State Governments of Delhi, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana and
Uttarakhand on 20 August 2013 launched Centre-Sponsored Food Security
Scheme on the occasion of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's 69th
birth Anniversary.
The food security scheme aims at ensuring the
poor to get essential food commodities such as wheat and rice at
affordable prices (Rice at 3 Rs/kg, Wheat at 2 Rs/kg, Coarse grain 1
Rs/kg).
Delhi
The Food Security Scheme
was launched by UPA Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi at
Delhi, in the presence of Chief Minister of Delhi Shiela Dikshit.
The
food security scheme would come into force from 1 September 2013 and
will initially cover 32.27 lakh people - about 20percent of Delhi’s
population - which currently gets wheat, rice and sugar at subsidised
rates through the Public Distribution System (PDS).
The
beneficiaries include people getting ration through PDS under the
Antodaya, below poverty line, Jhuggi Ration Card (JRC) and Resettlement
Colonies Ration Cards (RCRC) schemes. About 5.22 lakh beneficiary
families are being given special cards.
Eldest woman in every eligible household will be treated as the head of the family for entitlements.
The
State Government has also decided to include homeless people, daily
wage-earners, rag-pickers as well as people living in resettlement
colonies and slum clusters in the first phase of the implementation of
the scheme. No income tax payers, vehicle and house owners will be
included in the scheme in the first phase.
The second and final phase of the scheme will be launched in February 2014.
Haryana
Chief Minister of Haryana Bhupender Singh Hooda launched the scheme at Panipat, Haryana.
During the first phase, the scheme will cover Antoyoda Anna Yojana
families and all BPL families. The scheme would be implemented from 1
September 2013 throughout the State after scrutiny of initial list of
beneficiaries.
The Antoyada families will get 35 kilogram wheat
whereas BPL families will get 5 kilogram wheat per member of the family
at nominal price of 2 rupees per kilogram.The wheat would be distributed
through 9174 fair price shops already operational in the State.
The
ambitious scheme of Central Governemnt will benefit 126.49 Lakh people
of the State. In rural areas 90 lakh 28 thousand people will be
benefited whereas in urban areas the number of beneficiaries will be 36
lakh 21 thousand.
Arunachal Pradesh
Chief
Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Tuki launched the programme in
Itanagar. The scheme will cover 66.3 percent of rural and 51.55 percent
of urban population in the State.
Uttarakhand
Chief
Minister Uttarakhand Vijay Bahuguna launched the scheme at the Nagar
Nigam, Town Hall in Dehradun. Food security scheme covers 62 percent of
population in the State.
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