new delhi food civil supplies minister imran hussain on tuesday assured that sufficient ration was available in the city and fair price shops would remain open seven days of the weekdelhi government had already announced free ration to the 72 lakh ration card holders for may and june and chief minister arvind kejriwal on tuesday further said those who were poor but didnt possess a ration card would also start getting ration within a few daystimesviewits a welcome move that even those without ration cards will be given free rations delhi is home to millions of migrants and other people living on the margins many of whom who dont have a ration card this scheme if implemented properly will surely help themthe capital has around 178 lakh households with ration cards covering 728 lakh beneficiaries including 68732 antodya anna yojna aay households having 28 lakh beneficiarieshussain who conducted surprise inspections of fair price shops in shalimar bagh to check availability and distribution of free ration items warned strict action as per law against ration dealers who do not open shops regularly collect cost of foodgrain illegally distribute less than stipulated quantity of ration or indulge in other malpractices like diversion of foodgrains hoarding black marketing or misbehaving with beneficiariesduring the inspection hussain assured beneficiaries that sufficient ration was available and there was no need to panic in obtaining the ration he also said that in case the beneficiaries were not able to get entitled ration under national food security act or pradhan mantri garib kalyan ann yojna might visit their fair price shops again to get the remaining rationhe said fair price shops were open on all seven days from 9am to 1pm and from 3pm to 7pm without any weekly off and beneficiaries didnt need to panic at all he advised beneficiaries to observe social distancing norms and wear masks while obtaining rationhussain said that apart from department officers members of the vigilance committee were also monitoring the distribution process and area mlas had also started inspecting fair price shops in case beneficiaries face any problem in receiving ration free of cost at a fair price shop they may contact officers of the food and supplies departmentwomen and child development minister rajendra pal gautam also conducted a surprise doortodoor inspection in the jj colonies in wazirpur shakti nagar extension ashok vihar and subzi mandi to inspect the quality and quantity of ration items being provided to pregnant women and children under integrated child development scheme icdsunder icds nutritious food is given to children younger than six years and pregnant or lactating women twice a month gautam said the main objective of his visit was to ensure that the beneficiaries got highquality nutritious food according to the prescribed standards and send a message to the anganwadi workers and officials that they wont be spared for any irregularities in the quality of the ration or its distribution