New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has directed the city government to evolve a mechanism for identifying eligible ration card beneficiaries without insisting that daily wage earners furnish family income certificates for availing benefits under the public distribution system.A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia passed the direction while disposing of a public interest litigation (PIL) raising concerns over duplicate ration card beneficiaries, non-…
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New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, on Tuesday, raised the issue of minimum account balance penalties in the Upper house of Parliament, urging the Union government to end such charges on small bank accounts, saying that they disproportionately affect the poor and financially vulnerable.Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Chadha said banks have collected nearly Rs 19,000 crore in penalties over the last three years from customers, who failed to maintain the req…