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Lokayukta indicts BSY over PDS - Ketur Vasuki, Bangalore, The Pioneer, Monday, August 15, 2011
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Article in The Pioneer: Lokayukta indicts BSY over PDS - PDF File Size = 663 KB
As the Lokayukta probe report on illegal mining has created a political storm in Karnataka and cost Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa his job, another investigation report on public distribution system (PDS) by Lokayukta submitted to the Karnataka Government unravelled a loss of Rs.1,738 crores per annum to the exchequer. The PDS investigation report submitted by Justice Santosh Hegde, a day before the illegal mining probe report, has been shadowed by the political hype created in the aftermath of the mining report indicting then BS Yeddyurappa Government of misusing the PDS for the electoral gains and thereby incurring a loss of Rs.1,738 crores per annum to the exchequer. Lokayukta Justice Hegde had appointed a well-known social activist and founder of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM) R Balasubramaniam, who has been working with the tribals for over two decades as the chief investigator to go into the alleged irregularities and corruption in the PDS of Karnataka that finds direct involvement of the then Chief Minister.
According to the report available with The Pioneer, PDS in the State shows massive corruption and inefficiency. While the State lost about Rs.1,800 crore per year through illegal iron ore trading, it also lost about Rs.1,738 crore a year through the PDS.
The report says, "The investigation has unravelled the existence of 159.23 lakh cards against the population of 120 lakh families in the State. The Government of India has recognised 31.29 lakh BPL families, while the investigation revealed that the State has nearly 96 lakh BPL families. More than 49 per cent of the people included in the BPL category are ineligible as per the State's present poverty assessment criteria".
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01) The Mess called PDS: How Fair Price Shops have been made Unfair - Dr. R. Balasubramaniam - Star of Mysore, Eveninger, Thursday, August 04, 2011
The author is the Special Investigation Officer on PDS for Karnataka Lokayukta
02) The mess called PDS: How Fair Price Shops have been made unfair - Friday, August 05, 2011
· Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde submitted Public distribution system (PDS) investigation report to the GoK a day before the illegal mining probe report
· Loss of Rs.1,738 crores per annum / year due to PDS Scam
· Report Indicted the then BS Yeddyurappa Government of misusing the PDS for the electoral gains in Parliamentary / Lok Sabha / LS elections in 2009
· Report finds direct involvement of the then Karnataka Chief Minister
· PDS in Karnataka shows massive corruption and inefficiency
· Existence of 159.23 lakh ration cards against the population of 120 lakh families in Karnataka
· GoI has recognised 31.29 lakh BPL families
· Lokayukta investigation revealed that Karnataka has nearly 96 lakh BPL families
· More than 49% of the people included in the BPL category are ineligible as per the Karnataka's own present poverty assessment criteria
| Families in Karnataka | 120.00 lakh only |
| Families in Karnataka having Ration Cards | 159.23 lakh |
| BPL families in Karnataka as per GoI / Planning Commission | 31.29 lakh only |
| BPL families in Karnataka as per GoK | 96.00 lakh |
So, in the light of the above mentioned irregularities it is in our own national interest to universalise / universalize the Public Distribution System (PDS) in all the Indian states as in the two states of Tamil Nadu (TN) and Chhattisgarh where the Universal PDS is already working very well.
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