Car-owning families will be excluded from BPL cards, says Karnataka Minister
Bengaluru: K.H Muniyappa, Minister for Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs, revealed on Friday that the government is considering a new approach of not providing Below Poverty Line (BPL) cards to families who own their own cars.
Addressing the press at Vidhana Soudha, Muniyappa mentioned that the government is currently pondering the idea of terminating BPL cards for families with white board cars. Additionally, the government is also contemplating revoking the BPL cards of those who own yellow board cars, with efforts to restore the eligibility under specific criteria.
Regarding the supply of rice under the Anna Bhagya Scheme, the minister expressed disappointment after discussions with the Union Government, including Union Minister Piyush Goyal, yielded negative results. The Union Government stated that they are not willing to provide rice, leading Muniyappa to accuse them of engaging in politics over the matter.
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The Anna Bhagya scheme, one of the ambitious projects of the Congress government, provides 35 kg of rice to beneficiaries of Antyodaya and Priority Household ration cards. Additionally, Antyodaya beneficiaries receive an additional 5 kg of rice, bringing the total allocation to 10 kg, as part of this guaranteed program.
Muniyappa highlighted the scheme's success, stating that within just one month of its implementation, over 1 crore beneficiary families have received a total of 566 crore rupees in assistance.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
