Roles & Responsibilities of Director

The Roles & Responsibility of Director is mainly policy making and ensure implementation and monitoring of the policies. The policies are implemented by the Office of the Directorate of Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs.

The Directorate of Food & Civil Supplies is also responsible for managing the functioning of PDS/TPDS, enforcement of various Acts/Rules, Orders of the Govt. of India and UT Govt. The Directorate has administrative control upon the Assistant Directors and other ministerial staffs. Moreover, the following activities are under taken by the Directorate:

The Directorate of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs is responsible for monitoring the stock position and stability of food grains with general price level prevailing in the state.

The Directorate of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs is also responsible for equitable distribution of PDS food grains like Rice, Atta, Sugar & Kerosene Oil and other essential commodities at fair prices amongst the bonafide consumers of the UT/State

The department is headed by the Secretary to the Govt. of Union Territory of Ladakh,  FCS&CA Department .He is assisted by a number of subordinate Officers/ Officials.

Directory of Officers and Employees

Name & Contact of Subordinate Staff in the Directorate

• In view of the pro poor initiative announced by the Govt. of India to ameliorate the hardship faced by the poor due to economic disruption caused by Corona Virus, it has been decided to allocate additional food grains free of cost @ 5kg per person per month to all beneficiaries covered under NFSA (AAY & PHH) over & above NFSA allocation. The Department has distributed 15999.985 MTs of Rice, 3013.889 MTs of Atta & 232.419 MTs of Pulses among the beneficiaries.

• 32.774 MTs of ration has been distributed among the standing migrant labours at  Leh & Kargil district of UT Ladakh under Atma Nirbhar Bharat scheme during Civid-19 pandemic.
• The Scheme of One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) has been launched in the Union Territory of Ladakh in the month of August 2020 till date 278 transaction have been made under ONORC. To register complaint regarding Inter-State portability issues under IMPDS (Integrated Management of Public Distribution System), the Department has operationalised the short code toll frère No. 14445 and the same is installed in the Directorate Office of FCS&CA Department UT Ladakh. The facility has been made functional since March 2021. Regarding mobile application “MERA RATION” extensively training is being provided to Storekeepers by the designated Nodal Officers. The Storekeepers especially in the area where there is large habitations of migrant workers have been directed to install the mobile application for further necessary action. The process of registration of migrant labours has been initiated in District Leh through the link available in the database application “MERA RATION” by incorporating the relevant residential/Ration database of the migrant workers who have migrated from their parental State in connection with carrying out the labour work.

Achievements

Implementation of Consumer Protection Act,2019.

In order to provide a legal framework for consumers to seek redressal of their greviences District and State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions have been setup in UT Ladakh. As on date District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions, Leh and Kargil has been setup and member for District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions Leh has been appointed, whereas appointment of President/Members of Kargil and State Consumer is under process. For filling of complaints, e Daakhil portal has been launched by the UT Administration. The aim is to protect consumer rights and ensure fair trade practices.

Providing of Free ration under PMGKAY scheme.

The Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, GOI under the scheme PRADHAN MANTRI GARIB KALYAN ANNA YOJNA has allocated Food Grains (Rice and Wheat) to the entitled beneficiaries under TPDS (AAY and PHH) @5KG per person per month during the current Covid Pandemic and shall benefit 1.37 Lakh population of Ladakh each month during the aforementioned period & comprising nearly 53% of the total population.

Providinq of Suqar at subsidized rate to AAY families.

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food & Public Distribution GOI, has made it imperative to give access to consumption of sugar as a source of energy in diet for the poorest of the poor section of the society that is AAY families. Subsequent upon the approval of UT Administration, the department of FCS&CA Ladakh UT has provided sugar to AAY families at a subsidized rate of Rs. 13.50 / KG per month since from July 2020.

Introduction of Fortified Rice and Wheat:-

To overcome the deficiency of vitamins and micro nutrients in the general population especially amongst the children and pregnant women as part of drive against hidden hunger, the department has introduced fortified rice and wheat in place of normal rice and wheat, for the beneficiaries of UT Ladakh.

Introduction of new ePoS devices:

In order  to bring in transparency in operation and ensure effective distribution of food grains to the beneficiaries the Department has introduced new e POS devices with biometric Authentication through finger and retinal scan. Additionally, the Department is in process of integrating the weighing scales with the epos devices to ensure equitable distribution of food grains.