Food and Civil Supplies Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah met Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan in New Delhi on Saturday. Kunwar Shah informed the Union Minister about the implementation of Food Security Act and Mukhyamantri Annapurna Yojana in the State.
Minister Kunwar Shah informed that Food Security Festival will be celebrated in Madhya Pradesh from June 9 to June 27 for increasing the ambit of Food Security Act. During the festival, left out eligible beneficiaries will be covered under the Act. Kunwar Shah invited Union Minister Paswan to concluding function of the festival, which he accepted.
During the meeting, Minister Kunwar Shah drew the attention of the Union Minister towards discrepancies in allocation of wheat and rice to Madhya Pradesh. He said that at present, the State is getting the commodities in 80:20 ratio. There are many districts in the State from where more rice is being demanded.
Keeping this in view, ratio of wheat-rice allocation to Madhya Pradesh should be 75:25. Kunwar Shah informed that 15.59 lakh MT paddy has been procured in Madhya Pradesh during Kharif season. Minister Kunwar Shah also discussed with the Union Food Minister various problems being faced in paddy procurement, cut of expenditure from farmers’ procurement amount, payment against claim money of procured maize and fixation of standard cost of silo bag storage.
Food and Civil Supplies Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah paid a courtesy visit to Home Minister Rajnath Singh.