Below poverty line people are significantly high in number and Rangarajan Committee has come up with a suggested formula which is better than Tendulkar Committee If the plan is approved by the center then Rangarajan Committee’s approach is to delink the estimation of poverty from a fixed level of consumption Around 370 million people are BPL and Tendulkar has estimated of … [Read more...] about Number of Poor to Rise Under Rangarajan Formula
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State Goes Slow on Food Security Act
National Food Security Act and the action plan mooted by the Centre has not yet been implemented, serious implementation will help arrest inflation within a specific time frame. State government has to complete setting up of warehouses to store foodgrain, an end-to-end computerized network linking depots to retail vendors to monitor foodgrain movement and fast-track courts to … [Read more...] about State Goes Slow on Food Security Act
Get BPL Cards Verified at Aahara Adalats: Minister
BPL cards verification will enable officials to verify validity of cards and the aadhar adalat will be held in ration shops across the state Efforts would be made to eliminate bogus BPL ration cards during the adalats Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) number attached in the ration cards has proved successful nearly 60,000 beneficiaries have registered their EPIC number … [Read more...] about Get BPL Cards Verified at Aahara Adalats: Minister
Government to Crack Down on Bogus Ration Card Holders
Bogus ration cards will now be cancelled to ensure that all below the poverty line (BPL) families got foodgrains under the Anna Bhagya scheme. Criminal cases against those who don’t surrender such cards Subsidy has been raised from Rs.900 cr to 4,300 cr, upto 30kg a month will be given to each family Food and Civil Supplies Department would conduct Aahara Adalats in … [Read more...] about Government to Crack Down on Bogus Ration Card Holders