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Centre urges states, UTs to ensure coverage of economically weakest sections of population under NFSA ANI | Updated: Jun 03, 2021 12:43 IST New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): The Central government on Wednesday issued an advisory to all the states and union territories to launch a special drive to issue ration cards to the most vulnerable and economically weaker sections of the population amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. "To ensure coverage of all eligible identified persons from the most vulnerable and economically weakest sections of population under...

Govt Asks Public To Obtain Receipts From Ration Stores, Starts Online Complaint System SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir government has asked the general public to obtain a receipt from the storekeepers of government sale centres/fair price shops while stating that people can complain about “reluctance” on part of the storekeeper to provide the receipt on a toll-free number or on the official grievance portal. “In case any storekeeper is reluctant to provide receipt the same shall be brought to the notice of the Department on toll-free no 1800-180-7011or through online mode on the offic...

Sudhir Paswan, 29, is back to square one--in his village in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, counting his losses. It has been more than a week since he returned, after failing to secure a job in Delhi. A labourer who loaded and unloaded goods in Delhi's Okhla Industrial Area, he would earn between Rs 200 and Rs 700 a day. "Since the lockdown, there was no work and access to food and essentials became difficult. I had to leave the city," he said. Over 800,000 migrants left India's capital, for instance, for their hometowns in 2021. Paswan is just one of them. Jobs have been hit harder since the...

Assam has 58 lakh ration card holders. Assams minister Food and Civil Supplies Ranjeet Kumar Dass said, “We have seen several people whose annual income is over one lakh are holding ration cards and denying the genuine poor people. We are issuing an appeal to such people to voluntarily give up. The circle officers are asked to check such cases and we will add another five lakh new hard holders shortly.”

“Banks and the finance cos are seizing vehicles even as the drivers are struggling to earn enough to survive”