Ration card income eligibility to be raised to Rs 2.5 lakh per annum in DelhiThe Delhi government has cancelled over seven lakh ration cards. A significant audit removed invalid cards due to income, non-receipt of ra...
21 May, 2026, 01.41 PM IST
West Bengal’s Delhi wall may disappear: What schemes could BJP rule in Kolkata unlock?West Bengal's long-standing political clashes with the central government over welfare schemes are set to change. With the BJP now in power...
09 May, 2026, 10.57 AM IST
States delete 5.97 crore ration cards since 2013 to achieve rightful targetingStates and Union Territories have cancelled nearly 6 crore ration cards since 2013. This action aims to improve the targeting of the Nation...
10 Dec, 2024, 07.49 PM IST
States, UTs have cancelled 4.39 cr ineligible, fake ration cards so far: Union govtIn a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Food and Consumer Affairs Sadhvi Narayan Jyoti said the Targeted Public Distribu...
10 Aug, 2021, 05.20 PM IST
Government weeds out 44 million bogus ration cards to plug leakage“There were a large number bogus and duplicate ration cards before 2013. In last seven years, we have focused to prevent any leakage in the...
06 Nov, 2020, 02.58 PM IST
One nation, one ration card: Inside food ministry's ambitious scheme to make ration cards portableThe food ministry is moving towards making ration cards portable to help migrant workers.
17 Nov, 2019, 09.55 AM IST
One nation, one ration card: We are creating a central repository of ration cards, says food secretaryRavi Kant, secretary, food & public distribution said that the purpose of one nation, one ration card scheme is to ensure nationwide portab...
17 Nov, 2019, 08.07 AM IST
Aadhaar linking weeds out 2.75 crore bogus ration cardsFood ministry officials said though the entire process of digitisation of ration cards had started in January 2013, it gained momentum in t...
01 Mar, 2018, 11.15 AM IST
Aadhaar helped cancel 3 crore fake, duplicate ration cards: MinisterLinking the ration card to the holder's Aaadhaar number had allowed the government to clean up the system, the minister said.
26 Feb, 2018, 06.27 PM IST
Aadhaar seeding responsible for only 4% of the cancelled ration cards in OdishaThe Supreme Court is presently hearing arguments on whether Indians have a right to privacy and whether Aadhaar, India’s biometric identity...
14 Nov, 2017, 07.13 PM IST
Government strikes out 1.6 crore bogus ration cards, to save Rs 10,000 croreNearly 31 cr beneficiaries, Lavasa said, have been covered by DBT and more than Rs 1.9 cr disbursed to them directly under various schemes ...
26 Jun, 2016, 03.09 PM IST
After Rs 28,000-crore savings, PM Narendra Modi asks for proper trials of DBT extensionsPM Narendra Modi has now asked for the pilot trials of DBT extension to food and fertiliser subsidy to be monitored closely.
11 May, 2016, 07.03 AM IST
One dead in bomb attack on CPM rally in BurdwanCPI(M) worker Swapan Malik succumbed to splinter injuries sustained in the bomb attack late at night, while 21 partymen are undergoing trea...
12 Feb, 2016, 01.12 PM IST
Biometric-based ration card system in Maharashtra soonThe Minister was replying to a query related to disarray in distribution of ration cards and unavailability of foodgrains.
01 Apr, 2015, 09.08 PM IST
Delhi to launch India's first e-ration card schemeDelhi will become the first state in the country to launch an e-ration card service next week which links ration and Aadhaar cards.
20 Mar, 2015, 10.41 PM IST
Maharashtra Cabinet okays plan to issue Aadhar-linked ration cardsAccording to the Chief Minister, the first phase will cost the government Rs 69.73 crore, while the second phase will cost Rs 103.99 crore.
03 Mar, 2015, 08.10 PM IST
- Ration cards can be linked with Aadhar cards: Maharashtra to HC
Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that though ration cards could be linked with the newly introduced Aadhar cards.
28 Jan, 2013, 08.04 PM IST