Excelsior Correspondent
ANANTNAG, June 3: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and Information Department, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today reviewed the functioning of Food, Civil Services and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), Legal Metrology Department (LMD) and Department of Information and Public Relation (DIPR) of Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian districts.
The meeting was attended by District Development Commis-sioner (DDC) Anantnag, Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Director FCS&CA, Nisar Ahmad Wani, Joint Controller Legal Metrology Amar Singh, ADDC Anantnag, ADC Pulwama and ADC Shopian, Deputy Director Information (PR), Assistant Director FCS&CA and District Information Officers of Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian, TSO and other officers of Legal Metrology.
The concerned officers apprised the Minister with the performance of the FSC&CA Department. It was given out that in Anantnag, the total population benefitting from National Food Security Act (NFSA) is 9,04,666 and the number of priority households (PHH) is 6,34,261 while as the number of PHH in Pulwama, Shopian and Kulgam are 350448, 167558 and 256699 respectively. The Minister was also informed about the number of beneficiaries under Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Food Entitlement Scheme (MMSFES).
During the meeting, the Minister directed the Assistant Directors (ADs) to hire the private vehicles for lifting of food grains at a depreciation hiring rate of 15% in case State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) fails to provide the requisite number of trucks.
Meanwhile, the Minister also directed the ADs to ensure the lifting of all the food grains under NFSA and MMSFES is completed by 7th of this month so that timely distribution of rations is ensured.
Following the reports about the pilferage of kerosene oil, the Minster directed the District Development Commissioners to constitute committees for the purpose and submit the reports in a time bound manner.
The Minister also underscored the need of making the public distribution system more effective, efficient and prompt. He said that through new fair price shops the department is embarking on the path of privatization, digitization and automation.
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