Chandigarh, March 25 -- Two Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs on Monday raised the issue of eligible beneficiaries 'not getting ration' even as ineligible individuals with ration cards availed subsidised food and other benefits and other related matters, in the assembly during the question hour on the second day of the budget session.

AAP MLAs Gurpreet Singh Banawali (Sardulgarh) and Dalbir Singh (Baba Bakala) flagged 'non-inclusion' of newly married girls and newborns in ration cards.

Responding to the queries, Punjab food, civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Lal Chand Kataruchak informed the House that the state had already exceeded the cap on number of beneficiaries under the ration scheme.

The minister said the Centre has set a c...