1.41 crore fake ration cards seized in five years

The West Bengal government has seized 1.41 crore fake digital ration cards in the last five years, the Assembly was informed today.

Food supplies minister Jyotipriyo Mullick said that the department recovered 1.41 crore fake digital ration cards between June 2011 and December 2016.

Mullick told the Assembly that the department has terminated licences of 72 distributors and 771 ration shops since they were involved in corruption.

The minister also said that the government has distributed digital ration cards to 8.42 crore people.

Around 75,000 digital ration cards were yet to be distributed, he added.