Allocated SK Oil eludes public
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, February 20 2012: The total quantity of SK oil released by the Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Department (CAF&PD) from December last till the current month has not yet reached the targeted population.

On the other hand, kerosene is being sold in markets at Rs 80 per litre whereas the same commodity costs only around Rs 14 per litre on the basis of the subsidy given by the Government.

According to an official source, CAF&PD issued order for allocation of 5748 Kilolitres of SK oil to different districts of the State for December last year to February this year.

The allocation orders for the three months were issued separately.

The district-wise allocation for the month of December was issued by the Additional Secretary on December 14 .

For the month of January, the order was issued by the Under Secretary on January 24 whereas the allocation order for the month of February was issued by the Additional Secretary on February 14 .

As per the allocation orders, the cumulative share for the three months was 1056 Kls for Imphal West district, 836 Kls for Imphal East, 168 Kls for ADC Jiribam, 892 Kls for Thoubal district, 556 Kls for Bishnupur, 540 Kls for Churachandpur, 304 Kls for Chandel, 386 Kls for Ukhrul, 356 Kls for Senapati, 394 Kls for ADC Kangpokpi and 278 Kls for Tamenglong district.

In spite of these allocation orders, IOC's Imphal Retail Sales office could not provide SK oil to the allocated quantity as the State could not lift full quantity of the monthly SK Oil quota given by the Government of India.

Starting from the month of August last year till January this year, the State's monthly SK Oil quota could not be lifted to the allotted quantities.

Even as the Government of Manipur has appealed to the Government of India to allow lifting the State's quota of SK Oil which have lapsed, there has been no reply.

The practice of allocating 3 Kls of kerosene to MLAs every month has been suspended since January, added the source.

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