Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday launched a new scheme to provide Masur Dal, sugar and salt to families covered under the National Food Security Act at prices lower than the market rate in a programme held at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati.
The Chief Minister claimed the People's government extended welfare scheme benefits, including 14,197 ration cards, 200 units of free electricity to 25,925 families and 23,311 quintals of fine rice to the poor every month in the constituency.
"Your vote is your right. Ambani and Adani do not need votes, but the youth, farmers, labourers, the poor, and the backwards class of Bihar need the right to vote. They want to snatch everything from you. First, they are snatching your votes, then they will snatch your ration card, land,
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Saturday attacked BJP-led Union Government, accusing it of snatching food from lakhs of poor families by arbitrarily cutting ration cards in the state.
So far, a total of 961 ineligible cards have been cancelled in the Pauri district, and 5307 ration cards have been cancelled in the Bageshwar district. 3,332 cards have been cancelled in Dehradun.
Supreme Court on July 10 allowed ECI to continue Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls while advising them to consider allowing Aadhaar, ration cards, and electoral photo identity cards as admissible documents to prove voter identity.
The EC sources have said that a large number of individuals from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar have been found by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) with Aadhaar cards, domicile certificates and ration cards during house-to-house visits carried out as part of the SIR of electoral rolls in poll-boun
A large number of people from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar have been found by Booth Level Officers during the house-to-house visits during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls currently underway in poll-bound Bihar, according to the sources.
Earlier on July 10, a bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi did not stay the SIR process but asked the ECI to consider allowing Aadhaar, ration cards, and electoral photo identity cards as admissible documents to prove voter identity during the SIR of electoral rolls being u
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision asking the Election Commission (EC) to consider Aadhar, EPIC and Ration cards as Identification proof amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar a
He mentioned that the Supreme Court "clearly" suggested the inclusion of three documents, namely Aadhar, EC voter ID, and ration card, to be considered by the EC during the enumeration procedure.
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Election Commission to continue with its exercise of conducting a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.