Port Blair, May 6: The State President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Shri Ajoy Bairagi has requested Shri Amit Shah, Hon’ble Home Minister, GOI, Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of Consumer Affair, Food & Public Distribution, GOI, Hon’ble LG – A & N Islands & Chief Secretary, A&N Administration to guide the concerned authority for fresh Special Survey of Below Poverty Line (BPL) Category in A&N Islands.

In his letter, he stated that as the last survey for the same was done a while ago, many Islanders are left out of BPL category and are unavailable to receive benefits of various schemes extended by Government of India.