Following the direction of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the Delhi Government is expected to present a draft of road map for implementation of food security scheme at the Chief Ministers’ and Pradesh congress presidents’ conference on July 13. The scheme is likely to be launched by Congress president on August 20, the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday met Gandhi and briefed her on Delhi’s preparedness for implementation of food security scheme in the city.
Sources said that that Sonia had advised Delhi to prepare a draft for implementation of the scheme and make presentation before the Chief Ministers’ and PCC presidents’ conference on July 13. The Delhi Government has already informed Union Food Minister KV Thomas that Delhi will be the first State in the country to roll out the scheme.
With the Congress is projecting the food security ordinance as a game changer in the coming elections, the party is keen to pull out all the stops in propagating the food security scheme. Dikshit has also directed the concerned departments and agencies to make all necessary preparations to finalise the modalities to roll out the food security scheme on the Rajiv’s birth anniversary.
In a meeting, Dikshit directed Chief Secretary DM Spolia and the Food and Civil Supplies Department to complete all the ground work for launching the scheme as planned. The second and final round meeting will be held on Thursday to finalise the road map for implementation of the scheme as Dikshit will give a presentation during the conference on July 13.
On Tuesday, Food and Civil Supplies Department made a PowerPoint presentation before Dikshit and Food and Civil Supplies Minister Haroon Yusuf. Sources said that the Government stressed to include maximum number of people under the scheme to give benefit to larger section of the society.
The Delhi Government has constituted a task force comprising two MPs-East Delhi MP Sandeep Dikshit and West Delhi MP Mahabal Mishra, three MlAs — former Delhi Assembly speaker Subhash Chopra, Congress legislative party’s chief whip Kanwar Karan Singh and Delhi Wakf Board chairman Mateen Ahmed to formulate a road map for immediate implementation of food security scheme in the national Capital. Dikshit is the chairperson of the task force.