Tag: Ration Card

Bhubaneswar: BJP activists today ransacked the Bhadrak Collector’s office during a statewide hartal observed by the party in protest against the alleged irregularities in distribution of ration cards under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), which passe off almost peacefully at other places. BJP activists staged protests in Bhubaneswar, Dhenkanal, Kamakhyanagar, Angul, Sonepur, Jeypore, Khurdha, […]

Paralakhemundi: As many as 22 persons have been arrested for ransacking the Gumma block office on Thursday over ineligible beneficiaries being asked to return their ration cards. According to Serang police sources, all the 22 arrested persons have been forwarded to court. Cases have been registered against them for thrashing policemen during the mob attack. […]

Tension ran high in the premises of Gumma block office today when a mob protesting against the directive asking ineligible beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) to return their ration cards ransacked the Gumma block office and fought a pitched battle with police personnel present at the spot injuring 10 of them

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today said as many as 91,431 “ineligible” families have surrendered their ration cards issued under National Food Security Act even as 20,259 families have been added in the list of beneficiaries. “We call upon all the ineligible families to surrender their ration cards by August 15. They should consider that eligible […]

Tension ran high at the municipality office here today when irate locals, who have been excluded from the ration card list, locked up the office gate and staged a protest in front of it

Bhubaneswar: Legislators cutting across party lines on Tuesday demanded before the Speaker in Assembly to constitute a House committee which would investigate the alleged irregularities in distribution of ration cards under National Food Security Card. The BJP members alleged that the ruling party has made the centrally sponsored food scheme as Biju Food Scheme. “Therefore, […]

Bhubaneswar: In a face saving measure, the Odisha government, already hit by a major ration card scam in the State, cancelled ration cards of 1420 ineligible persons in Balasore district on Friday. With the number of ineligible persons in the NFSA beneficiary list is reportedly rising in other districts also, the respective administrations are likely […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Kishan Kumar ordered an investigation into irregularities in ration card distribution, the Ganjam Collector on Friday asked officials to register cases against six persons, including four government officials. The order followed allegations made by district Congress committee that ration cards have been issued against these ‘ineligible’ […]

Kendrapara: The National Human Rights Commission has taken a strong exception over the denial of ration to two HIV positive orphan siblings in a remote village here, asking the authorities to furnish a compliance report on the action taken. District officials today said the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) notice was issued last weekend. Earlier, […]

In all 166 persons who had figured in the list of digitalised ration cardholders in Odisha's Kendrapara district are in the dock with a probe finding them ineligible to reap the benefits of subsidised food grains under public distribution system

Two orphaned siblings at a remote village in Kendrapara district have alleged they were denied ration under government food distribution scheme by a retailer because they were HIV-positive, prompting the district administration to order a probe

Dhenkanal: Ration card holders in Khanda Padmapur village under Kankadahad block of Dhenkanal district lodged a complaint with the administration today against an abusive ration dealer who has allegedly not provided ration to the beneficiaries for the past five months. Sources said that the dealer has not only denied ration, but also abused the beneficiaries. […]

Bhubaneswar: If you are collecting PDS items like Re 1/kg rice from two places with the help of separate ration cards, then beware, because with linking of Aadhar and ration cards now made mandatory, such duplication & bogus beneficiaries are under government scanner. The Food Supplies Department has asked collectors of all districts to ensure […]

Bhubaneswar: Following in the footsteps of the Centre, Odisha government is planning to move towards a system of ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ (ONORC) next month, informed State Food and Supplies Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain today. The move will ensure that all beneficiaries including the migrants under the National as well as State’s own food […]

Bhadrak: Despite running from pillar to post and requesting the State government for almost a year to provide her a ration card, 49-year-old Panchali Jena’s pleas had fallen on deaf ears. But little did she know that one tweet will change her life. Panchali, a resident of Anharpur village under Dhamnagar block of Bhadrak, had […]