About :
Introduction:
The department of FCS&CA Ladakh is functioning since 1970 for distribution of Food Grains and other Essential Commodities to the targeted beneficiaries of UT Ladakh i.e. twin Districts Leh and Kargil. The Department is dedicated in service of distributing Ration commodities till date and at present there are 404 Sale centres, feeding Ration to the 1,24,574 Souls with 27,001 Ration cards in Kargil District and 1,02,083 Souls with 25,584 Ration cards in Leh District Total 2,26,657 Souls with 52,585 Ration Cards in Ladakh UT under various categories namely PHH, AAY and NPHH. This department also monitors the availability of petroleum products and essential commodities in market. During the last two years 99.77% of Aahdhar seeding of ration cards and 98.50% of Member seeding has been completed in Ladakh which feeds ration commodities through e-POS machine and this scheme was implemented since last five years for more transparency in the Public Distribution system. It helps in distributing adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices to people at their door steps, particularly vulnerable sections, so as to help them live a life with dignity. The Department is also working for the welfare of the consumers by safeguarding poor sections of the society from rising costs of food grains.
Department’s Vision:
Introduction of Smart ration Card which shall replace the traditional ration card.
SMS alert system.
Modernization of Granary Stores & Sale Centres.
100% Aadhaar seeding of beneficiaries & Ration cards.
Weeding out of bogus ration card & Souls.
Extrusion technology for Rice fortification. 100% eKYC of beneficiaries.
Functions:
The Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department is one of the oldest Department in the UT entrusted with the responsibility of implementing one of the prime social sector programme of providing “Food Security” to one and all in general and to the vulnerable sections of the Society in particular by way of providing food grains like Rice and Atta and other essential commodities like Sugar, K-oil and Petroleum Products besides, besides protecting the consumer rights.
The Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs has been performing the following prime functions:
Public Distribution System
Regulation of Supplies of LPG and other Petroleum Products etc.
Monitoring of Price of essential commodities /Market Control
Redressal of Consumer Grievances and Protection of Consumer Rights Consumer Awareness Programme
Schemes/Programmes of the Department
National Food Security Act, 2013:
National Food Security Act, 2013 has been implemented in the whole of the erstwhile J&K State with effect from 1st of Feb, 2016 with the objective to provide access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices.
As per Act, the eligible beneficiaries under priority households (PHH) are entitled to receive 5 kgs of food grains per soul per month at highly subsidized prices of Rs. 3/2 per kg for Rice/wheat. However, the existing beneficiaries under Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY), which constitute the poorest of the poor, continue to receive 35 kg of food grains per household per month.
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yoiana (PMGKAY) is a food security welfare scheme announced by the Government of India during the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides each person covered under the National Food Security Act with an additional 5 kg of grains (wheat or rice) for free, in addition to the 5 kg of subsidised foodgrain already provided through the Public Distribution System. The scheme aims to supply free food grains to migrants and the poor
The Central Government, under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) has decided to continue to provide free food grains to targeted beneficiaries (i.e. Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households and Priority Households (PHH) beneficiaries) for a period of next five years with effect from 1st January, 2024, as per their entitlement (i.e. 35 kg of food grains per AAY household per month and 5 kg of food grains per person per month in case of Priority Household).
Under NPHH category the beneficiaries are provided food grains at a scale of 05 kg/soul per month at a subsidized price of Rs.15 per Kg for Rice & Rs.13 per Kg for Atta.
Ladakh Food Security Scheme (LFSS):
To provide additional food grains to the beneficiaries under NFSA, the Government has introduced Ladakh food security scheme (LFSS) which envisages providing of additional 5 Kgs of food grains per soul to bonafide beneficiaries having family size from (01) one to 09 (Nine) over and above the NFSA scale. Under LFSS, the food grains are procured at OMSS Rates from FCI and then distributed among the beneficiaries as per the below scale @ Rs.29 per Kg for fortified Rice. Under this scheme the monthly entitlement of ration per family per month is as under:
| Soul Strength | Monthly scale per family as per NFSA | Additional food grains as per LFSS |
Total |
| 1 (One) | 5 kg | 5 kg | 10 kg |
| 2 (Two) | 10 kg | 10 kg | 20 kg |
| 3 (Three) | 15 kg | 15 kg | 30 kg |
| 4 (Four) | 20 kg | 20 kg | 40 kg |
| 5 (Five) | 25 kg | 25 kg | 50 kg |
| 6 (Six) | 30 kg | 20 kg | 50 kg |
| 7 (Seven) | 35 kg | 15 kg | 50 kg |
| 8 (Eight) | 40 kg | 10 kg | 50 kg |
| 9 (Nine) | 45 kg | 5 kg | 50 kg |
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