Under the public distribution system, the poor are making rounds of the supply department every day to get ration from the cheap galley shops.Â
Even after doing the necessary standards regarding the ration card, some are waiting for the card to be made for four or six months. From the elderly to the handicapped, there are many rounds going on here. Somebody brings a copy of Aadhar and some old ration card, but the answer is being received from the DSO office that there is an allotment to make a fixed number of ration cards from the center itself.
He cannot draw cards even if he wants to. The irony is that on the one hand the government is running various schemes of cheap ration for the poor, while the poor are being deprived of the benefits of the schemes. At the same time, this situation has also arisen due to lack of better publicity on the ground by the supply department for better implementation of government schemes. Many people would not have had to face problems if information was given to the people by giving wide publicity about the necessary eligibility including linking of Aadhar card for verification of ration cards in time .
Apart from doing the work of publicity through various media, many people are deprived of the schemes due to lack of work on the ground by the supply department. Actually, by the year April 2020, the work of linking Aadhar card with ration cards was to be done. Ration cards were to be made online only after the Aadhaar card was verified. The officials of the fulfillment department say that the cardholders were constantly informed about this on their behalf. Despite this, a large number of cardholders did not meet the required standards.
Due to this, 2500 ration cards of Rudrapur tehsil were canceled in May 2021 for not fulfilling the standards. At the same time, when the papers were verified, 700 of these cardholders were found ineligible to be ration card holders in Rudrapur. After this, 1110 of the remaining characters were being given ration by making their ration cards after verification of other papers including Aadhar card, while 690 people are still unable to take ration from government cheap galley shops. Many of them are extremely poor, handicapped and elderly. They make rounds of the supply department every day, but from the mouth of the officers, they go away listening to the quota allotment from the center every day.
I will take the matter to the government, action will be takenÂ
against the negligent. He said that the benefits of every scheme of the government should reach the deprived sections. He said that he himself will examine the matter. The reply will be taken from the departmental officers. He himself will personally take this matter to the government and the employee or officer whose negligence has created this situation will be brought under the purview of action.
How was ration given to 700 people who were ineligible?
The big question here is that on what basis ration was being given to 700 people who were not eligible. Whether he was actually a cardholder or not. This question is also bound to arise because after investigation in a similar case in Kichha, forgery has been confirmed. At the same time, the simultaneous cancellation of 2500 ration cards in May is also raising questions. The question is also that when ration was being given to these card holders, what steps did the concerned cheap galla vendors take to verify them from their level.
