Oil Companies asked to cover uncovered areas
JAMMU: Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Ch. Zulfkar Ali today said the Government is committed to bring transparency in the public distribution system adding that the conventional weighing system at the ration depots will be replaced with Electronic Weighing Machines from 1st April, 2015. He further said that Government also envisages replacing ration cards with smart card to simplify and streamline the system.
The Minister said this while replying to a clubbed question by Mr. Jugal Kishore and Mr. Surinder Choudhary in the Legislative Council today. He said for the benefit of the consumers the government has taken up with the Oil Companies the matter of LPG outlets to cover the uncovered areas.
The Minister said the people were categorized as BPL families on the basis of 2001 Census and are getting ration along with other facilities on the same; however, the State Government is pursuing with the Central Government to provide rations to the State as per 2011 Census.
The Minister said the department of CA&PD has issued ration cards to deserving BPL families on the basis of exiting list of BPL families of Rural Development/Revenue Department/Urban Local Bodies and after every 2 to 3 years new ration booklets are being provided to already enrolled BPL families after ascertaining their present eligibility by a Committee both at Rural and Urban Level.
The Minister said the Government has constituted Committees to re-verify BPL families in the State, for deletion of ineligible, and inclusion of eligible families in the current BPL lists, adding that efforts of the department are afoot to verify the lists.
With regard to Socio-Economic and Cost Census 2011 that has been conducted in the State by Rural Development Department with technical and financial support from Union Ministry of Rural Development to identify BPL families in rural and urban areas, the Minister said that the process is likely to be completed by the end of April 2015, adding that after said survey/ process is completed and report is received in this department the leftover deserving families will be also included in the BPL list. He further said that there are 20030 BPL families in Reasi District.
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