Punjab to start home delivery of wheat flour

The Punjab cabinet, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, has approved the home delivery of wheat flour to 15.4 million beneficiaries. The beneficiaries will start getting the flour from October 1. The decision will put an additional burden of £67 million on the state exchequer for grinding the wheat and delivering it to the beneficiaries at their doorstep. Till now, wheat was given to beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act scheme every three months and the expense was £182.5 million. The beneficiaries will now get 5 kg of flour per month. The cabinet also decided on the finer details for starting the recruitment of 26,454 people in the government sector. This decision was taken in the first meeting and all departments were asked to identify the vacancies. An approval of the cabinet was also taken on the amnesty scheme for private transporters announced by CM Mann a few days back.