State Level Consultative Committee meeting was held in Jammu under the chairmanship of Sh. Jugal Kishore Sharma, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. While addressing a meeting Hon’ble MP emphasized that Prime Minister of India Sh. Narendra Modi Ji has worked hard to provide free ration to the people in Covid times by way of launching the premier scheme Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY). He appreciated the role of FCI and FCS&CA for implementation of scheme by way of providing the timely ration to the needy people. He said that both the Departments are working hard collectively to serve the people and to improve upon this, meeting of the State Level Consultative Committee has been called for so that the distribution system can be monitored and suggestions for smooth functioning can be sought so that every beneficiary should get timely ration with good food quality.
Hon’ble MP further said that quality of food grains should be maintained so that every poor standing in the last of the queue should be provided best quality ration in proper time. He added that it is our responsibility to improve nutrition quality of every citizen of India and also Jammu and Kashmir. Hon’ble MP minutely took the suggestions and the points highlighted by the members presents in the meeting and directed General Manager FCI and both the Directors of FCS&CA from Jammu and Kashmir and the staff to work on them immediately so that the supply chain system can be improved upon and timely ration can be provided to the people. Hon’ble MP also put an emphasis on creation of smaller storage capacities in far flung areas so that no scarcity of ration should happen because of road blockages and other issues. Hon’ble MP further examined procurement operations being carried out in the state and impressed upon to improve the system so that no distress sale should happen in the UT of J&K.
Hon’ble MP further said that quality of food grains should be maintained so that every poor standing in the last of the queue should be provided best quality ration in proper time. He added that it is our responsibility to improve nutrition quality of every citizen of India and also Jammu and Kashmir. Hon’ble MP minutely took the suggestions and the points highlighted by the members presents in the meeting and directed General Manager FCI and both the Directors of FCS&CA from Jammu and Kashmir and the staff to work on them immediately so that the supply chain system can be improved upon and timely ration can be provided to the people. Hon’ble MP also put an emphasis on creation of smaller storage capacities in far flung areas so that no scarcity of ration should happen because of road blockages and other issues. Hon’ble MP further examined procurement operations being carried out in the state and impressed upon to improve the system so that no distress sale should happen in the UT of J&K.
In last, General Manager FCI put vote of thanks to Hon'ble MP and the members of SLCC for sparing their valuable time and giving their valuable suggestions for improvement of the system. The meeting was attended by Hon’ble MP Sh. Jugal Kishore Sharma (Chairman SLCC), Sh. Asha Nand Khajuria (Member SLCC), Sh. Ramesh Kumar Sharma (Member SLCC), Sh. Manjeet Singh Razdan (Member SLCC), Sh. Sheikh Abdul Rashid (Member SLCC), Sh. Mudasir Ahmed Wani (Member SLCC), Sh. Mohd. Rafiq Wani (Member SLCC), Sh. H.S. Dhaliwal General Manager FCI, Sh. Naseem Choudhary Director(FCS&CA) Jammu, Sh. Abdul Salam Director(FCS&CA) Kashmir, Sh. Amit Kesar, Asstt. General Manager FCI, Sh. Praveen Kumar Gautam Divisional Manager FCI Jammu.
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