Bhubaneswar: The names of over 16 lakh ration card beneficiaries have been deleted during the last 8 years due to their death of ineligibility, said Odisha’s Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra.
Replying to a question by Congress MLA Sofia Firdous, the Minister informed the state Assembly that total 16,27,920 names have been removed from the ration card beneficiaries list since 2016-17.
Patra added, “In cases of death and ineligibility names are removed from database. The inclusion and deletion process is dynamic. The State Government has recently started conducting Aadhaar e-KYC of all members in a ration card which will enhance accuracy.”
Cuttack: A promising youthful life ended in Cuttack on Sunday as a sophomore was electrocuted…
Mumbai: Ever since ‘Kantara’ became a phenomenal hit in 2022, movie lovers have been yearning…
Bhubaneswar: The husband of a sarpanch and a panchayat samiti member were critically injured as…
New Delhi: Pollution in the national Capital is going from bad to worse. As Delhi’s air…
Bhubaneswar: In order to streamline the road construction works, the Odisha government is planning to…
Patna: The trailer of ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’, one of the year’s most anticipated films, is…
Patna: It was one of the most anticipated events in the Indian film industry -- the…
Bhubaneswar: With Odisha government taking a serious note of unnatural death of elephants, the Forest…