There is big news for lakhs of ration card holders. On one hand, they are being provided the benefit of 3 months wheat.
On the other hand, due to technical problems, the beneficiaries are not able to avail the benefit of cheap ration. Not only this, the dates for KYC have also been extended. Which will benefit the beneficiaries.
Ration Card Benefit: If you are also a ration card holder and are taking advantage of the government’s free ration scheme, then this news can be very useful for you. The date for e KYC verification for ration card holders has been extended by the government. Bad news is coming out for the ration card holders from Punjab.
In Punjab, the families associated with the Prime Minister’s Garib Kalyan Yojana are now facing a big problem due to the increasing wheat issue at the ration depot. Lakhs of families and depot holders across Punjab associated with the scheme are facing huge problems.
In the case of ration depot wheat, due to technical fault in the biometric machine, the wheat work is currently stuck in limbo. The eligible families associated with this scheme are facing a big loss due to this.
3 months free wheat benefits from July to September
A large quota of wheat is outstanding with the ration depot holder belonging to Ludhiana district, but due to the malfunction of the biometric machine, the depot holder is facing a lot of trouble in distributing it among the eligible families for the last one week.
From time to time, the depot holder informed the employees of different officers of the Food and Supplies Department about their problems, but till now no solution has been found to the technical problem.
The families are visiting the ration depot but due to non-functioning of the machine, the benefits of wheat are not being provided to them. Tell that during the present time, the benefits of free wheat for 3 months from July to September are being provided by the central government to the eligible families related to Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana. It is believed that the problem will be resolved soon.
E KYC verification date extended
Major preparations have been made by the Himachal government. Under this, the date of e-KYC verification has been extended for the ration card holders, the ration card holders who are deprived due to any reason can complete the work of e-KYC by 30th September, e-KYC verification is mandatory for the ration card holders, otherwise this should not happen. In such a situation, they may have to face problems related to ration.
Earlier, August 31 was fixed as the last date for eKYC verification in the department. However, due to the increasing number of consumers not doing eKYC verification, the date has been extended once again. Ration cards of consumers who do not do e-KYC will be closed and they will not be able to get the benefit of cheap ration under the public distribution system.
Earlier, due to heavy rains in the entire state from July 10, a situation of water-logging had developed in many places. At the same time, the facility of electricity and internet was disrupted due to which e-KYC verification was not done.
The date was extended giving great relief to the ration card holders. If the verification is not done by September 30, the ration cards of the concerned consumer will be closed.
