise their names should be removed from the list.
Food grains are being given for free
The central government has been providing free food grains to the consumers of the public distribution system through the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana since the time of the Corona epidemic. It has been decided to continue this arrangement in future as well. Earlier, the state government used to provide wheat and rice at the rate of one rupee per kilogram under the Annapurna Yojana.