Action against erring depot holders in Haryana

Taking strict action against defaulters under the public distribution system (PDS), Haryana government today said it has cancelled licences of 182 depot holders for committing irregularities and the security amount of 456 dealers has been forfeited.
While giving this information here today, Haryana Food and Supplies Minister Karan Dev Kamboj, said police had registered 14 cases and arrested seven persons in this regard till November last year.
He said that during this period, security amounting to over Rs 21 lakh has been forfeited, out of which Rs 1.58 lakh was forfeited in November. Apart from this, goods worth Rs 40,000 have also been seized.

The minister said under PDS, kerosene oil, sugar and wheat would be made available on time. Directions to prepare a detailed action plan for this purpose have been issued to the department so that people do not face any problem in getting ration.
Under this scheme, information pertaining to date of ration supply, quantity and other necessary information would be made available every month.