Ration Apke Dwar Scheme

Madhya Pradesh government is about to launch Ration Apke Dwar scheme for the tribal people in the state. Scheme launch will be done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the state on November 15, 2021. Under this scheme the state government will provide ration material to the poor tribal families in the state. Distribution of the foodgrains to the villages will be done by the state government through  transport vehicles. Authorities will test the quality of foodgrains and then load it in the transport vehicles to ensure good quality foodgrains reach the beneficiaries. This scheme will tend to ensure timely distribution of ration to the eligible physically challenged, old and poor tribal people in the state thereby ensuring their welfare.

Scheme Overview:

Objectives and Benefits:

• The main objective of the scheme is to distribute ration to the villages with tribal families in the state.
• This scheme tends to ensure monthly foodgrain supply and help the beneficiaries overcome their hunger issues.
• The scheme will ensure basic food to the old, physically challenges, poor tribal families in tough times of financial constraints.
• This scheme will ensure timely distribution of foodgrains to the beneficiaries so that no one in the state starves without food.
• It will tend to help the beneficiaries with basic food and thereby ensure their social security and welfare.

Key Points:

• Madhya Pradesh government is about to start Ration Apke Dwar scheme for the tribal families in the state.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch this scheme during his visit to the state on November 15, 2021.
• Under this scheme the state government intends to provide timely distribution of ration to the tribal families in the state.
• Government will implement this scheme in the tribal development blocks of the state.
• Through the implementation of this scheme the beneficiaries will get the ration in their respective village itself and they would not have to travel to the headquarter village for getting the ration.
• Under this scheme the state government will undertake distribution of the food grains will be done to the villages using transport vehicles.
• Collector will fix the days for the distribution of foodgrains in the villages.
• About 220 to 440 quintals of food items will be distributed by a vehicle for 22 to 30 days in a month.
• Authorities will test the quality of food grains while loading in the vehicles.
• Electronic weighing machine, mic, speaker, POS for weighing machine will also be provided to the transporter for ensuring the food easily reaches the respective village.
• Transporters of the vehicles will be the village residents belonging to ST category in the age group of 21-45 years.
• Transporters will get a fixed amount of income to every month for this work.
• For purchase of transport vehicle, the resident will also get a margin money on the loan amount.
• For providing margin money the Tribal Affairs Department will release about Rs. 9.69 crores.
• This scheme will benefit about 7511 trial families in the 74 tribal development blocks of 16 districts in the state.