No order on surrender of ration card in UP: Government

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday made it clear that no new order has been issued in the state regarding surrender or cancellation of ration cards.
Refuting the reports circulated in this regard in certain sections of the media as "misleading and false", food commissioner Saurav Babu said, "Ration card verification is a normal process which takes place from time to time. Baseless reports are being circulated regarding surrender of ration card and new eligibility conditions."
He said the eligibility/ineligibility criterion of household ration cards were ascertained vide the government order dated October 7, 2014, and no changes had been made since then.
He said no cardholder could be declared ineligible on the basis of having a pucca house under the government scheme, electricity connection, sole weapon licence holder, motor cycle owner, poultry/cow rearing.
"Similarly, as per the National Food Security Act-2013 and other prevailing mandates, no provision of recovery from ineligible cardholders has been prescribed and no instructions have been issued from the government level or from the Food Commissioner's office regarding recovery," he said.
The department always issues new ration cards to eligible card holders according to their eligibility and from April 1, 2020 till now, a total of 29.53 lakh new ration cards have been issued by the department to the eligible beneficiaries in the state.