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Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs K.H. Muniyappa said connected Friday that the ongoing revision of BPL cards successful the State volition beryllium implicit by this month’s end, and radical tin resume applying for caller BPL cards from October.
If anybody’s paper was erroneously changed from BPL to APL during the revision, they tin use for a BPL paper done the tahsildar, helium said.
Speaking to reporters aft reviewing the advancement of the Food and Civil Supplies Department for Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts astatine the Deputy Commissioner’s bureau astatine Rajathadri successful Manipal, Mr. Muniyappa said that aft the revision is completed and ineligible BPL paper holders are moved to the APL category, a model volition beryllium opened for caller applications for caller cards.
Those who person been waiting for the past 2 years to use for BPL cards, but could not bash truthful due to the fact that the model was closed (as excessively galore BPL cards were reported successful the State), now, aft the revision, eligible radical tin use for BPL cards, helium said.
The Minister said that ineligible BPL cardholders should voluntarily surrender their BPL cards and get APL cards to pave the mode for eligible persons.
Mr. Muniyappa said that 7.70 lakh ration cards successful the State were identified arsenic ineligible to clasp BPL cards arsenic per the Union government’s caller survey of rightful targeting of beneficiaries nether the National Food Security Act (NFSA). Those cardholders volition beryllium shifted from the BPL to the APL class arsenic per the absorption of the Union government.
The curate attributed precocious fig of BPL cards successful the State to successive governments distributing them without due assessment. “States similar Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala bash not person much than 50 % BPL paper holders arsenic per an assessment. But this crossed 75 % successful Karnataka,” helium said.
“Notwithstanding a developed state, Karnataka has 1.28 crore BPL and Antyodaya paper holders. So the revision of the authenticity of BPL cards was needed,” the curate said. (EOM)
