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Government to charge money for fresh ration cards under NFSA | | | Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Feb 23: The government of Jammu and Kashmir has decided to charge for new ration cards supposed to be issued to the general public (consumers) categorized in different categories under National Food Security Act for the year 2015-16 and 2017-18. As per the details available with "Early Times", government of Jammu and Kashmir vide Order No. 23-CAPD of 2016 issued by Secretary to Government CA&PD) Department Saurabh Bhagat accorded sanction to the sale rates of ration cards for Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution Jammu/Kashmir province for the period of three years w.e.f year 2015-16 to 2017-18 against the category of the consumer. As per the order, category PHH (AAY) had to pay Rs. 30/per ration card while, PHH (BPL-others) will have to pay Rs. 75/Ration Card, Non PHH (APL) and Exclusion category (for no ration purpose) had to pay Rs. 100 each per Ration Card. Terming the government move to charge money from the consumers for issuing Ration Cards as unethical, District General Secretary National Conference Shabir Ahmed Kamal said that the governor should immediately order for receding of the order issued by the secretary to government ordering for charging of money from poor people who are supposed to get ration at subsidized rates. He said that earlier CA&PD department also use to charge the money from the poor public despite the fact that corporate offices of the state including bank sponsored the Ration cards added that the logo of the particular corporate house. Meanwhile President Public Awareness Front Kishtwar Shakir Siddiqui while reacting to the issue termed NFSA as anti poor and anti masses added that its implementation in the state by the outgoing PDP-BJP government has evoked sharp criticism among the poor masses of the state. He said that the masses were forced to come on streets demanding the revocation of Act and people be given the ration as per old scale. Terming the NFSA as a cruel joke with the poor people of the State, Siddiqui opposed the Act and demanded that the same should not be implemented in the State .He expressed apprehensions that the Act would deprive the poor people from getting the ration needed for making their body and soul together. "The main flaw in the Act is that one person will be given 5 kgs of rice to eat per month which is not sufficient as one person needs more than 10kgs of rice and five kgs of flour per month in Kashmir division where people preferred rice while in Jammu region where people take chapatti, the quantity of rice supplied per soul can be decreased to five kgs while the quantity of flour has to be increased to 10 kgs" said Siddiqui. He also demanded that the government should look into decision along with rolling back of order issued by Secretary CA&PD and make necessary corrections in the Act before its implementation in the State. |
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