<span style="color: #222222;">Uttar Pradesh government has made it clear that no new order has been issued in the state regarding the surrender or cancellation of ration cards. Refuting the misleading and false reports circulated in this regard in certain sections of the media, State Food Commissioner Saurav Babu said that ration card verification was a normal process that took place from time to time.<br />''<br />''He further clarified that no new changes have been made regarding eligibility criterion of household ration cards. He also said that no provision of recovery from ineligible cardholders has been prescribed and no instructions have been issued from the government level or from the Food Commissioner's office regarding recovery.<br />''He said that the department always issues new ration cards to the eligible cardholders according to their eligibility and from April 1, 2020, till now, a total of 29.53 lakh new ration cards have been issued by the department to the eligible beneficiaries in the state.</span><br />