new delhi the arvind kejriwal government is set to soon roll out doorstep delivery of ration for over 17 lakh beneficiaries in the capital subsidised ration is already provided under the national food security 2013 through 2016 fair price shops the new step will spare people the ordeal of queuing up at such shops the first cabinet meeting of the new government likely to take place under the cms chairmanship on wednesday may have doorstep delivery of ration among the top agendain the previous term the aap government rolled out the doorstep delivery of several services delivery of caste income certificates and driving license but its plans to provide doorstep ration could not take off owing to a centrevsstate power tussle and also due to differences of opinions between the minister and the food commissioner food minister imran hussain on tuesday reviewed the status of the implementation of the scheme with senior officials the food department is giving final shape to the complete action plan the minister directed the officials to ensure there was no further delay in implementation of the scheme this will go a long way in helping the poor and needy to obtain their ration under national food security act 2013 at their doorstep the minister saidin early 2018 the delhi cabinet passed a bill to provide subsidised ration at doorsteps it was conceptualised that the government will pack ration and delivery them every month directly to the people the decision was taken with the idea to insulate people from the inconvenience of ration shops sometimes being shut and also reports of instances of ration being stolen from shopsthe bill was sent to the lg for approval so that it can be rolled out the lg rejected the proposal triggering a war of words between the lg and the elected government kejriwal claimed that the lg rejected the scheme and it became the victim of petty politics while the lg said he did not reject the scheme and instead advised the government to refer it to the centre with complete details including all implementation issues before a final decision is takenit snowballed into a contentious issue and was one of the reasons why kejriwal with his cabinet ministers sat on a dharna inside lg house for nine days the proposal remained buried in neglect for monthsa few days after the judgement of the supreme court constitutional bench was delivered on centre versus delhi government power tussle saying that the lg had no independent decisionmaking powers and was bound to follow the aid and advice of the delhi cabinet kejriwal overruled all objections to the doorstep delivery of ration and asked the food department to implement the proposal the food department did not implement the scheme and informed the government that the scheme cannot be implemented unless the government gets centres approvalthe government is working to bring transparency in the entire chain of subsidised food articles distribution and the scheme the government says is aimed at