Govt eliminates 1.6 cr bogus ration cards
The government has eliminated 1.6 crore duplicate and bogus ration cards that will help the exchequer save ₹10,000 crore in subsidy annually, Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa said. Further, the government has saved about 10% of the expenditure in the employment scheme MNREGA in the 2015-16 fiscal after elimination of fake job cards, he added.