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APL to get ration 35kgs, BPL & AAY 40 kgs per card: Akhoon
3/8/2011 11:31:25 PM

Early Times Report
Jammu , March 8
Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Qamar Ali Akhoon today informed Legislative Assembly that 35 kgs of monthly ration for six months from March 2011 would be strictly regularized to the APL consumers, while as the BPL and AAY consumers would get 40 kg ration from March 2011.
This was stated by the Minister today in Legislative Assembly while replying to the supplementaries raised by the legislators on the main question of Ashok Khajuria regarding ration quota of Jammu division. He said Centre has increased ration quota to the State for next six months which would be strictly implemented from March this year as per the norms fixed already by the government.
The Minister said that issuing of licenses for opening of more sale outlets of CA&PD Department in remote and hilly areas have been taken up with Planning and Finance Department and after approval of the government that said outlets would be opened in required areas.
The Minister said that all leftover families would be provided ration cards after completion of fresh census survey. He said to cover all BPL families under the ambit of welfare schemes, the survey of such families in the State is nearing completion.
Replying to the main question by Ashok Khajuria, the Minister said that project population of Jammu division for the year 2000 is 8.15 lakh. He said that 27011 Mts. of foodgrains are being supplied to Jammu division under APL, BPL and AAY categories as ration.
The Minister said that no separate and additional quota of ration has been sanctioned for Darbar Move employees and migrants putting up in Jammu.
Legislators, Zulfikar Ali, A.R.Veeri, Ashwani Kumar, Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta, Mehboobi Mufti, R. S. Sharma, M. Y. Tarigami, Balwant Singh Mankotia,. Harshdev Singh, Hakim Mohammad Yasin raised the supplementaries to the main question and highlighted public interest issues regarding ration distribution to the consumers.
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