Food and Civil Supplies Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah has said that the State Government’s important schemes including Annapurna Yojana are being implemented at village level through fair price shops.
It is very necessary to impart quality improvement training to managers of fair price shops and other field staff of cooperative bodies so that benefits of these schemes reach real needy persons in a better way.
Such training should be imparted through outsourcing institutions. Kunwar Shah gave these directives at a meeting of officers of Food and Civil Supplies Department here on Thursday. Principal Secretary Food and Civil Supplies
Ashok Warnwal and Commissioner Food and Civil Supplies Manohar Agnani were also present on the occasion.
Minister Kunwar Shah said that staff and premises of about 23,000 fair price shops in the State need improvement. Apart form supply of food grains and kerosene to consumers, farmers are also provided seeds, fertilisers etc through fair price shops.
Common people form opinion about State Government on the basis of performance of these employees. Besides, warehouses’ staff also needs to be trained. This training can be imparted by vocational training institutions linked with CEDMAP. Minister Kunwar Shah directed to include Cooperatives Department also in the training programme.
Principal Secretary Food and Civil Supplies Ashok Warnwal said that this training will be imparted as a pilot project in some selected districts.
MD of Madhya Pradesh Warehousing and logistics Corporation Arun Pandey, MD of Civil Supplies Corporation Chandrahas Dube and MD of MARKFED Aruna Mishra also suggested ways of making practical training more effective. CEDMAP-affiliated institution Ashcom Media India Private limit gave a presentation about practical and quality improvement training.