Public distribution system
Recently Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir reviewed functioning of Legal Meteorology Department.
He took note of the progress made by the Department in automation of their Fair Price Shops (FPS), Aadhar authentication and addition of eligible families besides implementation of one ration card one nation programme.
He assessed the performance of the Department regarding updation and digitization of ration cards and timely delivery of ration to the consumers at government approved rates.
He took this 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 PDS as per Apex Court directions.
He 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 that the Department is providing free and subsidized grains to around 25.11 lakh families comprising of 98.62 lakh beneficiaries. He added that out of these 66.17 lakh beneficiaries covered under NFSA are provided free rations and rest of the 32.44 lakh souls at highly subsidized rates.
