Many return to Delhi from lockdown to find names struck off ration rolls

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s food and civil supplies minister Imran Hussain has issued directions to restore the names of beneficiaries under National Food Security (NFS) whose names were removed from the list due to their long absence from the capital during the lockdown.
The total number of households in Delhi that benefit from the NFS scheme is around 17.5 lakh and since the lockdown was implemented in March, many had left the city and started coming back only recently.As a result of their prolonged absence, they didn’t take ration and their names were struck off.
“It has been brought to my knowledge that some of the beneficiaries had gone to their home states during the period March to October, due to the Covid-19 lockdown and on their return to Delhi, they are unable to get their due ration as their names have been struck off,” the order signed by Hussain stated.
Hussain has directed that names of all such beneficiaries should be restored with immediate effect. Hussain had also directed that an action taken report has to be submitted within three days. NFS beneficiaries are provided five kg food grains every month, including four kg wheat and one kg rice.