Chief Secretary R Parasuram sought information about preparations for implementing National Food Security Ordinance, 2013 in districts during monthly ‘Parakh’ video-conferencing here on Thursday.
The Chief Secretary directed to provide subsidised ration to eligible forest land patta holders too on priority. Discussions were also held at Parakh on situation created by excessive rains, law and order and land acquisition for irrigation and road construction works. The Chief Secretary sought detailed information about preparations for implementing National Food Security Ordinance in districts. He also sought information regarding number of BPl families at Samagra Portal, Census 2011 and valid ration cards and latest status of BPl families registered under priority in rural and urban areas. He directed that beneficiaries should be identified and benefited in 4 districts where number of ration card holders is lesser than population ratio.
Additional Chief Secretary Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Antony De’sa informed that action plan chalked out in the state is being implemented in a time-bound manner. With assistance of NIC, the Food Department has completed works of forming modules, village and ward-wise mapping of fair price shops and taking printouts of eligible families through Samagra Portal. Meetings and conferences are also being held to inform public representatives and officers of the ordinance’s provisions and process for selecting beneficiaries in 10 divisions of the state. Questions of collectors and commissioners were also replied at the video-conferencing.
Excessive rains and people’s safety
The Chief Secretary undertook division-wise review of situation generated by excessive rains. He directed to give advance information to villagers before releasing water from dams, ensure necessary arrangements for rescuing flood-affected people in rural and urban areas and providing them food and medicines.
The Chief Secretary directed to provide relief to flood-affected people as per RBC. Director General Home Guards Rishi Kumar Shukla informed that additional motorboats have been made available as per requirement to Jabalpur, Sagar and other districts. Collectors informed that special attention is being paid to provide shelter and facilities to affected people in relief camps. Principal Secretary Revenue RK Chaturvedi informed that information about latest rain situation is being received regularly from districts. Relief is also being distributed as per requirement. So far, Rs 23 crore has been distributed to the affected people.