Estimates Committee for fresh BPL survey

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 12: The Committee on Estimates (EC) of Legislative Assembly today met under the chairmanship of MLA Dr. Mustafa Kamaal and discussed various issues concerning the consumers particularly with regard to the ration supply to the BPL families and regular gas supply during the winter months.
The Committee members included Ashok Khajuria, Nizam-ud-Din Bhat, Peerzada Mansoor Hussain, Mohammad Irfan Shah, Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Charanjit Singh, Bimla Luthra and Sayeed Rafiq Ahmad Shah directed to ensure sufficient stocks of LPG supply for the consumers.
All the members stressed for ensuring ration supply to the consumers in general and Shia community in particular during the holy month of Muharram.
The Committee directed the department to conduct BPL survey afresh and ensure that all the deserving and actual BPL families are enlisted.
The panel recommended providing ration to the consumers on the basis of census of 2011 with the direction to the department to register all un-registered consumers in a time bound manner. The Committee also directed to provide ration to the left out BPL families. It also directed the department to take into the confidence the public representative of the concerned areas while framing and finalization the BPL lists.
The meeting was attended by Secretary, CAPD, Mohammad Abass Dar, Director General Accounts and Treasuries, Directors, CAPD Jammu & Kashmir, Secretary Assembly M. Ramzan and other officers of CA&PD and Assembly Secretariat.