Responding to an unstarred question in Haryana Assembly, minister of state for food, civil supplies & consumer affairs said the surge was recorded between April 2022 & September 2024.
Kejriwal's remarks came a day after Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said the Centre had no proposal to extend distribution of free ration through the PMGKAY beyond 30 November.
PMGKAY was reintroduced for two months until June in order to minimise the economic hardships being faced by the poor PDS beneficiaries during the second wave of the Covid pandemic.
In its affidavit filed before the top court, the Central government said Delhi's AAP government has implemented One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan only in circle 63 Seemapuri.
A bench of CJI Bobde and justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said this matter should not be treated as adversarial and will be put up for final hearing.
One Nation, One Ration card scheme now covers over 69 crore beneficiaries — 86 per cent of the beneficiaries under National Food Security Act — and is available in 32 states & UTs.
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