Kashmiri migrants to get new ration cards: Zulfkar
5 new Ration Depots to be opened at Migrant Township Jagti
25/07/2017
JAMMU, July 24: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and Information, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali today directed the concerned to start the process of preparing new ration cards for Kashmiri migrants under relief and non-relief categories so that they don't face any difficulty in getting rations. The Minister issued these directions while inspecting ration depots at Migrants Township in Jagti here.
While inspecting the ration depots at Jagti, the Minister enquired about the supply and stock position, quality of food-grains and rates of essential commodities. The Minister directed Relief and Rehabilitation Commis sioner (Migrants) to submit a list of beneficiaries under different categories in the Migrant Township so that transparency and accountability is maintained in ration distribution.
He further directed the officers to ensure adequate quantity of ration is distributed to the beneficiaries and proper weighing scales are used at the ration depots. He asked them to conduct regular inspection at fair price shops and submit real time feedback to his Office daily. While inspecting Food Godown, Nagrota, the Minister checked the samples of food grains and stock position in the godown.
In the day, the Minister also inspected Govt. Ration Depot, Khanpur and directed for timely distribution of ration to the consumers. Director, FCS&CA Jammu R A Inquilabi, Relief and Rehabilitation Commi ssioner (Migrants) M L Raina, Deputy Controller, LMD Manoj Prabhakar, Assistant Director, Trade and Stores, Jammu Ankush Hans and other officers of the department accompanied the minister during the visit.
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