Jharkhand, where not having Aadhaar could starve you to death
6 years, 7 months ago

Jharkhand, where not having Aadhaar could starve you to death

The Hindu  

Around half-a-dozen people have allegedly died of starvation in Jharkhand in the last six months. All these deaths took place after the State government cancelled 11.6 lakh ration cards, saying they were not linked to Aadhaar. Village head Ram Prasad Mahto said Savitri Devi was not getting foodgrains from PDS shops as her ration card was cancelled. The government feels that by linking ration cards to Aadhaar, it will remove the corruption in the PDS system. The government has also announced that it has achieved 100% Aadhaar seeding but experts said lakhs of people covered by the PDS are not linked with their Aadhaar numbers.

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Centre ‘deactivating’ Aadhaar cards to stop people from getting social benefits: Mamata
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Centre ‘deactivating’ Aadhaar cards to stop people from getting social benefits: Mamata

The Hindu  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on February 18 alleged that the BJP-led Central Government "deactivated" Aadhaar cards of people in the State before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections so that they do not get the benefits of various social welfare schemes of her government through their bank accounts. Speaking at a public distribution programme in Suri in Birbhum district, …

BJP-led Centre ‘deactivating’ Aadhaar cards to stop Bengal people from getting social benefits, alleges Mamata
10 months, 4 weeks ago

BJP-led Centre ‘deactivating’ Aadhaar cards to stop Bengal people from getting social benefits, alleges Mamata

India TV News  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the BJP-led Centre “deactivated” Aadhaar card of people in the state ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections to prevent them from getting benefits of various welfare schemes of the state government through their bank accounts. Mamata's allegations Speaking at a public distribution programme in the Birbhum district, Mamata said …

Centre 'deactivating' Aadhaar cards to stop people from getting social benefits: Mamata
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Centre 'deactivating' Aadhaar cards to stop people from getting social benefits: Mamata

New Indian Express  

SURI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the BJP-led central government "deactivated" Aadhaar card of people in the state before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections so that they do not get the benefits of various social welfare schemes of her government through their bank accounts. Speaking at a public distribution programme here in Birbhum district, Banerjee …

Anna Bhagya: ₹456 crore credited to 78 lakh ration cards holders in 24 districts
1 year, 5 months ago

Anna Bhagya: ₹456 crore credited to 78 lakh ration cards holders in 24 districts

The Hindu  

The State government, which started direct benefit transfer in lieu of the additional 5 kg of rice to beneficiaries under the Anna Bhagya scheme for BPL and Antyodaya card holders on July 10, has so far credited ₹456.73 crore to 78.4 lakh beneficiaries. According to an official in the Food and Civil Supplies Department, about 8.7 lakh ration card holders …

Linking Aadhaar with ration cards results in 50 lakh gap in beneficiary number, says Assam CM
2 years, 4 months ago

Linking Aadhaar with ration cards results in 50 lakh gap in beneficiary number, says Assam CM

The Hindu  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said the Government has found a gap of around 50 lakh beneficiaries after linking Aadhaar cards with ration cards across the State. Addressing a press conference after the Cabinet meeting in Kokrajhar, he said the government is going to save a good amount of money for these unaccounted beneficiaries and accordingly add …

Aadhaar Number Now Essential to Avail Supplementary Nutrition Scheme
2 years, 5 months ago

Aadhaar Number Now Essential to Avail Supplementary Nutrition Scheme

News 18  

The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has said that an Aadhaar number is essential to avail of the supplementary nutrition scheme under the Integrated Child Development Scheme. To ensure no child is deprived of supplementary nutrition due to a lack of Aadhaar number, a mother’s Aadhaar card can be accessed to avail its benefits. “What is the need …

Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Mandatory Aadhar Requirement For Availing Ration Under National Food Security Act
2 years, 9 months ago

Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Mandatory Aadhar Requirement For Availing Ration Under National Food Security Act

