Mamata launches Duare Ration scheme in WB
The Hindu
It will feed 10 crore people in the State, by providing food grains at doorstep
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday launched an ambitious “Duare Ration” scheme for providing food grains under the public distribution system at the doorstep for the entire population of the State.
“This Duare Ration scheme will help 10 crore people of the State. I will request all the ration dealers to make it a success.” Ms. Banerjee said while launching the scheme in Kolkata.
Providing food grains at doorsteps “Duare Ration” was one of the election promises of the Trinamool Congress riding high on which the party came to power for the third consecutive time in May 2021. “If there are five members in a family then one will have to carry 25 kg of food grains. We are not inhuman that we will ask people to carry 25 kgs on their back. So, the solution is to have vehicles in one particular lane at a distance of 500 meters,” Ms. Banerjee said.