I obtained my Permanent Ration Card on 4-6-2009 by paying a fee of Rs.
60. Now the state government (Department of Food, Civil Supplies and
Consumer Affairs) has issued an advertisement in several leading
newspapers (and also on their website)
stating that the data on cards issued before December 2010 have been
destroyed and that the public who have such cards should again pay a fee
of Rs. 50 and get their fingerprints taken again before 31-3-2013.
A rumour is making the rounds that the the government did not
pay the concerned private contractor and in a pique, the contractor
destroyed all the data. Whether this is true or not we do not know, but
what we know is that the government has lost the data. It is
understandable that the government wants to collect the lost data once
again, but why is it charging Rs. 50 from the public? Why are the public
being penalized for a mistake committed by the government?
G.L.Nagaraj Urs, Mysore Grahakara Parishat