SRINAGAR, July 25: Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali has issued instructions for connecting all Tehsil Supply Offices of the Department and Food Go-downs with 24 hours Internet services by August 15, 2016 so as to pave way for online supply chain management. The Minister chaired meeting on progress made in the implementation of e-PDS in CAPD Department in which Secretary, Information Technology Department, Hilal Ahmad Parray, Director CAPD Kashmir Peerzada Mushtaq Shah, and other officers were also present, an official spokesperson said Monday evening.
Assuring to make CAPD Department fully computerized, Minister said that he wants to change the perception about this department among public and make it one of the best digitized and 100 percent corruption free department.
He said the Department has been facing various challenges such as leakages, fake/bogus ration cards, lack of transparency and weak grievance redressal mechanism and to check embezzlements vis-à-vis the pilferage of food grains to a greater extent, they started e-PDS project to fully computerize the Department and bring total transparency in it. |
