Bhubaneswar: The beneficiaries under food security will now be provided monthly ration under the public distribution for January, 2025. For this, the State government has directed the district collectors to make arrangements for the lifting of PDS rice from government warehouse.
In the last 14 days, the Collectors of Nabarangpur and Deogarh districts have completed lifting the rice earmarked for their districts. Dealers in many parts of the State have started the distribution to beneficiaries at government fair price shops and dealer points to the beneficiaries and the process will be completed by December 25.
At a meeting held recently in the presence of Minister for Food Supply and Consumer Welfare Krushna Chandra Patra and Principal Secretary of the department Sanjay Kumar Singh along with other senior officials, the decision was taken regarding the release of monthly ration and all the District Collectors and District Chief Civil Supply Officers have been advised to take necessary steps for this.
The district collectors have been asked to speed up the process of e-KYC of the beneficiaries and complete it by next month.
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