Revenue tax payers ate up free ration price crores, folks’s greed precipitated a dent within the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana

Gorakhpur: There are 22,500 ration card holders who’re revenue tax payers within the district. Regardless of this, they’re taking full benefit of the Modi authorities’s free foodgrain scheme. 4025 girls pensioners are additionally benefiting from this scheme. The district provide workplace has acquired a listing of such ineligible folks from the federal government. Their investigation has been began. Ration playing cards of such persons are additionally being cancelled. Such ineligible card holders have devoured up foodgrains price about 6 crores within the final two years. There’s a risk of restoration from ineligible card holders on this investigation. On the identical time, those that examine the eligible folks may get trapped. The matter got here to mild when the ration card of an individual dwelling in Betiyahata of the town was made Aadhaar. On this, he bought ration playing cards made for six family members by displaying his spouse as the top. On this foundation, they’re getting 30 kg ration each month. The one who has bought the ration card made has an annual wage of greater than 10 lakh rupees. He additionally pays revenue tax. Other than Gorakhpur, irregularities have been present in different districts as properly.