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Committee constituted to explore possibility for private procurement of food grains: Zulfkar 4/20/2016 1:13:38 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 19 : Minister for Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today took a detailed review of the implementation plan for Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Food Entitlement Scheme (MMSFES) to supplement the National Food Security Act in the state. The high level meeting was attended by Secretary, CAPD, Shafiq Ahmed Raina, Director CAPD, Kashmir, and other officers. The Minister directed Secretary CAPD to constitute a committee with Director, CAPD Jammu, Kashmir and Director Finance as members to explore the provisions and avenues for the possibility of direct procurement of food grains from various markets. This move comes as part of the MMSFES to fulfill the additional requirement of 4.30 metric tons of grains by the state to supplement NFSA. The committee is to examine scope for purchasing the required quantity of food grains from alternate sources in addition to the Food Corporation of India and obtain the statutory clearances and assurances in this regard from the Union Government. The Committee has been asked to frame a general draft procurement policy within a month so that the scheme is effectively implemented in Jammu and Kashmir from 1stJuly, 2016. The Minister also directed the Secretary, CA&PD to establish a mechanism for digitization of records of each District where in daily stock and disbursement data is updated and made available on an online public platform. This would facilitate transparency in the public distribution system and help fix accountability within the system. The MMSFES shall supplement the Right to Food Security for 5 Kg food grains per soul per month guaranteed by the TDPS system under NFSA-2013 and provide additional entitlement of multiples of 5 Kg food-grains per soul for the TDPS population in various categories namely BPL, Priority Household (PHH) and NPHH with family size of 1 to 6. The quantum of additional food grains would be 5Kg per soul subject to a maximum ceiling of 35Kg per family.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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