As many as 92 per cent of the ration cardholders have been linked with Aadhaar numbers under the National Food Security Act and linking of Aadhaar of the rest eight per cent beneficiaries would be completed soon.
Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Surjya Narayan Patro informed this in the State Assembly in response to a question of Congress member Kailash Chandra Kulesika and additional questions of other members on Wednesday.
The Minister stated that Additional District Collectors have been designated as District Consumer Protection Officers and monitoring committees are being led by them. While consumer awareness programmes are being held at block, district and State levels, as many as 1,34,079 cases have been filed at different consumer courts in the State them and, of them, 1,19,477 cases have been finalised. There are 31 consumer courts operating in the State, he said.
Keeping requirements of consumers in view, the State Government maintains stocks of 3,56,325 MT rice and 49,092 MT every month, the Minister said. He further informed that petrol pumps are being raided regularly and use of chip to cut quantity during petrol filling in vehicles has not been found in any petrol pump in State.