GURUGRAM: The state govt has not up to date the checklist of folks under poverty line (BPL) in a decade. The checklist was closing up to date in 2009 and because then, no new identify has been added to it, which means thousands or more are being deprived of facilities akin to subsidised medical treatment and faculty training.
The subject got here to light after the district management in Rewari received 29 requests for addition of names to the BPL checklist. The municipal committee of Rewari conducted a survey and found the candidates to be genuine. However, the requests are pending as the BPL checklist can simplest be up to date when related directions are received from the state govt, in keeping with the Rewari officers.
The human rights fee intervened and discovered that the checklist had not been up to date for the past 10 years. Now, the fee has asked the state’s leader secretary to record a report within the subject within six weeks. It has noticed that the negligence is resulting in “hardship and injustice” as eligible applicants are “being deprived of their advantages which is gross violation of human rights”.
“The state in addition to the central govt run more than a few schemes for folks within the BPL class akin to subsidised ration, well being services and products and so on. These facilities can simplest be availed through those that have a BPL card and for that inclusion of their names within the checklist is should,” said Deep Bhatia, a member of Haryana Human Rights Commission.
The closing survey to identify BPL households was conducted in 2007. Around eight,58,389 rural households out of 31,59,222 had been under poverty line then. The BPL applicants included 34,729 persons from Rewari, 22,211 from Gurugram and 53,270 from Mewat. According to a report of the Haryana meals, civil provides and shopper affairs department, there are round 11.5 lakh BPL card holders within the state.
On the other hand, in 2016, the state govt greater the restrict of annual income of BPL families in rural spaces from Rs 20,000 to Rs 40,500 and for those in urban spaces from Rs 27,500 to Rs 51,500. Similarly, for families living under double the poverty line (DPL), the restrict of annual income was greater from Rs 40,000 to Rs 81,000 in rural spaces and Rs 55,000 to Rs 1.03 lakh in urban spaces.
The subject got here to light after the district management in Rewari received 29 requests for addition of names to the BPL checklist. The municipal committee of Rewari conducted a survey and found the candidates to be genuine. However, the requests are pending as the BPL checklist can simplest be up to date when related directions are received from the state govt, in keeping with the Rewari officers.
The human rights fee intervened and discovered that the checklist had not been up to date for the past 10 years. Now, the fee has asked the state’s leader secretary to record a report within the subject within six weeks. It has noticed that the negligence is resulting in “hardship and injustice” as eligible applicants are “being deprived of their advantages which is gross violation of human rights”.
“The state in addition to the central govt run more than a few schemes for folks within the BPL class akin to subsidised ration, well being services and products and so on. These facilities can simplest be availed through those that have a BPL card and for that inclusion of their names within the checklist is should,” said Deep Bhatia, a member of Haryana Human Rights Commission.
The closing survey to identify BPL households was conducted in 2007. Around eight,58,389 rural households out of 31,59,222 had been under poverty line then. The BPL applicants included 34,729 persons from Rewari, 22,211 from Gurugram and 53,270 from Mewat. According to a report of the Haryana meals, civil provides and shopper affairs department, there are round 11.5 lakh BPL card holders within the state.
On the other hand, in 2016, the state govt greater the restrict of annual income of BPL families in rural spaces from Rs 20,000 to Rs 40,500 and for those in urban spaces from Rs 27,500 to Rs 51,500. Similarly, for families living under double the poverty line (DPL), the restrict of annual income was greater from Rs 40,000 to Rs 81,000 in rural spaces and Rs 55,000 to Rs 1.03 lakh in urban spaces.
No name added to BPL list since 2009
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February 09, 2019
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