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date_range 15 March 2023 5:22 PMNational Food Security Act: Centre finds 55L plus fake beneficiaries
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New Delhi: A nationwide deduplication drive by the Union government revealed that under National Food Security Act (NFSA), there are more than 55 lakh duplicate beneficiaries, IANS reported.
Uttar Pradesh has reported 9,21,175 duplicate beneficiaries under the NFSA, while Bihar has reported 6,67,688 such beneficiaries, the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs said in a written reply to the Parliament on Wednesday.
The Central government maintains the details of around 80 crores of NFSA beneficiaries as reported by states and Union Territories (UTs).
The ministry said that from time-to-time instructions and communications are conveyed to states and UTs for the deduplication of beneficiaries or ration cards.
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