Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (TP)

Udupi, Sep 26: Minister for food, civil supplies, consumer affairs and legal metrology K H Muniyappa instructed officials to expedite the identification of ineligible BPL (Below Poverty Line) cards in the district, while ensuring that eligible card holders face no inconvenience.

Presiding over a departmental progress review meeting on September 26 at the Rajathadri DC office auditorium in Manipal, the minister highlighted that Karnataka ranks second in the country in terms of economic status. Citing a central government survey, he said that the state has more than seven lac ineligible BPL cards. The state government has begun a revision process to identify such ration cards and convert them into APL (Above Poverty Line) cards at the earliest.

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