Punjab Home Ration Scheme: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said that his government will give only wheat to the people under the ‘Ghar Ghar Ration Yojana’. CM Mann stressed that the beneficiaries want only grains and not flour. Addressing the gathering at a state-level function organised here on the occasion of the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, CM Mann said that he does not want to take any decision which is not in the interest of the people. He said, “We will now give wheat and not flour for four months.
The Chief Minister said that this time wheat will be given from July to October. The public says that they only want wheat. We will give wheat. The government works according to the wishes of the people. There are about 1.54 crore beneficiaries of the ‘Ghar-Ghar Ration Yojana’ in the state.
Lok Sabha Elections The issue was raised by Lok Sabha candidates during
It is worth noting that the decision to distribute wheat had become a major election issue due to the delay in making flour and disruption in various distribution channels. Aam Aadmi Party’s Lok Sabha candidates had also raised this issue during a meeting with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. Then after the elections, feedback was also taken from the officials of government departments regarding the scheme, but the officials are still silent on the decision to stop this scheme.
After a meeting with all the district managers of Markfed, the Punjab government has decided to distribute wheat instead of flour to the beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act under the door-to-door ration scheme.
Let us tell you that in the month of February, Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Minister distributed ration to the people by going door-to-door in the yearly village under Amloh city of Sri Fatehgarh Sahib. Bhagwant Mann had launched the door-to-door free ration scheme. Earlier, a scheme to deliver ration to 24.49 lakh people at their homes was inaugurated.