How
Nabin Patnaik is defrauding Odisha?
On
the eve of visit of Prime Minister to Odisha, Nabin Patnaik, Chief Minister, Odisha has played another political trick ( genuine
fraud trick ) by writing a letter to the Central Govt. seeking allocation of more food-grains for 34.40 lakh people of Odisha under Public Distribution System covered under
National Food Security Act. As per section 3(1) of the NFSA, the Central Government has fixed allocation of 21.09
lakh tons of food-grains for 3.26 crore beneficiaries i.e., poor people of
Odisha whose food security is in danger, fixed
by Central Govt ( schedule-IV of the Act). But as per the information obtained under
RTI, presently total no. of 3.23 crore
( around 84 lakhs families ) are
getting food grains under PDS in Odisha.
Besides that around 10 to 15 lakh applications are pending in different
blocks seeking ration card for food-grains under NFSA. They are poor and
deserved to get the card. If both
the figure ( 3.23 crore beneficiaries + 34.40 lakh families sought by CM to be covered under PDS ) is
taken into account, then total no. of 3
.57 crore people of Odisha ( roughly 4
crore people ) deserve to get ration card, as they are poor and lives in food insecurity. As their
food security has reached in such
acute stage, they have come forward to take ration card just to get
5 kg of rice per person per month ( section 3 of NFSA) to satisfy their
hungry belly.
It is
concluded that in view of acute food
scarcity of the poor and finding lakhs
of genuine applications pending for ration card, Nabin Patnaik finding no way for solution of this problem has written letter to Central Govt. for additional allocation of food-grains
for 34.40 lakh people of Odisha . It means the 18 years of Nabin Patnaik Govt. has made 4 crore of people poor who are
unable to mobilise two square meal per
day and deserve to get ration card.
On
the other hand, the same Nabin Patnaik Govt. has claimed
that poverty ratio has drastically reduced to 26.90 % in the state. In the State
Economic survey report for 2017-18 presented in the last budget session, it is mentioned that
the poverty ration which was 32.59% in 2011-12 has been reduced to 26.90
in 2017. Similarly, per capita income has increased to Rs. 72,780 in 2017 and estimated to reach at Rs. 92,727 in 2018. The state Domestic Growth
Rate has increased to 7.14 which is higher than that of National growth rate ( 6.5).
If
there is huge growth rate and substantial reduction of poverty in Odisha, then
why 4 crore of people are still
knocking at the door of Govt. to get just 5 kg of rice per month under PDS.
Are they really poor or Nabin Patnaik Govt. has made them permanently poor. So that they
can mobilise central fund in
their name and loot it.
The
above mentioned statistics shows
how Nabin Patnaik is defrauding
us showing us a false growth rate through statistical jugglery by keeping crores of
people in abject poverty and hunger.
Pradip Pradhan
M-9937843482
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