J&K Govt to Eliminate Bogus Ration Cards

Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Satish Sharma yesterday said that the government intends to make all endeavours to eliminate bogus and ineligible ration cards as a continuous process. The minister was replying to a question in the assembly. 

He informed the House that the



General Administration Department has ordered the verification of beneficiaries to make the PDS database clean and credible. Replying to another question, he said that the department is contemplating the opening of 1,600 new Fair Price Shops under the Targeted Public Distribution System.