Telangana state government is set to put an end to annual income limit which is only criterion for issuing ration cards and in its place, movable and immovable assets are to be taken into consideration.
Right now, those with an annual income limit of less than Rs 90,000 in urban areas and less than Rs 75,000 in rural areas are entitled for white ration cards and are eligible for all the welfare schemes offered by the government such as kerosene, subsidized rice and other essential commodities offered through public distribution system, free medical treatment under Aarogyasri, scholarships, fee reimbursement scheme, housing, pensions, etc.
The government in the last three months weeded out 10 lakh cards and replaced them with Aadhaar.
The TS regime with special focus has collected comprehensive information of each and every household of those having white cards as part of Intensive Household Survey.
“The computerisation of household data was completed last week and we are currently in the process of examining the data by cross checking with Aadhaar data and data available with other departments. We are finding out the movable and immovable assets held by households based on which the government will decide the eligibility criterion for various welfare schemes,” said Raymond Peter, principal secretary, panchayat raj department.
The data collected recently during intensive household survey is under official’s examination to determine the eligibility for white ration cards other than annual income limit which will submit its report within two weeks.