Delhi govt defends cash subsidy scheme

December 18, 2012 20:53

Delhi government today rejected criticism of its newly launched food programme Annashree Yojna, saying an amount of Rs 600 is being given as assistance to the poor families who have been left out of the PDS system, due to a cap on the number of beneficiaries fixed by the Centre.

It said the Centre had put the upper limit of the BPL households in Delhi at 4.09 lakh and the new scheme was launched to provide some sort of support to those people who were not getting subsidised food due to the cap.

As per official figures, Delhi has a total of 7.5 lakh BPL families, out of which only 4.09 lakh are eligible for the public distribution system.

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