FOOD SECURITY SCHEME IN DELHI

FOOD SECURITY SCHEME IN DELHI

The food security scheme in India is “unparalleled” in the world and aims to feed every poor person in the country, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said in New Delhi while launching the ambitious food scheme in Delhi.Delhi was the first State to clear the scheme.“We have people who still don’t get food and there are children who are malnourished. We decided to bring this scheme so that every poor gets food and no child sleeps without food,” Ms. Gandhi said at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi.She gave away food security ration cards to beneficiaries along with a 5-kg packet of rice.

Under the scheme, a total of 73.5 lakh people will get food grain at highly subsidised rates in the State.“The guarantee of food provided by food security scheme on such a large scale is unparalleled in the world,” she said.The launch of the programme — deemed a game-changer for the Congress ahead of general elections in 2014 — coincides with the birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

                                                       Prof. John Kurakar