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Kerala will deactivate 'Silent Ration Cards' unused for six months. Beneficiaries must complete eKYC within three months to reactivate, or cards will be invalidated.
Kerala will pilot a digital currency system for ration purchases via mobile phones and e-wallets, allowing beneficiaries to select items and pay dealers digitally.
Kerala's government may increase rice quotas for white and blue ration card holders to 5kg to boost sales, potentially amending laws for licence transfers and exploring new services like banking and LPG distribution via ration shops.
While they literally struggle to find shelter on the streets, supply officials have categorised them in a bracket that disqualifies them from Below Poverty Line (BPL) benefits, deeming their non-existent house “electrified”.
Kerala's Food Department is preparing for Onam with market interventions, releasing rice and wheat, and distributing 6.09 lakh free kits to beneficiaries, alongside new subsidised rice schemes.
Kerala's government approved 73,024 new priority ration cards, surpassing its 50,000 target. Free rations commence August 3rd, with Onam preparations including special rice and kerosene distribution.
Kerala is revising eligibility for priority ration cards, potentially increasing house size limits, re-evaluating vehicle and land ownership exclusions to include more deserving families.
Kerala's poorest families face a 14kg monthly ration cut under a proposed National Food Security Act amendment, potentially costing the state a lakh tonnes of rice annually.
Ration card and support have been provided to a tent-bound family living on the banks of the Pamba River.
The association is also demanding that shortcomings in the Kerala Targeted Public Distribution System (KTPDS) Act be addressed.
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