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation challenging the mandatory requirement of Aadhaar card to avail free ration under the National Food Security Act, 2013. Suppose you have a legal right under NFSA which is now constitutional right as per Puttaswamy, then your right can be taken away only on provisions mentioned in Aadhaar Act…Parliament enacted both …

Specially abled woman gets Aadhaar card after 8 yrs as Jharkhand govt reaches her doorstep
3 years, 1 month ago

Specially abled woman gets Aadhaar card after 8 yrs as Jharkhand govt reaches her doorstep

Hindustan Times  

Physically challenged Bhekhraj Kumari is glad that the government came to her doorstep to provide her benefits of government schemes and Aadhaar card for which she was struggling for the last eight years. A resident of Jharpo village, in Tatijharia block of Hazaribagh, she was unable to receive the benefits of government schemes in the absence of the Aadhaar card. …

Lack Of Aadhaar Linkage No Reason To Deny Benefits Under Food Security Act : Bombay High Court
3 years, 2 months ago

Lack Of Aadhaar Linkage No Reason To Deny Benefits Under Food Security Act : Bombay High Court

Live Law  

Noting that several tribals were denied supplies under the Public Distribution System due to the non-linking of their Aadhar Cards, even as the fortunates eagerly awaited Diwali, the Bombay High Court ordered the Tehsildar of Murbad to distribute supplies to nearly 90 tribals by November 4. "It is a disheartening situation for us when we the fortunates are eagerly awaiting …

‘We Eat Roti & Salt’: Delhi’s Most Vulnerable Still Wait for Food
3 years, 7 months ago

‘We Eat Roti & Salt’: Delhi’s Most Vulnerable Still Wait for Food

The Quint  

Babita says the process of getting an Aadhaar card is tedious, “Getting a ration card is not easy, not like those who have ration cards are getting food either.” She says many people do not own homes but live here on rent. Anjali Bhardwaj from the Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan, says that this leads to the most vulnerable and …

Cancellation of ration cards a serious issue: SC
3 years, 9 months ago

Cancellation of ration cards a serious issue: SC

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Central government on a plea regarding cancellation of around 30 million ration cards across India between 2013 and 2016, leading to alleged denial of rations and starvation deaths. Appearing for petitioner Koili Devi, senior advocate Colin Gonsalves claimed that around three crore ration cards of poor people were cancelled by …

Govt Weeds Out 4.39 Crore Bogus Ration Cards Under NFSA Since 2013, Says Food Ministry
4 years, 2 months ago

Govt Weeds Out 4.39 Crore Bogus Ration Cards Under NFSA Since 2013, Says Food Ministry

News 18  

The government on Friday said about 4.39 crore bogus ration cards have been weeded out since 2013 for rightful targeting of beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act. In a statement, the Union food ministry said that amid the technology-driven reforms to modernise the PDS, a total of about 4.39 crore ineligible or bogus ration cards have been weeded out …

Aadhaar card, ration card linking deadline is September 30. Here is how to do it online
4 years, 3 months ago

Aadhaar card, ration card linking deadline is September 30. Here is how to do it online

Live Mint  

If your ration card is not yet linked to Aadhaar card you can continue to get your quota of food grains, but only till September-end. So in order to keep getting food grains you are eligible for under the Public Distribution System, it's essential to link your Aadhaar card with the ration card. -A one-time password will be sent to …

Coronavirus lockdown | Death and hunger stalk village in Agra
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Death and hunger stalk village in Agra

The Hindu  

The death of five-year-old Sonia Kumari last month allegedly due to starvation has brought media attention and controversy to the village of Nagla Vidhichand in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh. Till Sonia’s death last month, the family of five did not have a ration card nor did they get the rations promised by the government to the poor and vulnerable …

80 Cr People To Get Free Food Grains Till November-End, Says PM Modi In His Address To Nation
4 years, 6 months ago

80 Cr People To Get Free Food Grains Till November-End, Says PM Modi In His Address To Nation

ABP News  

India Records Over 18K Coronavirus Cases For The Fourth Consecutive Day; Death Toll Nears 17K It has been decided that #PradhanMantriGaribKalyanAnnaYojana will be extended till the end of Diwali / Chhath Puja, i.e. the scheme to give free food to more than 80 crore people will run in July, August, September, October and November too - PM @narendramodi #IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/wfYP2IQJmd …

