Rectified final BPL list to be made by July: Nitish

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Patna, Mar 26: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced in the Assembly to publish the final Below Poverty Line(BPL) list after rectifying it by July 2007.

In his statement in both Houses Mr Kumar said the government had accorded top priority to the issue and was committed to rectifying the anomalies. He said directions were issued by the rural development department in December to correct the errors in the computerised list made on the basis of the original list of the families. He said copy of the rectified list would be given to the members of the legislature, mukhiya, ward members, panchayat members, zila parshad and other public representatives.

Mr Kumar said block level arrangements had been made to register complaints in the list which would be videographed to prevent any irregularity. He said the complaints would be made in April and also probed locally.

Admitting the anomalies in the computerised list Mr Kumar said the corected list would be sent to the gram panchayats for proper verification and inquiry.He informed the members that the revised list would be further reviewed by a 10-member committee comprising six public representatives and for government officials well versed with the local area of their jurisdiction.

Before preparation of the finally corrected list it would be approved by the gramsabha in May. The list would be made in June and published in July.

Mr Kumar informed the House about the steps taken for enhancement of kerosene oil quota for the BPL and Above Poverty Line(APL) families and announced to provide 4 litres of kerosine oil every month to both categories.

Meanwhile, some of the members of the Opposition, including those of the Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD), CPI(M), Congress and others created an uproar in the state assembly demanding cancellation of the coupon distributed on the basis of the existing BPL list. Later the RJD members walked out of the Lower House in support of their demands.

UNI

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