Amid the season of festivals, there is a very good news for the common people of Madhya Pradesh. There, new ration cards are being made. For that anyone can apply for a new ration card. The entire system is now operating in online platform.
Work start after a year
The ration card is one of the most important documents in the country. Through it, one can avail of various government schemes and services. Now, the process of issuing new ration cards has resumed in Madhya Pradesh. This work has resumed after a year. In Madhya Pradesh, people who previously applied to add their names to ration cards are now being included in the eligibility list. Nearly 800,000 people have already been added, and another 700,000 are expected to be added.
According to the Food and Civil Supplies Department, the central government has allocated a ration quota for 54.6 million people to Madhya Pradesh. Under this, approximately 2.91 lakh metric tons of food grains are distributed every month. Until now, new names were not being added due to the quota being reached. However, after a survey, the process has now been cleared. The survey revealed that the names of approximately 1.5 million people who had either left the state or died were still on the list.
Work is going in rapid speed
Since January, all such names have been removed. This cleanup has now created space for new eligible families, and new cards are being issued. Currently, the application and verification process is progressing rapidly in the state. If you live in Madhya Pradesh and haven’t yet obtained a ration card, you can now apply for one. The e-KYC process for those applying for new ration cards is ongoing.
Those who complete this process are being issued eligibility slips. E-KYC is verifying both eligible and ineligible applicants so that only genuine beneficiaries can be included in the scheme.