The Delhi government and Centre has yet engaged in a tussle now and this time it’s not about COVID-19 but over the distribution of rations which has been started by the govt of national capital. The Delhi govt has accused the Centre saying that it has blocked plans to launch the doorstep delivery of rations from next week.
Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s office issued a statement in which it was claimed that no approval from the Centre is required for such a scheme and the ongoing legal cases too do not deter the launch of the scheme as there has been no such court order. Delhi food minister Imran Hussain said the decision to reject the file is politically motivated.
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The scheme was designed after informing the Centre and all the suggestions of the central government were incorporated. The file was sent to the LG for final approval on May 24, but it has been returned.
“Prime Minister, what nexus do you have with ration mafia that you stopped Kejriwal government’s Ghar Ghar Ration Scheme?” the AAP tweeted.
Under the scheme, every ration beneficiary of Delhi would have received 4 kg wheat flour (atta), 1 kg rice and sugar per person at the convenience of their homes, the CMO said adding that this could have stopped ration mafia and beneficiaries would have got the supplies at home without going to the fair price shops. The scheme is also in tune with Centre’s One Nation One Card scheme, it said.
One of the most ambitious schemes of the Arvind Kejriwal government, the ‘Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojna’ (MMGGRY) under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) of the National Food Security Act, 2013, was announced in 2018 but notified by on February 20 when the AAP won again in February 2020. The scheme involved the delivery of packed wheat flour and rice to beneficiaries at their doorstep.
