Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali, today convened a high-level meeting to review the arrangements for launching of Prime Ministers Ujjwal Yojana (PMUY) Scheme in the state.PMUY is scheduled to be launched in the state on 28th of September 2016 by the Chief Minister, Ms. Mehbooba Mufti.The meeting discussed arrangements made by the department to launch the PMUY scheme in the state. The scheme will effectively address the difficulties faced by poor people residing in the state in accessing LPG for cooking purposes.The Minister stressed upon the concerned authorities to work in close coordination to make all required arrangements for the launch of the scheme.The meeting reviewed the supplies and stock position of food grain and Petroleum products in the Kashmir Valley. It was informed that 264690 quintals under NFSA and MMSFES was released for the month of September 2016 which accounts for 56.36 percent of the allocation. Similarly 33494 quintals of Sugar stand dispatched.The Minister was also informed that 1, 92,458 LPG cylinders have been distributed till 19 September 2016 among the consumers in the valley.
The Minister was also informed there are 2.48 lac LPG cylinders in stock in the Valley which is sufficient for 20days.Similarly, about 2545 KLs of Petrol, 7105 KLs of High of High Speed Diesel and 5306 KLs of Kerosene oil are available in the Valley.Regarding stock position of food grains it was informed that 11242 Mt’s of wheat and 64616 Mt’s of rice are available in FCI Godowns of Kashmir valley. So far as stock position of DFCS&CA is concerned 1719 Mt’s of sugar in central store of DFCS&CA, 1110 Mt’s of Wheat and 406 Mt’s of Atta is available in various RF mills in Kashmir valley.The Minister directed officials to ensure that adequate essential supplies before the onset of winter in rural and snow bound areas.Secretary FCS&CA, Sajad Khan, Director FCS&CA, Tasaduq Jeelani, General Manager FCI, Kishore Kumar, officers of Oil Companies, Legal Metrology and concerned Department were present in the meeting.