New Delhi Mar 30 PTI Delhi Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain on Wednesday conducted a surprise inspection of a ration shop in Laxmi Nagar where he found several irregularities prompting him to order an inquiry an official statement saidDuring the inspection the minister observed that two E-Pos devices were being used by the fair price shop FPS dealer instead of the single allocated E-Pos device The investigating team has been directed to conduct a thorough investigation it saidThe statement said that operating E-Pos machine other than the one allocated for the FPS is a serious violation of the law which indicates diversion and misappropriation of subsidised ration by the dealerHussain observed that a godown was also being operated in the adjoining premises of the ration shop against departmental norms The minister showed his displeasure and directed the commissioner food and civil supplies to submit a detailed action taken report against the FPS dealer for violating departmental norms prohibiting the operation of godown from the FPS premises the statement said PTI AKM ANB ANB

New Delhi Sep 28 PTI Delhi Food and Supplies Minister Imran Hussain conducted a surprise inspection of fair price shops in the Kondli assembly constituency on Tuesday and checked the quality and stock of food grains according to an official statement The minister directed officials to ensure timely and uninterrupted delivery of food grains from Food Corporation of India FCI godowns to fair price shops Delhi is among one of the topmost states in ration distribution to the migrants under ONORC One Nation One Ration Card scheme Due to the smooth and orderly distribution of free ration under the ONORC scheme Delhi has become a benchmark in the country Hussain said in the statement He also checked the distribution of free ration through e-PoS devices under the National Food Security Act NFSA 2013 and the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojna PMGKAY During the visit the minister also interacted with beneficiaries Hussain directed officials to take strict action against erring ration dealers who do not open shop regularly distribute less than stipulated quantity of ration or indulge in any malpractices such as diversion of food grains and hoarding The minister said that the Delhi government has notified the movement of food grains for public distribution system from other states and from godowns to fair price shops within the city as an essential service for hassle-free transportation the statement added PTI AKM SMN SMN

New Delhi Ration distribution in the Capital for the citys over 72 lakh people with a Ration card has now been delayed again for August even as the fair price shops part of the Public Distribution System extended their July distribution to well into August due to delaysWhen this system was being implemented several shops in multiple Food Department Circles were complaining of server errorsSome explained that a server error would prevent them from completing the process of distributing the ration leaving them with no alternative other than to waitThis had resulted in long lines at shops at the time and many not getting their fair shareHowever officials associated with running the fair price shops have said that some centres are yet to receive stocks from the FCI for the month of August