State's NFSA rice allocation revised
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 28 2020:
On account of revised identification of beneficiaries under NFSA reported by the State Government and based on the AAY and priority beneficiary list uploaded on the portal, the Ministry of CAF&PD has informed the Secretary, Department of Food and Civil Supplies, Manipur, that the monthly allocation of food grains for Manipur under NFSA has been revised from September 2019 .
A notice issued by the Ministry informed that under the revised monthly allocation, 2226 tonnes of rice will be allocated under AAY and 11,154.740 tonnes of rice under Priority.
Pointing out that the validity period for deposit of cost and; lifting of the revised allocation for the month of September 2019 will be 30 days, it added that the validity period for the rest of the months will be as per the existing instructions of the Department.
The Ministry further advised the State Government to expedite the automation of its Fair Price Shops/operations of 100 percent e-PoS machines in the State without any further delay.