A big mess has come to the fore in Uttar Pradesh, in which farmers who have taken free ration have sold ration worth about 2 thousand crores at government centers. This matter has come to the fore through Aadhar cards.
When the data of farmers coming to sell at government procurement centers and those who came to take ration was matched, then this error came to light. Paddy has been sold to the government. Such cases have also come to the fore in the investigation, who have sold food grains worth eight to ten lakh rupees to the government. Those whose income is more than two lakhs annually in rural areas are not eligible for ration card. In such a situation, how those earning three lakh or more got free ration, it is a matter of investigation.
There has been turmoil in the government department after the case of ration card holders selling wheat and paddy worth more than three lakh rupees each at government centers. There are about 14.87 crore ration card holders in UP. They get free ration every month under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Anna Kalyan Yojana. When the data of those who took free ration from ration cards and those who sold food grains at government purchase centers, it came to light that there are 66 thousand ration card holders who have agricultural land and they sold grains worth more than three lakh rupees in Rabi and Kharif to the government. Is.
According to the government rule, the family whose annual income is more than Rs 2 lakh in rural areas does not get ration card. Only families with an income of less than 2 lakhs are considered eligible for ration card. In such a situation, the farmers who have sold food grains worth more than one lakh rupees in government procurement centers are not eligible to get free ration and they are getting free ration wrongly.
After the disturbances came to the fore, Principal Secretary, Food and Logistics Department, Veena Kumari Meena has directed all the district magistrates of the state to investigate the matter. With this, he has given instructions to send the complete report in 15 days.
