Speaking on Saturday in Durg, Chhattisgarh, Prime Minister Modi declared, "I have decided that the BJP government will extend the scheme of providing free ration to 80 crore poor people of the country for the next 5 years."
Enforcement Directorate (ED) today arrested Bakibur Rahaman, a businessman allegedly close to a minister in connection with a ration distribution scam following prolonged interrogation of three days.
The state's food department will be in charge of the initiative under which 2,850 ration shops in 38 districts will get a facelift in the first phase of modernization.
Sources in the state public distribution department told IANS that of more than 14,000 ration shops in the state, around 800 shops with facilities would offer the service.
Punjab BJP general Secretary Jeevan Gupta said the ration which will be delivered at doorsteps is given by the Centre for the disadvantaged under the public distribution system.
Attacking on BJP, he said, “The BJP-led Central Government stopped us from implementing ‘Ghar-Ghar Ration Yojna’ in Delhi but they can’t stop us in Punjab; we will deliver ration to the doorstep of every poor family.”
It aims to ensure the right quantity to beneficiaries in the distribution of subsidised foodgrains under the National Food Security Act
The Delhi Cabinet on Tuesday approved the scheme of doorstep delivery of ration, this scheme will be launched in six to seven months and will be linked to the Centre’s 'one nation, one ration card' scheme.
At one place, the locals forced the ration dealer to shut the shop.
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