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State Government has decided that 33 percent of all ration depots in the state will be allotted to women in future: Dushyant Chautala
Chandigarh, March 8- Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Dushyant Chautala said that on the occasion of International Women’s Day, the State Government has decided that 33 percent of all ration depots in the state will be allotted to women in future. He also said that Haryana is the first state in the country where ration cardholders will be provided ration at their doorstep through mobile depot, this process has been started in Faridabad.
The Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the portfolio of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, was responding to a question asked by an MLA during the budget session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha today.
He said that the State Government has decided that women will have 33 percent participation in all the ration depots allotted in future. While discussing the measures being taken to ensure transparency in the ration distribution through ration depots he said e-vending machines have been installed in ration depots for weighing ration in seven districts and the process of setting up e-vending machines in Faridabad and Gurugram district is underway.
Dushyant Chautala said that the Aadhaar numbers of 1.22 crore beneficiaries who are being provided ration have been linked under the campaign ‘One-Nation, One-Ration’ scheme of the Union Government. If a person goes to the ration depot to get ration, then the first Aadhaar number is fed into the machine, after which the ration to be allocated to the person concerned is displayed on the screen. He is then given his share after biometric authenticity check.
He said that soon Haryana will be the only state in the country where all ration cardholders will be provided ration at their home through mobile depot. The scheme has also been started in Faridabad district.
