Ration Card Rules: If you also have a ration card and you are taking advantage of the free ration scheme provided by the government, then this news is for you. Actually, you must know about the rules related to ration card… So let us know about the new guidelines issued by the government in the news below.
Ration Card Latest News: If you also have a ration card and you are taking advantage of the free ration scheme provided by the government, then this news is useful for you. You must know about the rules related to ration card.
The Central Government has been providing the facility of free ration to crores of ration card holders since the Corona period. Recently, the ‘Free Ration Scheme’ was extended by the government till December 2023. An advisory was also issued by the government for card holders recently.
Action may be taken by the government-
It also came to the notice of the government that a large number of ineligible people are taking advantage of the free rice and wheat. In such a situation, ineligible people can surrender their ration card. Action can be taken by the government if ineligible people take advantage of free ration.
For this, the government also appeals to the people from time to time to surrender their ration card or get it cancelled. Let us know who are the people who are ineligible under the scheme as per the rules and they should surrender their ration card.
What is the rule-
If you do not surrender the ration card, then after verification the Food Department team can cancel your ration card. Not only this, action can also be taken against such people. According to the Food Department, if a card holder has a plot/flat or house of 100 square meters taken from his own income, then he is ineligible for the free ration scheme.
Apart from this, if anyone has a wheeler/car/tractor, arms license, annual income of more than Rs 2 lakh in village and Rs 3 lakh in city, then such people will have to surrender the ration card in the tehsil or DSO office.
aIf the ration card holder does not surrender the card, then the card of such people will be canceled after investigation. In fact, even in rural areas and urban areas, people who are completely prosperous have got APL and BPL ration cards made. Investigation has also revealed that ration cards have not yet been made for many eligible families.
