Under the scheme coupons will be distributed every month to BPL families through elected panchayat gram sabhas. Each BPL family will be given a bunch of coupons for the entire year. The coupons can then be exchanged for kerosene and grain at subsided rates from fair-price shops.
PDS dealers will be given allotments of grain every month only against the coupons they submit. Therefore, they will not be able to corner extra stocks, deny it to the poor, and then sell it in the open market.
The CM said there were more BPL families in Bihar than indicated in the Centre’s list. He said the Centre should raise the cut-off point for identification of BPL families.
“As per the allotment of food grain and kerosene made by the Centre, we can serve only around 65 lakh BPL families in the state. We want that the cut-off point be raised from 13 to 16 points and then we can help around one crore poor families in the state,” he said
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