Hyderabad, Jan. 21 -- Even as the state government plans to issue new ration cards to beneficiaries from January 26, the cases of ineligible beneficiaries falling through the cracks and enjoying government benefits continue to plague the system. An example of such abuse of government benefits has been alleged by a person who claimed that a former sarpanch, his wife, sister, father, and mother have been drawing the benefits of the public distribution system through the ration card fraudulently for all these years.

Sabavat Srinivas, a resident of Hasthinapuram in Rangareddy district had written to the district civil supplies officer on December 31, 2024, alleging that Ramavath Jagadeesh, sarpanch of Thakkallapally Thanda in Yacharam mandal...