e-Ration service launched

Tribune News Service

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New Delhi, March 27

Launching an e-Ration card facility for Delhi consumers, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said strict action, including registration of criminal cases, will be taken and no one, indulging in diversion and black marketing of ration, will be spared.

Noting that his government is committed to eradicating corruption in the public distribution system, he further said that many more e-governance initiatives will be launched which include computerisation of all the Fair Price Shops.
He was speaking during a function held in the Auditorium, Delhi Secretariat.

The Chief Minister recalled his days as an activist, when he along with Manish Sisodia and others had launched a struggle in 2001 to eradicate ration mafia from parts of Delhi, particularly Sundar Nagri, Nand Nagri, Harsh Vihar.
e-Ration card will bring immense convenience to the people of Delhi as it will cut down the delays in preparation and delivery of ration cards to the beneficiaries. Now the beneficiaries can print the card as soon as it is approved by the Department, said Kejriwal while complimenting the efforts of the Minister, and officers of the Department of Food Supplies and Consumer Affairs and NIC on putting in place such an innovative and citizen-friendly facility.