[Special Correspondent]
Mumbai: In the state, under the Public Distribution System, the Cabinet meeting held today decided to increase the margin for fair price shopkeepers who distribute food grains and sugar to ration card holders by ₹20 per quintal. The meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Therefore, now, with an increase of ₹20 per quintal, shopkeepers will get a margin of ₹170 instead of the previous ₹150.
Under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Priority Household Scheme, food grains, sugar, and other commodities are distributed to ration card holders through 53,910 fair price shopkeepers using e-PoS machines with biometric verification.
These shopkeepers were earlier given ₹45 per quintal from the Central Government and ₹105 per quintal from the State Government, making a total of ₹150 as margin per quintal. The associations of these shopkeepers had requested an increase in this margin amount. Accordingly, approval was given to increase the margin by ₹20 per quintal. Thus, fair price shopkeepers will now get ₹170 per quintal (₹1,700 per metric ton) as margin. Due to this decision, an additional provision of about ₹92.71 crore will be made every year.
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