Chief Secretary takes stock of PDS supplies

Srinagar, August 9

Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Friday held a meeting of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department and Legal Metrology Department (FCS-CA) to take note of the progress of the department.

An official spokesperson said during the meeting, the Chief Secretary assessed the performance of the department regarding updation and digitisation of ration cards and timely delivery of ration to the consumers at government approved rates.

Dulloo took the occasion to impress upon the department to include Kashmiri Pandits in the NFSA database for extending benefits of different schemes to them. He also directed for completing the registration of e-Shram card holders under Public Distribution System (PDS) as per SC directions, the spokesperson said.

The Chief Secretary further took note of the transportation of ration for door step delivery to consumers in different parts of the UT.

The Commissioner Secretary, FCS-CA, Zubair Ahmad informed the meeting about the current status of ration distribution and other initiatives taken by the department to make PDS more efficient in the UT.

He said the department was providing free and subsidised grains to around 25.11 lakh families comprising of 98.62 lakh beneficiaries. He said out of these 66.17 lakh beneficiaries covered under the NFSA are provided free rations and rest of the 32.44 lakh beneficiaries at highly subsidised rates. — OC