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CA&PD becomes first fully digitalized department in state: Zulfkar
Govt targets to cover one lakh beneficiaries under PMUY in a year
7/9/2016 10:56:53 PM
Early Times Report

Udhampur, July 9: Asserting that implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA) shall result into supply of highly subsidized ration at doorsteps of people in a transparent manner, the Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution and Legal Metrology, Choudhary Zulfkar today said that CA&PD has become the first fully digitalized department in the state. He said, "Information about 12542000 entries of the beneficiaries is hosted on the web portal of the department." During an interactive -cum- awareness programme on National Food Security Act (NFSA) and Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Food Entitlement Scheme (MSFES) organized by CA&PD department at, Tikri here today, the CA&PD Minister, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali highlighted the various features of National Food Security Act and said that the implementation of NFSA shall result into supply of highly subsidized ration to the citizens of the state at their doorsteps in a transparent manner. He also said that additional quota of ration would be provided to the consumers at subsidized rates and added that 204 new Fair Price shops are proposed to be opened in the district Udhampur while 101 new shops are proposed for Reasi district to augment the ration supply. Highlighting the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwal Yojna (PMUY), the Minister said that under this scheme LPG connections would be provided to women of BPL household. The minister asked Deputy Commissioners of district Udhampur and Reasi to identify 1000 beneficiaries within a period of one month so that the target to cover one lakh beneficiaries would be achieved in a year. He also distributed new ration cards among the beneficiaries on the occasion.
Later, the Minister convened a meeting with the officers of district Udhampur and Reasi and reviewed the implementation of NFSA ,MMSF Scheme and the newly launched Prime Minister Ujjwal Yojana. He also directed the DC Udhampur to constitute a committee to conduct an audit of allocation, lifting and distribution status of ration and submit the report within one month. MLA Udhampur Pawan Kumar Gupta, MLA Chenani Dina Nath Bhagat, MLA Ramnagar R.S.Pathania, DC Udhampur Niraj Kumar , Director CA&PD G S Chib, SSP Udhampur Suleman Chowdhary and others were present in the meeting .
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