Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 3: Taking note of the recurrent complaints regarding supply of substandard food-grains by the Food Corporation of India (FCI), Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) and Tribal Affairs, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali Saturday said there would be no compromise on the quality of ration and the FCI should ensure supply of good quality food-grains to Jammu and Kashmir.
Chairing a preparatory meeting regarding implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA), the Minister warned that if FCI fails to provide quality food-grains to J&K, the CAPD Department will be forced to explore alternative supply channels to ensure better ration for consumers.
"The CAPD department is not going to accept substandard food-grains in anyway," the Minister made it clear reiterating that while J&K pays FCI fully in advance for the food-grains it lifts, the State will not accept inferior quality ration from the Corporation.
Deliberating on implementation of NFSA in the state, the Minister said the proposed move is aimed at marking a paradigm shift in addressing the shortage of food from the current welfare approach to right-based. |
