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Food and Civil Supplies Minister G.R. Anil has announced that the deadline for submitting online applications for precedence ration cards has been extended until February 24.
In a statement, the Minister said that a full of 50,300 applications were received betwixt January 24 and February 19. The thrust marks the eighth signifier of inviting online applications for precedence cards.
He added that the purification of the precedence database is an ongoing process. Responding to reports claiming that 8,531 families, including the highly poor, were removed from the list, helium dismissed specified reports arsenic misleading and urged the nationalist not to beryllium misled by incorrect information.
As per the provisions of the National Food Security Act, precedence class ration cards that person not availed ration benefits for much than 3 consecutive months are taxable to verification. If recovered ineligible nether the prevailing criteria, specified cards are reclassified into the wide category. Eligible applicants are subsequently included successful the vacancies frankincense created.
During the tenure of the contiguous government, a full of 6,03,845 ration cards person been reclassified and issued, including 58,487 Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) cards and 5,45,348 Priority Household (PHH) cards.
