Overview
- Reforms were cleared by the Delhi Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to make the PDS more fair and transparent.
- Income certificates issued by the Revenue Department are now mandatory for applications, ending self-certification.
- Families are ineligible if they own property in A–E category colonies, pay income tax, own a four-wheeler except one commercial vehicle for livelihood, have a government servant in the family, or use electricity above 2 kW.
- A verification drive found 6.46 lakh income mismatches, 95,682 registered non-recipients, 23,394 duplicates, 6,185 deceased entries and 56,372 opt-outs, creating more than 8.27 lakh open slots.
- District-level committees led by District Magistrates and including local MLAs will rank applicants by need and maintain a 20% waiting list to address 3.89 lakh pending applications and 11.65 lakh people awaiting coverage.