CM Free Annapurna Food Packet Yojana put on hold in Barmer

Barmer: Barmer district administration has stopped distribution of the food packets being distributed under the Chief Minister’s ambitious ‘Free Annapurna Food Packet Yojana’. Action has been taken after some videos related to the poor quality of material went viral on social media.

In the videos, beneficiaries are seen questioning the quality of the material and later they throw the food packets on the roads. Soon after the incident came to light, the district administration not only stopped the supply of the food packets but also took the samples which are sent to the Jodhpur-based laboratory.

Officials said that distribution will resume after the laboratory report. If any kind of discrepancies were found, action would be taken accordingly, they added.

Barmer district collector Arun Purohit confirmed the report and said that after the complaints of the poor quality of material, they have put the scheme on hold and stopped distribution.

Barmer district administration has constituted a 5-member panel comprising ADM Anjum Tahir Samma, CMHO Chandrashekhar Gajraj, MD Cooperative Jitendra Godara, DSO Kanvararam.