Ration card: ration card holders with over 5 hectares of land, a list of 73 thousand suspected beneficiaries released - Gumla ration card fraud 73000 suspects being investigated

Updated: Mom, 29 Sep 2025 12:17 PM (IST) In the Gumla district, there was a major disorder in the public distribution system. A list of 73230 suspected ration card holders was found, including rich people. The administration canceled 2910 cards and the rest is being investigated. The poor complained that the rich people grabbed the ration of the poor. Ration distribution will continue until the investigation is completed and the culprits will be done. Santosh Kumar, Gumla. The public distribution system, which operates for the poor and the needy in the district, has revealed a large scale disorders. Investigations have found that many rich and more than five hectares of irrigated landlords of the district are also mistakenly ration card holders and pick up the grain of the rights of the poor. Remove ad, just read the news, the Government of India has taken a difficult stance on this disorder and made a list of 73.230 suspected ration card holders to the district administration. The administration began to investigate it. So far, they have been deleted by physical verification of 2 910 ration cards. The investigation process of the remaining cardholders continues quickly. After this action, there was a stir among the beneficiaries who took unfair benefits. Poor and landless families have often complained in rural areas that they do not gain the benefit of government food grains, while financially competent and prosperous families, who have arable land and other ways, also benefit from PDs. It has a direct impact on the actual qualifying beneficiaries who have trouble raising bread twice. The administration claims that the process of ration distribution will not be affected until the entire investigation is completed. The cards confirmed will continue to get grains regularly. The final decision will only be made after completing the verification of the cards. If we look at the data, the most suspected map is 10,762 in Sisai Block. While wiping 444. The lowest Gumla Nagar is 358, while 19. 4,699 in Bishunpur block of the district, 9,112 in Ghaghra, Sisai 10,762, Bharno 5.283, Kamdara 5.971, Basia 6,434, Gumla 10,050, Chanpur 4,846, Dumri 2.955, Dumri, Chanpur 4,846, Dumri 2,955, Dumri 2,955, Albert Ekka 1.726, Rashtheih 5,157, Rashtheih 5,157 in Palakot. What do officers say? Once the process of physical verification is completed, all the ration cards will be canceled beyond the suitability criteria. Legal action will also be taken against such people who have made maps by providing false information. – Pradeep Bhagat, District Supply Officer Gumla