Karnataka govt starts cash disbursal in lieu of 5 kg rice under 'Anna Bhagya' scheme
BENGALURU:
According to the state government, Karnataka has 1.28 crore ration cards of Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Priority Households.As much as 99 per cent of these cards are seeded with an Aadhaar number, it said, adding that 82 per cent 1.06 crore of these cards are linked with active bank accounts, and the cash transfer will start for these beneficiaries.The remaining ration card holders will be intimated to open new accounts, it added.As many as 1.27 crore ration cards have one member designated as head of households HoH.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday launched payment of cash in lieu of the additional 5 kilograms of rice to beneficiaries under the government’s ‘Anna Bhagya’ scheme. With the launch of the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) programme, the Congress government in the state is fulfilling one more of its five poll ‘guarantees’ (promises) announced in the run-up to the elections held in May.
ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಡಿನ ಜನರಿಗೆ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಕೊಡುವುದನ್ನು ಬಂದ್ ಮಾಡಿದ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಬಳಿಕ ಇ-ಹರಾಜು ಮೂಲಕ ಆ ಅಕ್ಕಿಯನ್ನು ಹರಾಜು ಹಾಕಲು ಮುಂದಾಯಿತು. ಆದರೆ ಈಗ ಇ-ಹರಾಜು ಮೂಲಕ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಖರೀದಿಸಲು ಯಾರೂ ಮುಂದೆ ಬರುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳು ವರದಿ ಮಾಡಿವೆ. ಇದನ್ನು ನಾವು ಡರ್ಟಿ ಪಾಲಿಟಿಕ್ಸ್ ಅಂತ ಕರೆಯಬೇಕೋ ಬೇಡವೋ? ಇದನ್ನು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಜನತೆಯ… pic.twitter.com/GWZHLCjJgc
— CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) July 10, 2023
Facing difficulty in procuring large quantities of rice required to implement the poll guarantee, the state government decided to pay cash to beneficiaries at the rate of Rs 34 per kg, for the additional 5 kg of rice under the free rice scheme, which is applicable to every member of a BPL household and ‘Antyodaya’ households. According to the state government, Karnataka has 1.28 crore ration cards of ‘Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Priority Households’.
As much as 99 per cent of these cards are seeded with an Aadhaar number, it said, adding that 82 per cent (1.06 crore) of these cards are linked with active bank accounts, and the cash transfer will start for these beneficiaries.
4 ಕೋಟಿ 42 ಲಕ್ಷ ಫಲಾನುಭವಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಈಗ ತಲಾ 170 ರೂ. ನೇರವಾಗಿ ಅವರ ಖಾತೆಗೆ ವರ್ಗಾವಣೆ ಆಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಬಡವರು, ಮಧ್ಯಮ ವರ್ಗದವರು ಎರಡು ಹೊತ್ತು ಅನ್ನ ತಿಂದರೆ ಬಿಜೆಪಿಗೆ ಯಾಕೆ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆಯುರಿ?
— CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) July 10, 2023
ನಾಡಿನ ಜನತೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಖಾತೆಗೆ ಬರುವ ಹಣವನ್ನು ಊಟ, ಆಹಾರಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಖರ್ಚು ಮಾಡಿ ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಯ ಬದುಕು ನಡೆಸಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ಮನವಿ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇನೆ. 4/4
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The remaining ration card holders will be intimated to open new accounts, it added.
As many as 1.27 crore ration cards have one member designated as head of households (HoH). Cash will be transferred to the bank accounts of these HoHs. It said 94 per cent of HoH are women and 5 per cent are men.
The government has already implemented the first poll guarantee, ‘Shakti’ by providing free services for women in public transport buses last month. While the ‘Gruha Jyothi’ scheme to provide 200 units of free electricity to households has already come into effect from the beginning of this month, the electricity bill for the same for power consumption this month will come in the beginning of August.
The remaining two guarantees that the government is taking steps to implement soon are — Rs 2,000 monthly assistance to the woman head of every family (Gruha Lakshmi); and Rs 3,000 every month for unemployed graduate youth and Rs 1,500 for unemployed diploma holders (Yuva Nidhi).PTI
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