‘Reach out to all those registered for ration cards under e-Sharam’

Kupwara, Aug 13: In order to review the progress of providing ration cards to all eligible e-Sharam registrants a  joint meeting of Labour & Employment Department and Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs was convened today at Kupwara which  was chaired by the Deputy Commissioner Kupwara, Ayushi Sudan and co-chaired by Labour Commissioner, J&K, S Charandeep Singh.

During the meeting, the Deputy Commissioner stressed upon the concerned officers to reach out to all eligible e-Sharam registrants and undertake the exercise to issue ration cards to the left out registrants at an earliest.

DC reviewed the circle wise pendency and directed to take the help of Numberdars, Ex-PRIs and AWWs and visit the houses of the registrants so that no eligible registrant is left out. She asked the concerned to complete the process within a two days timeline.

The Labour Commissioner on the occasion highlighted the directions passed by the Supreme Court wherein the “State/UT Governments have been directed to issue ration cards to the left out registrants of the e-Shram portal.”