New Delhi, May 9 -- The Information Technology (IT) department of Delhi Government has found that over 5,000 employees are availing free ration benefits against the rules and recommended suitable action against them.
The list of Government employees with ration card numbers, employee codes and designation among other details have been communicated to their parent departments, officials said. A recent communication from the IT department said that the Services department may consider initiating suitable action against them, including recovery of benefits taken, in coordination with Food Supplies and Consumer Affairs department.
The IT department detected the anomaly while working on a unified data hub project. The unified data hub is aimed...