Food and Civil Supplies Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah told the State assembly on Friday that no poor shall sleep hungry in the state and their needs will be taken care of.
He was replying to the discussion on his department’s budgetary demands. Shah said that it is due to the sensitivity of the State Government that two crore population that is APl families would be benefitted from the chief minister Annapurna scheme. Now, 5.44 crore population of the state is getting rice and wheat at Re 1 per kg.
Now in the state one third of the total fair price shops will be allotted to women. To make sure that these fair price shops are run by women, biometric system of identification has been attached to POS machine.
Shah further said that under the new regulatory orders, every village must have a fair price shop. In the coming three months 4500 villages will get new fair price shops, he added.
After the computerization of PDS 1.18 crore families will receive their ration through POS machine. Almost 80 per cent shops have received POS machines. Shah further said that if a person could not avail his ration for the month then next month he can get two months ration.
He further said that state government has taken care of the scheduled tribe. Permanent sheds on fair price shops are being constructed as priority. Till now 2000 sheds have been constructed. He further said that five liter cans are being given to beneficiaries of the chief minister Annapurna scheme to purchase kerosene.
After the reply, the budgetary demands of Food and Civil Supplies department were passed with a voice vote.