PHAGWARA: Member of Punjab State Food Commission Vijay Dutt today conducted surprise inspection of various government ration depots in Kapurthala district.
The objective of the inspection was to evaluate the implementation of welfare schemes under the National Food Security Act. He inspected ration depots in villages Wadala Kala and Kot Karar Khan. During that he interacted with the beneficiaries to take a feed back about that ration supply by depots.
Dutt stated that the government is running a wheat distribution scheme from January to March. According to the data, approximately 74% of the wheat distribution in the district has been completed. Additionally, with the installation of biometric machines and electronic weighing machines in all government ration depots, the ration distribution process has become more transparent, providing relief to the public.
He also said that the Punjab State Food Commission's helpline number (9876764545) be displayed at all government ration depots in the district. He also stated that if any beneficiary has a complaint regarding the National Food Security Act schemes, they can register their complaint on this helpline number.