The Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Bandipora today organised an Awareness Camp at Pazalpora Bandipora.The camp was presided over by the Assistant Director FCS&CA Department Bandipora, Bilal Hassan. Other Officers and officials, besides huge gathering of public from different sections of the society including PRIs were present at the camp.
The camp was conducted as part of deliverables set by the Government to the Department and in light of celebrations of the ‘Meri Maati, Mera Desh’ campaign.Speaking on the occasion, the Assistant Director FCS&CA emphasized that the objective of this camp was to create awareness among the officials in particular and the public in general, regarding their rights and responsibilities as a consumer.
He asked the officials to serve the consumers in a complete professional manner so that they do not face any inconvenience while drawing their monthly ration or for any other issue.He further informed the general public that the additional quota of rice under the PMFSS Scheme has been made available at ration stores since this month i,e August 2023.
He also said that the Department will open new Fair Price Shops in the unfilled locations, so that the public get ration at ease.Moreover, the locals were also given information about Fortified Rice, its importance and doubts related to it were also cleared on spot.
He further informed that the Department has launched OTP based transaction option for getting monthly ration easily and in a hassle free manner. He also said that the weeding out of in-eligible beneficiaries is being carried out throughout the District.
Various other public representatives also spoke on the occasion and appreciated the department for introducing Aadhar enabled distribution saying that the system has brought more transparency and accountability in the ration distribution process and they are getting ration supply on time.
On the occasion, the Assistant Director distributed PHH ration cards among the eligible beneficiaries during the camp and further stressed to all the field functionaries to speed up the process of weeding out of in-eligible beneficiaries, so that eligible left out beneficiaries will be included in the NFSA category.