20 Lakh ration cards will be canceled from tomorrow, the government announced that it has not done KYC
Lastly updated: June 30, 2025, 19:45 IST Odisha Rashan Card Suspension News: Odisha Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krishna Chandra Patra said that 20 thousand ration cards will be canceled in the state. This is because these ration card holes … Read more, the government of Odisha has taken a strong stand. (File photo) Highlights Odisha government will suspend more than 20 lakh ration cards. These ration cards will be suspended due to updating E-KYC. The government says people will gain the benefit of this once e-KYC is done. Odisha Rashan Card Suspension News: There will be a big action in the ration card holders in Odisha. Ration cards of about 20 lakh 58 thousand people will be suspended in the entire Odisha, not 1000 or 2000. We do not claim it, but this information was given by the Odisha government. The government says the ration card that does not do e-KYC authentication will be suspended. Krishna Chandra Patra, Minister of Food Provision and Consumer Welfare Minister, said the last date for E-KYC authentication verification was Monday, ie June 30. When the government did not do e-KYC, the government showed strict national and state food safety schemes to remove unfit and dead beneficiaries from the entire state in August 2024. The deadline has been extended several times. Patra said: “We are planning to suspend ration cards of 20.58 Lakh beneficiaries, who have not yet completed their E-KYC authentication up to the last date. We will give them three months.” 3.25 Crore people under NFSA said that their rice quota would not be issued during the next three months, so that all the right beneficiaries come to the fair price stores for their rice quota. The minister said: “When they come to the PDS store, we will verify their e-KYC and renew their ration card.” He further said that the government would disable the ration cards of those beneficiaries, which will not come to the PDS store during this period. According to the available data, a total of 3.25 crore people in the state are beneficiaries under the National Food Safety Act (NFSA), while other people of 6.48 lakh are covered under the State Food Safety Scheme (SFS). At the purchase of Paddy, 12 Lakh metric Ton Paddy, Patra said the government bought 19 lakh metric tons during this Rabi crop season, while 12 Lakh -ton Paddy was purchased during the last Rabi season. Nevertheless, the government will buy paddy from farmers who have taken their signs by taking their paddy to Mandis, the minister advised such farmers to complete their iris scan. This year, more paddy was obtained because the state government began to give Rs 3.100 per Quintal Paddy to the registered farmers. He said many farmers had previously sold their paddy to traders from other states. On the author Sandeep Gupta has been active in journalism for more than 14 years. In 2010, after starting his career with the Dainik Bhaskar newspaper, he worked as a reporter in the new world, Dainik Jagran and Punjab Kesari. During this time I am active in crime and I read in journalism for over 14 years. In 2010, after starting his career with the Dainik Bhaskar newspaper, he worked as a reporter in the new world, Dainik Jagran and Punjab Kesari. During this time, crime and … Read more homes will be canceled, 20 Lakh ration cards, the government has announced that it has not done Kyc