All set for mobile delivery of essential goods
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Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will flag off a fleet of 9,260 ‘mobile delivery’ automobiles at Benz Circle right here on Thursday that may used for the brand new Public Distribution System (PDS) programme.
The authorities is spending ₹830 crore for the brand new scheme.
These automobiles can be used to ship essential commodities to the PDS beneficiaries at their doorstep from February 1, Minister for Civil Supplies Kodali Venkateswara Rao (Nani) has mentioned.
The Minister visited Benz Circle on Wednesday to supervise the preparations.
He reviewed the preparations on the dais and the order of putting automobiles and gave a number of options to the officers.
The automobiles to be flagged off can be utilized in Krishna, Guntur and West Godavari districts.
‘Jagan’s promise’
The Minister mentioned that Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy had promised each day wage coolies, the bodily handicapped and the aged individuals who had complained of issues in gathering their groceries from the PDS retailers, that he would deal with these points successfully throughout his padayatra.
“True to his word, from February 1, the mobile delivery vehicles will supply essential commodities to the beneficiaries at their doorstep,” the Minister mentioned.
Referring to the transfer to produce high quality rice via the honest worth retailers, the Minister mentioned, as a pilot mission, it was applied in Srikakulam district, and it could quickly be replicated throughout the State.
Mr. Venkateswara Rao mentioned these mobile automobiles, geared up with digital weighing machines, EPOS (Electronic Point of Sale) machines, first-aid kits, money bins and seating association, would work 18 days in a month, supplying essential commodities to not lower than 90 beneficiaries in a day. The new system would additionally promote transparency, he added.
Self-employment
The mobile delivery automobiles bought at a value of ₹539 crore would additionally change into a supply of self-employment for youth recognized by the SC, ST, BC and minority companies. The authorities would hand over these automobiles to the unemployed youth on 60% subsidy. The price of every car was ₹5,81,000, however the respective companies would give them to the beneficiaries with a subsidy of ₹3,48,600, the Minister mentioned.
Krishna District Collector A. Md. Imtiaz, Chief Minister’s Programme Coordinator T. Raghuram, Chairman of the Brahmin Welfare Corporation Malladi Vishnu, Gannavaram MLA V. Vamsi, Joint Collector K. Madhavi Latha, DCPs Vishnuwardhan Raju and Vikrant Patil, in-charge Sub-Collector K. Rajyalakshmi, and YSRCP chief Devineni Avinash had been current.
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