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...
22 Jul, 2025, 08.27 AM IST
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...
20 Nov, 2024, 03.33 PM IST
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...
26 Nov, 2023, 08.57 AM IST
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....
31 Dec, 2021, 03.29 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
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
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.
05 Jan, 2018, 09.49 PM IST
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...
18 May, 2016, 06.39 PM IST
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...
15 May, 2016, 12.36 PM IST
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...
08 Apr, 2015, 07.33 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
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...
22 Dec, 2014, 01.01 PM IST
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...
04 Jul, 2013, 04.56 PM IST
- 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...
18 Aug, 2011, 10.32 PM IST
- 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.
14 May, 2011, 07.59 PM IST
- 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...
15 Jan, 2010, 08.11 PM IST