Names of 50,000 inactive ration cardholders deleted in Jharkhand

The authorities have removed the names of over 50,000 ‘silent’ ration cardholders in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum, who have not used their cards for the last six months or more.

According to an official statement, out of the total 1,64,237 silent or inactive ration cardholders, the names of 50,323 have been deleted during a verification drive.

While 576 cardholders were found eligible to get the benefits, the names of 1,13,338 others are being checked, it said.

At the directive of Deputy Commissioner Karn Satyarthi, a massive drive was on to delete the names of ineligible ration cardholders from the list following verification.

The statement said that 20,067 names were removed from urban and rural areas of the district as their Aadhaar card numbers were suspicious. Over 2,500 such ration cardholders are being checked.

It said that the authorities had deleted 2,274 single-member cardholders who were under 18 years of age or over 100 years, while verification of 13,332 others was underway.

According to the data, the maximum silent cardholders were found in the urban area of Jamshedpur — a total of 68,565 — and Jamshedpur-cum-Golmuri area, where the figure is 46,703.

The deputy commissioner said the objective of the verification drive is to ensure that only the bonafide beneficiaries get food grains.

Satyarthi instructed the block level officials to dispose of pending cases speedily.

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