– Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
Review of the Department of Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Protection
Mumbai, Dec 30: Efforts should be focused on migrant workers, and they should be issued smart ration cards. Additionally, while issuing these smart cards, arrangements should be made to ensure that regardless of which state the migrant workers belong to, they can avail of food grains at any fair price shop in Maharashtra. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis gave these directives.
The Chief Minister reviewed the Department of Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Protection’s 100-day action plan at the Sahyadri Guest House.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis directed that to ensure the proper distribution of food grains to beneficiaries, electronic weighing scales should be installed at all fair price shops, and all ration card holders should be issued smart ration cards. To ensure timely distribution of food grains to beneficiaries, work should be initiated to establish “One Village, One Warehouse.” Vehicles should be geo-tagged, and the “One Nation, One Ration Card” policy is being implemented in the state. In line with this, migrant workers should be prioritised for food grain distribution.
Mr Fadnavis instructed that to enable underprivileged beneficiaries to celebrate festivals with joy, the state distributes special festival rations during festive seasons. A calendar for this distribution should be prepared.
The Chief Minister further directed that in the upcoming year, 25 lakh new beneficiaries should be included in the public distribution system, and their e-KYC and verification should be completed. He emphasised the need to inspect ration cards of individuals who have not collected food grains even once in the past six months, remove deceased persons from ration cards, and reverify beneficiaries above the age of 100. A special campaign should be conducted to include 14 lakh non-computerised beneficiaries in ration cards.
