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  No surrender of ration cards ordered, UP govt clarifies

  India | May 22, 2022 23:06 IST

  Refuting the "misleading and false reports" circulated in this regard in certain sections of the media, state Food Commissioner Saurav Babu said that ration card verification was a normal process which took place from time to time.

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  Delhi government to start door-to-door survey to track inactive ration cards: Imran Hussain

  India | October 01, 2021 16:15 IST

  According to food dept officials, ration cards, which remain inactive for consecutive 3-months, are liable to be cancelled.

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  New ration cards to be issued to identified beneficiaries from July 26 in Telangana

  India | July 15, 2021 23:47 IST

  Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday directed authorities concerned to provide new ration (PDS) cards to eligible beneficiaries from July 26.

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  To curb pilferage, UP govt to cancel 6 lac 'fake' ration cards

  India | November 02, 2019 18:05 IST

  With complaints of "bogus" ration cards piling up in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government is mulling cancellation of some six lakh such cards, an official said here on Saturday.

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  Ram Vilas Paswan slams Bihar govt for poor foodgrain delivery mechanism

  Politics | April 19, 2015 18:34 IST

  Patna: Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said many eligible beneficiaries in Bihar are not getting subsidised food grain under the National Food Security Act as fresh ration cards have not been issued to them.Paswan was

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  Oldest Woman to be Head of the Household in Ration Cards

  India | May 21, 2014 13:33 IST

  Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh government has issued a notification regarding new ration cards in which the oldest woman of a family would be considered as the head in place of its male members.As per Section

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  Madhya Pradesh government to check corruption in ration cards

  India | January 01, 2014 8:35 IST

  Khandwa: Madhya Pradesh Food and Civil Supplies Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah said that electronic ration cards (food stamps) would soon be made and there would be surveillance through cameras or CCTVs at all distribution centres.Shah

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  Centre approves digitization of all ration card holders

  India | October 05, 2012 16:19 IST

  New Delhi, Oct  5:  Aiming to eliminate bogus ration cards and ensure that food subsidy reaches the genuine beneficiaries, the government Thursday approved a Rs.884 crore plan for end-to-end computerisation of the Targeted Public Distribution