SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 09: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs
and Information, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today chaired a meeting to review the
stock and supply position of essentials in Kashmir division and extra
arrangements made by the department for winter season.
The meeting was attended by Director FCS&CA Nisar Ahmad Wani, Senior
Superintendent Traffic NHI Sanjay Bhagat, Assistant Directors (ADs) FCS&CA
and other concerned officers.
The Minister took strong note of oil companies falling behind in maintaining
the stocks. He warned them that the government would not tolerate any lapse in
making available sufficient stock supply of essential commodities, especially
petroleum products in Kashmir division for the winter months.
Zulfkar Ali asked the oil companies operating in the State to always dump
stocks in advance, primarily petrol and LPG so that people do not face
difficulty in case the National Highway gets closed due to bad weather. He
instructed SSP Traffic to prioritize clearance of vehicles carrying petroleum
products so that the sufficient stocks are maintained.
The Minister was informed that dumping of essentials for six months in
snowbound areas of Guraz, Karnah, Keran, Machil, Budnambal, Jamgund, Kumkandhi,
Leh, and Kargil has already been completed. It was further informed that
advance stocks for three months have also been made available in the areas like
Doodhpathri, Walhoo, Pahalgam, Aripal, Anderwani, Boniyar .
Giving the break-up of advance stocks, the Minister was informed that for
border belt of Kupwara 60003.71 quintals (qtls) of rice, 14536.99 qtls of atta,
and 3233.08 qtls of sugar and for Gurez 62267.30 qtls rice, 20651.24 qtls atta,
4297.01 qtls sugar has already been supplied.
Similarly 62267.30 qtls rice,
20651.24 qtls atta, and 4297.01 qtls have been stocked for Leh district
59365.85 qtls rice , 36168 qtls of atta and 7001.96 qtls sugar has
been supplied for Kargil district.
The Minister expressed satisfaction over the work done by the department so
far. He said FCS&CA department is directly linked with the people and
it becomes mandatory on its functionaries to take every possible step to ensure
that consumers do not face any difficulty, especially during winter
months.
The Minister also announced that the government has decided to increase the cap
of rice from 35 kgs to 50 kgs per family under MMSFES for remote areas of Doda,
Kishtawar, Ladakh , Bandipora and Kupwara.
The Minister clarified that Aadhar card is not mandatory for ration card
distribution. He asserted that no one should be deprived of their allotted food
grains for not having the Aadhar card.
He further
informed that the Government has decided to start the operation of electronic
Point of Sale (ePoS) machines on a pilot basis in three districts viz
Srinagar, Budgam, and Ganderbal of Kashmir division from November 21.
Encouraging the departmental functionaries for good work, the Minister said
Government has decided to reward the employees with an appreciation certificate
who do a phenomenal work in GIS capturing of food stores and Fair Price Shops
(FPSs) and in constituting of Vigilance Monitoring Committees (VMSs).
It was informed that the officers nominated for GIS capturing are AD
Anantnag, AD Bandipora, AD Baramulla, AD Budgam, AD Ganderbal, AD Kargil, AD
Kulgam, AD Kupwara, AD Pulwama, AD Shopian, and AD Srinagar, and those for
constituting VMCs are AD Budgam, AD Bandipora, AD Baramulla, AD Kulgam, AG
Shopian, AD Baramulla, AD Kupwara, AD Pulwama, and AD Kargil.
Referring to proposal of opening additional Fair Price Shops (FPSs), the
Minister directed the concerned to make these functional immediately after
completing the paperwork. He said while the newly opened FPSs will provide
employment to many, they would greatly help consumers too as they would be able
to easily get their allotted food grains from the nearby store.
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