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In UP's Sant Kabir Nagar district, the supply department will now verify cardholders every month Its purpose is to remove ineligible people from the list and add eligible people. The central government gives five kg ration per unit to the poor every month. In a recent investigation, it was found that not only living people are taking advantage of this scheme but some people are also taking ration every month in the name of dead people. In the district, ration was being lifted from the ration dealer in the name of 1633 dead people. They have been kept alive on paper to take advantage of the government scheme. Ration was also being lifted in their name every month. The supply department is removing the names of these dead people from the ration list. So far, names of 1500 dead people have been removed from the list. Due to addition of these names in the list, the names of poor people were not able to be added to the ration list.
The matter came to light after doing e-KYC
866 shops of public distribution system are being operated in Sant Kabir Nagar. Arrangements have been made to provide ration to 3 lakh 20 thousand 446 ration card holders. Out of these, Antyodaya card holders and eligible household card holders are given the benefit of free ration every month. People keep trying to get ration cards made for free ration. Now the government has implemented the facility of e-KYC. After this, various types of scams happening in the scheme are coming to light. Recently, the government has sent a list to the department, under which the names of 1633 such people have come to light in the district, who have died. But ration is being purchased in their name every month. Now the names of such ineligible people are being rejected.
District Supply Officer Vijay Prakash Sahay said that the government has received a list in which doubts have been raised on the ration being taken by the dead, people having more than two hectares of land and income tax payers. The same list is being verified on the spot. The ration cards of all those people in whose name free ration is being taken will be cancelled. Now verification will be done every month so that ineligible people can be removed from the list.