FCS&CA Deptt asked to issue new ration card to eligible J&K registrants

Jammu, Dec 18: J&K government Monday, while giving an approval to the provision of ration cards to e-Shram registrants, has directed the Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs (FCS & CA) department to issue the same to eligible persons to be identified on the portal by the Labour & Employment department.

General Administration Department (GAD) Commissioner Secretary Sanjeev Verma has stated that sanction has been accorded in compliance of orders of the Supreme Court of India dated April 20, 2023, passed in SMW(C) No 06 of 2020, in case titled “..Problems and miseries of migrant labourers.”

While granting sanction to “issuance of new ration cards to eligible J&K registrants to be identified on e-Shram portal by the Labour & Employment Department, by the Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department,” Verma also constituted a team of officers for monitoring the entire process, so as to comply with the directions and orders of the Supreme Court, expeditiously.

Approval has also been granted for designating the Labour & Employment department as the Nodal department for providing necessary details, including Aadhaar numbers of such registrants, to the concerned Assistant Directors of FCS&CA of the districts for issuance of ration cards, besides ensuring wide publicity of the facility.

The newly constituted team for ensuring compliance of SC directives will include Labour Commissioner, J&K as chairman while Director, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs department, Kashmir as well as Jammu; a representative of Deputy Commissioner of concerned district; a representative of State Informatics Officer, NIC (looking after PDS in J&K); Assistant Labour Commissioner of concerned district and Assistant Director, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs of concerned district will be the members.

“In case targets capped for a district assigned by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India are exceeded, the matter shall immediately be reported to the FCS & CA department, so that the same is flagged with the concerned Ministry for seeking revision of capping, if required,” Verma has directed.