New Delhi: The Delhi government on Tuesday approved the food and civil supplies department’s proposal to increase the margin money for the city’s ration dealers by around three times.
According to the government, there was a long pending demand by the fair price shop (FPS) owners for increase in margin money in order to enable them to run the FPS in a sustainable and viable manner.
The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.
“The Delhi Cabinet has approved the food and civil supplies department’s proposal for increase in margin money — from existing Rs 70 per quintal to Rs 200 per quintal of food grains (70 paise per kg to rs 2 per kg) — for 2,254 ration dealers in Delhi,” the government said in a statement.
In the statement, the food and civil supplies minister, Imran Hussain, claimed that Delhi is the first state in the country to permit increase in margin money to the ration dealers by almost three times.
It also stated that the government has started the process of distribution of food grains through e-PoS devices under the National Food Security Act, 2013, from January 1 this year so as to ensure the ration reaches the entitled beneficiaries on time and accurately.
