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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | After Universalising PoS and Iris Readers for PDS, AAP Govt Approves Doorstep Delivery of Rations -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar

After Universalising PoS and Iris Readers for PDS, AAP Govt Approves Doorstep Delivery of Rations -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar

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published Published on Mar 8, 2018   modified Modified on Mar 8, 2018
-TheWire.in

Food rights group says this is just a changing of goalposts, questions why rules have not been formulated and state food commission not constituted despite court nudge.

New Delhi:
Though in order to overcome the problem of exclusions faced due to Aadhaar-linked Point of Sales (PoS) machines installed at ration shops, the Delhi cabinet today approved the scheme for doorstep delivery of rations under the Public Distribution System, food rights activists said the government is yet to issue a written order to delink Aadhaar from the system as promised by it late last month.

In the cabinet meeting, chaired by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, the proposal for home delivery or doorstep delivery of rations under the targeted Public Distribution System (PDS) was approved for all beneficiaries. There are around 19.5 lakh ration cards in Delhi with 72 lakh beneficiaries.

Approving the Department of Food, Supply and Consumer Affairs’ proposal for providing doorstep delivery of wheat or flour, rice and sugar, under the National Food Security Act 2013, the Kejriwal government said the decision has been taken as it was committed to ensure that “eligible beneficiaries receive their due ration in a transparent manner with maximum ease”. The cabinet decision will now be sent to the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal for his approval.

‘Ration beneficiaries were facing unforeseen trouble’

In a note, the government said “Aadhaar based identification of ration holders was one such reform, which has faced teething problems resulting in ration beneficiaries facing unforeseen trouble. Given this experience, doorstep delivery of ration is aimed at removing the problems faced by ration beneficiaries”.

The cabinet also took noted of the laws, rules and guidelines issued by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs that had urged the state governments to ensure home delivery of ration to the beneficiaries experiencing difficulty in getting their entitled quantum of subsidised foodgrain due to old age, physical disability etc.

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TheWire.in, 7 March, 2018, https://thewire.in/230212/universalising-pos-iris-readers-pds-aap-govt-approves-doorstep-delivery-rations/?utm_source=twpage


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