Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Jul 29: Though some members of family have died, their names are not removed from the list of the names on the ration card.
In the district of Dakshina Kannada, it has come to light that names of 13,133 beneficiaries is still continuing on the ration card though they are no more.
In a circular of DC office, it is notified that the names of deceased should be immediately removed from the ration card by presenting the death certificate to the taluk office.
It is a crime not to remove the names of deceased and taking benefits in their name from the government. Such people will be made ineligible as per law, stated the circular.