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Where is the list of needy, NGO asks Maharashtra government on issue of welfare schemes

A group of activists recently questioned the state government about the list of people who are to benefit from the numerous schemes for poor. The members of NGO Muslims for Peace and Justice (MPJ) held a press conference on the issue, after filing a PIL on the same. The press conference was held at the Marathi Patrakar Sangh last week.

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A group of activists recently questioned the state government about the list of people who are to benefit from the numerous schemes for poor. The members of NGO Muslims for Peace and Justice (MPJ) held a press conference on the issue, after filing a PIL on the same. The press conference was held at the Marathi Patrakar Sangh last week.

MPJ had filed the PIL with respect to the National Food Security Act (NFSA), to acquire the list of needy, as surveyed by the government.

Explaining the motive behind the PIL being filed, Shabbir Deshmukh, city president of the MPJ, said: "The reason was that the government was providing schemes as per the statistics for 1971. Although they had conducted another socio-economic and caste census (SECC) in 2011, they have not put up the data for the same, for people to check whether their names exist."

Deshmukh added that the government not just provides the NFSA, but a lot of below poverty line (BPL)-centric schemes through it.

The NGO had filed an affidavit which states that the government had agreed to put up the list for 82 days in government offices, for suggestions and objections.

Voicing the group's concerns, another member, Mohammed Siraj said that the government wrote to municipal corporations, gram sabhas and district collectors stating that by December 10, the list of all beneficiaries would be put up.

Siraj added: "It has been nearly a month, but we do not see the list anywhere. If people do not see it, how will they voice their suggestions and objections. Also, when the survey was conducted, most of the noting was done in pencil. We fear that the government may lose it."

Now, the NGO has written to the government asking where the list has been put up. "We have even gone to the ward offices, in addition to the commission and collector," added Siraj.

When dna contacted Pankaja Munde, she was not available for comment.

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