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Odisha cancels over 8.16L ration cards during e-KYC drive, saves ₹210 cr/yr
The Morning Standard
|November 30, 2025
THE state government has cancelled over 8.16 lakh ration cards during the ongoing e-KYC drive in the state and saved ₹210 crore per annum for the exchequer.
Minister for Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Krushna Chandra Patra informed this in the Assembly on Friday while replying to an adjournment motion notice brought by the Opposition BJD and Congress. The minister said the e-KYC drive was launched by the state government after the BJP came to power 17 months back. Under the exercise, over 6.95 lakh ghost cards were detected and cancelled. Besides, ration cards of other undeserving beneficiaries including over 75,000 government employees and 45,496 persons paying Income Tax have also been cancelled, he added.
This story is from the November 30, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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