Jaipur: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot said that an additional amount of Rs 114 crore was borne by the state government for the distribution of free wheat during the lockdown period. Wheat offtake from Food Corporation of India was tripled compared to normal during this period.
Gehlot said that during the period of lockdown, dry ration and cooked food items were distributed to 3.7 crore helpless and needy people in the state through district administration. Migrants and other special category people who are not included in the list of food security scheme will be given 5kg wheat per person free for the next two months. He directed to prepare a database by conducting survey so that wheat could be distributed to them through fair price shops.
The chief minister said that the names of ineligible people in the National Food Security Scheme (NFSA) list should be removed and names of those genuinely entitled should be included. The number of people associated with NFSA in urban areas, especially in Jaipur, is very low, so the names of eligible people should be surveyed in urban areas.
He said that the Department of Food and Civil Supplies and the Department of Medicine and Health should take to task adulterants and black marketers. He also stressed on the up-gradation of POS machines to solve the problem of not getting network and taking long time for biometric verification. Gehlot appreciated the innovations adopted by the Department of Food and Civil Supplies and the distribution of door-to-door ration materials through fair price shopkeepers during Covid-19 pandemic.
