Priority ration cards for sale! anyone with Rs 1,000 and broker can get it

Monday 20 September, 2021 | 1:25 AM READ MALAYALAM VERSION

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Priority cards recovered by the government from the ineligible will be available to anyone with Rs 1,000 and a broker! The middlemen are some ration shop owners with an eye on fraud. If they are 'treated' properly, the share of it will reach the pocket of the Civil Supplies Officer. Then the procedures for getting the card will be done with lightning speed.

Priority card fraud are rampant in many parts of the state.

Since GR Anil became the Minister for Civil Supplies, 1.37 lakh cards have returned as a result of efforts to recover the priority cards of the ineligible. It is the policy of the government to give this to those who deserve it. Officers were deployed to find the deserving. It is the duty of the field officers to check the applications submitted for this and issue priority cards to those who are eligible. Some of them are taking advantage of the opportunities to make money out of it. Some ration shop owners will be intermediaries. Applicants for the priority card will be told that it will work out if they spend some money. Fees will also be stated. If the applicant agrees then the matter is expedited.

AAY cards (yellow) have already been issued to 11,230 people, including those with serious illnesses to receive medical benefits. The distribution of PH (Pink) cards will be inaugurated on the 29th. Some employees are taking advantage of the government's proud achievement.

Cards to be given to the deserving

Thiruvananthapuram - 10,770

Kollam- 9047

Pathanamthitta- 6125

Alappuzha- 8336

Kottayam- 6739

Idukki- 3646

Ernakulam- 13,854

Thrissur- 8643

Palakkad - 14,792

Malappuram- 29,643

Kozhikode - 11,958