Six crore people to get subsidised food grains: Bengal govt
28 March 2015 5:40 AM IST
The West Bengal government has decided to increase the number of people getting food grains at highly subsidised rates from three crore to over six crore.
“To ensure food security and nutrition, more than three crore people of the state get food grains at highly subsidised rates from the public distribution system,” Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.
“Now, it is being expanded to cover more than six crore people, out of the 9.13 crore population of our state,” she said. “To implement the scheme in a robust manner and strengthen the public distribution system, bar coded or quick response coded digital ration cards are being issued to all the eligible beneficiaries,” she said.
“We have started distribution of such digital ration cards at Dakshin Dinajpur district from March 17, 2015. “Soon, the distribution will take place in other districts too,” Banerjee said in a facebook post. Earlier, she had said the Centre had not been able to implement a proper law for food security.
“To ensure food security and nutrition, more than three crore people of the state get food grains at highly subsidised rates from the public distribution system,” Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.
“Now, it is being expanded to cover more than six crore people, out of the 9.13 crore population of our state,” she said. “To implement the scheme in a robust manner and strengthen the public distribution system, bar coded or quick response coded digital ration cards are being issued to all the eligible beneficiaries,” she said.
“We have started distribution of such digital ration cards at Dakshin Dinajpur district from March 17, 2015. “Soon, the distribution will take place in other districts too,” Banerjee said in a facebook post. Earlier, she had said the Centre had not been able to implement a proper law for food security.
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