After the ballyhoo, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is going to kickstart the food security scheme from her New Delhi Assembly constituency on Sunday.
Dikshit had earlier announced that from September 1, 32 lakh people in Delhi would be getting rice at Rs 3 per kg, wheat at Rs 2 per kg. Indeed Delhi is all set to become the first State to roll out the food security scheme.
Sources said that actual distribution of foodgrains from ration shops in Sarojini Nagar, East Kidwai Nagar, and Krishna Menon Marg falling under New Delhi Assembly had been started from Saturday. According to Secretary (Food and Civil Supplies) and nodal officer of the implementation of food security scheme in Delhi, SS Yadav, till the completion of the process of identification of eligible households, households presently getting rations would continue to get them at the existing rate and quantity.
The households under BPl category would get wheat at Rs 2 per kg against the existing rate of Rs 4.80, rice at Rs 3 per kg against the present rate of Rs 6.30 per kg, jhuggi resettlement colonies to get wheat at Rs 2 per kg against the prevalent Rs 7.05 and rice at Rs 3 per kg against Rs 9.25 per kg.
On August 20, Congress president Sonia Gandhi had launched the scheme at a function at Talkatora Stadium and distributed smart cards to 12 families below the poverty line.