4512 BPL cards in the district transferred to ineligible APL

K.M. Ismail Kandakare

Madikeri, Feb. 3: The BPL cards of 4,512 families in Kodagu district who had obtained Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and BPL (Below Poverty Line) cards in violation of the norms despite their annual family income being more than the prescribed limit have been converted to APL (Non-Priority Family-NPH).

In the two-month ration card revision exercise held in Kodagu district from September 2025, those who had obtained BPL cards in violation of the government order have been identified. The Food Department officials have taken action to convert the cards on the basis of having an annual income of more than Rs. 1.20 lakh, paying GST, company tax.

In the ration card revision exercise held across Kodagu district, a total of 4,869 families were found to have obtained BPL cards in violation of the rules. Out of which, 4,512 BPL cards have now been converted to APL. The verification of the documents of the remaining 357 BPL card families is underway. During the revision and verification of ration cards by the Food Department officials across Kodagu district, 936 BPL cards from Madikeri taluk, 1,026 from Somwarpet, 993 from Virajpet, 1,138 from Kushalnagar and 749 from Ponnampet taluk were found to be ineligible.

By the end of December 2025, the BPL cards of 936 families from Madikeri taluk, 936 from Somwarpet, 883 from Virajpet, 1,050 from Kushalnagar, and 707 from Ponnampet taluk had been converted to APL cards.

Currently, there are 1,47,571 ration cards in Kodagu district, including 9,019 (AAY), 99,405 (BPL) and 39,147 (APL) cards.

What are the criteria?

The existing criteria have been followed to identify the non-priority families (APL) under the public ration distribution system. The Antyodaya and BPL cards of the ineligible have been identified as per these criteria. Families with an annual family income of more than Rs. 1.20 lakhs, including institutions of the government or receiving grants from the government or government-sponsored, government-owned institutions, boards, corporations, autonomous bodies etc.

All families paying income tax, service tax, profession tax, families having 3 hectares of dry land or equivalent irrigated land in rural areas will be APL families. All families with four-wheelers, except those who own a pucca house with an area of ​​more than one thousand square feet in urban areas, and those who own a commercial vehicle that they drive for their livelihood, such as a tractor, maxicab, taxi, etc., have been included in the APL list.

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