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The Govt. of India allots rice,
wheat, levy sugar and SKO to the State Govt. The Director of Food
& Civil Supplies in turn sub allocates the said commodities
to the Districts. This allocation is mainly based on the population/number
of ration cards and quantity of allocation received from Govt. of
India.
The objectives of the Public Distribution System is to ensure food security and poverty alleviation by making available the essential commodities, specially food grains at an affordable and uniform price at the door steps of the consumers. The department arranges procurement of PDS items like rice, wheat/atta, levy sugar, iodised salt (procurement not being done now), Kerosene oil, LPG under various Govt. of India scheme under Public Distribution System. Essential commodities are distributed through Fair Price Shops to the identified beneficiaries under the following categories : - APL (Above Poverty Line), BPL (Below Poverty Line), AAY (Antyodaya Anna Yojana) and Annapurna. APL families are issued with pink ration cards, BPL families with dark green ration cards, AAY families with yellow ration cards and Annapurna beneficiaries with light green ration cards. As on January, 2009, 2,19,273 families have been issued with APL cards, 60,771 families with BPL cards and 38,000 families with AAY cards. Sections under BPL (including AAY, who are poorest of the poor amongst BPL families) are provided with special treatment in terms of lower prices. SUBSIDY ON TRANSPORTATION AND PROFIT MARGIN: - In order to make the essential commodities available to the consumers at a uniform selling rate, the expenditure on transportation of food grains and sugar from the FCI base depots to FP Shops are subsidized by the Govt. of India through the FCI in the shape of Hill Transport Subsidy. The PDS Wholesale Nominee-cum-Carriage Contractor appointed by the State Govt. through open tender draw and transport the food grains from FCI depot to the FP Shop locations. However, subsequent to discontinuation of the payment of subsidy on transportation of sugar by the Govt. of India, the State Govt. has added the cost of transportation to the selling rate of sugar at base minimum rate from September/06 onwards. Similarly, the cost of transportation is added to the selling rate of kerosene also since November/09. Profit margin allowed to wholesaler and retailer on food grains under APL and BPL @ Rs. 24/- per qtl. and @ Rs. 26/- per qtl. as per Govt. of India’s norms is added to the Central Issue Price. Profit margin on AAY and Annapurna is subsidized by the State and Central Govt. respectively. 12. INSPECTION OF FPS/POL OUTLETS : - The ultimate objective of PDS is to ensure that all essential commodities are made available to the consumers at reasonable rates which cannot be ensured unless the FPS and Pol outlets etc. are regularly inspected by Civil Supply Officers. Regular inspection of FPS is also necessary to ensure that there is no pilferage/diversion/ irregularities at any level. Accordingly the Field Officers of the Food & Civil Supply department carry out regular inspection to ensure that the food grains actually reach the targeted people. 13. SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF POL PRODUCT : - For the distribution of MS/HSD, SKO & LPG in the State, there are 46 nos. of MS/HSD outlets 33 SKO outlets and 23 LPG outlets as on 31/08/2008. Considering the limited number of authorized retail outlets of Oil Companies for selling of SKO, the Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh is encouraging distribution of SKO through FPS for making the item easily available to the consumers in the interior places. 14. DETAILS OF MS/HSD, SKO AND LPG DISTRIBUTORS IN THE STATE IS AS FOLLOWS : - MS/HSD OUTLETS
LIST OF SKO OUTLETS
LPG OUTLETS
VIGILANCE COMMITTEE WITH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. The Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, for the effective implementation of PDS has constituted vigilance committees at District, Sub-Divisional, Block and Circle levels. The Composition of the committee is as follows : - District level : - (i). DC of the district as Chairman. (ii). District Food & Civil Supply Officer as Member Secretary. (iii). SP of the district as Member. (iv). Two local representatives from Anchal Samiti/ Zilla Parishad as Members. (v). Seniormost officer of the Cooperative department as Member and (vi). One representative of local Cooperative Store or Society as Member. Sub-Divisional/Block/Circle level. (i). Senior most Administrative Officer as Chairman. (ii). Senior most Food & Civil Supply Officer as Member Secretary. (iii). Senior most Police Officer as Member. (iv). Two local representatives from Gram Panchayat/ Anchal Samity/ Zilla Parishad as Members. (v). Senior most Officer of the Cooperative department as Member, and (vi). One representative of local Cooperative Stores or Society as Member. The committee is to ensure equitable distribution of all essential commodities at Govt. approved rates to all consumers and to prevent any hoarding and black marketing thereof. MONITORING OF TPDS. In its endeavor to implement the TPDS to the best advantage of the beneficiaries with utmost transparency and efficiency, the Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh has evolved an effective monitoring system, salient features of which are as follows : - (i). Monthly review at district level. (ii). Monthly review meetings by the vigilance committees at different levels. (iii). Periodical inspection of Fair Price Shops and wholesale nominees godowns by executive functionaries of the department. (iv). In order to prevent diversion of allotted food grains during transportation, executive staff of the department of the concerned district is engaged to oversee the drawal from FCI depots and its transportation to the FP Shops. CONSUMERS’ RESPONSIBILITIES The consumers are expected : - (i). Not to misuse the facilities provided under the scheme. (ii). Not to indulge in or encourage any malpractice. (iii). Report to the authorities concerned any instance of irregularity or malpractice. (iv). To lodge complaints, if any, regarding operation of Public Distribution System to the concerned authorities.
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