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4,221 BPL cards converted as APL cards in Mysuru district
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4,221 BPL cards converted as APL cards in Mysuru district

November 22, 2024

Mysuru: Dr. B. Pushpa Amarnath, Vice-Chairperson of the Karnataka State Guarantee Schemes Implementation Authority, revealed that Mysuru district has 6,91,370 Antyodaya and BPL cards, of which only 4,221 were converted to APL cards in line with the Centre’s guidelines. She clarified that no BPL cards had been cancelled. At a press meet held at ZP…

Rs. 13.5 cr. fine collected from 4.6 lakh ineligible BPL card holders
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Rs. 13.5 cr. fine collected from 4.6 lakh ineligible BPL card holders

June 1, 2023

Bengaluru: Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department has collected a whopping Rs. 13.5 crore fine from  4.6 lakh ineligible BPL card holders. Ironically, 21,232 such card holders are Government employees from whom alone Rs. 11.2 crore fine was collected. The drive to weed out ineligible card holders began in Feb. 2022 and the data…

People throng browsing centres to apply for BPL cards
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People throng browsing centres to apply for BPL cards

May 29, 2023

Mysore/Mysuru: With the Congress Government promising to implement its five poll guarantees — Anna Bhagya, under which each BPL card member will get 10 kgs of rice for free, Yuva Nidhi, under which unemployed youth will get a monthly allowance (Rs.3,000 for graduates and Rs. 1,500 for diploma holders), Gruha Jyothi scheme (200 units of …

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