Jharkhand COVID-19 lockdown: On ground the schemes are hobbled by poor implementation, planning or plain apathy. Dealers take a cut as usual, people remain clueless on 10 kgs of rice who don& #39;t have ration cards. Anganwadi& #39;s have not received supply + https://indianexpress.com/article/india/jharkhand-double-ration-promise-mostly-on-paper-village-struggles-to-stay-afloat-6350774/">https://indianexpress.com/article/i...
Manoj Lohra, 36: 90% permanent physical impairment since 2017. Applied for pension, but 3 years later no luck. Worked as a labourer, now feeds on his father& #39;s ration supply. It is during these times that social security would have helped people like Lohra. + @IndianExpress
Hear a woman from this village. +
Kaleshwar Lohra and family +
At a ration shop. Dealer explained that for every transaction (twice now) it takes around 10-15 minutes. Reason: he has to punch his own thumb impression. The government suspended thumb punching of ration card card holders in e-POS machines.