Director Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Kashmir, Bashir Ahmad Khan today said that following the lockdown due to outbreak of pandemic COVID-19, the department has completed home delivery of 56133 Metric tonnes of rice and 2700 metric tonnes of wheat among more than 14 lakh ration card holders in Kashmir division.
He said that thedistribution process of wheat and rice for the months of April and May wasstarted in all the districts of Kashmir division in accordance with a properroadmap formulated with all the Deputy Commissioners and the department. Hesaid that a total of 70769 Metric tonnes of rice would be distributed among thecard holds and the entire exercise will be completed in coming few days.Regarding wheat he said that 100% target has been achieved for home delivery ofentire allocated stock of 2700 Mts.
Under Prime Minister’sGareeb Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY), the Director said that the department willprovide 5 kgs free of cost ration to every IAY and PHH beneficiary for themonths of April, May and June at their doorsteps.
He said that the departmenthas ample stock of food grains in place which includes 61592 Metric tonnes ofrice and 2222 Metric tonnes of wheat. He said that in case the lockdownprolongs, the department has sufficient stocks to meet the requirement ofconsumers for next two months.