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The Delhi Cabinet has approved a connection to rise the yearly household income bounds from ₹1 lakh to ₹1.2 lakh for applying for a ration card, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) stated connected Saturday.
Under the caller rules, families volition beryllium ineligible for ration cards if they ain spot successful A to E class colonies, wage income tax, ain a four-wheeler (unless it is simply a commercialized conveyance utilized for earning a living), person a authorities worker successful the family, oregon clasp a powerfulness transportation exceeding 2 kilowatts.
The CMO besides stated that an income certificate from the Revenue Department is present required to use for a ration card, ending the erstwhile self-certification system.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said the ‘first come, archetypal served’ strategy has been discontinued and applications volition beryllium examined, approved, and prioritised done district-level committees.
The district-level committee volition determine which families get priority. It volition beryllium led by the District Magistrate oregon Additional District Magistrate and volition see the section MLA and different officials. “The committee volition scrutinise applications and put them successful bid of precedence truthful that the astir deserving families person benefits first. Additionally, a waiting database of 20% of applicants volition besides beryllium prepared to guarantee that vacancies are filled successful a timely manner,” the Chief Minister said.
The argumentation decisions regarding ration cards were taken successful a caller Cabinet gathering headed by Ms. Gupta to marque Delhi’s nutrient information strategy much equitable and focused, the CMO stated.
Pending applications
According to authoritative data, owed to the lack of wide rules, 3,89,883 applications for ration cards person remained pending successful Delhi, and 11,65,965 radical are inactive waiting for nutrient information benefits.
The CMO stated that much than 8 lakh ration paper slots are vacant and volition beryllium allotted soon.
(With inputs from PTI)
