Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 18: The State Government has issued orders for release of ration in favour of Kashmiri migrants as well as 1054 families of Jammu migrants as per old scale.
In this regard a letter has been written by the Revenue and Relief Department to Department of Consumer Affairs here today urging it that the ration in favour of Kashmiri migrants and 1054 families of Jammu migrants be released as per old scale.
In its letter to Consumer Affairs Department, the Revenue Department has made it clear that the monthly financial assistance for providing ration to Kashmiri migrants at par with prevailing scale has been received from Director CAPD, Jammu and the total financial implication per annum as worked out is Rs 1759.33 lakh for Kashmiri migrants under relief category.
However the financial implications to provide ration to 1054 families of Jammu migrants at the prevailing scale have not been worked out for which the Department has been intimated already.
The letter further added that the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has informed the State Government that the scheme for providing ration to the migrants is totally separate from NFSA and amount is being reimbursed under Security Related Expenditure (SRE) R&R. The Government of India has as such no objection if the Kashmiri migrants and Jammu migrants are provided ration as per prevailing scale instead of NFSA, it added.
While referring the communication of Relief Commissioner Migrants it said that as per his reports the migrants have denied to take relief for last two months and there is apprehension of law and order situation as migrants are agitating for providing ration at the prevailing scale only.
The Relief and Revenue Department in view of the protest lodged by migrants and as per the recommendations of Union Home Ministry urged the Department of Consumer Affairs to issue nine kgs of rice, two kgs of atta and one kg of sugar per month per soul in case of Kashmiri migrants and nine kgs of atta, two kgs of rice and one kg of sugar per soul per month in case of Jammu migrants.
Follow our WhatsApp channel