FCS&CA to make Supply Chain Management operational from Dec 01: Zulfkar

Reviews progress of implementation of ePDS in JK

Installation of PoS Machines on Pilot basis to be launched on Nov 12

 from district Samba 

JAMMU, NOVEMBER 8 - Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Tribal Affairs Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today asked the officers of the department to work with proactive approach for successful implementation of Electronic Public Distribution System (ePDS) in the state.

Speaking during the meeting convened to review the progress of implementation of ePDS in the state, the Minister said that to make the system fully transparent, it is important that every aspect of ePDS should be completed as soon as possible so that visible changes can be noticed on the ground.

The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary FCS&CA Mehraj-ud-din Khan, Director FCS&CA Kashmir Nasir Khan Wani, Director FCS&CA Jammu R A Inqalabi, Deputy Secretary Arun Kotwal, Joint Director FCS&CA Jammu, Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors of Jammu division and other senior officers of the department.

During the meeting, the Minister discussed district wise target reports and asked Directors Jammu/Kashmir to ensure that the variation in the target report is reduced to zero for both PHH and NPHH category immediately. He asked the officers to place right beneficiary in right category to avoid any disturbances during ration distribution.

While discussing the progress on trial run of Supply Chain Management in the state, the Minister said that on December 1, 2017, Supply Chain Management will be made operational in the state adding that all the related work needs to be completed before its formal launching.

Regarding Aadhar seeding, Zulfkar seeks district wise report and asked for achieving the given targets in 20 days. “All the generated Aadhar should be seeded immediately as it has been made mandatory for receiving ration March 31, 2018 onwards. Taking note of slow progress of Aadhar seeding especially in Kashmir division, the Minister fixed the targets for districts and asked the concerned to complete it within 15 days.

To strengthen the monitoring system in the department by geo-tagging of its assets through Geographical Integration System (GIS), the Minister sought the district wise details of capturing of GIS Information of Fair Price Shops. While discussing the progress made on this important aspect of monitoring system, Zulfkar asked for completing the same within 2 days.

Speaking about the installation of Point of Sales (PoS) machines on pilot basis in government food outlets, Fair Price Shops (FPS), the Minister said that PoS installation will be launched on November 12 from district Samba.

For entering the details of the Vigilance Monitoring Committee on the portal, the Minister directed the concerned to complete the task within 7 days. While lauding the efforts of Assistant Directors, who have shown good performance in capturing of GIS Information of Fair Price Shops and completing the task of Vigilance Monitoring Committee, the Minister asked the Commissioner Secretary FCS&CA to award appreciation letters to those deserving officers.

On the slow progress on distribution of ration cards to the beneficiaries especially in Jammu division, the Minister directed the concerned to distribute the same to the consumers immediately under all categories. The Minister was informed that in Kashmir division, the work on distribution of ration cards has almost been completed.

During the meeting, all the Assistant Directors were directed to forward daily report of Ration Cards being distributed in their respective districts to the appointed nodal officers. Zulfkar also asked the nodal officers to ensure the distribution in given time frame.

Regarding the establishment of Call Centre Cum Command and Control Room in the Directorates, it was informed to the Minister that both the directors have visited Hyderabad to check the existing system there and soon the work on the same would be initiated in the state.

 In order to maintain the old records of the department especially of Trade & Store, the Minister asked for digitalization of records for future reference.

It was also decided in the meeting that all the payments to SRTC will be stopped till they install GPRS on their vehicles carrying food grains and government order in this regard will soon be issued by the administrative department.

Later, the Minister also reviewed status of installation of Bio-Metric attendance system in  all offices and stores of the department.

Speaking to the officers, the Minister stressed on  strict adherence of instructions issued in the meetings and said the decisions taken in the review meetings should be implemented in letter and spirit. He also emphasized on need for making collective efforts in improving the functioning of the department.