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Topic: Ration card

Haryana govt gave BPL ration cards to 12 lakh families before 2024 polls, only to cancel 11 lakh after

Congress's Bhupinder Singh Hooda says the BJP distributed free ration like election bribes before snatching away the cards from families post its Haryana victory.

Is Haryana facing ‘pauperisation’? BPL ration cards surge 5x, AAY beneficiaries up 20%

Responding to an unstarred question in Haryana Assembly, minister of state for food, civil supplies & consumer affairs said the surge was recorded between April 2022 & September 2024.

One Nation, One Ration Card gets ‘Covid push’, 67% transactions take place in lockdown year

One Nation, One Ration card scheme now covers over 69 crore beneficiaries — 86 per cent of the beneficiaries under National Food Security Act — and is available in 32 states & UTs.

Give dry rations to sex workers even if they can’t show ID proof, SC tells states and UTs

Petition in SC claimed sex workers have been left out of Covid-19 response because of social stigma and marginalisation, and are in urgent need of support.

Migrant crisis could’ve been averted if Modi’s One Nation One Ration Card scheme was ready

Currently, the scheme is operational only in 12 states, but the govt says it will meet its June 2020 deadline for the rest of India.

Every fourth ration card in Chhattisgarh found to be bogus after govt uses Aadhaar

Of the state’s 72 lakh PDS cards, 16 lakh were found to be bogus during a four-month verification drive last year.

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