A. Following categories of persons shall be automatically included in the list of Eligible
households:
In case of a situation, where a households name figures in more than one category, the name of the household shall be considered once.
B. Inclusion/Exclusion criteria for left out households:
The maximum number of households, which can be included in the list of eligible household in each Gram Panchayat and Urban body, shall be limited to maximum 56.23 % for rural areas and 30.99 % for urban areas. Based on the total number of households, each Local body (Gram Panchayat/Urban body) shall calculate the number of households, which are to be covered in the Eligible household category. In case, in a local body, some households are to be identified for eligible household category even after automatic inclusion of families as per the criteria specified in Para A above, the balance households are to be identified using the following criteria:
1. Inclusion criteria:
The households in a Local body shall be included in the list in the following order of priority:
i) Aikal Naris.
ii) Orphans, abandoned children and those residing in Ashrams.
iii) Household headed by a widow.
iv) Household with any member having more than 60% disability duly certified by medical board.
v) Households headed by terminally ill person.
vi) Households headed by person of sixty years of age or more with no assured means of subsistence or social support.
vii) Households headed by a person registered as construction worker under the provisions of the Building and other construction workers (Regulation of employment and conditions of service) Act, 1996.
viii) Households who have completed 50 mandays of work under MGNREGA in the year before.
2. Exclusion criteria:
Following households shall be automatically excluded from being Eligible households:
i) All the households whose any member is a regular or a contractual employee in any State or Central Government, Boards, Corporations, Autonomous Bodies, Banks, Govt. Sector undertakings and Local bodies shall be excluded.
ii) Any household, which is an Income Tax payee household, shall be excluded from the list of Priority Households.
iii) All households whose member is a registered contractor shall be excluded.
iv) Any household whose any member is drawing pension from any State or Central Government, Boards, Corporations, Autonomous Bodies, Banks, Govt. Sector undertakings and Local bodies.
In case a household falls in both inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria, the exclusion criteria shall prevail and such household shall not be considered for inclusion in the list of Eligible household.
C. Process of selection of households:
D. Issuance of ration cards:
As the process to issue fresh ration cards is likely to take some time, to start with, all the existing ration cards of the families identified as Priority Households shall be stamped as such by the Specified Authority defined under HP Specified Articles (Regulation of Distribution) Order, 2003 or as instructed by the Director (Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs) for receiving their entitlements.
households:
1. All families identified as AAY beneficiaries in the state as per the updated lists approved during the gram sabha meetings on 7th of April 2013.
2. All families, identified as Below poverty line households(BPL) andAdditional households for subsidized rations at BPL ratesand are not already covered under AAY schemeas per the updated lists approvedby the respective gram Panchayats during the gram sabha meetings on 7th of April 2013.
3. Households with any member receiving pensions from Department of Social Justice and Empowerment like Old age pension, widow pension, disabled pension, Lepers pension.
4. Households with a beneficiary under Annapurna Anna Yojana scheme.
5. Tibetans who are being issued PDS permit after proper verification.
2. All families, identified as Below poverty line households(BPL) andAdditional households for subsidized rations at BPL ratesand are not already covered under AAY schemeas per the updated lists approvedby the respective gram Panchayats during the gram sabha meetings on 7th of April 2013.
3. Households with any member receiving pensions from Department of Social Justice and Empowerment like Old age pension, widow pension, disabled pension, Lepers pension.
4. Households with a beneficiary under Annapurna Anna Yojana scheme.
5. Tibetans who are being issued PDS permit after proper verification.
B. Inclusion/Exclusion criteria for left out households:
The maximum number of households, which can be included in the list of eligible household in each Gram Panchayat and Urban body, shall be limited to maximum 56.23 % for rural areas and 30.99 % for urban areas. Based on the total number of households, each Local body (Gram Panchayat/Urban body) shall calculate the number of households, which are to be covered in the Eligible household category. In case, in a local body, some households are to be identified for eligible household category even after automatic inclusion of families as per the criteria specified in Para A above, the balance households are to be identified using the following criteria:
1. Inclusion criteria:
The households in a Local body shall be included in the list in the following order of priority:
i) Aikal Naris.
ii) Orphans, abandoned children and those residing in Ashrams.
iii) Household headed by a widow.
iv) Household with any member having more than 60% disability duly certified by medical board.
v) Households headed by terminally ill person.
vi) Households headed by person of sixty years of age or more with no assured means of subsistence or social support.
vii) Households headed by a person registered as construction worker under the provisions of the Building and other construction workers (Regulation of employment and conditions of service) Act, 1996.
viii) Households who have completed 50 mandays of work under MGNREGA in the year before.
2. Exclusion criteria:
Following households shall be automatically excluded from being Eligible households:
i) All the households whose any member is a regular or a contractual employee in any State or Central Government, Boards, Corporations, Autonomous Bodies, Banks, Govt. Sector undertakings and Local bodies shall be excluded.
ii) Any household, which is an Income Tax payee household, shall be excluded from the list of Priority Households.
iii) All households whose member is a registered contractor shall be excluded.
iv) Any household whose any member is drawing pension from any State or Central Government, Boards, Corporations, Autonomous Bodies, Banks, Govt. Sector undertakings and Local bodies.
In case a household falls in both inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria, the exclusion criteria shall prevail and such household shall not be considered for inclusion in the list of Eligible household.
C. Process of selection of households:
1. The selection of the Left out households shall be done by respective Gram Panchayats through their gram sabhas in case of rural areas and by Municipal Corporation/ committee/Nagar Panchayat in case of urban areas.
2. For this purpose a special day shall be fixed for holding meetings after approval of the Rural/ Urban development department.
3. Every Gram sabha/ Urbanbody shall at the start of the meeting inform the number of left out households, which are to be, identified as Eligible households.
4. The Gram sabhas/ urban bodies shall thereafter start including the households in order of priority keeping in view the exclusion criteria till the desired number is arrived at.
5. After identification, the list of identified Eligible Households (AAY and Priority) shall be displayed by the concerned Gram Panchayat/ Urban body on their notice board/ website.
6. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the gram sabha/ Urban body can file an appeal with the concerned SDO (Civil) with in a period of 15 days from the date of the meeting of the gram sabha/ Urban bodywhere after no appeal shall lie. The SDO may based on the merits of the case order for inclusion/ exclusion of any family in the eligible household and the list of eligible households shall be modified accordingly by the concerned Panchayat Secretary/Executive officer of the urban body.
7. The process of selection by the local bodies shall be completed with in one month of the notification of these guidelines.
8. The final list of Eligible households shall be made available in the respective fair price shop.
D. Issuance of ration cards:
As the process to issue fresh ration cards is likely to take some time, to start with, all the existing ration cards of the families identified as Priority Households shall be stamped as such by the Specified Authority defined under HP Specified Articles (Regulation of Distribution) Order, 2003 or as instructed by the Director (Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs) for receiving their entitlements.
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