Ration card is an important document between families and the food security system of the state. Especially in a city like Bengaluru, where there is a huge difference in income level and living conditions in different areas. For many families, their ration card decides whether they will get subsidized grains and essential welfare schemes or not. In such a situation, due to a big campaign by the Food and Civil Supplies Department regarding verification of ration cards, there has been a big change in the category of ration cards in the city. Under this change, more than 1 lakh BPL ration carts of the city have been cancelled.
The Food and Civil Supplies Department has launched a verification campaign. Due to this, more than 1 lakh ration cards of Bengaluru residents have been canceled and converted. These cards have been shifted from BPL category to APL category above poverty line. Here the beneficiaries were found ineligible under the existing rules.
Here more than 1 lakh cards have now been changed from BPL to APL.
Canceled cards remain separate in different zones
The impact of the verification campaign has been different in different zones of Bengaluru. Official data shows that maximum cards have been canceled in Bengaluru Urban. After this in the western and southern parts of the city. According to Food Department data, 48,891 ration cards were canceled in Bengaluru Urban.
25,143 cards were canceled in Bengaluru West, while 15,916 cards were canceled in Bengaluru South. In Bengaluru North, 12,431 cards were removed from the BPL category. 10,376 such cards were canceled in Bengaluru East. In Bengaluru Rural, 5,963 ration cards were changed from BPL to APL. Officials said this zone-wise distribution reflects differences in income patterns, employment profiles and property ownership across the city.
Why were these ration cards cancelled?
The Food and Civil Supplies Department said that these cancellations were the result of data-based verification conducted in several government databases. One of the main criteria used was income eligibility. According to BPL rules, the annual income of a family should not exceed Rs 1.20 lakh. This family was found to exceed this limit and was considered ineligible for BPL status. Officials said the income data was matched using bank, salary and loan records.
The families who had taken loans here were also affected. In many cases, BPL cards were canceled when the head of the family or his children had taken a loan from the bank and reported a monthly salary of Rs 15,000. Officials said such salary information automatically put families out of the prescribed income limit.
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