Panipat: The administration has removed 215 families from the list of BPL cards holders during physical verification. According to the survey team, these families own luxurious bungalows having AC and other modern facilities in the house , luxury cars and enjoying all facilities required for luxurious life, but are listed below the poverty line in government records declaring themselves to be poor. Action has been taken against such fake BPL card holders in Panipat who wrongly take benefit of BPL since a long time and FIR will be registered against such people and they can be sentenced to jail for up to two years. Information reveals that 215 such families have already been identified, were excluded from the list when the administration did physical verification by 31 March on the orders of the government and the reality came out and the administration removed 215 such families from the BPL list. Also, such people will have to apply to get their names removed from the BPL list by the fixed deadline of 20 April.

During a preliminary survey, 1609 families out of BPL list in Haryana were detected who were found taking benefit of BPL in the wrong manner. According to a government spokesperson, the administration will once again conduct physical verification and if anyone is found taking BPL benefits in an illegal manner, an FIR will be lodged against him and he will also have to remain behind bars for two years. He said the financial year 2025-26 may put those who wrongly take advantage of the BPL scheme in trouble. As per the records of the Food Supply Department, 36,441 members of 10,930 AAY pink card holder families in the Babarpur, Israna, Mataurda, Panipat and Samalkha tehsils of the district and 10,17,361 members belonging to 2,57,936 SBPL yellow card holder families are getting wheat, millet, sugar and mustard oil from the government depots every month at subsidized rates from the government through 509 depot holders in Panipat district alone. According to Panipat district administration, a random physical verification was done of the families included in the BPL list, in which about 215 families were found to be fake and their names have been removed from the BPL list after giving a warning.