Taking strict action against defaulters under the Public Distribution System (PDS), the Haryana Government has cancelled licences of 182 depot holders for committing irregularities and the security amount of 456 dealers has been forfeited.
Haryana Food and Supplies Minister, Karan Dev Kamboj on Thursday said that police had registered 14 cases and arrested seven persons in this regard till November last year.
He said that during this period, security amounting to over Rs21 lakh has been forfeited, out of which Rs1.58 lakh was forfeited in November. Apart from this, goods worth Rs 40,000 have also been seized.
The Minister said that under PDS, kerosene oil, sugar and wheat would be made available on time. Directions to prepare a detailed action plan for this purpose have been issued to the department so that people do not face any problem in getting ration.
Under this scheme, information pertaining to date of ration supply, quantity and other necessary information would also be made available every month. Kamboj said that under the ‘Antyodaya Anna Yojana’, families are being provided 35 kg of food grains at the subsidised rate of Rs1 to 3 per kg every month.
Giving further details, the Minister said that the State Government had allocated 7,020 kilo litres of kerosene oil for November, 2015, under the National Food Security Act, 2013, which covers more than 1.26 crore beneficiaries. Similarly, the State Government had also allocated 3,319.7 metric tonnes of sugar for November, 2015.