Down To Earth highlighted families who were unable to receive benefits of ration cards due to glitches in the system
Dying for ration: 70-year-old sustains family as mentally ill daughter, disabled son-in-law denied BPL benefits
Requests for below-poverty line card rejected
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Dying for ration: These Barmer widows and orphans are being turned away from PDS shops
Settlement has lost most of its men to liquor abuse; Women work as waste pickers
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Dying for ration: Biometric glitches in Rajasthan villages keep the poor hungry
Valid ration card holders turned away from PDS shops as fingerprints don't match in records
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Dying for ration: Denied full benefits, 62-year-old widow eats a meal a day to survive
Around 80 households out of 250 denied PDS welfare in Baramsar
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DTE Impact: 70-year-old supporting mentally-ill daughter, disabled son-in-law to get her dream cowshed
District collector sanctions Rs 2 lakh, plot of land on lease for family among other benefits
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Dying for ration: Tonk woman bringing up family on Rs 200 a day not eligible for PDS welfare
Ill-treated by husband for not birthing a boy, free ration would mean not worrying about feeding her daughters
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Dying for ration: Deep in debt, Rajasthan villagers sell animals
Many across the state say received no ration for years; no help from authorities
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Dying for ration: Centre to give free foodgrains to 813 million from New Year, but what of those excluded
Coverage of the National Food Security Act is still done on the basis of the outdated 2011 Census
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Dying for ration: 7-year wait for Jharkhand couple to receive PDS benefits
Village residents say ration cards of many cancelled, including those from Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
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Dying for ration: Tribal beneficiaries of Jharkhand PDS don’t have salt, surviving on plain boiled rice
Ration cards for many cancelled; Landless villagers migrate to city for work
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Dying for ration: No health aid for those without PDS cards
Ground report from Jharkhand villages shows many pending applications; Rejected applicants told quota for beneficiaries full
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