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| Zulfkar takes stock of situation on LOC; meets shelling affected families | | | 
Early Times Report
Poonch, Nov 5: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumers Affairs, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today took a detailed review of the implementation of developmental schemes in the border district Poonch and Mendhar tehsil.
The main focus of meeting was to further streamline the implementation of various developmental schemes and discuss the pace of distribution of food grains under NAFSA, MMSFES and PMUY in the district.
While discussing overall status of various development schemes in the district, he was informed that under the budget allocation of Rs 1.78 crore Rs 55 cr have been released so far of which Rs 43 cr. have been spent which is seventy eight percent of total available funds.
The Minister said that a meeting would be convened in Jammu soon for resolving the important issues of the district on priority basis.
The Minister also reviewed constituency wise distribution of food grains under NAFSA, MMSFES besides implementation of PMUY. He also took stock of allocation of foods and stock position in the different constituency of the district.
While reviewing implementation of NAFSA, MMSFES and PMUY, the Minister set November 2016 as deadline for covering all the registered beneficiaries.
Highlighting the importance of PMUY, the Minister said that it is very important program for the welfare of poor masses and informed that all the left over beneficiaries would be covered under (PMUY+) by the end of December 2018.
He directed the concerned officers to work in tandem with local legislators for the better implementation of the PMUY scheme.
The Minister enquired about price fixation committee in the district and called for its regular meetings. He directed the administration to recommend the name of three lawyers for the establishment of fully fledged consumer court in the district to check anti-consumer practices.
The Minister also expressed concern over the plight of locals due to heavy shelling along LOC.
Later the Minister visited the shelling affected LoC areas in Mendhar and interacted with effected families. He also took on the spot stock of the measures put in place by the administration to provide necessary relief to the affected people.
The Minister also provided financial assistance of Rs five thousand to twelve persons who received minor injuries during the recent shelling. He also assured that Rs five lakh would be provided to next of the kin of those who lost their life in cross Loc shelling. |
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