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TMI BlogOdisha removes 3.9 lakh ineligible beneficiaries from PDS databaseX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Odisha removes 3.9 lakh ineligible beneficiaries from PDS database X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Prasad Bahinipati, food supplies and consumer welfare minister Krushna Chandra Patra said, "During the e-KYC process, names of 3,28,932 deceased persons have been deleted from the ration card database." Similarly, 61,882 ineligible beneficiaries of 16,184 ration cards have been identified through field verification and deleted from the database so far, Patra added. According to data provided by ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the minister, names of 6,003 ineligible beneficiaries was detected in Nayagarh district, followed by Cuttack (5,154), Balasore (4,748), Mayurbhanj district (4,403), Khurda (3,783), and Puri (3,009). In another written statement, Patra said, "So far, 2.99 crore beneficiaries have successfully completed the e-KYC of their ration cards, while 32,82,491 are yet to get their e-KYC done." Steps are be ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ing taken to make e-KYC mandatory during the digitisation of new ration cards, along with cross-examination of new applicants with other exclusion criteria, he said while replying to a question by Congress MLA Sofia Firdous. "The e-KYC verification of the remaining beneficiaries is expected to be completed by March," he said. However, all the existing beneficiaries in the database, irrespective ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of their e-KYC verification status, are being provided ration. "No beneficiary will be deprived of their foodgrain quota due to want of e-KYC," the minister clarified. Meanwhile, opposition BJD and Congress demanded that the ration cards of poor and small traders should not be deleted from the list. Speaking outside the House, BJD legislator Goutam Buddha Das said, "Deletion of dead beneficiarie ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s and inclusion of new people is a continuous process. However, in the name of e-KYC verification, the government is creating trouble for the people," he said. "Those who are staying outside Odisha are facing a lot of problems for KYC verification. We want to alert the government that they should not delete the eligible persons from the PDS," Das said. Similarly, Congress leader Tara Prasad Bahi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nipati said, "We welcome the move to delete the names of deceased beneficiaries from the ration card list. However, small-time traders and shopkeepers who are filing zero IT returns only to get bank loans should not be removed from the list." "Some beneficiaries died four or five years ago, but the government has been providing the rice quota. After an inquiry, it can be ascertained who was takin ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... g the rice. During the last 24 years of BJD rule, there was huge corruption, which came to the fore now," the minister told reporters outside the assembly.
"Some income tax payers are also availing free rice. Notices have been issued to them. After physical verification, the ineligible persons will be removed," he added. PTI BBM BBM MNB X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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