6.84 lakh households beneath the scanner in Haryana for giving ‘false’ revenue particulars to avail of BPL, AAY advantages

Amid a surge within the variety of Under Poverty Line (BPL) and Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) card holders in Haryana over the previous three years, 6.84 lakh households have come beneath the scanner of the federal government for allegedly offering false revenue particulars within the Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) to illegally receive advantages meant for the poor.

The PPP, launched in 2019, is a singular household ID system designed to facilitate “paperless” and “faceless” supply of presidency schemes, companies, and advantages.

The federal government recognized these households utilizing a particular software program, inputs from the Crime Investigation Division, and knowledge from honest value retailers, a supply within the State authorities stated. Sirsa and Hisar districts have the very best variety of such households.

Earlier this month, the federal government had despatched stern textual content messages to those households, warning them to voluntarily appropriate their revenue particulars within the PPP by April 20 or face penalties. “Mistaken revenue particulars or synthetic division of household in Parivar Pehchan Patra has come to the discover of the State authorities throughout the Meeting session. Please enter the right info by April 20, in any other case authorized motion will be initiated, together with restoration of improper advantages. The PPP is the premise of belief, preserve it sturdy with honesty: Haryana Parivar Pehchan Patra Authority,” learn the message despatched on April 3.

‘One other likelihood’

In keeping with Satish Khola, State coordinator of the Haryana PPP Authority, the federal government is giving households that supplied incorrect revenue particulars or created a number of household IDs on the identical handle, both on goal or by mistake, an opportunity to rectify their info within the PPP to keep away from authorized motion.

“Chief Minister Nayab Saini goals to make PPP an impeccable and correct doc with the help of residents and it is a step to realize it amicably. These folks have the chance to appropriate their revenue particulars and merge the a number of household IDs. They will simply do it by logging into the authority’s web site, else the federal government will take acceptable motion,” stated Mr. Khola.

Haryana has 76,81,652 PPPs protecting 2,93,12,014 members, as of April this 12 months, whereas 51,96,380 households maintain BPL and AAY ration playing cards. This means that 67.64% of households within the State stay beneath the poverty line, contradicting Haryana’s standing as one among India’s most affluent States with a per capita revenue of ₹3,25,759.

Congress’s Rohtak MLA Bharat Bhushan Batra had raised this subject within the Meeting throughout the Price range Session. Talking to The Hindu, he accused the BJP authorities of issuing numerous BPL and AAY ration playing cards with out correct verification within the run-up to the Meeting ballot final 12 months for political achieve. He claimed that the federal government relied on self-verification of revenue by PPP holders to subject ration playing cards, bypassing the necessary bodily verification said within the PPP Act.

As many as 37,62,893 BPL playing cards had been issued between April 2022 and September 2024, rising the variety of beneficiary households from 8,82,417 to 46,45,310. Throughout this era, 54,705 new AAY playing cards had been additionally issued, taking the whole variety of beneficiaries to 2,92,845.

Potential causes

Mr. Khola stated the seemingly disproportionate variety of BPL households might be partially attributed to the Haryana authorities rising the utmost revenue restrict for BPL households from ₹1.20 lakh to ₹1.80 lakh in December 2022, and the issuance of PPPs to migrant households beneath the ‘One nation one ration card’ scheme.

“After the introduction of PPP, we eliminated 9.6 lakh ineligible households from the PDS system, however added 16 lakh new BPL households with a rise within the revenue restrict. Round 5 lakh migrant households had been additionally issued PPPs,” he stated.

Mr. Khola stated the revenue particulars furnished within the PPPs had been self-verified and cross-checked by native and sector committees, however “discrepancies can’t be fully dominated out”.