Hyderabad: The name of a deceased man has appeared in the list of ration cards, while four members of his family, who are alive, were rejected because the intensive study of house hold that took place in the Telangana state.
Rajaboina Tirumalesh, son of the late R. Ramaswamy, and resident of Ramnagar, has been running around the offices civilian supplies for the names of him and members of his family in the official list of ration card holders.
"The family has been receiving rations for several years, even after 2011, after the death of Ramaswamy. However, after the survey, our names were removed from the list, but the characteristics of name of our father died."
When this matter was reported to the office of civil supplies, staff told them to wait until the new ration cards, now called "food security", the cards are issued. The family of Mr. Tirumalesh depends on the ration.
Assistant Supply Officer Vijay Kumar Circle VI denied these allegations. Mr. Kumar said: "There is no connection between the ration and survey." He said that in this case.
Raheem Mohammed, a resident of Amberpet, said his ration card was also rejected shortly after the survey. "How can a private employee, as a tenant living in a slum not be eligible for a ration card? Asked Mr. Raheem.
Several pension beneficiaries challenged and the elderly are also being denied cards. Hari Das, 58, a retired physically challenged, has not been receiving the pension for two months.
According, preceding the survey official figures, there were 91.84 lakh ration cards in TS 84.20 lakh houses. There were more cards than the number of dwellings, and as a result, authorities knocked out about 12 lakh ration cards, and 70 lakh individual beneficiaries from the list.
C. Parthasarathy, commissioner for civil supplies, said that since the survey, 85-90 percent ration cards are being linked to Aadhaar cards. Requests for food security card was approved shortly after the verification is completed.
For every 500-800 ration cards no depot a house hold survey posts around 85-90 percent ration ration cards and are linked to Aadhaar cards said, Mr. C. Parthasarathy, Commissioner of Civil Supplies. It is expected that new applications for food security cards to be passed shortly after they check.
C. Parthasarathy, commissioner for civil supplies, said that since the survey, 85-90 percent ration cards are being linked to Aadhaar cards.
Although the initiative to eliminate false cards and ineligible individuals is good, but only to reduce staff surprising number of cards is wrong, said Mr. Padmanabha Reddy, member of the Forum for Governance.
