noted with thanks
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: 'Ashley Delaney' via Saligao-Net <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] SALIGAONET] voting card and ration card. To: [email protected] Dear Peter your question is a dangerous loaded one :-) - one has to be a resident to obtain a ration card. NRI's are not entitled to ration cards - to obtain a ration card - you need to be a resident. http://www.archive.india.gov.in/howdo/service_detail.php?formid=21&service=7 gives more acurate info - though the procedures are a bit simpler for goa. kind regards Ashley On Tuesday 03 June 2014 12:37 PM, Peter DCosta wrote: Hi Ashley, Do you know what docs are required to apply for ration card for NRIs. Peter On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:32 PM, ANNETTE D'SOUZA <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello again, > > Thanks Ashley for the change in subject title ......For easy reference, I > have reproduced below, (at the end end of Peter's mail), the relevant para > of my previous mail on this topic. > > "regarding the voting card - frequent revisions are being done often." > > You can say/type that again, Ashley! - quite a few "revisions" or so it > seems ... I hurried to get the Adhaar Card processed in January this year > to facilitate my gas cylinders quota, but that is of no consequence now as > I understand. I also understand that the Adhaar Card might yet be made > obsolete in view of some other ID Card (in the pipeline?) phew! What a > waste of time, energy & money! > > "and there are no deletions / revisions that happen unless they have been > told." > > Well Ashley, perhaps this is the case now. 30 years ago .........????? > > Peter, our grouch seems to be the same. I have not bothered to check > whether my name is still on/in the voting list as I have voted just once > .... on turning 21...huh! Presumably, the Adhaar Card will get me onto > this particular list in the future. & if, as you say, Ashley, it is that > easy to get the ration card "restored", then I will look into it the next > time I am in Goa, > > OR on a second thought, perhaps when I settle down for good in Goa in the > near future.... after all, why waste time, energy & money again???!!! > > So virtually I have become a non-Goan good one Peter, I like!...join the > club so to say... and non-Goans are freely being issued ration cards and > their names appear on the voting list in Goa. Aha! > > Have a nice day!......hope all had a good weekend! > > Annette > > > Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 13:37:27 +0530 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [SALIGAONET] voting card and ration card. > > > > Dear Peter > > i've changed the subject line to better reflect the topic. > > > > regarding the voting card - frequent revisions are being done often. > > officials visit house to house to verify the occupants and see, if the > > occupant is not found - they delete the name if no one comes forward for > > a short while. since you come only for a short vacation - it is possible > > the timing of your visit did not co-incide with the visit of the > official. > > > > however - one can always get a voting card issued and get your name on > > the roll - its open on all working days at the mamladars office. you can > > just use your passport as proof and get it! they work quiet fast now - > > this administration. I know my wifes card got transfered in just 2 > > days!. a friends card from aldona was made in 4 days flat! > > > > not to sure about the procedure to get a ration card - though I do know > > that this is being done at the mamladars office - and there are no > > deletions / revisions that happen unless they have been told. as an > > example - we recently started using our ration card just a few months > > back, and realised that my brothers name was on it - even though hes not > > a resident of India. we had to give an application and they deleted his > > name from the card at the local ration office itself!!!!! - all in just > > a few hours. > > > > kind regards > > Ashley > > > > > > On Monday 02 June 2014 01:12 PM, Peter DCosta wrote: > > > > I fully agree with the comments made by Annette, > > > > > > I was born and brought up in Saligao and our ancestral houses (cluster > > > of six houses of Costa's) must have been built in 17th or 18th century > > > as per the property papers handwritten in Portuguese. I have these > > > docs with me. I too have studied at Lourdes convent school, Saligao. > > > > > > When I came to Gulf my Ration card was cancelled and even my name from > > > the voting list was deleted by the local authorities and I don't know > > > on what basis. I visit India twice a year on vacation. As I am > > > holding Indian Passport I should have a voting right as per the Indian > > > Constitution. Being a Niz Goemkar I have no voting rights in my own > > > country. Without ration card I cannot apply for any benefits. So > > > virtually I have become a non-Goan and non-Goans are freely being > > > issued ration cards and their names appear on the voting list in Goa. > > > Correct me if I am wrong.?? > > > > > > Incredible GOA-INDIA. > > 27th May 2014 > But somewhere along the line, we have lost our place in Goa - one example, > my ration card was cancelled because I left Goa to work abroad years ago, > but I have not taken any other Nationality - I am still Indian, born in > Saligao & have my Indian passport & visit Goa every year since family is > based in Saligao. Ration Card is issued to all who make their "home" in > Goa. Stranger still, till a few years ago, without a ration card I could > not do many things like booking a vehicle etc. Was this fair, that I was > left without my own means of transport during the weeks or months I spent > in Goa? Luckily the PAN Card & Adhaar Card takes care of this now. Perhaps > due to such things, our grouch about Goans & non-Goans? 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