Jharkhand Food, Public

Jharkhand Food, Public
Distribution and Consumer Affair Minister Saryu Roy today said about a month-long massive campaign would be launched tomorrow to identify those ration card holders who were not eligible for the government benefits.
The campaign will be launched across the state till August 15 to ask such beneficiaries to surrender the ration card as well as the benefits (subsidized foodgrain) availed, Roy told a press conference here.
The department will be forced to register FIR against those beneficiaries, who will not return the ration card as well as the foodgrains they availed, he said.
Over one lakh such beneficiaries have already returned their ration cards following our warning issued recently, he said adding that the distribution of ration cards among the new bonafide beneficiaries will start from tomorrow.

The department has started linking the beneficiaries with Aadhar Card to check ineligible beneficiaries from taking the benefits, he said adding that around 92 per cent population have the Aadhar cards in the state.

The minister said the department had decided to monitor supply of foodgrain through GPS system in vehicles carry it, he said adding that as soon as these vehicles would leave from the FCI godown, the concerned public distribution system dealer would get SMS on his mobile.
To further strengthen the Ration Card Management system, he said a meeting of all Deputy Commissioners and Officials of the department had been convened at Ranchi on July 23.

More than 2.59 crores members from 57.50 lakh households from 22 district of total 24 distircts of the state will get the benefit under National Food Security Act following the approval of the union government from next month, he added.