Govt employees appealed to surrender their AAY/PHH ration cards

KUNAL RAI

GANGTOK: The AAY and PHH beneficiaries in Sikkim whose living standards have improved by getting government employment or other income sources of their family members have been appealed to voluntarily surrender their ration cards.

Food & Civil Supplies secretary Anil Raj Rai made this appeal on Wednesday so that the left-out genuine, poor families can take these two schemes which offer free or subsidised rice.

Under AAY (Antodaya Anna Yojana), the State government can cover 16,500 households while the limit for PHH (Priority House Hold) is 3,24,053 individuals.

There are many more families in Sikkim who are eligible for these two schemes but are not covered due to the capping fixed by the Union government.

Hence, the Food & Civil Supplies department appeals to all those AAY and PHH beneficiaries whose income has increased through government employment or other sources of their family members to voluntarily surrender their AAY/PHH ration cards so that the left-out poor families can take these facilities, said Rai.

Rai also appealed those government employees whose are taking AAY and PHH benefits to voluntarily surrender their ration cards so that the department can accommodate the left-out eligible families.

For surrendering ration cards, the concerned DCSOs are to be contacted at their respective districts.