Will Govt's 'One Nation, One Ration Card' Scheme Be a Boon for Poor? Experts Feel Otherwise
5 years, 1 month ago

Will Govt's 'One Nation, One Ration Card' Scheme Be a Boon for Poor? Experts Feel Otherwise

News 18  

New Delhi: The central government’s computerised ration card portability scheme, named ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’, to make a single ration card eligible at any fair price shop across the country is designed to exclude identified beneficiaries if their cards are not seeded to Aadhaar. Now the central government scheme will integrate all state targeted public distribution systems to a …

Odisha to implement 'One Nation, One Ration Card' scheme on pilot basis in Bhubaneshwar from 1 September
5 years, 4 months ago

Odisha to implement 'One Nation, One Ration Card' scheme on pilot basis in Bhubaneshwar from 1 September

Firstpost  

Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister RP Swain said the ‘One Nation, One ration Card’ scheme will be extended to other parts of Odisha in a phased manner Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday said it will implement Centre’s ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme on a pilot basis in Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation jurisdiction from 1 September. “We have decided …

Odisha to implement 'One Nation, One Ration Card' from Sept 1
5 years, 4 months ago

Odisha to implement 'One Nation, One Ration Card' from Sept 1

India TV News  

The Odisha government on Tuesday said it will implement the Centre's 'One Nation, One Ration Card' scheme on a pilot basis in Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation jurisdiction from September 1. "We have decided to implement the central government's 'One Nation, One Ration Card' scheme on a pilot basis in Bhubaneswar," he said. Beneficiaries collecting ration under the Public Distribution System and …

Starvation deaths emerge as key poll issue in Jharkhand as ration card woes keep vulnerable groups hungry
5 years, 9 months ago

Starvation deaths emerge as key poll issue in Jharkhand as ration card woes keep vulnerable groups hungry

Firstpost  

Activists claim that anomalies in the public distribution system in Jharkhand is a major contributor of malnutrition among children in the state, the BJP government in the state, however, denies these allegations Editor’s Note: A network of 60 reporters set off across India to test the idea of development as it is experienced on the ground. Fact-finding teams and activists …

Confusion over Aadhaar linking afflicts several Jharkhand tribal groups; 43% go hungry due to web of procedural obstacles
5 years, 10 months ago

Confusion over Aadhaar linking afflicts several Jharkhand tribal groups; 43% go hungry due to web of procedural obstacles

Firstpost  

A recent survey by NREGA Sahayata Kendra in November, 2018 revealed that 43% of sample of 325 households in Manika and Satbarwa blocks in Jharkhand, slept hungry most often or sometimes. “Jab wo Aadhaar mange to main de nahi paayi, kyonki mera card kho gaya hai, _,” Sonmati said. Through this, the Jharkhand government said it has saved over Rs …

10 lakh bogus ration cards in Maharashtra
6 years, 2 months ago

10 lakh bogus ration cards in Maharashtra

The Hindu  

Maharashtra has over 10 lakh bogus ration cards and 29 lakh dormant cards. The State government is making all efforts to link ration cards with the Unique Identification Authority of India, which has received a report card from all States reporting over 3 crore bogus ration cards from across the country. ‘Aadhaar to take over’ While delivering a lecture to …

For India's poor, Aadhaar card can be the difference between life and death
6 years, 4 months ago

For India's poor, Aadhaar card can be the difference between life and death

Deccan Chronicle  

Ramgarh: Prem Malhar says his 50-year-old father died of hunger a few months ago because he did not have the government’s Aadhaar identity card that would have given him access to subsidised food. They say the deaths have occurred since authorities cancelled old handwritten government ration cards last year and replaced them with the biometric Aadhaar card to weed out …

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