Ration Card News: The residents of Rajiv Ratna Awas Yojana in Bapraula Phase-2 of Delhi had filed a petition in the High Court. It has been said in this petition that because there are only 320 ration card holders in the area. Therefore, the Delhi government has not opened Fair Price Shop (FPS) i.e. ration card shop in the area.
New Delhi. It is the responsibility of the State Government to provide food grains easily to the common people at a low cost. Delhi High Court has said this while hearing a petition recently. Recently, residents of Rajiv Ratna Awas Yojna in Baprola Phase-2 of Delhi had filed a petition in the High Court. It has been said in this petition that because there are only 320 ration card holders in the area.
Therefore, the Delhi government did not open a Fair Price Shop (FPS) ie ration card shop in the area. Due to the absence of FPC in the area, ration card holders have to travel many kilometers away. After hearing this petition, the High Court has asked the Delhi government whether it is right to send people many kilometers away to get ration due to less ration cards?
Hearing this matter, Judge Najmi Waziri of Delhi High Court has said that it would be right to open fair price shops in the area itself so that the poor can get the benefit. On this, the Delhi government told the court that since there are only 320 ration card holders in the area, the license holder shopkeeper will not be benefited by opening FPS.
What did the Delhi High Court say about the ration card holders, the Delhi
government argued in the court that one thousand ration card holders benefit from one FPS. Opening a shop in the area for 320 beneficiaries for a profit of only Rs 2 per kg in the sale of food grains is not right. On this, the court has said that in the guidelines issued by the Delhi government for the allotment of FPC shops, there is talk of opening of shops in certain circumstances. Therefore, due to less number of beneficiaries, FPC can also be opened.
The High Court has asked the Delhi government to file a compliance affidavit by November 30. The next hearing of this case will be on December 8. Along with this, the court has asked the Delhi government to consider the possibility of opening shops at fair prices in those areas from where the nearest ration shop is two and a half kilometers away.
