Poor without ration cards to get Rs 1,000: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

TNN | Updated: Apr 22, 2020, 07:09 IST

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

PATNA: CM Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said all those poor families without ration cards and identified as eligible by the self-help groups of Jeevika would be provided financial assistance of Rs1,000 per family soon.
“There should be no confusion over the issue,” he said at a review meeting with state chief secretary Deepak Kumar and other senior officials. While taking feedback on the transfer of Rs1,000 per family in the bank accounts of ration card holders, Nitish asked the chief secretary to tell the secretary, food, supply and consumer protection department, district magistrates and sub-divisional officers that all the families without ration cards but identified as eligible would be provided financial assistance of Rs1,000 per family.
“After that, the administration will take necessary steps to issue ration cards to them after conducting proper inquiry,” Nitish said. He also made it clear that such families without ration cards and living in urban areas would also be provided Rs1,000 per family after their identification through a proper survey. “The urban development and housing department should complete this survey through the National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) as early as possible,” Nitish said.
The CM further asked the officials to ensure that the foodgrains being distributed through the public distribution system (PDS) shops are of good quality and their weight must be correct. “Stern action should be taken against the officials concerned if any complaint regarding the quality and weight is received,” Nitish said.
He further asked the officials to extend at least by a week the date for filing claim for input subsidy against the crop loss due to untimely rains and hailstorm that took place in the month of February and March this year. The farmers who have so far not applied due to any reasons could make online application for that.