New Delhi Dec 19 PTI The Delhi government has asked officials to transfer excess ration at fair price shops FPS in different zones of the city to those nearby FPS where the ration is required or can be accommodated department officials said on SundayThey said a circular in this connection has also been issued by the Food and Civil Supplies DepartmentIn the circular issued on Friday the department said that several requests are being received in distribution branch regarding storage issues being faced by FPS owners due to the closing balance of previous months left unadjusted in future allocationsPresently allocation is being generated to the full entitlement without adjustment of the previous months closing balance in order to cater to the increasing demand of One Nation One Ration Card ONORC or migrant beneficiariesIn view of requests received from FPS licensees regarding excess stock of closing balance lying at FPS the concerned zonal assistant commissioners after examining the exact situation and with due consent of concerned FPS owners may undertake stock transfer strictly through online mode from the FPS where excessive stock is available to any other FPS where stock is required or can be accommodated the circular saidIt however clarified that the cost of transportation will not be borne by the departmentThe Delhi government distributes free ration to beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act NFSA 2013 and the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana PMGKAY through electronic point of sale devicesIt has also implemented ONORC scheme in July this yearUnder the ONORC scheme people holding a ration card under the NFSA can collect their monthly quota of food grain from any fair price shop across the countryDelhi has 1778 lakh cardholders and has around 7277 lakh beneficiaries The city has over 2000 fair price shopsAccording to officials the department also said that excess ration from one FPS can be send to ration distribution shops in other zones as well if there is no dearth of ration at FPS in the same circleSuch transfers may be done preferably within the same circle and if not possible within the circles of same district However such transfers may also be allowed to any FPS across Delhi even outside the district subject to due online entries on the designated portal or login ID of the concerned zonal assistant commissioners the circular saidIt added that the concerned zonal assistant commissioner shall be liable to ensure no pilferage or diversion occurs while undertaking the transfer process and stock are correctly reflected on ePoS machines of concerned FPS after any such transfer PTI AKM TIR TIR

New Delhi Oct 17 PTI Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee DPCC vice president and former MLA Jai Kishan Monday condemned BJP functionary Santosh Ranjan Rais demeaning remarks against Congress leader Udit RajIn a statement Kishan said it was highly deplorable and objectionable that a BJP functionary has described Raj in a disparaging mannerSuch remarks only reemphasise the BJPs prevalent attitude of treating Dalits as outcasts of the society Kishan said in the statementUdit Raj was a BJP MP in Lok Sabha from Northwest Delhi parliamentary constituency between 2014 and 2019 He joined the Congress after being denied the ticket by the BJP ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha pollsKishan said the Dalit community strongly condemns BJP functionary Santosh Ranjan Rais tweet against Udit RajIt was a highly demeaning remark and an insult to the Dalit community as a whole Dalit organisations and the Congress will make it a country-wide issue The BJP functionarys tweet reflected the lowly mindset of the BJP which has been adopting the divide and rule policy to ruin the country the statement quoted Kishan as sayingThe bigotry of the BJP was driving the country to devastation and under the BJP rule the lives of Dalits have become unsafe as Dalit girls and women suffer sexual harassment and assaults regularly with those in power keeping a blind eye Kishan alleged in the statementKishan said that Udit Raj had been questioning and agitating against the Central governments policy of ending reservation for DalitsEarlier the Congress had on Thursday hit out at the BJP over what it said were casteist and racist commentsThe All India Confederation of SCST organisation has also filed a complaint at the North Avenue police station against Santosh Ranjan Rai a former national vice president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha BJYM for allegedly using the casteist and racist comments PTI AKM TIR TIR

New Delhi Sep 29 PTI A south Delhi restaurant that allegedly denied entry to a saree-clad woman last week has been shut after civic authorities issued it a closure notice for operating without a trade licence officials said WednesdaySouth Delhi Municipal Corporation SDMC mayor Mukesh Suryan confirmed that the restaurant has been closedThe Aquila restaurant was operating without a proper licence It has now been shut after we issued a closure notice We are also exploring other actions including imposing a penalty in accordance with the DMC Delhi Municipal Corporation Act against the eatery as it was functioning without approval from the civic body Suryan told PTISDMC officials said Wednesday a closure notice was issued to the Aquila Restaurant located at Ansal Plaza in Andrews Ganj on September 24 for operating without a valid licenceThe closure notice said the area public health inspector found during a check on September 21 that the facility is running without a health trade licence and under unhygienic conditions It also flagged alleged encroachment on public landThe public health inspector again inspected the site on September 24 and found that the trade is running under the same condition You are directed to close the trade within 48 hours of the receipt of this notice failing which suitable action including sealing will be taken without assigning further notice the SDMC notice issued to the restaurant-owner saidIn his response on September 27 the owner said I have closed-down the above said trade immediately and I shall not run the same trade without SDMC Trade Licence under insanitary condition from health point of view and create nuisance In a social media post last week a woman had alleged she was refused entry in the south Delhi restaurant because she was wearing a sareeThe woman had also posted a short video of her argument with the restaurant staff alongside a couple of pictures of herself in the sareeLater the restaurant claimed that the incident was misrepresentedIn the SDMC House meeting Wednesday Congress councillor from Andrews Ganj Abhishek Dutt raised the issue and moved a proposal demanding a fine of Rs 5 lakh be imposed against any restaurant bar or hotel that denies entry to any person wearing traditional Indian attireThe Aquila restaurant was running illegally without licence The notice was issued to the eatery only after I raised the issue Now the authorities have informed that the restaurant has been shut It is a matter of probe that how the restaurant was running without a licence he told PTI Taking cognisance of the case the National Commission for Women NCW had on September 23 had asked the Delhi Police to probe the incident PTI AKM TIR TIR

New Delhi Sep 29 PTI A restaurant that allegedly denied entry to a saree-clad woman here was issued a closure notice by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation for operating without a proper trade license following which the owner said he has shut operationsSDMC officials said on Wednesday that a closure notice was issued to the Aquila Restaurant located at Ansal Plaza in Andrews Ganj for operating without a valid licenceThe September 24 closure notice said the area public health inspector found during a check on September 21 that the facility is running without a health trade licence and under unhygienic conditions It also flagged encroachment on public landThe public health inspector again inspected the site on September 24 and found that the trade is running under the same condition You are directed to close the trade within 48 hours of the receipt of this notice failing which suitable action including sealing will be taken without assigning further notice the SDMC notice issued to the restaurant-owner saidIn his response on September 27 the owner said I have closed-down the above said trade immediately and 1 shall not run the same trade without SDMC Trade Licence under insanitary condition from health point of view and create nuisance In a social media post last week a woman had alleged she was refused entry in the south Delhi restaurant because she was wearing a sareeThe woman had also posted a short video of her argument with the restaurant staff alongside a couple of pictures of herself in the sareeLater the restaurant claimed that the incident was misrepresentedIn the SDMC House meeting Wednesday Congress councillor from Andrews Ganj Abhishek Dutt raised the issue and moved a proposal demanding a fine of Rs 5 lakh be imposed against any restaurant bar or hotel that denies entry to any person wearing traditional Indian attireThe restaurant was running illegally without licence The notice was issued to the eatery only after I raised the issue Now the authorities have informed that the restaurant has been shut It is a matter of probe that how the restaurant was running without a licence he told PTI Taking cognisance of the case the National Commission for Women NCW had on September 23 had asked the Delhi Police to probe the incident PTI AKM TIR TIR