{"id":13524,"date":"2018-12-14T20:05:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T14:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=13524"},"modified":"2018-12-14T20:05:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T14:35:52","slug":"govt-wont-supply-sugar-from-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=13524","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Govt won\u2019t supply sugar from next year\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Historic food supplies dept\u2019s efficacy shrunk further<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n

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Srinagar:<\/i><\/b><\/span> <\/i><\/span>Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, previously CAPD, is one of the historic departments of Jammu and Kashmir. Created in 1931 by Maharaja Hari Singh, the department was meant to ensure that the people of the state get ration and other amenities at the affordable price, and also to control food prices.<\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

This historical department would distribute tin for house trusses, charcoal, cement, pulses (dals), and salt besides rice, flour, sugar and kerosene.<\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Over the years, the supplies assigned to the department have been reduced drastically, leaving it with the task of distributing rice, sugar, atta (flour) and kerosene oil.<\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Now the department\u2019s role has been further shrunk as the government has decided not to purchase sugar, and distribute the same among the consumers from next year.<\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Presently, only two categories \u2013 BPL and AAY \u2013 would get sugar from the ration depots set up by the department. <\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Sources told GNS that the decision to do away with the purchase and distribution of sugar was taken on December 5 during the planning committee\u2019s meeting of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department. The meeting held under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary Finance, Navin K Choudhary took the decision, observing that the sugar was now available in open market, sources said.<\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cThe sugar was distributed by the department among consumers belonging to BPL and AAY. Both categories comprised a poor population of the state and this decision will severely impact them,\u201d they added.<\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The kerosene distribution has been markedly reduced and in the last five years, and no atta (flour) was distributed in Srinagar and some other districts in last six months as same was dumped for distribution to the border areas.<\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

If sources are to be believed, the government has also decided to close Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Food Entitlement Scheme. \u201cAll these decisions will have a telling impact on the people of the state,\u201d sources said.<\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

A senior official of the department, wishing not to be named, said that the importance attached to the department has been severally impacted and the government needs to rethink about it.<\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cPoor people may not be able to have their favorite mid-day sugar tea,\u201d the official added. <\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Commissioner\/Secretary Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Dr Abdul Rashid obliquely admitted the stoppage of sugar distribution from next year even as he said: \u201call lies on the budget\u201d on Saturday.<\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cThe sugar is not an essential commodity and the state used to give extra subsidy over it. I think there are some financial constraints. However, no final decision has been taken. Whether or not any funds are kept for it would be known when the budget is revealed,\u201d Dr Rashid told GNS.<\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Regarding kerosene, he said the quota is decided by the Government of India\u2019s Ministry of Petroleum and it has decreased it by 30-40%. \u201cThe kerosene is being supplied to the particular category of people and purposes are only cooking and illumination,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cIf we look in our state, there is technically almost cent percent electrification and LPG is in almost every household now.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Regarding atta (flour), Dr Rashid said there is no issue as regards its supply and it is being supplied to the consumers as usual. \u201cThere is no plan to do away with the distribution of the atta,\u201d the officer added. (GNS)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Historic food supplies dept\u2019s efficacy shrunk further Srinagar: Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, previously CAPD, is one of the historic departments of Jammu and Kashmir. Created in 1931 by Maharaja Hari Singh, the department was meant to ensure that the people of the state get ration and other amenities at the affordable price, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}