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Tripura arrests 3,705 illegal migrants since 2022; 3,463 are BangladeshisA senior Home Department official stated that 965 Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in 2022, followed by 1,014 in 2023; 947 in 2024; and ...
Border villages in WB's Murshidabad caught in whirlpool of infiltration politics, identity fearsIllegal immigration from Bangladesh dominates politics in Murshidabad's border areas. Parties debate infiltration, identity cards, and demo...
West Bengal elections: Mass deletions in Murshidabad spark identity and citizenship fearsIn Murshidabad district, the electoral landscape is shifting dramatically as thousands discover their names missing from voter rolls. Famil...
Aadhaar, voter ID, ration card can’t prove voter eligibility, not valid for Bihar electoral roll revision exercise: EC tells SCThe Election Commission of India defends its Special Intensive Revision exercise in Bihar. It tells the Supreme Court that Aadhaar, voter I...
Digitisation drive transforms PDS system; 5.8 crore fake ration cards eliminated: GovtIndia's Public Distribution System (PDS) has undergone a digital revolution, eliminating 5.8 crore fake ration cards through Aadhaar authen...
West Bengal: Ration scam should be probed by central agencies like CBI, says Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryCommenting on the ration scam (Public Distribution System) in Bengal, he said on Saturday, "There are so many fake ration shops and fake ra...
Delhi govt starts survey to check for inactive ration cards"We have initiated an exercise to start field inspection of those beneficiaries who have not been taking ration regularly for three months....
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...
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.
How Aadhaar is killing the ghosts that haunt welfare schemesAadhaar has already been instrumental in identifying a large number of bogus users—the ghosts—of various government schemes.
Chhota Rajan used fictitious identity with help of fake passport: CBIDuring the hearing, Rajan who is currently lodged in Tihar Jail here under judicial custody, was produced before court through video confer...
Digitization helps government weed out 1.6 crore fake ration cards, plug foodgrain leakDBT helped save Rs 13 crore in three UTs, Chandigarh, Puducherry, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, since it was launched last year, according to foo...
Maharashtra government orders high-level probe into bogus ration cards issueThe issue of fake ration cards came up for discussion in the Legislative Council today after BJP legislator Pandurang Phundkar brought bogu...
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.
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.
11.14 lakh new family cards issued in Tamil Nadu in three yearsAs for the ongoing work of pasting renewal sheets in the family cards for 2015, he said, 1,42,93,355 cards, comprising 72% have been comple...
I-T dept may make d-o-b proof mandatory for PAN cardAs part of its drive against fake PAN, the Income Tax department is considering making proof of date-of-birth mandatory for issuance of PAN...
- WB Govt to introduce new ration cards to weed out corruption
WB will soon introduce barcoded photo-ration cards with election photo identity card numbers to ensure effective public distribution system...
- Fake ration cards: Orissa Government to take action against officials
Orissa government has asked collectors of eight districts to initiate criminal proceedings against the responsible officials.
- EC should reconsider rule allowing ration card as Id-proof: HC
The Bombay High Court on Friday said that the Election Commission should reconsider the rule which allows use of ration card as identity pr...