Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Babble 035A
Give ‘em addresses.
After sixty years of independence
But how an ‘am admi’ can prove that he is Resident Indian citizen?
Ration Cards are a corrupting nuisance. System is that if Ignoramus does not use the card two consecutive weeks the card become invalid or dormant or whatever. So a ration card is a proof of your address and residence partly. He likes it or not, has to arrange presentation of the card at the shop alternate week, at least, to revalidate the document of residence and to buy anything useless. Sometimes things in shop are good but mostly they are of very bad quality. Secondly card holders have no choices; he is tied to one (fair price) shop only for ever.
Days of scarcity haunts Bengal/India. So the Governments maintain big largely idle and perhaps wasteful machinery to distribute food and other essential items in time of famine. Rationing system is now used to distribute/channel substandard items/materials to poor and unsuspecting people.
Resident Indian / Non Resident Indian and People of Indian Origin may or may not be Citizen of India. Foreign Born migrated to
Can a ration card be issued to a foreigner? Ignoramus has no answer at present.
