<p>New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday informed Lok Sabha that the States and Union territories have deleted 2.12 crore fake PDS beneficiaries so far out of the list of 8.51 crore suspected recipients. </p><p>The Centre prepared the list of fake beneficiaries and shared with the States and asked them to conduct field verification and to take necessary action as deemed fit in these cases, Minister of State for Consumers and Food Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya said in a written reply.</p>.GST tweaks, guarantee schemes may widen Karnataka’s revenue deficit: Report.<p>Under the Public Distribution System (PDS) via the National Food Security Act (NFSA), beneficiaries get 5 kg of foodgrains per person per month (mix of wheat/rice), while the poorest AAY (Antyodaya Anna Yojana) households get 35 kg per family/month.</p><p>During 2024–25, the government undertook a comprehensive data analytics exercise wherein multiple Key Performance Indexes (KPIs), such as beneficiaries aged over 100 years, silent ration cards, duplicate ration cards and beneficiaries below 18 years with single-member ration cards, were applied to the PDS database.</p><p>This database was also cross-matched with datasets of other government agencies, including Aadhaar, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), and Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).</p><p>This exercise flagged approximately 8.51 crore beneficiaries (2024 to 2025), and the list of these flagged beneficiaries was shared with the respective States/UTs for conducting field verification, she added.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday informed Lok Sabha that the States and Union territories have deleted 2.12 crore fake PDS beneficiaries so far out of the list of 8.51 crore suspected recipients. </p><p>The Centre prepared the list of fake beneficiaries and shared with the States and asked them to conduct field verification and to take necessary action as deemed fit in these cases, Minister of State for Consumers and Food Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya said in a written reply.</p>.GST tweaks, guarantee schemes may widen Karnataka’s revenue deficit: Report.<p>Under the Public Distribution System (PDS) via the National Food Security Act (NFSA), beneficiaries get 5 kg of foodgrains per person per month (mix of wheat/rice), while the poorest AAY (Antyodaya Anna Yojana) households get 35 kg per family/month.</p><p>During 2024–25, the government undertook a comprehensive data analytics exercise wherein multiple Key Performance Indexes (KPIs), such as beneficiaries aged over 100 years, silent ration cards, duplicate ration cards and beneficiaries below 18 years with single-member ration cards, were applied to the PDS database.</p><p>This database was also cross-matched with datasets of other government agencies, including Aadhaar, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), and Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).</p><p>This exercise flagged approximately 8.51 crore beneficiaries (2024 to 2025), and the list of these flagged beneficiaries was shared with the respective States/UTs for conducting field verification, she added.</p>
