Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Secretary Madhusudan Padhi on Tuesday said ration cards under the Food Security Act would be issued in the name of a woman in each family of the State by 2015.
Padhy said this at the inaugural programme of the two-day State-level convention of the AlIBHA Elected Women Gram Panchayat Representatives Federation here.State Advisor to the Supreme Court’s Right to Food Campaign Raj Kishore Mishra stressed on smooth functioning of the Act and said PRI members have a big role to play in this regard.
State Woman Commission members Kusum Rath and Snehanjali Mohanty discussed on women issues like marriage registration, violence against women and two-child norm.Hundreds of Sarpanches and Naib Sarpanches from 19 blocks of Angul, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Khordha, Kalahandi and Nuapada attended the convention.Hunger Project’s litali Das delivered welcome address and State Coordinator Sukanta Mohapatra gave vote of thanks.