Ukhrul gets 31K priority households under NFSA
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 07 2014 :
Altogether 31,000 priority households have been finalized for the three assembly constituencies of Ukhrul district under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) .
The list was finalized during the second meeting of Ukhrul District Monitoring Committee chaired by Deputy Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly and MLA of Chingai A/C MK Preshaw Shimray at Nirmala Hotel here today.
The meeting was also attended by Parliamentary Secretary and MLA of Phungyar A/C Victor Keishing, MLA of Ukhrul A/C Samuel Risom, Chairman of UKhrul ADC John Raleng, Deputy Commissioner of Ukhrul SK Chourasia, members of Ukhrul ADC and other officials of Ukhrul District Administration.
During the meeting, Deputy Speaker Preshaw said that 31,000 priority households for the three assembly constituencies of Ukhrul have been finalized for implementation of National Food Security Act, under which each person from every priority household would get 5 kg of food grains per month at a highly subsidized rate (rice at Rs 3, wheat at Rs 2 or coarse grains at Re 1).The final list of priority households has been handed over to the Deputy Commissioner by the Monitoring Committee, he noted.