BPL cards to be issued for garment workers in Karnata

In order to procure foodgrains at subsidised rates to garment factory workers, the Karnataka state government is planning to provide them below poverty line (BPL) ration cards, according to minister for food and civil supplies H Halappa.

It has been estimated that over four lakh people are working in garment units of Bangalore and a majority of them live below poverty line, Mr Halappa said while rejecting allegations made by the opposition that the state government does not distribute ration to BPL card holders.

During government’s verification process to weed out ineligible families and bogus cards, about 6.3 million BPL card holders out of 7.8 million had submitted their photo identity cards, the minister said.

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