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    Home / News / Delhi News / Delhi Government's revolutionary 'doorstep-delivery of ration' plan awaits LG nod
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    Delhi Government's revolutionary 'doorstep-delivery of ration' plan awaits LG nod

    Delhi Government's revolutionary 'doorstep-delivery of ration' plan awaits LG nod

    By Pallabi C Samal
    Mar 08, 2018
    01:31 pm

    What's the story

    Delhi Government's scheme of doorstep delivery of ration now awaits LG Anil Baijal's approval, after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited him yesterday to ask for his clearance.

    The Delhi cabinet had already approved the scheme on Tuesday but till the time the LG gives his affirmation, the AAP-led government cannot start implementing the scheme.

    Kejriwal had also tweeted after the visit.

    Twitter Post

    'Urged him to call me'

    Met Hon’ble LG. Informed him that Cabinet cleared doorstep delivery of ration yest. It is a revolutionary idea. Requested his support. Urged him to call me if he has any clarifications

    — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) March 7, 2018

    Details

    Digitalization failed because of faulty e-POS machines

    The scheme will ensure delivery of ration in packets at the doorsteps of beneficiaries (read, ration card holders), as against the current situation where people have to personally collect the ration from the fair-price shops.

    Even the digitalization done just two months ago to contain corruption did not help, because e-POS machines failed to recognize the biometric of a beneficiary many a times.

    Tough situation

    The challenges that lies ahead for implementing the scheme

    This scheme will surely increase the dependence on manpower, who has to deliver ration to beneficiaries, often to the slum areas.

    The clearance is not that easy either. The commencement of this scheme will entail LG scrapping the previous decision of going digital.

    There will be a bidding system after which a private company will be chosen for the delivery scheme.

    'Deep nexus'

    Major transformation of the existing PDS system: Sisodia

    Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said yesterday that this is a "major transformation of the existing PDS system."

    The fair price shops are infamous for siphoning off ration, theft and poor quality of functioning.

    The CM alleged last week that there is a "deep nexus" among bureaucrats and "ration mafia."

    Delhi has 72 lakh ration card holders and 2,254 fair price shops.

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