Addressing a news meet at Suchana Bhavan, the minister said that often a person dies due to malnutrition and not due to total lack of food. “Our job is to provide food grains to ration card holders and we ensure timely distribution. He said that during departmental meetings about food security he often invites activists and their suggestions are taken. Even if facts are shared with them about any suspected hunger death, they don’t appreciate it. The minister said that in Jharkhand there are 25,563 public distribution system (PDS) shops and distribution is done through biometric authentication system.

Source: The Telegraph July 19, 2019 19:45 UTC