The Delhi government’s revolutionary doorstep delivery of ration scheme has been stalled by the Central government just days before it was to be launched, according to a statement released by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s office on Saturday.

It said the scheme was intended to benefit more than 72 lakh beneficiaries; the Delhi government had sent the file for final approval and immediate rollout of the scheme to L-G Anil Baijal on May 24 after accepting “all suggestions” on it received from the Centre. But, the CMO stated, the Lieutenant Governor had returned the file saying the scheme cannot be implemented in Delhi, citing what Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain termed “invalid reasons”.

The Centre had made just one observation on the nomenclature of the scheme stating that the name “ Mukhyamantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojana” could not be used since the ration was being distributed under the existing NFS Act, the CMO stated. In order to “prevent any controversy”, the Delhi Cabinet had decided to change the name.

Lieutenant Governor cited two invalid reasons to reject the implementation of Doorstep Delivery of Ration scheme, the decision politically motivated, Civil Supplies Minister Hussain alleged. “No approval for launching such a scheme is required as per existing law. Nevertheless, we have written six letters to the Centre since 2018 apprising them of this revolutionary scheme at every stage.” Hussain said.

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