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Patna, 30 April. More than 33 lakh names are being struck off from the ration cards to remove ineligible and fake beneficiaries taking advantage of free ration under the Public Distribution System (PDS) in Bihar. These 33.25 lakh cardholders are included in the list of 57,01,731 suspects identified by the Central Government.

marked by the central government 57,01,731 These names are included in the list of suspects

According to officials, investigation of 51 lakh of these cases has been completed. Notices are being sent to the beneficiaries included in the doubtful list, whose answers are not found satisfactory, action is being taken in a phased manner by including their names in the removal list.

12 More than lakh names have already been deleted

This includes deceased persons, government employees, four-wheeler owners and income tax payers. It is said that more than 12 lakh names have already been cut and more than 18 lakh names (total 33 lakh+) are in the list, which will be removed. In this regard, the Food and Consumer Protection Department has issued guidelines to all the districts.

included in the list of suspects 57 in lakh families 55 Lakh investigation completed

Officials of the department say that the Central Government had included the names of 57 lakh ration card holding families in the list of suspects. The department has instructed the districts and concerned officials to investigate these families at the local level and take necessary action. Of these 57 lakh families, investigation of 55 lakh has been completed.

Action will also be taken against SDOs who show laxity and negligence in investigation

According to department officials, about 36 lakh families have been found ineligible in the investigation, out of which names of 12 lakh have been struck off. At the same time, the remaining families have been found eligible in the investigation, whose values ​​will not be removed from the list. Along with this, the department can also take action against the SDO who shows laxity and carelessness in the investigation. Preparations are also being made for this.

The Central Government had included in the list of suspects those cardholders who own four-wheelers, hold the post of director in big companies or are income tax payers. Besides, such names have also been included in this list, by whom ration is not being lifted under the Public Distribution System for months. The names of these families are being removed after investigation.

A list of deletion of names of the dead was also prepared in various districts.

At present two crore 10 lakh families of the state are ration card holders. Many of them have died. Talking about various districts of the state, the list of maximum number of dead 67,417 in Patna and 66,918 in Muzaffarpur has been prepared. Apart from this, 43,909 names will be removed in Gayaji, 41,421 in East Champaran and 43,554 names in Samastipur, while in smaller districts, 1,330 names are to be removed from Shivhar and 1,588 from Arwal.